Thursday, April 2, 2026

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Oil Jumps to $100 Per Barrel and Stocks Sink Worldwide with No Clear End in Sight for the Iran War

(Headline USA) With no clear end in sight, the war with Iran is sending oil prices back to $100 per barrel, and stocks are sinking worldwide on Thursday. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% and is returning to big swings following a couple days of relative calm. The Dow Jones Industrial...

What’s Up With the Treasury Market? Why Is Gold the Last Safe-Haven Standing?

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold seems to be the last safe-haven standing. While one would expect U.S. Treasuries to get a boost from the geopolitical uncertainty inherent in a war, they have not. In fact, the 10-year Treasury yield has jumped from 3.96 percent the day before...

CPI Steady as Inflation Keeps Increasing

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The headline Consumer Price Index was steady in February as inflation continues to rise. How could this be? Because the CPI doesn’t measure “inflation” (as properly defined). It simply reflects the price movements of a basket of goods dreamed up by the BLS. Yes, this...

Why “Dead Investors” Beat the Market as Gold Surges Past $5,000

(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey discussed how investors can easily lose focus in fast-moving markets. He compared the experience to watching his kitten hunt lizards on the pool deck. The kitten begins stalking a target but quickly...

White House Abandoning Mass Deportation Policy

(José Niño, Headline USA) According to an Axios report, White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair privately advised House Republicans on Tuesday to drop the phrase "mass deportations" from their talking points and instead center their rhetoric on the removal of violent criminals, sources with knowledge of the...

Sen. Blumenthal Says US ‘Seems To Be on a Path’ Toward Putting Troops in Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said on Tuesday that the US “seems to be on a path” toward deploying troops to Iran, comments he made after a classified briefing for members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. “We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops...

US Responsible for Bombing Iranian Elementary School: Preliminary Investigation

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US is responsible for bombing an elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, during the opening hours of the US-Israeli war against Iran on February 28, a strike that massacred 175 children, the vast majority being young schoolgirls and schoolboys, according to a preliminary US military...

Trump Threatens ‘Consequences Never Seen Before’ If Iran Mines the Strait of Hormuz

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened Iran with “consequences never seen before” if its forces lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz, as the Trump administration appears to be scrambling on how to deal with the war’s impact on the global oil market. “If Iran has put...

Steve Witkoff Admits He Doesn’t Know How Iran War Ends

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff acknowledged on Tuesday that he doesn’t know how the war with Iran will end as US-Israeli airstrikes on the Islamic Republic and Iranian counterattacks continue. “I don’t know, Sara,” Witkoff told CNBC host Sara Eisner when asked how the conflict ends....

Report: Iranian Drone Attack That Killed Six US Troops Was Worse Than the US Military Revealed

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) An Iranian drone attack that hit a makeshift US military operations center at a port in Kuwait on March 1 and killed at least six US troops was much worse than the Pentagon has revealed, according to a report from CBS News. Sources told CBS that dozens...

House GOP Loses Member Thanks to Gavin Newsom’s Gerrymandering

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) House Republicans formally lost a member Monday, further narrowing the razor-thin 218–214 partisan breakdown in the 119th Congress.  California Rep. Kevin Kiley ditched the GOP to become an independent after California Gov. Gavin Newsom redrew his district in a sweeping gerrymandering effort.  While Kiley will continue caucusing with Republicans...

Trump Expands Ban on Foreigners Receiving Small Business Loans

(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump's Small Business Administration announced Monday that foreign nationals are now prohibited from accessing all federal small business loan programs, extending restrictions put in place last month, according to Breitbart News. "The Trump SBA is committed to driving economic growth and job creation for...
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