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(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Singing competition American Idol is bidding farewell to California and making a shocking move to Georgia, reportedly in response to the Peach State's generous tax incentives for unscripted and reality television productions. The show's production company, Fremantle, confirmed the planned move in a Tuesday statement to news...

(Headline USA) The House Oversight Committee voted Tuesday to recommend that billionaire Leon Black be held in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena for testimony in the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. Republicans and Democrats joined unanimously in the bipartisan vote after Black refused to appear this month...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A federal grand jury in Minnesota returned two charges against Mukeshkumar Somabhai Chaudhari, an Indian national accused of falsely claiming American citizenship so he could participate in the November 5, 2024 general election. The Justice Department announced the indictment through its Office of Public Affairs...

(José Niño, Headline USA) More than two decades after the September 11 attacks, weaknesses in America’s temporary visa system continue to raise national security concerns. A Breitbart report connected those modern enforcement problems to immigration violations committed by members of the terrorist cell that murdered 2,977 victims in 2001. All...

(Joshua D Glawson, Money Metals News Service) In 1883, Goldwin Smith gave an address, later published as False Hopes: Or, Fallacies Socialistic and Semi-Socialistic, Briefly Answered, taking on a number of the political and economic fallacies of his time. His remarks on inconvertible paper money are still worth considering today. The names have...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Namibia wants gold, and it’s launched a program to get it. While many countries are expanding their gold reserves, the South West African nation is in the process of building its own gold holdings for the first time. Last March (March 24, 2026), the Bank of...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) While everyone obsesses over the possibility of a quarter-point interest rate hike, the U.S. government keeps adding to its massive $40 trillion debt. The Trump administration ran a $166.8 billion deficit in August, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement. That drove the fiscal 2026 budget shortfall...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A former Muleshoe High School teacher could spend 10 years to life in federal prison after a grand jury charged her with enticing a minor, according to Texas Scorecard. Allegra Fey Mora, 28, remains presumed innocent unless prosecutors prove the allegation beyond a reasonable doubt. The...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukraine to stop targeting Russia’s “diesel fuel,” saying the attacks are causing shortages, though Ukraine’s drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure are known to be supported by US intelligence. “Mr. Zelensky has to do one thing: He has to ‌stop...

(David Beasley, The Center Square) A Cleveland man and former U.S. Department of Agriculture program director were sentenced to six months in federal prison for conspiring to bill the federal government about $400,000 for work never performed. “Jamarea Grant conspired with his uncle to line their pockets with hundreds of...

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) The world's “richest man” is pumping money into Maine's congressional races as part of broader efforts to keep control of Congress in Republican hands.  Tesla CEO Elon Musk's America PAC has begun spending money to back GOP candidates in key battleground states ahead of November's...

(Headline USA)  Donald Trump Jr.'s new wife, Bettina, is confirming that her May wedding weekend celebration was partially funded by a man with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a post on her Instagram page Monday morning signed by the couple, Bettina Trump wrote that the man, Umar...