(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Joe Kent, the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center who resigned over his opposition to the US-Israeli war against Iran, is urging Americans to contact the White House and Congress to express opposition to the US sending ground troops into Iran.
In a post on X,...
(Headline USA) Federal prosecutors probing public corruption in New York have charged the leaders of a homeless shelter nonprofit with stealing $1.3 million from the taxpayer-backed organization and steering contracts worth millions more to favored vendors in exchange for bribes and kickbacks, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.
The charges...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday that other countries that are reliant on energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz should get involved militarily and “take it” from Iran, as the Iranian military continues to control the strategic waterway.
“All of...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After an initial safe-haven boost at the onset of the Iran war, gold corrected and has behaved more like a risk asset. However, HSBC analysts say the de-dollarization trend still makes the yellow metal a good long-term investment.
As I have noted, wars in the modern era...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) One of the things that makes gold valuable is its scarcity. But just how rare is gold?
Based on best estimates, geologists at Metals Focus estimate that there are 219,890 tonnes of gold currently above ground.
That sounds like a lot, but if you melted...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Monday added Iran’s desalination plants to the list of infrastructure he may “blow up” if a deal isn’t reached to end the war, threatening attacks on the country’s water supply, a clear war crime under international law.
“The United States of America is...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump told the Financial Times on Sunday that he wants to “take” Iran’s oil in an operation that could involve the US seizing and occupying Kharg Island, a major Iranian oil export hub deep inside the Persian Gulf.
The US president said that his “preference...
(Headline USA) The leader of a sex-focused women’s wellness company that promoted “orgasmic meditation” was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison on forced labor charges, federal prosecutors said.
Nicole Daedone, co-founder of OneTaste Inc., was also ordered to forfeit $12 million during the hearing in Brooklyn. That was...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Based on the CPI, inflation is relatively cool. Don't be fooled. It's much higher than advertised, and you can see it clearly if you look at the right data.
When talking heads on CNBC or Fox Business talk about inflation, they always reference the...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Despite price volatility and the recent dip in gold prices, the Swiss Bankers Association says the yellow metal will continue to become more important as a store of value in an increasingly fragmented and politically uncertain global economy.
Swiss Bankers Association advisor for regulation...
(Jared Strong, The Center Square) U.S. senators collectively spend more than a million taxpayer dollars each year for pricey flights on private planes for themselves and their staff, even though Senate rules greatly discourage the practice, an investigation by The Center Square found.
The spending includes a Midwestern senator who...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Only 10 U.S. senators voted against the bipartisan housing bill that restricts large institutional investors from buying up single family homes and requires investors to sell build-to-rent homes within seven years.
Those lawmakers also each received tens or sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars in...