Tuesday, January 13, 2026

FINANCE

State Officials Urge Trump, Congress to Address National Debt

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and a coalition of state financial officers and lawmakers are urging Congress and President Donald Trump to address the national debt crisis before the nation's 250th birthday. The group sent a letter to Congress and the president pushing for action on...

Study: K-12 Public Spending Nears $1 Trillion in U.S.

(Esther Wickham, The Center Square) School districts across the country have significantly increased spending since 2020, even as they face steep declines in student enrollment and academic performance, according to a new analysis from the Reason Foundation. The report finds American public schools are nearing $1 trillion in annual spending,...

Democrat Congresswoman Staying in Office Despite Federal Charges

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., will remain in the House despite a DOJ indictment accusing her and co-defendants of stealing $5 million in FEMA funds and using it for illegal campaign contributions.  After the DOJ released the indictment, Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., threatened to file a motion to remove...

Rapper Sentenced in Illegal Obama Donations Case 

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) One of the founding members of hip-hop group The Fugees was sentenced to 14 years in prison for acting as a foreign agent and violating campaign finance laws tied to former President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign.  District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly delivered the sentence Friday, directly addressing Pras Michel,...

Gold’s Shallow Pullback And What Comes Next

(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey sits down with Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT, MFTA, editor and publisher of The Daily Gold, to unpack where gold and silver are in the current cycle. Gold hit record highs in October, then pulled back—but the correction...

Report Links Minnesota Welfare Fraud to Terrorist Funding

(Elyse. S. Apel, The Center Square)  New reports allege that millions of taxpayer dollars have been fraudulently stolen from the Minnesota welfare system and then sent to the Somali-based terror group Al-Shabaab. This is according to original reporting from Chris Rufo and Ryan Thorpe that was published in City Journal....

Israel Receives 1,000th Aircraft Carrying US Military Supplies Since October 7, 2023

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) announced on Wednesday that it has received the 1,000th aircraft as part of an airlift operation delivering US military equipment to Israel that began following the October 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel and the start of Israel’s genocidal campaign...

Store Owner Stops $240,000 Foreign Gold Scam

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A Rhode Island store owner helped stop foreign scammers from swindling $240,000 worth of gold bars from an elderly victim, according to federal court records. The attempted gold scam was revealed by the Justice Department on Monday in a criminal complaint against Chinese national Ka Hin...

Government Secrecy Prevails Over Gold Transparency

(Stuart Englert, Money Metals News Service) When it comes to U.S. gold reserves, secrecy prevails over transparency. Attempts to authorize a comprehensive, independent audit of the nation’s gold reserves have proven elusive and futile for decades. The last two prominent audits, conducted 72 and 51 years ago, respectively, were far from...

Real Money Is Real Money: Islamic Silver Was Prevalent in Viking World

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) If I travel to another country, I’ll generally need to make a currency exchange before I can go shopping. I’ll have to swap my dollars for euros if I’m in Europe, or yuan if I’m in China, or perhaps lira if I’m in...

Chinese Gold Demand Surged in October Defying Historical Seasonal Weakness

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After rebounding in September, wholesale gold demand in China increased again, defying seasonal weakness. China ranks as the world’s largest gold market. Gold prices surged in early October, setting several records before correcting later in the month. Even with the selloff, the Shanghai benchmark price...

Zelensky Says He’s Willing To Negotiate on Trump’s Peace Plan for Ukraine

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll on Thursday and told him that he’s willing to work with the Trump administration on a new plan to end the war with Russia, Axios reported, citing US and Ukrainian officials. The Trump administration has drafted...
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