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(Money Metals News Service) In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey argues that investors are paying too much attention to the Federal Reserve’s September rate decision and too little attention to the larger fiscal pressures shaping the U.S. economy. With CME FedWatch odds near 95% for...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced he has canceled a planned House session for Thursday, sending lawmakers for an early seven-week recess and pushing back a vote to impeach US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth until after the midterm elections. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who introduced the...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Trump administration is planning to move forward with a massive military aid package for Israel that will include 40,000 2,000-pound bombs, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, as the US continues to support Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza and its wars and occupations in the...

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square)  A coalition of Michigan Jewish leaders says it is concerned by the lack of response from U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed after requesting five commitments from him. Spearheaded by the recently-launched group Nonnegotiable Michigan, the five commitments address what the statewide campaign calls “baseline...

(Sean Reed, The Center Square).An Exxon Mobil fuel refinery southwest of Chicago went offline over the weekend, causing a halting of production and driving already heightened fuel costs even higher for Midwestern motorists, who likely won’t see prices ease until days later. The cost for a regular gallon of fuel...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The top executive of the Council of Fashion Designers of America has been placed on leave after he was seen on video in a physical altercation with a PETA protester at a fashion show on Sunday. Steven Kolb, the CFDA's president and CEO, was a guest at...

(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...