Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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Congressional Perks: Luxury Cars and Mileage Result in Big Costs for Taxpayers

(Arthur Kane, The Center Square) U.S. Reps Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and David Scott, D-Ga., have each had taxpayers pay as much as $1,000 every month to Lexus financial so they can lease a vehicle for their offices, a review of House Members' Representational Allowance records by The Center Square...

Criminal Case Against Boeing Over Deadly 737 Max Plane Crashes is Dismissed by a US Judge

(Headline USA)  A federal judge in Texas has agreed to dismiss a criminal conspiracy charge against Boeing in connection with two 737 Max jetliner crashes that killed 346 people. In a written decision issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor approved the federal government’s request to dismiss its case against...

Officials Scour Charred Site of Kentucky UPS Plane Crash for Victims and Answers

(Headline USA)  The grim task of finding and identifying victims from the firestorm that followed a UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, entered a third day Thursday as investigators gathered information to determine why the aircraft caught fire and lost an engine on takeoff. The inferno consumed the enormous...

UBS: Buy the Dips in Gold!

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Buy the dips in gold! That’s the recommendation of UBS analysts after the recent correction in the gold price. After peaking near $4,400 an ounce, gold was hammered lower, falling to below $4,000. Since then, the price seems to have consolidated around $4,000, but volatility...

The Fed’s “Heroin on the Table”

(Money Metals News Service) Mike Maharrey opens the Midweek Memo with a sharp analogy: if the D.A.R.E. officer lectured against drugs and then left heroin and syringes on the desk, that would mirror Jerome Powell’s performance. The chair talked tough, lowered expectations for future easing, and still delivered another hit...

Starbucks’ Union Workers Plan Strike Next Week Unless Company Agrees to a Contract

(Headline USA) Starbucks’ union members have voted to strike at the company’s U.S. stores next week unless it finalizes a contract agreement, the union said Wednesday. The strike would begin on Nov. 13, which is the day Starbucks plans to distribute free, reusable red cups. Red Cup Day, a Starbucks...

US Asks UN To Lift Terrorism Sanctions on Syria’s Sharaa Before His White House Visit

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US is asking the UN Security Council to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda leader, and other members of his government, before he visits the White House next week, The Associated Press has reported. Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani, was...

Russia Considers ‘Full-Scale’ Nuclear Weapons Tests After Trump’s Comments

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed his top officials to submit proposals on the possibility of resuming what his defense minister called “full-scale” nuclear weapons tests in response to President Trump’s order for the US military to conduct nuclear tests. It was unclear from Trump’s initial order,...

Headline Geopolitics: Tim Hinchcliffe on Digital ID and the WEF’s Latest Schemes

(José Niño, Headline USA) In this Headline Geopolitics episode, José Niño interviews Tim Hinchcliffe, editor of The Sociable and one of the most incisive journalists covering the rise of global technocracy.  Based in Medellín, Colombia, Hinchcliffe breaks down the World Economic Forum’s latest schemes, the spread of digital ID and...

Ohio SNAP Benefits Expected to be Cut in Half

(J.D. Davidson, The Center Square) SNAP recipients in Ohio are expected to receive half of their regular monthly benefit allotment, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. However, there is still no plan for when that money will be distributed. Family Services on Tuesday said it has...

Supreme Court Weighs Challenge to Trump’s Tariff Power

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump's global tariffs are under question as the U.S. Supreme Court hears one of the most significant economic cases in decades with wide-ranging implications for the president's foreign policy agenda and for businesses and consumers around the world. Supreme Court justices challenged U.S....

Trump Says SNAP Benefits On Hold Until Government Reopens

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump said Tuesday that federal food benefits won't go out until the government reopens, a statement at odds with what his administration has said publicly and told federal judges who ordered the government to use emergency funds to keep benefits flowing. Trump made...
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