(Headline USA) Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died, according to a new report from the independent watchdog for the Department of Health and Human Services.
But the department's Office of Inspector General said...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem raised her incentives on Monday for illegal migrants who volunteer to return home before the end of the year as part of a program to lower deportation costs for taxpayers.
Noem had a new offer of $3,000 stipend and free...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Frustrated with a lack of cooperation from the U.S. Department of Justice, the lawmakers responsible for forcing the release of government files on Jeffrey Epstein are threatening legal repercussions.
Led by Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Congress last month overwhelmingly passed the...
(Money Metals News Service) Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium are building upon last week's gains and rallying again this morning -- in a big way.
Traders are paying particularly close attention to gold -- with the yellow metal now poking above its all-time high reached back in October. Gold has...
(José Niño, Headline USA) While publicly denouncing military aid to Ukraine as corrupt, Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., was privately selling millions of dollars in grenades to a Ukrainian government firm now under investigation, according to an explosive investigation by journalist Roger Sollenberger.
Mills has emerged as a leading voice against...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold prices continued to rise in India, creating headwinds for jewelry demand while boosting investment.
India ranks as the world's second-largest gold market behind China.
Gold has increased 73 percent year-to-date in rupee terms. That compares with a 67 percent increase in dollar terms. A weakening...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The November CPI data came in much cooler than expected. This boosted optimism that the Federal Reserve has finally gotten inflation under control and fueled speculation that the Federal Reserve may be willing to deliver additional monetary easing (In other words, create more inflation).
The question...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Nearly $900 million in secretive donations funded the 2024 presidential election, with the majority of that “dark money” going to the Democrats’ Kamala Harris campaign, according to the New York Times.
The Times reported Wednesday that Future Forward USA Action, the super PAC backing Joseph Biden...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Budget watchdogs are sounding the alarm as the U.S. hit an unfortunate fiscal milestone in fiscal year 2025: government spending on debt interest payments alone topped $1 trillion this year.
The federal government added roughly $1.8 trillion to the now $38 trillion national debt in...
(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey sits down with Peter C. Earle, PhD, of the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) to unpack what the gold standard actually is—and why it still matters in a world of fiat money.
Earle brings both academic and...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance, despite many Republican lawmakers urging him not to.
"I want to emphasize that the order I am about to sign is not the legalization ...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Let’s talk about security. If you own precious metals and you opt to keep them in your possession, you need to take steps to keep them secure, right? You don’t want to be like the lady who hid her silver coins in a...