(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) The Department of War says it needs $200 billion in additional funds for the war against Iran. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth suggested the number could go higher.
According to a senior administration official speaking with The AP, the Department of War submitted the spending request to the...
(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) Former vice president and 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris remains the clear Democratic favorite for the next presidential primary two years before the first votes are cast, according to the latest The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll.
A national sampling of 1,152 Democrats and left-leaning...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) As conflict in Iran escalates, Middle Eastern refineries have been hit and the Strait of Hormuz remains compromised, and oil futures hit $120 a barrel. Physical cargos of crude from Oman and the UAE have already hit $150 a barrel for May delivery.
Prices at...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The U.S. House tanked a balanced budget resolution to curb the federal government’s practice of racking up trillion-dollar deficits every year.
The failed Wednesday vote comes as federal spending pushed the national debt over $39 trillion, roughly $3 trillion higher than it was 12 months...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) On March 17, the U.S. national debt slipped above $39 trillion.
If you're thinking, 'Wow, it seems like we just crossed the $38 trillion threshold,' you are correct. It was a mere 150 days ago on October 21.
As of March 17, the national debt...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) If you know inflation is going to increase, would you sell your inflation hedge?
Me neither. That would be dumb, right?
However, that’s what a lot of people did yesterday (Wednesday, March 18), and they're still doing it this morning. This hints at the Catch-22...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Sen. Ron Wyden, D-OR, accused Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of personally intervening to block the Drug Enforcement Administration from releasing documents related to a secret drug trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
Wyden, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, announced on social media that...
(Money Metals News Service) The latest episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, hosted by Mike Maharrey, explores a growing shift in global markets. Traditional safe havens are no longer behaving as expected. In their place, gold is emerging as the primary refuge during economic and geopolitical instability.
The discussion...
(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) Vice President JD Vance remains the favored candidate among Republicans and right-leaning independents for the next presidential primary, though Secretary of State Marco Rubio moved up in a new The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll.
The poll surveyed 952 Republicans and 225 independents who lean...
(Headline USA) U.S. companies will be allowed to do business with Venezuela's state-owned oil and gas company after the Treasury Department eased sanctions, with some limitations, on Wednesday as the Trump administration looks for ways to boost world oil supplies during the Iran war.
The Treasury issued a broad authorization...
(Headline USA) From a surprising heatwave in California to blizzards burying parts of the Midwest and storms rolling into the East Coast, chaotic weather on Monday put more than half the nation’s population in the path of extreme cfonditions.
Airport delays and cancellations piled up in some of the nation’s...