(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright issued emergency orders to mitigate blackouts in New England and Texas as 24 states have declared an emergency due to an Arctic blast moving across the U.S. over the weekend.
More than 200 million people are in Storm Fern’s 2,300-mile...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) German officials are once again calling for the country’s central bank to bring its gold home.
Germany owns the second-largest gold reserves in the world at 3,352 tonnes. About 1,200 tonnes valued at around €164 billion ($194 billion) are stored at the Federal Reserve...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) In October, Bank of America raised its 2026 gold price forecast to $5,000.
Mission accomplished as of January 23.
Now the big bank has upped its projection again, calling for $6,000 gold this year.
BoA analyst Michael Hartnett said gold’s performance in past bull markets influenced his...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump warned Canada that all its exports to the U.S. could face 100% tariffs if Canada finalizes a deal with China.
Trump slammed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has publicly pivoted away from the U.S. since early 2025 when Trump hit America's...
(Dave Mason, The Center Square) California is suing the Trump administration over its decision to take control of two state pipelines and permit Sable Offshore Corp. to restart pumping oil through them.
With the Pacific Ocean behind him, state Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the suit Friday during a news...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A newly filed lawsuit in California federal court accuses a Democrat mega donor and Biden family associate of posing as a CIA agent in a scheme to defraud a Dutch oil trader out of “tens of millions of dollars.”
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday by Dutch...
(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey sat down with Frank Holmes, Chief Investment Officer at U.S. Global Investors and Executive Chairman of Hive Blockchain Technologies, to unpack why gold is now “knocking on the door” of $5,000 an ounce...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump and Ukrainian Leader Volodymyr Zelensky met in Davos on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum. Following the meeting, Zelensky said an agreement had been reached with the US that would grant Ukraine security guarantees.
On Thursday, Zelensky told reporters that the document on...
(Alan Mosley, Antiwar.com) The House of Representatives on Thursday approved an $838.7 billion fiscal 2026 defense spending bill, moving one of the largest appropriations measures in U.S. history toward final passage in the Senate. In a 341-88 vote that crossed party lines, lawmakers advanced the sprawling defense and related...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said the agreement he is negotiating regarding Greenland will give the US “total access.”
“It’s really being negotiated now, the details of it, but essentially it’s total access. There’s no end. There’s no time limit,” Trump said in an interview on Thursday. “We will...
(Alan Mosley, Antiwar.com) Senior White House advisor Jared Kushner on Thursday pitched an ambitious plan to transform war-ravaged Gaza into a Mediterranean resort hub, telling global business and political elites at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos that reconstruction could be completed within three years if Hamas...
(Will Porter, Antiwar.com) The Donald Trump administration hopes to execute a regime change in Cuba by the end of 2026, according to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal. The report comes just weeks after the US military kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on dubious drug charges.
The newspaper said...