(Sound Money Defense League, Money Metals News Service) Today, Alaska enacted a bill that removes local sales taxes from purchases of gold and silver and reaffirms that the metals are constitutional money recognized by the state.
Representative Kevin McCabe (R – Big Lake) and Senator Mike Cronk (R – Tok/Northway)...
(Headline USA) Investigators in North Carolina used a wildlife game camera image and a drone to find and arrest a man wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a Virginia sheriff’s deputy who was conducting a welfare check, authorities said.
The suspect, identified as Michael Puckett, was found with...
(Sound Money Defense League, Money Metals News Service) Following President Donald Trump’s Truth Social post declaring “TIME TO AUDIT FORT KNOX,” the Sound Money Defense League today urged Congress to take immediate action on the Gold Reserve Transparency Act, which is pending in both the U.S. House and Senate.
President Trump has now...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Western markets – London, New York, and Switzerland – have dominated the gold trade for nearly two centuries. However, with gold progressively flowing from the West to the East, Hong Kong has been developing the infrastructure to become a major gold hub and...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Interest on the national debt set a record last year, costing $1.2 trillion. That was up 7.3 percent over 2024.
Through the first half of the current fiscal year, the federal government spent more on interest on the debt than it did on national defense ($558 billion) or Medicare ($590...
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) A nighttime curfew remains in effect outside of a New Jersey ICE detention center Monday after days of violent confrontations with demonstrators that prompted Gov. Mikie Sherrill to deploy state police to restore order.
Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka enacted the 9 p.m. to 6...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Since Florida launched its immigration enforcement effort, Operation Tidal Wave, in February, nearly 25,000 arrests have been made statewide.
“Florida will continue to use every available resource to identify dangerous individuals, support federal immigration enforcement and keep our citizens safe,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said. “No...
(Headline USA) The U.S. military said it carried out another strike Saturday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men in the fourth attack this week and putting the total death toll at 205.
U.S. Southern Command announced the strike with its usual...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Liberal billionaire Reid Hoffman issued a seemingly panicked response to reports that the DOJ is investigating the nonprofit organization he used to bankroll E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuits against President Donald Trump.
The reportedly wide-ranging probe centers on whether Carroll misled attorneys during the litigation about her knowledge...
(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of the Money Metals Podcast, host Mike Maharrey sat down with Kai Hoffmann, founder and managing director of SOAR Financial, to discuss the recent turbulence in gold and silver markets, inflation concerns, central bank policy, and the outlook for mining stocks. Hoffmann,...
(Headline USA) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is assessing damage to its launch pad after a rocket exploded during a test firing, creating a giant orange fireball seen and felt for miles around.
The company fueled the hulking New Glenn rocket Thursday night, hoping to briefly ignite the engines ahead of a...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) I want gold. But I don’t want to dig.
When I was a kid, my mom used to tell me I’d better do my homework, or I would end up digging ditches for a living. In retrospect, there could have been worse fates than...