(Headline USA) A note Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate claimed he found after the millionaire sex offender’s first suspected jail suicide attempt was made public Wednesday, years after being sealed and locked in a courthouse vault as part of an unrelated legal dispute.
U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas in White Plains,...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Democrats in Congress on Wednesday renewed calls for U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to resign after testifying about his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Lutnick spoke before lawmakers in the U.S. House Oversight Committee during a closed-door hearing. The commerce secretary has...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-TX, and her north Texas colleagues have called for a federal investigation into alleged H-1B visa fraud occurring in counties they represent.
Similar to the alleged Somali welfare fraud in Minnesota and hospice fraud in Los Angeles, Van Duyne argues...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold demand was up 2 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, setting a record in value terms.
Including over-the-counter (OTC) selling, gold demand came in at 1,231 tonnes. Volume growth, coupled with the surging gold price, drove a 74 percent jump in the value...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Government red tape is creating havoc in India’s gold market.
For the last five weeks, gold imports have virtually stopped. According to the Economic Times of India, this is pushing domestic gold prices higher and threatening shortages in the world’s second-largest gold market.
The gold...
(Money Metals News Service) In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey reflects on a recent trip to Money Metals’ main facility and bullion depository in Eagle, Idaho.
The visit was technically a work trip. Maharrey said the team filmed well over 100 marketing and social media videos. But...
(Shirleen Guerra, The Center Square) Federal agents executed court-authorized search warrants Wednesday at properties in Portsmouth tied to Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas, according to the FBI.
In a statement, the FBI confirmed it was conducting “court-authorized law enforcement activity” tied to an ongoing investigation in Portsmouth and...
(Headline USA) Ted Turner, the television pioneer who created a media empire and transformed the news business by creating CNN and introducing the 24-hour cable news cycle, died Wednesday. He was 87.
He died surrounded by his family, according to Turner Enterprises, the company that oversees his vast businesses and...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer is embroiled in controversy over his ties to Farallon Capital, the hedge fund he founded in 1986 that later became a major lender to the coal industry—despite his long-standing image as a climate change warrior.
Steyer, a billionaire Democratic donor and failed...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) California gubernatorial candidate and former Rep. Katie Porter is making light of damaging accusations, including some caught on video, that she may have been verbally abusive to her staff, and is now running a campaign ad that pokes fun at them.
In October 2025, Porter’s campaign came...
(Headline USA) The Trump administration sued Denver and its police department on Tuesday seeking to strike down an assault weapons ban that's been in place for Colorado's largest city since 1989.
The lawsuit came a day after city officials publicly rejected calls by the Department of Justice to repeal the...
(Headline USA) The man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at the San Francisco home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of attempted murder and attempted arson.
Daniel Alejandro Moreno-Gama, wearing an orange jail uniform, did not speak as his attorney entered the pleas during...