(Chris Wade, The Center Square) A Colombian man shot by ICE agents Monday in Maine was not the intended target of the immigration enforcement operation, Sen. Angus King said.
On Monday morning, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot and killed the 26-year-old migrant, identified as Joan Sebastian Guerrero, as...
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) New York became the first state to pause on energy-hungry data centers under an executive order signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul Tuesday, which comes in response to concerns about rising utility bills and the regional electric grid.
The directive signed by Hochul sets a one-year...
(David Beasley, The Center Square) An Ohio state board has approved $1 million in taxpayer emergency funding for child protection services in Vinton County, where 16 children were recently taken into custody in one day in what has been described as “an unprecedented child welfare crisis.”
Vinton County, with a...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) U.S. inflation decreased by 0.4% in June, for a seasonally adjusted total of 3.5% over the year, driven by rapidly falling energy costs, according to a new report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Inflation rose by 0.5% in May before declining 0.4%...
(Headline USA) An experimental drug might help slow early Alzheimer’s disease in a markedly different way than today’s treatments — by lowering levels of a brain protein called tau, researchers reported Tuesday.
Tau is one part of a toxic duo fueling Alzheimer’s but prior attempts to develop drugs that can...
(Headline USA) Billionaire Warren Buffett omitted Bill Gates’ foundation from his annual donations this year after disclosures of the Microsoft co-founder’s ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He will donate about $6 billion to four foundations connected to his own family, but did not mention Gates in his...
(Headline USA) Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham, has been named as his temporary replacement in the U.S. Senate after his unexpected death over the weekend.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announced at a news conference at the Statehouse on Monday that she will serve the remaining months on Graham's current...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) If you’re reading the headlines, you know that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in even cooler than expected. And the expectation was for a much cooler CPI thanks to falling oil prices. However, the CPI doesn’t tell the entire inflation story.
The CPI...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) An increase in the import duty on precious metals has led to a significant shortage of physical silver in India, pushing premiums to six-month highs.
The Indian government announced the 9 percent duty increase in May. The change pushed the import tax on gold and...
(José Niño, Headline USA) When the United States and Iran struck a ceasefire on June 17, a senior U.S. official expected President Donald Trump's supporters to cheer. Instead, as Time reports, MAGA voices online shredded the deal, echoing one another in nearly matching phrasing within minutes.
A few circulated an...
(Headline USA) Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett will make a rare appearance before Congress Tuesday, weeks after the end of a historic term.
The justices are appearing before a House appropriations panel as the court seeks millions of dollars to beef up security amid a rise in...
(Jp Cortez, Money Metals News Service) How do you turn a sound money bill into a big-government bill? Florida has just shown us.
When Florida lawmakers approved so-called 'transactional gold' legislation, supporters claimed it was a historic step toward restoring gold and silver as constitutional money.
Governor Ron DeSantis, who is often thought...