Friday, April 17, 2026

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Trump Says It Will Be ‘Very Traumatic’ for Iran if a Nuclear Deal Isn’t Reached

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said on Thursday that it would be “very traumatic” for Iran if Washington and Tehran don’t reach a nuclear deal, echoing threats he made last year in the lead-up to the 12-Day War. “We have to make a deal with Iran, otherwise it’s going...

Just How Much Are Those Olympic Medals Worth?

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) It’s really exciting watching those Olympic athletes go for those silver medals, eh? No, you don’t need to send me emails telling me there is a typo in the first line of my article. I meant what I wrote. They are going for silver. Now,...

The Government Job Eraser Strikes Again!

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The Federal Reserve put interest rate cuts on pause at the January meeting. The central bankers cited expanding economic activity and a stable labor market as reasons for the pause. The official FOMC statement asserted that while “job gains have remained low, the unemployment rate...

Goldman Sachs’ Top Lawyer Kathy Ruemmler to Resign After Emails Show Close Ties to Jeffrey Epstein

(Headline USA) Kathy Ruemmler, the top lawyer at storied investment bank Goldman Sachs and former White House counsel to President Barack Obama, announced her resignation Thursday, after emails between her and Jeffrey Epstein showed a close relationship where she described him as an “older brother” and downplayed his sex...

WATCH: Trump Terminates Obama-Era Climate Change Policy

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The Trump administration on Thursday terminated the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Endangerment Finding,” a landmark policy that led to sweeping climate change regulations and higher costs across the country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr0qpvMs5Ms "This action will eliminate over $1.3 trillion in regulatory costs and help bring car prices tumbling down...

Gun Maker to Pay $1.75M Over Accessory Used in 2022 New York Shooting

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) A Georgia-based gunmaker has agreed to stop selling a high-capacity magazine accessory used in the 2022 Buffalo mass shooting after settling a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Under the settlement, announced Wednesday, Mean Arms, also known as Mean LLC., has also...

FBI Named High Profile Man “Co-Conspirator’ to Epstein, Files Show

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Justice unredacted portions of documents in the Jeffrey Epstein files with mentions of high profile figures at the request of Congressional leaders. On Monday, U.S. Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., visited the Department of Justice to view several...

New England Patriots Owner Built Command Center to Track Online Speech

(José Niño, Headline USA) New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft operates a surveillance hub inside the team's stadium that monitors over 500 million social media posts daily and sends intelligence reports on campus speech to university administrators. Chris Menahan of Information Liberation highlighted the operation, tweeting that Robert Kraft's Blue...

Social Media Company Says that Social Media Addiction if Fake

(Headline USA) Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta's Instagram, testified Wednesday during a landmark social media trial in Los Angeles that he disagrees with the idea that people can be clinically addicted to social media platforms. The question of addiction is a key pillar of the case, where plaintiffs seek...

DHS Pleads for Money; Democrat Offers Alternative Funding Bill Excluding ICE

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) With less than 48 hours until the funding stopgap for the Department of Homeland Security expires, a hyper-partisan Congress faces limited options to avoid a partial government shutdown. Senate Democrats say they will reject any Homeland Security funding bill – the only fiscal year 2026...

Trump Administration Still Running Budget Deficits Despite Surge in Tariff Revenue

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Tariff revenue is closing the budget deficit, but federal spending continues to increase, erasing some of those gains and driving Uncle Sam deeper into debt. The federal government ran a $94.62 billion deficit in January, according to the monthly Treasury statement. That was down 26 percent...

Silver Market Expected to Run Sixth Straight Supply Deficit This Year

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The silver market is projected to run its sixth straight structural supply deficit in 2026 as investment demand remains high. Based on preliminary data compiled by the Silver Institute, silver demand outstripped supply by about 95 million ounces last year, leading to the fifth...
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