Saturday, November 8, 2025

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Fed Cuts Rates, Ends Balance Sheet Reduction But Puts on a Hawkish Front

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The Powell put is on. The Federal Reserve chairman tried to sound like a hawk, but the central bank’s actions were those of a dove. For the second straight meeting, the Fed cut the federal funds rate by a quarter percent on Wednesday. In an...

Easy Money, Hard Metals, and the Fed’s Next Move

(Money Metals News Service) On a recent episode of Money Metals’ Midweek Memo podcast, host Mike Maharrey opens with a pointed analogy: calling a 3% CPI “good” because it beat a grim forecast is like celebrating “no cancer” while ignoring high cholesterol, hypertension, and pre-diabetes. The patient isn’t healthy;...

“Outrageous’: Lawmakers Bash Biden Admin for Targeting, Surveilling 156 Republicans

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter-point on Wednesday for the second time this year, not nearly as much as President Donald Trump wants the central bank to reduce rates. The move lowers the Fed's benchmark short-term interest rate to a range between...

Federal Reserve Cuts Key Interest Rate for Second Time This Year

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter-point on Wednesday for the second time this year, not nearly as much as President Donald Trump wants the central bank to reduce rates. The move lowers the Fed's benchmark short-term interest rate to a range between...

Economists Say Trump’s Tariff Play Could Boost Trade Deficits

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Economists told the U.S. Supreme Court that President Donald Trump's plan to reduce U.S. trade deficits will backfire, exacerbating the underlying issue the president used to justify the sweeping tariffs. The economists filed a friend-of-the-court brief arguing that Trump's trade policies won't address the trade...

US Government Allowed and Even Helped US Firms Sell Tech Used for Surveillance in China

(Headline USA) U.S. lawmakers have tried four times since September last year to close what they called a glaring loophole: China is getting around export bans on the sale of powerful American AI chips by renting them through U.S. cloud services instead. But the proposals prompted a flurry of activity...

Obama Cursed at Pelosi after Kamala Endorsement

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former President Barack Obama cursed at former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after she endorsed then-Vice President Kamala Harris’s short presidential bid in 2024. “What the f**k did you just do?” Obama reportedly asked Pelosi in October 2024, according to ABC News journalist Jonathan Karl’s new book Retribution. “The Obamas...

Bill Gates Under Investigation for Funneling Millions to Chinese Groups

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Bill Gates’s controversial Gates Foundation is under congressional investigation following reports that it funneled millions of dollars to groups tied to the Chinese Communist Party and its military, potentially violating U.S. law.  The Senate Judiciary Committee announced the probe Monday in a letter to Mark Suzman, the...

Trump Denies FEMA Aid to Rural Maryland After Argentina Bailout

Maryland counties meet requirements but still denied federal aid....

US Bombs Four Alleged Drug Boats in the Eastern Pacific, Killing 14

The US military bombed a total of four alleged drug boats in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, US War Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced.

House Oversight Committee Refers Biden ‘Cover-Up’ to DOJ for Investigation

The House Oversight Committee’s report on Biden’s cognitive health accuses officials of covering up decline and refers cases to DOJ, D.C. Board of Medicine.

Democrats Refuse to End Shutdown for 13th Time, Drawing GOP Ire

Despite opposition from major federal labor unions, Senate Democrats blocked Republicans’ Continuing Resolution to reopen and fund the government for the 13th time Tuesday….
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