FINANCE

(Headline USA) Police in California are investigating the theft of trading cards worth at least $963,000 that were taken from a FedEx truck parked outside of a company that verifies memorabilia. The truck was broken into on Oct. 13 near Professional Sports Authenticator, also known as PSA, which authenticates trading cards,...

(Mark Stricherz, The Center Square) A former policy director for First Lady Michelle Obama was paid nearly $700,000 in total compensation last year despite revenue to the taxpayer-funded refugee resettlement organization plummeting by nearly $130 million, an investigation by The Center Square found. Krish O’Mara Vignarajah is the CEO of Baltimore-based Global Refuge, a faith-based...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance are set Tuesday to unveil a $25 million program to encourage the public to blow the whistle on suspected fraud in the federal government as they ramp up an existing effort to end the abuse of federal programs and dollars. Under...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) I ran across a glaring example of mainstream media bias that I want to highlight for you. Accusations of “fake news” are often overplayed. However, mainstream media bias is a thing, and you should be aware of it, even in financial news reporting. On Friday,...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) A former Fed insider has sold all his bank stocks, and he’s piling money into gold. Christopher Whalen has worked for over three decades as a writer and financial analyst in Washington, along with a stint as a researcher at the New York Fed....

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released footage on Monday of a call with President Trump, during which the US president told the Israeli leader, “You’re the man I want by my side.” The call came after Trump endorsed Netanyahu for the upcoming October 27 Israeli elections in...

(Headline USA) Federal authorities charged more than two dozen foreign nationals Monday in California as part of a statewide sweep targeting people who officials say have illegally registered or voted in U.S. elections. The arrests are part of a Trump administration effort to root out noncitizen voting ahead of next...

(Headline USA) Dozens of cattle spilled onto a street in Kansas City, Missouri, when a semitractor-trailer plunged off a highway overpass in the city’s downtown area and onto a car early Sunday, shutting down some roads and setting off a search for the traumatized animals that survived. The accident occurred...

(Headline USA) More than 100,000 people from Ukraine and Sudan can stay in the United States without immediate risk of deportation, the Department of Homeland Security said, in what amounts to a temporary reprieve after their right to stay in the country was set to expire Monday. Temporary Protected Status...

(Headline USA) The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an effort to revive a plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. The agreement would have spared Mohammed the risk of execution in exchange for his guilty plea and a sentence of life...

(Headline USA) Former Cuban President Raúl Castro is facing more charges in Florida related to the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles after the U.S. government indicted the former leader earlier this year. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday accused Castro, 95, of directing spies to...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold traded at a premium in India last week for the first time in three months. This reflects the combined effect of tightening supply and improving demand. Dealers reported premiums as high as $7 an ounce over domestic spot prices. That compares with discounts...