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Brian Glenn, Mr. MTG, Bids Farewell to DC Too

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Conservative journalist Brian Glenn is calling it quits. Glenn, a White House correspondent for Real America’s Voice, is set to resign from his job Friday as he prepares to marry former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., in the Peach State. Glenn confirmed his resignation in a heartfelt post on...

US Employers Defy Economic Shock from Iran War and Add a Surprisingly Strong 115,000 Jobs in April

(Headline USA) America’s employers delivered a surprising 115,000 new jobs last month despite an economic shock from the Iran war. Hiring beat the 65,000 jobs forecasters had expected, though it decelerated from the 185,000 jobs created in March. The unemployment rate remained at a low 4.3%, the Labor Department reported...

Hegseth Calls Inflating the Pentagon Budget by 50% to $1.5 Trillion a ‘Fiscally Responsible Investment’

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said in a post on X on Thursday that inflating the Pentagon budget by nearly 50% to $1.5 trillion for 2027 was a “fiscally responsible investment” as the Trump administration attempts to justify its record-shattering military budget request. “Thanks to President Trump’s...

Georgia Prosecutor Won’t Reveal What Her Pursuit of Trump Cost Taxpayers

(Johnny Edwards, The Center Square) The Georgia district attorney who took on Donald Trump, only to be removed from the case over a romance with her lead co-counsel, likely spent millions of dollars of taxpayers' money on the years-long racketeering prosecution. And taxpayers might be on the hook for...

Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Down Redistricting Amendment Vote

(Shirleen Guerra, The Center Square) The Supreme Court of Virginia on Friday struck down the state's redistricting amendment 4-3 on Friday. Virginia’s congressional maps are to remain in place for the 2026 election cycle. The decision wipes out the results of the April 21 statewide referendum, which voters had approved...

DHS Report Confirms Cole Allen Targeted Trump Over Iran Conflict

(José Niño, Headline USA) A Department of Homeland Security intelligence assessment claims that anger over the Iran war may have driven suspected shooter Cole Allen to attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Reuters reported. The preliminary report from DHS's Office of Intelligence and Analysis,...

CIA Staged Fake Academic Conferences to Recruit Iranian Nuclear Scientists

(José Niño, Headline USA) The CIA secretly spent millions of dollars staging fake academic conferences around the world to lure Iranian nuclear scientists out of their homeland and pitch them to defect, ProPublica reported in a 2017 story that's going viral again. In one operation about a decade ago, the...

Border Czar Tom Homan Floats Amnesty Idea before Backpedaling

(José Niño, Headline USA) Border czar Tom Homan has simultaneously floated legal status for some illegal immigrants while overseeing an aggressive deportation campaign that has detained nearly 300 DACA recipients since Donald Trump's second term began, creating widespread confusion about the administration's actual immigration endgame. Homan initially floated the possibility...

De-Dollarization Alert: Mozambique Considering Converting Dollar Debt to Yuan Debt

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Mozambique officials are considering converting $1.4 billion in debt it owes China into yuan loans as part of a debt restructuring plan. This is yet another sign of ongoing de-dollarization. A spokesperson from the country’s finance ministry hinted that the Chinese suggested the move. “In this specific...

Global ETF Gold Flows Flipped Back Positive in April

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After going negative in March after the outbreak of hostilities between the U.S. and Iran, flows of gold into ETFs flipped positive again in April, with all regions reporting inflows of metal. Net global ETF gold holdings increased by 45 tonnes, totaling $6.6 billion...

Federal Authorities Arrest 18 for Alleged Drug Distribution Around Los Angeles Park

(Headline USA) Federal authorities said they arrested 18 people Wednesday on charges related to selling illicit drugs including fentanyl and methamphetamine around a Los Angeles park. The area, called MacArthur Park, is a densely populated immigrant neighborhood west of downtown LA where federal immigration authorities and the National Guard made...

A Note a Former Cellmate Says he Found After Epstein’s Suspected Suicide Attempt is Released

(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,...
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