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(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey opened with a blunt reminder from Thomas Paine that cuts straight to the heart of today’s monetary debate. “Money is money and paper is paper. All the inventions of man cannot make them...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Trump administration is close to launching a major attack on Iran as it continues a massive buildup of military forces in the Middle East, according to a report from Axios reporter Barak Ravid. Sources told Ravid that the potential US attack on Iran would likely be...

(Kim Jarrett, The Center Square)  Republican Steven McNeel won the District 18 Georgia Senate post, staving off a Democrat who took the majority of the votes in the initial contest. Former Fort Valley City Councilman LeMario Nicholas Brown received 40.58% of the vote in Tuesday's runoff, more than the nearly...

(Headline USA)  Mark Zuckerberg and opposing lawyers dueled in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday, where the Meta CEO answered questions about young people’s use of Instagram, his congressional testimony and internal advice he’s received about being “authentic” and not “robotic.” Zuckerberg's testimony is part of an unprecedented social media...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Eric Trump is investing in an Israeli drone manufacturer competing for Pentagon contracts while his father controls the executive branch overseeing defense procurement, according to the Wall Street Journal. The president's son serves as a strategic investor in Xtend as part of a $1.5 billion deal...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said on Monday that the US and Israel are “absolutely aligned” on the need to “deal” with Iran as Washington continues building up its forces in the Middle East to prepare for a potential attack on the Islamic Republic. Huckabee made...

(Headline USA)  The Justice Department has issued new subpoenas in a Florida-based investigation into perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump and the U.S. government's response to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. An initial wave of subpoenas in November asked recipients...

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) A Shelby Township man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in a multi-million-dollar pandemic relief fraud scheme, federal officials announced. Samer Kammo, 46, was sentenced in Detroit by U.S. District Judge Jonathan J. C. Grey after pleading guilty...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) From Israel on Monday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) pushed for a US war against Iran while acknowledging that US soldiers in the region could get “hit” by Iranian counterattacks, a risk he said was worth it. “Could our soldiers be hit in the region? Absolutely, they could....

(José Niño, Headline USA) A senior U.S Air Force officer sparked widespread debate after publicly criticizing civilian hobbyists on social media for tracking and publishing American military aircraft movements at levels that would qualify as classified intelligence, according to a tweet posted by WS News.  https://twitter.com/warstrike88/status/2023181353911480510 Major Claire Randolph, Chief of...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Instagram removed the Track AIPAC watchdog account from its platform over alleged intellectual property and trademark violations, according to Middle East Monitor, placing the project at risk of permanent deletion if an appeal fails within a 180-day window. Founded in 2024 by Cory Archibald and Casey...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Are you smarter than a 10-year-old? Would you take investment advice from a 10-year-old Chinese girl? Maybe you should! One little girl in China sets the intelligence bar pretty high. In fact, people are calling her a “genius” based on her investment savvy. Three years ago,...