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(Headline USA) A New York woman whose father took her to Syria as a teenager and arranged her marriage to an Islamic State fighter was convicted Tuesday of receiving weapons training from the militant group. Prosecutors said Halima Salman, a U.S. citizen, pledged loyalty to the extremist group and willingly...

(Headline USA) An escaped Tennessee inmate convicted of murdering a co-worker stole a truck from a nearby farm and apparently made it to southern Illinois before abandoning it, authorities said Tuesday. Jacob Morley, who was serving a life sentence for killing a co-worker four years ago, was found to be...

(Headline USA) Federal law enforcement agents searched a Beverly Hills home early Tuesday as part of an investigation into Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress amid a wave of sexual misconduct allegations, two people familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press. Agents searched the home of wealthy developer and...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Secret bank accounts, Gulf rulers, and private fortunes sit at the center of a contested new account of Jared Kushner’s diplomacy. Reviewing Matthew Cole’s “Princes and Thieves” for the New York Times, Fintan O’Toole argues that its allegations warrant congressional investigation, while emphasizing that the...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The midterm elections are fast approaching, and Democrats are widely expected to make significant gains. How might this impact the gold market? If history is any indication, it will all depend on how the shift impacts policy. Prediction markets expect the Democrats to take both the...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Nine of the ten “most free” states in the United States are led by Republicans, according to a new report released by the Cato Institute. By contrast, seven of the ten least free states are run by Democrats. Cato’s “Freedom in the 50 States” report...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US military is ready to launch potentially major attacks on Iran “within 96 hours of receiving” an order from President Trump, CNN reported on Monday. Sources told the outlet that the US now has sufficient forces in the region to carry out the potential attacks, and that...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained a Ghanaian Christian blogger who has expressed support for President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. Samuel Sey, a Christian writer who runs the Slow to Write blog, was detained at the John Glenn Columbus International Airport in Ohio on Oct. 21 while...

(Headline USA) The Trump administration is attempting to prosecute James Comey for allegedly leaking classified information, an effort the former FBI director's lawyers immediately dismissed as invalid and outside the legal time limit for when the Justice Department can file a criminal indictment. The allegations from the Justice Department were revealed...

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) With the midterm elections a week away and oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz at prewar levels, gas prices remain high, dropping slightly in the last month. U.S. Central Command reported over the weekend that the United States has ensured 1.5 billion barrels of...

(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) Former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump both campaigned in Michigan over the weekend, highlighting the national importance of the state’s closely-watched U.S. Senate race. Obama attended a rally in Detroit on Saturday, throwing his support behind Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. “We’re clear...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The FBI has arrested a CIA contractor accused of slipping classified intelligence to the journalist he was dating. Open Source Intel reported, “A CIA contractor has been arrested for allegedly passing classified U.S. intelligence to his journalist girlfriend, who published a report for Drop Site...