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(Headline USA)  Hundreds of Lindsay Clancy supporters, many wearing pink clothing emblazoned with phrases such as “Believe,” “She Needed Help” and “Peace For Lindsay,” gathered Thursday outside the courthouse where she is on trial in the killings of her three children. Several of the 300 women, and a few men,...

(Headline USA) Federal agents seized electronic devices from former Rep. Eric Swalwell and searched his Washington home as part of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by the ex-Democratic congressman from California, according to The Associated Press. Swalwell’s devices were reportedly seized at the San Francisco airport on Saturday and...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) In a transparent effort to manipulate the bond market, the U.S. Treasury announced it would double the size of its “liquidity support” buybacks. According to the announcement, the Treasury Department will increase buybacks of Treasury securities in the 10-20 and 20-30-year maturity sectors from...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) 154 days. That’s how long it took the Trump administration to add another $1 trillion to the national debt. As of August 18, the national debt stood at $40,047,425,768,420.22. Let’s try to put the debt into some perspective. Over the last 22 weeks, the federal government has...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Michael Caruso, the suspended clerk of courts for Palm Beach County, remained behind bars for another night after authorities charged him with sexually abusing a young relative, according to a CBS News report. Caruso, who previously oversaw the county's clerk's office, appeared in court restrained...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A precinct level analysis of Michigan's Democratic Senate primary has drawn attention to a voting bloc that analysts say now supplies much of the energy behind progressive candidates in the Midwest, namely college graduates earning well below what their credentials once promised. Ryan McComb, a data...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A Texas federal judge has struck down the Biden administration's signature restriction on untraceable firearms, finding the regulation violates two separate constitutional guarantees roughly 17 months after the Supreme Court let it stand on narrower grounds. Chief U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor of Fort Worth ruled...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The American Action Network, a leading outside group tied to House Republican leadership, plans to roll out a $22 million advertising push on Thursday spanning 41 congressional districts, according to an Axios report. The move signals how GOP strategists intend to lean on tax policy...

(Money Metals News Service) The United States is closing in on a milestone that would have been almost unimaginable not long ago: $40 trillion in national debt. That staggering figure framed the latest episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, as host Mike Maharrey examined what he calls the economy’s “debt...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US military is considering reducing its military presence in the Persian Gulf, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, as many of its bases in the region have been badly damaged by Iranian attacks. Many of the US bases in the Gulf had been evacuated before the...

(Headline USA) The judge who presided over Texas teenager Karmelo Anthony's murder conviction was removed from the case Wednesday ahead of a key hearing to decide whether to grant a new trial in the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet. The removal was a...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) A hurdle to adding the final country to the list of temporary protected status terminations has been eliminated as the Trump administration continues to crack down on immigration, with refugee numbers at a record low. A Boston judge, Brian Murphy, lifted a final administrative stay,...