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December 2025

  • Treasury Secretary Bessent Calls for Looser Regulations for the U.S. Financial System

    (Headline USA) U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is proposing to overhaul a regulatory panel that monitors the nation’s financial stability, by advocating for looser regulations. The Financial Stability Oversight Council, a U.S. body created in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, monitors risks to the financial system and coordinates regulators’ approaches to overseeing…

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  • MyPillow’s Mike Lindell Says He’s Running for Minnesota Governor in 2026

    (Headline USA) Mike Lindell, the fervent supporter of President Donald Trump known to TV viewers as the “MyPillow Guy,” officially entered the race for Minnesota governor Thursday in hopes of winning the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Tim Walz in 2026. Lindell made the announcement at a news conference at his MyPillow factory in…

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  • Noem Links the Seizure of an Oil Tanker off Venezuela to US Antidrug Efforts

    (Headline USA) Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday linked the seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela to the Trump administration’s counterdrug efforts in Latin America as tensions escalate with the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Noem’s assertion, which came during her testimony to the House Homeland Security Committee, provided the…

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  • BLM Official Indicted for Money Laundering

    (Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A federal grand jury has slapped another Black Lives Matter official with a whopping 25-count fraud and money laundering indictment, marking the latest in a growing string of scandals involving the left-wing activist group.  According to the DOJ, Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, executive director of Black Lives Matter’s Oklahoma City chapter, embezzled several million dollars in donations originally intended to post bail…

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  • Did Maryland’s Governor, Likely a 2028 Contender, Lie About a PhD?

    (Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Maryland Democrat Gov. Wes Moore, a top contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, is facing renewed scrutiny over his academic credentials, this time pertaining to claims he was a doctoral candidate.  A new investigation from the Washington Free Beacon suggests Moore likely exaggerated or misrepresented his studies at Oxford University, where he only received a master’s…

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  • Inflation Alert! Money Supply Increasing at Fastest Rate Since 2022

    (Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) As the Federal Reserve revs up the money-creating machine even higher, the money supply is already growing at the fastest rate since July 2022, in the early stages of the tightening cycle. This is inflation, by definition. After peaking in April 2022, the money supply began to decline as…

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  • John Steals Thousands of Dollars Worth of Gold and Silver From Woman’s Home

    (Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) I ran across a story about a gold and silver theft the other day. It contains some valuable lessons. And it also raises a few questions. Let me just warn you up front: this story is rated PG-13. Now, you’re probably thinking: what can be so unusual about somebody…

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  • CA Spending $278M on ‘Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants’ This Year

    (Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) California is spending $278.4 million this year on its “Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants” program that provides state-funded payments largely to qualified elderly and disabled non-citizens who were rejected from the federal Supplemental Security Income program due to their immigration status, state records show. At the same time, the state…

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  • Trump Launches the ‘Gold Card’ Program

    (Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) Wealthy foreigners looking to come to the U.S. and obtain permanent residency can now do so through President Donald Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ visa program, which promises expedited entry to vetted applicants who give $1 million to the U.S. The government launched trumpcard.gov Wednesday, enabling people to submit program applications online.…

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  • Charlotte Train Stabber ‘Unable to Understand’ Case Against Him, Lawyers Say

    (Ken Silva, Headline USA) CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA—Decarlos Brown Jr., who allegedly stabbed Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska to death on a Charlotte train on Aug. 22, had his first appearance in federal court on Thursday in a case that carries the death penalty. Brown is in state custody and faces a murder charge in North Carolina. The Justice…

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