(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After rising to an all-time high of 4,025 tonnes in 2025, ETF gold holdings continued to climb in January, growing by another 120.1 tonnes. In dollar terms, ETFs globally added $19 billion to their gold holdings. It was the strongest monthly gain on record. The flow of new metal,…

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(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) A cooperation agreement between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and Shanghai will facilitate gold trading as part of a push to elevate the role of China’s two financial centers in the global gold market. Western markets – London, New York, and Switzerland – have dominated the gold…

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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Africa Command said in a press release on Tuesday that its forces launched an airstrike in Somalia on February 1 as the Trump administration continues escalating its air war in the country. The command said the strike targeted the ISIS affiliate in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland region, where the US is backing…

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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Central Command said on Wednesday that its forces conducted five strikes against ISIS in Syria from January 27 to February 2, while the US is also backing the Syrian government, which is led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an offshoot of al-Qaeda with a similar ideology to ISIS. “CENTCOM forces located and…

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(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) ​​ With a partial shutdown looming, U.S. lawmakers have eight days to broker a deal on the Department of Homeland Security’s annual budget.  Progress, however, remains elusive as Republicans have already shot down Democratic leadership’s all-or-nothing list of demands released Wednesday night. “The Democrats’ proposal is ridiculous because it would…

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(Headline USA) A Minneapolis man was arrested Thursday on charges of cyberstalking and threatening to kill or assault Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers involved in the crackdown in Minnesota. Federal prosecutors said in a statement that Kyle Wagner, 37, of Minneapolis, was charged by complaint, and that a decision to seek an indictment, which is…

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(José Niño, Headline USA) Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., allegedly ordered congressional staff members to create fake social media accounts to monitor public sentiment and artificially inflate her online reputation, according to a Wired investigation published in May 2025.  The controversy reflects a broader pattern of escalating scandals and erratic behavior that former staffers described to…

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(José Niño, Headline USA) Melinda French Gates addressed the Justice Department’s release of over three million pages of Epstein related documents on February 3, speaking publicly for the first time about references to her ex-husband Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates according to a report by CNN. Speaking on NPR’s Wild Card podcast hosted by Rachel Martin,…

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(José Niño, Headline USA) Chandler Patey has spent months protesting outside his local ICE facility in South Portland, offering protesters access to his bathroom or a place to wash off pepper spray, according to Oregon Live. The Department of Homeland Security sees something different. To them, the 29 year old “is the leader of Antifa…

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(Headline USA) Brad Karp, chairman of one of the country’s most anti-MAGA law firms, has resigned from his position after the release of emails revealing his exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein, a high-profile departure in the fallout among those with ties to the late convicted sex offender. A statement Wednesday from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison…

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