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GOP Lawmakers Urge Thune to Tweak Filibuster Rules to Pass Voter ID Bill
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Dozens of Republicans are demanding that the U.S. Senate take up House-passed legislation implementing election security reforms – and they’re willing to restructure filibuster rules to ensure it succeeds. The SAVE Act passed the lower chamber with slim bipartisan support last April. The bill would require Americans to present…
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State Department Approves $12 Billion in Arms Sales for Saudi Arabia in Less Than a Week
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The State Department on Tuesday approved a potential $3 billion F-15 fighter jet sustainment deal for Saudi Arabia, as the Trump administration is fulfilling its pledge to sell Riyadh a large number of weapons. The latest deal came less than a week after the State Department moved forward with another major potential…
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Washington Post Cuts a Third of Its Staff
(Headline USA) The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff Wednesday, eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books coverage. The Post’s executive editor, Matt Murray, called the move painful but necessary to put the outlet on stronger footing and to weather changes in technology and user habits. “We can’t be everything…
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Maryland Gov. Moore Caught in Yet Another Background Lie?
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Not only did Maryland Gov. Wes Moore lie about a Bronze Star, his Baltimore origins, a fictional football Hall of Fame introduction and his academic credentials, but a new report also suggests he fabricated a story about his great-grandfather fleeing the KKK. The report, published Wednesday by the Washington Free Beacon, centered…
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GOP Congressman Leading Jan. 6 Investigation Announces Retirement
(Headline USA) Georgia Republican U.S. House member Barry Loudermilk, who has been active in the House GOP investigations into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol protest, announced Wednesday that he won’t seek reelection this year. Loudermilk has served in Congress since 2015. He is part of a wave of incumbents exiting the House. So far, 50 are…
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The Routh Records: See Ukraine Through the Lens of a Would-be Trump Assassin
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Headline USA has obtained a trove of photos and videos featuring convicted would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh while he was in Ukraine in 2022. The records provide the most complete account of Routh’s activities there to date, though many questions remain. EXCLUSIVE: We’ve obtained a trove of photos and videos featuring…
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Epstein Files Reveal Maxwell Family Pushed for Google Censorship
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Justice Department’s release of millions of Epstein investigation documents has brought renewed attention to a 2004 controversy over online antisemitism, revealing correspondence from Elisabeth Maxwell addressing the issue. Chris Menahan of Information Liberation observed on Twitter, “Epstein Files: Elisabeth Maxwell—the wife of Ghislaine Maxwell’s father, Robert—circulates a petition to “Friends…
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Mainstream Still Generally Bullish on Gold and Silver Despite Recent Sell-Off
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Are you worried that the big sell-off in gold and silver is the end of the bull market? I’m not, for reasons I have already articulated. And many mainstream analysts don’t seem to be concerned either. Reuters recently published an article headlined, “Gold’s bull run seen intact despite steep pullback.” “Despite…
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Investors in the East Line Up to Buy Gold on the Dip
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) When the price of gold plunged on Friday, Chinese investors lined up at the only Singapore bank selling gold products to retail customers to take advantage of the dip. The underscores a fundamental dynamic in this gold bull market – regular people want the yellow metal, no matter what…
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Jill Biden’s First Husband Charged with Killing Wife in Domestic Dispute at Their Delaware Home
(Headline USA) The first husband of former first lady Jill Biden has been charged with killing his wife at their Delaware home in late December, authorities announced in a news release Tuesday. William Stevenson, 77, of Wilmington was married to Jill Biden from 1970 to 1975. Caroline Harrison, the Delaware Attorney General’s spokesperson, confirmed in…
