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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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Crypto Mogul Do Kwon to be Sentenced for Misleading Investors who Lost Billions in Stablecoin Crash
(Headline USA) Cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday for misleading investors who lost billions when his company’s crypto ecosystem collapsed in 2022. Kwon, known by some as “the cryptocurrency king,” pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court in August to fraud charges stemming from Terraform Labs’ $40 billion crash. The company had…
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Open AI, Microsoft Face Lawsuit Over ChatGPT’s Alleged Role in Connecticut Murder-Suicide
(Headline USA) The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death, alleging that the artificial intelligence chatbot intensified her son’s “paranoid delusions” and helped direct them at his mother before he killed her. Police said Stein-Erik Soelberg, 56, a former tech industry worker, fatally…
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Yet Another Democrat Indicted for COVID Relief Fraud
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A federal grand jury on Monday indicted a Georgia Democratic lawmaker over allegations she committed COVID-19 relief fraud, marking the second left-wing politician charged with similar crimes. As alleged in the indictment, Sharon Henderson, who represents Georgia’s 113th district in the state House of Representatives, stole government funds intended to help Americans in need by…
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Thai Gold Dealer Reports Revenue Eclipsing the Country’s National Budget
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Demand for gold is so strong in Thailand that revenue at the country’s largest gold trading house is on pace to eclipse the government’s entire fiscal 2026 budget. This underscores the surging demand for gold in Asia that continues to support the gold bull market. Hua Seng Heng is…
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Senators Clash Over Trump’s National Guard Deployments as Military Leaders Face First Questioning
(Headline USA) Members of Congress clashed Thursday over President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in American cities, with Republicans saying the deployments were needed to fight lawlessness while Democrats called his move an extraordinary abuse of military power that violated states’ rights. Top military officials faced questioning over the deployments for the first…
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Alleged Kirk Assassin’s Attorneys Seek to Disqualify Prosecutors
(Headline USA) The Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk made his first in-person court appearance Thursday as his attorneys pushed to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case. Defense attorneys also revealed that they will seek to disqualify the Utah County Attorney’s Office from handling the case. According to the Salt Lake Tribune,…
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Judge Orders Trump to End California National Guard Troop Deployment in Los Angeles
(Headline USA) The Trump administration must stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco granted a preliminary injunction sought by California officials who opposed President Donald Trump’s extraordinary move to use state…
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House Passes Massive $901 Billion National Defense Authorization Act
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The House on Wednesday passed the $901 billion 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the sweeping annual military spending bill that will be combined with a supplemental bill passed earlier in the year to bring the total US military budget to over $1 trillion. The bill passed in a vote of 312-112…
