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Mamdani Launches Anti-Trump Tour in Bid for NYC Mayor
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) New York Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani has launched a new line of attack against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo by trying to tie him to Republican President Donald Trump, who remains deeply unpopular in the city. Mamdani kicked off a “Five Boroughs Against Trump” tour this week aimed at highlighting…
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Man who Fired a Shotgun Outside a New York Synagogue Gets 10 Years in Prison
(Headline USA) A man who fired a shotgun outside an upstate New York synagogue with dozens of children inside shortly after the start of the Israel–Hamas war was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to 10 years in prison. Mufid Alkhader, 29, was arrested in December 2023 after firing two shots in the air and shouting…
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California Spending Up 50% Per Capita Since 2019
(The Center Square) California’s annual state spending is up 50% per capita, or $106.3 billion, since 2019, the first year Gov. Gavin Newsom took office, highlighting the state’s growing budget woes. According to taxpayer advocates, the state government has increased spending, despite the state’s constitutionally-mandated balanced budget requirement, by over-estimating future revenues. “The Newsom administration…
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CDC Shooter Fired 180 Times before Killing Himself, Police Say
(Headline USA) The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says the man who fired more than 180 shots at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after killing a police officer. Documents found in a search of the suspect’s home “expressed the shooter’s discontent with the Covid 19…
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July CPI and the Real Inflation Story
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The July CPI data indicated moderate price inflation and boosted optimism for a September interest rate cut, even though monetary inflation is on the upswing. There were no big surprises in the July CPI data, with the numbers generally coming in as forecast. Markets tend to interpret “meeting expectations”…
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SCOOP: Secret Service Shot ‘Suicidal’ Man 18 Times Outside of the White House
(Christina Urso) WASHINGTON DC — In March, Secret Service agents shot and wounded a man who had driven from Indiana to the White House, supposedly with the intent to commit “suicide by cop.” At the time, few details were provided about the suspect, 27-year-old Andrew Dawson, other than that he was taken to a nearby…
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Trump Confirms Nvidia Chip Agreement
(The Center Square) Nvidia will pay the United States 15% of the money it makes from selling artificial intelligence chips to China, President Donald Trump said in a press conference on Monday. Trump said he allowed Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to sell H20 chips to China while the company provides the U.S. government with a…
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Gold & Silver Drop as U.S. Rules Out Bullion Tariffs
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) I wanted to post a quick follow-up to the recent tariff saga that has whipsawed the gold market in recent days—and, by extension, silver, due to their close correlation. I first covered this on Saturday, and yesterday brought the latest development. After some back-and-forth over whether gold bullion imports into…
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Indian Gold Jewelry Market Optimistic Demand Will Rebound in H2
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Indian jewelry dealers remain upbeat despite headwinds created by higher prices. They expect demand to rebound in the latter half of the year and are aggressively stocking inventory as the fall festival and wedding season approaches. India ranks as the second-largest gold market in the world, trailing only China.…
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Trump Says ‘Land Swapping’ Required for Peace in Ukraine
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said on Monday that there will be “land swapping” between Russia and Ukraine as part of a potential peace deal and pushed back on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s public rejection of ceding any territory to Moscow. “I was a little bothered by the fact that Zelensky was saying, ‘Well, I have…
