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U.S. Government Spending Addiction Drives Yet Another Big Monthly Deficit
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) This is your monthly reminder that the U.S. government still has a massive spending problem. The federal government’s Debt Black Hole got a little bigger in March, as Uncle Sam ran yet another big budget deficit. According to the Monthly Treasury Statement, the Trump administration spent $164.1 billion more than it…
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Mainstream Economists vs. Gold: Who Is Winning the Fight?
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Mainstream economists have been at war with gold for years. And gold is winning. Aaron Brown formerly served as head of market research for AQR Capital Management and now works as a columnist for Bloomberg. In a recent op-ed, he chronicled gold’s ongoing war with economists. John Maynard Keynes fired the…
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Judge Dismisses Trump’s $10B Lawsuit Against WSJ, Murdoch Over Reporting on Ties to Epstein
(Headline USA) A federal judge dismissed President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch on Monday over a story on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles in Florida wrote in the order that Trump had failed to make the argument that the article…
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Somali National Faces Homicide Charges for Deadly Vehicle Collision
(José Niño, Headline USA) Authorities recently arrested a local truck driver following a devastating nine vehicle collision that claimed three lives. This tragic event occurred on Interstate 71 near Delaware County on a Saturday evening. According to a detailed report from ABC 6, 50-year-old Modou F. Ngom now faces vehicular homicide charges after his semi…
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Millions in Medical Bills Lead to Demand for Price Transparency Policies
(Emily Rodriguez, The Center Square) A new report shows hospitals in Virginia filed 1.15 million lawsuits against patients over unpaid medical bills between 2010 and 2024, collecting $1.4 billion. PatientRightsAdvocate.org collaborated with George Washington University Law School and Stanford University’s Clinical Excellence Research Center to research Virginia court records, revealing what PatientRightsAdvocate.org described as a…
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Reports Say the US and Israel May Restart Bombing Campaign in Iran
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US and Israel may restart the bombing campaign against Iran just days into a two-week ceasefire, according to US and Israeli media reports. The Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump is considering launching “limited” strikes against Iran as part of a pressure campaign that includes a blockade on Iranian…
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CPI Spikes on Energy Prices But That’s Not the Real Inflation Story
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The expected surge in prices due to the Iran War showed up in the March CPI data. However, it doesn’t tell the real inflation story. Without a doubt, price inflation is up. The cost of the basket of goods the BLS uses to calculate the CPI rose 0.9 percent…
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Chinese Sulfuric Acid Export Ban Could Exacerbate Physical Silver Shortage
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) A move by China could exacerbate already tight silver supplies. Chinese officials have indicated they will stop exports of sulfuric acid beginning next month. The ban could last through the rest of 2026. According to Mining.com, “Some sulfuric acid producers in the country recently received notifications about the change, and…
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Secret Service Trainee Arrested for Spying on Roommate Going to the Bathroom
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A Secret Service trainee was arrested Wednesday for spying on his roommate, also an agent-in-training, with a hidden camera, according to ABC News. “Police reports from Glynn County, Georgia, said the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center student, Joel Lara Canvasser, secretly filmed his suitemate’s every move with a spy camera hidden…
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Texas House Committee Fines Democrats Nearly $423,000 for Absconding
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The Texas House Committee on Administration on Friday voted to fine House Democrats who absconded during special legislative sessions last year. After a closed door hearing, the committee voted 6-5 along party lines to fine 53 House Democrats $8,354 each. The decision came eight months after Texas Democrats left Texas…










