(Headline USA) Four people have died from gunshot wounds and 14 others have been hospitalized following a drive-by shooting in Chicago, police said Thursday. At least three were in critical condition. The shooting happened late Wednesday in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. Several media outlets said it happened outside a restaurant and lounge that had hosted an…

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(Money Metals News Service) In the latest episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey dives into the troubling trajectory of the U.S. dollar, recent warnings from international banks, and the growing shift toward gold among global central banks. Drawing on fresh data, historical parallels, and economic indicators, Maharrey lays out a compelling…

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(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Trump-led DOJ has charged four individuals in connection with the violent anti-ICE riots that broke out in June in Oregon.  The defendants, some allegedly caught on video, spent several weeks targeting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and assaulting federal officers, prosecutors said in a press statement on Tuesday.  One of…

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(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A newly declassified CIA memo revealed that top officials within the Obama administration deliberately manipulated intelligence to exaggerate Russia’s purported 2016 election interference. This set the stage for the years‑long Trump‑Russia collusion probe.  The review, commissioned by CIA Director John Ratcliffe in May 2025, reassessed the 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian interference. It found…

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(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square)  After a 27-hour voting session, Senate Republicans narrowly approved their amended version of the House-passed “big, beautiful bill” Tuesday, sending it back to the lower chamber for final approval. But the Senate’s swath of controversial changes has alienated multiple House Republicans and upset delicate political compromises House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., made…

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(Jon Syf, The Center Square)  Kamala Harris is favored over Vice President J.D. Vance in a hypothetical 2028 presidential election, according to a new poll. Harris was favored by 45% of respondents, Vance by 42% and 12% were undecided in a poll where Overton Insights asked 1,200 registered voters the questions between June 23-26 on…

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(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The Trump administration has released more than 13,000 inadmissible noncitizens into the U.S. in the first four full months of his administration who arrived at ports of entries (POEs) nationwide, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data evaluated by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a nonpartisan organization founded at Syracuse…

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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Senate on Tuesday advanced a massive spending package, dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill” by President Trump, that includes $150 billion in extra military spending. The bill passed in a vote of 51-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote, as three Republicans — Senators Rand Paul (KY), Susan Collins (ME),…

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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Pentagon has halted shipments of some air defense missiles and other munitions to Ukraine over concerns that US stockpiles have gotten too low, POLITICO reported on Tuesday. The report said the decision was driven by Elbridge Colby, the undersecretary of defense for policy, a China hawk who wants the US to focus on…

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(Headline USA) Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted of a prostitution-related offense but acquitted Wednesday of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have put one of hip-hop’s most celebrated figures behind bars for life. The mixed result came on the third day of deliberations. It could still send Combs, 55, to prison for as long as…

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