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Indian Jewelry Market Reveals the Push and Pull of Higher Gold Prices
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Rising gold prices have spurred investment demand, especially in the East, and helped drive Q2 gold demand to the highest level since 2016. In China, demand for gold bars and coins charted the second strongest quarter on record. However, high prices put a drag on jewelry demand in the first quarter.…
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Hamas Says It Will Release US-Israeli Citizen Edan Alexander
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Hamas said on Sunday that it would release Edan Alexander, a dual US-Israeli citizen and IDF soldier who was captured during the October 7 attack, and confirmed that it had been in direct talks with the US on a potential Gaza ceasefire deal and the entry of humanitarian aid into the Palestinian territory.…
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Barstool Owner Dave Portnoy’s Degenerate Past Resurfaces amidst Antisemitism Controversy
(José Niño, Headline USA) Just as Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy battles backlash over an antisemitic incident at his bar, the internet is digging up a 14-year-old scandal that refuses to stay buried. Earlier this month, several patrons displayed a “F*** the Jews” sign at the Barstool Sansom Street bar in Philadelphia during bottle service. …
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DOJ Charges USAID Officer w/ Fraud
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department filed a criminal charge Friday against Yusuf Akoll, a former senior procurement contract specialist for the U.S. Agency for International Development, which was recently shuttered and folded into the State Department. According to the DOJ, Akoll formed a shell company in November 2020 to fraudulently obtained $16,666 in…
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Justice Sotomayor Begs Lawyers to ‘Fight This Fight’ against Trump’s Agenda
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Leftist Justice Sonia Sotomayor appeared to urge lawyers to “stand up” and “fight this fight” amid legal battles targeting President Donald Trump’s agenda following his victory in the 2024 presidential election “If you’re not used to fighting, and losing battles, then don’t become a lawyer,” Sotomayor said at an American Bar Association…
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New Trump DOJ Appointee Hints at Impending Russiagate Hoax Investigations
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) During his stint as Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin spent months investigating the architects of the Russia collusion hoax—seemingly laying the groundwork for his incoming role head of the Justice Department’s new weaponization task force. Martin has also launched probes into the Biden administration’s lawfare tactics and…
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Name-Changing Trans Lawmaker Seethes over Renaming Gulf of Mexico
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., drew widespread mockery online after criticizing the House’s move to codify President Trump’s renaming of the “Gulf of Mexico” to the Gulf of America. McBride, a biological male who identifies as the first transgender member of Congress, posted a video on the Capitol subway calling the bill “the…
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Hegseth Announces Fate of DEI at West Point and Military Academies
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) It’s a new day at West Point. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that admissions at the military academy will now be based “exclusively” on merit—not race, ethnicity or sex. Hegseth published the change in a memo shared on X, effectively reversing the Biden administration’s forced inclusion policies. In the memo, Hegseth…
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Late-Term Abortion Clinic Closes after 50-Plus Years of Killing Babies
(Headline USA) For over 50 years, the Boulder Abortion Clinic served as a resource for women who sought abortions in the second or third trimester because of medical reasons “or other circumstances.” Finally, the baby killing is over. That clinic quietly closed last month, leaving the U.S. with just a handful that offer abortions after 28…
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U.S. and China Reach Trade Agreement; Details Coming Monday
(The Center Square) Market implications are expected Monday morning worldwide following Sunday’s announcement of a trade agreement between the United States and China. No details were announced between countries doing an estimated $600 billion in trade annually. The two superpower countries have sparred since President Donald Trump’s January inauguration and subsequent tariff implementations. The deal…
