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ETFs Added More Gold in February Despite Recent Price Correction
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The big gold selloff in January didn’t seem to deter investment demand. Despite the big correction in the gold price, metal continued to flow into ETFs last month. ETF gold holdings rose to an all-time high in January, and gold-backed funds continued to add to their assets in February. ETFs added…
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DHS Inspector General Says He’s Blocked from Investigating Trump Shooting
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari has told Congress that he’s being blocked from investigating the Secret Service in relation to its failures to protect Donald Trump when he was nearly assassinated on July 13, 2024. Cuffari’s complaint was made public shortly before DHS Secretary Kristin Noem was fired from her job…
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U.S. House Introduces Bill to Require National Debt Transparency
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Lawmakers introduced a bill to require greater transparency on the national debt and GDP. Reps. Lloyd Smucker, R-Penn., and Jared Golden, D-Maine, introduced the Debt-to-GDP Transparency and Stabilization Act on Wednesday. The legislation would require the president to submit reports in his annual budget requests that detail the effects of…
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Georgia Police Department Requires Training in Gender Ideology
(Johnny Edwards, The Center Square) The Georgia police department that fired an officer for asking a biological male to stay out of a women’s restroom will begin putting all its officers through sensitivity training this month. The mandatory “LGBTQIA+” class will push several tenets of transgender ideology that remain in dispute, The Center Square has…
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Noem Ousted as Secretary of Homeland Security; Mullin to Succeed
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) President Donald Trump is nominating Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin from Oklahoma as the next Homeland Security Secretary. On Thursday, the second-term Republican decided to reassign Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as the special envoy for the Shield of the Americas. Multiple reports circulated prior to the president’s social media post…
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Britney Spears Arrested and Released, California Sheriff’s Records Show, Though Charge is Not Clear
(Headline USA) Britney Spears was arrested Wednesday night in Southern California and booked early Thursday, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s office, which didn’t say what charge she faces. Messages seeking comment were left with the sheriff’s office; the California Highway Patrol, which was identified as the arresting agency; and Spears’ representative. Spears was arrested…
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Man on Trial in Assassination Plot Says Possible Targets Included Trump, Biden, Haley
(Headline USA) The allegation sounded like the stuff of spy movies: A Pakistani businessman trying to hire hit men, even handing them $5,000 in cash, to kill a U.S. politician on behalf of Iran ‘s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. It was true, and potential targets of the 2024 scheme included now-President Donald Trump, then-President Joe…
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Teenager Who Killed Parents to Fund Trump Assassination Plot Was ‘Manipulated,’ Court Hears
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The teenager who killed his parents as part of a plot to assassinate President Donald Trump was sentenced on Thursday to two life prison sentences without the possibility of parole. Nikita Casap, now 18, told the court that he’s accepted Jesus as his Lord shortly before the sentencing. He cried when…
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Woman Detained in Investigation of 2 Girls’ Bodies Buried in Suitcases
(Headline USA) Cleveland police expect to charge a 28-year-old woman in the investigation into the remains of two girls found buried in suitcases earlier this week, a department spokesperson said Thursday. Sgt. Wilfredo Diaz said police detained the woman Wednesday evening after detectives completed initial interviews and examined evidence. The woman, whose name was not…
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Trump Says He Must Have a Say in Picking Iran’s New Leader
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said in an interview with Axios on Thursday that he must have a say on who is chosen as Iran’s next leader following the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, contradicting other administration officials who say the US’s goal is not regime change. Trump made clear to…
