(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US military is preparing for the possibility that the US-Israeli war against Iran lasts until September of this year, according to a report from POLITICO, far beyond President Donald Trump’s initial four-week timeline. The report said that US Central Command is asking the Pentagon to send more intelligence officers to its…

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(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Texas state Rep. James Talarico may have won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate against Rep. Jasmine Crockett, but he still has one more fight ahead: his old tweets, which have complicated his recent pitch as a moderate Democrat.  Talarico, recently crowned the victor of the Democratic primary, has drawn widespread condemnation…

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(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Reid Hoffman once shared his “ice cream” with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — “either for yourself or for ‘the girls,’” according to newly unearthed emails.  Hoffman, the billionaire LinkedIn co-founder and prominent Democratic donor, is under fire as hundreds of pages from the DOJ-released Epstein files containing his communications with Epstein…

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(Headline USA) Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas acknowledged for the first time Wednesday having an affair with an aide who later died after setting herself on fire, a revelation that came on the same day the House Ethics Committee announced it was initiating an investigation into the congressman. Gonzales, appearing on the “Joe Pags Show,”…

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(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey discussed volatility in the gold and silver markets amid escalating geopolitical tensions and broader financial market turmoil. Maharrey opened by criticizing mainstream financial media coverage of a recent selloff that occurred as markets reacted to a conflict involving…

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(Headline USA) An Arkansas man accused of killing his teenage daughter’s alleged abuser won the Republican nomination for local sheriff while waiting to stand trial for murder in his rural county, where he ran on a message of seeing the failures of law enforcement. Aaron Spencer defeated Lonoke County Sheriff John Staley in Tuesday’s primary elections,…

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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Senate on Wednesday voted against advancing a War Powers Resolution aimed at halting further US military action against Iran without authorization from Congress amid the major US-Israeli bombing campaign in the country. The resolution, introduced by Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Rand Paul (R-KY), failed in a vote of 47-53, with Paul…

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(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) South Korea plans to boost its gold holdings for the first time since 2013. However, it will take an unusual approach. According to an announcement, the Bank of Korea will incorporate overseas-listed gold ETFs into its foreign reserve portfolio. Bank of Korea official Heung-Soon Jung announced plans for additional gold…

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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The White House is expected to ask Congress for an extra $50 billion in military spending to replenish stockpiles of weapons used in the Iran war and other recent Middle East conflicts, Reuters has reported. Sources told Reuters that Deputy Secretary of War Steve Feinberg has been leading the Pentagon effort to…

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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday boasted of the “death and destruction” the US military can rain down on Iran, as reports say that US and Israeli airstrikes have killed over 1,000 Iranian civilians in just four days. Hegseth said at a press briefing that the US and Israel should soon…

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