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How Has War Impacted the Gold Price in the Modern Era?
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) With the United States now in a shooting war with Iran, how might a protracted conflict impact gold prices? The historical pattern since the 1980s suggests that, beyond an initial safe haven bump, a war alone doesn’t seem to significantly impact the trajectory of gold prices. As wars drag…
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Central Bank Gold Buying Modest in January as New Players Enter the Market
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The pace of central bank gold buying slowed modestly in January in the midst of record-high prices. We also saw the pace of selling pick up steam to kick off the year. On net, central banks globally added five tonnes of gold to their reserves in January. World Gold…
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Rubio Says the US Launched a War With Iran Because Israel Was Planning To Attack
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday said that the US launched a war against Iran because Israel was planning to attack, an admission that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu steered the US into the conflict. “It was abundantly clear that if Iran came under attack by anyone, the United States, Israel,…
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Pentagon Personnel Injured by Iranian Drone Attack on Hotel in Bahrain
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) An Iranian drone attack on a hotel in Bahrain injured at least two US Department of War employees, The Washington Post reported on Monday, citing a State Department diplomatic cable. “Two US DOW personnel were injured,” the cable said. No other details were included in the cable, and it’s unclear whether the…
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2 Men Arrested in Cincinnati Nightclub Shooting are Facing Federal Charges
(Headline USA) Two men arrested Monday in connection with a weekend shooting that wounded nine people inside a Cincinnati nightclub now face federal charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the southern district of Ohio said Tuesday. Franeek Cobb, 24, and Derrick Long, 29, each face federal charges for illegally possessing a firearm or ammunition as…
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Father Who Gave Gun to Georgia School Shooting Suspect for Christmas is Guilty of 2nd-Degree Murder
(Headline USA) A Georgia man who gave his teenage son the gun he’s accused of using to kill two students and two teachers at a high school was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. Jurors took less than two hours to find Colin Gray guilty of all charges in the September 2024 shooting…
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Ret. Air Force General Goes Missing under Unknown Circumstances
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A retired general from the U.S. Air Force has gone missing in New Mexico, and authorities are sounding the alarm over medical concerns. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office in Albuquerque is urgently searching for William Neil McCasland, a 68-year-old top military official who once led the Air Force’s multi-billion-dollar science and technology…
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‘I’m Done’: Hillary Clinton Goes Berserk in Epstein Deposition
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Newly released deposition videos show Hillary Clinton lashing out at Republican lawmakers during questioning about her ties to Jeffrey Epstein. The footage, released Monday by the House Oversight Committee, captures Clinton clashing with Reps. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C., during the closed-door Feb. 26 deposition. In one exchange, Clinton erupted after…
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State Dept. Officer Goes on Stabbing Spree
(José Niño, Headline USA) A road-rage confrontation on the Capital Beltway erupted into a chaotic stabbing spree Sunday, on the outer loop of Interstate 495 in Annandale, Virginia, leaving one woman and a dog dead and three other women seriously wounded, per a report by FOX 5 DC. Virginia State Police said the violence followed…
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Number of Service Members Killed in Action Rises to Six
(The Center Square) The number of American service members killed in action as part of Operation Epic Fury has climbed from four to six, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio vows “the hardest hits are yet to come from the U.S. military.” CENTCOM announced that two additional service members had been killed in action who…
