Politics
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Trump Signs Sweeping Order to Lower the Cost of Prescription Drugs
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said he will set a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to lower the cost of prescription drugs in a sweeping executive order that he will sign on Monday. The order calls on the health department, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to broker new price tags for drugs, according to a…
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Putin Proposes Direct Talks With Ukraine, Zelensky Says Ceasefire Must Happen First
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed starting direct peace talks with Ukraine without preconditions in Turkey this Thursday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky initially responded by saying there must be a ceasefire before talks could be held. He later said that he was willing to meet with Putin in Istanbul this Thursday,…
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Police Encountered Ryan Routh 9 Days before Alleged Trump Assassination Attempt
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) It’s been widely reported that the feds received numerous reports about Ryan Routh in the years leading up to his alleged Sept. 15 assassination attempt on President Donald Trump. Those reports came from Routh’s associates in Ukraine, who were raising flags about his recruitment of foreign refugees to fight in the…
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Iran Says Fourth Round of Talks With US ‘Difficult But Useful’
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Iran said on Sunday that the fourth round of negotiations it held with the US earlier in the day were “difficult but useful,” and both sides have agreed to hold more talks. “The fourth round of indirect Iran-US negotiations is concluded; difficult but useful talks to better understand each other’s positions and…
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Pope Leo XIV Calls for Peace in Gaza, End to Israeli Blockade on Aid
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Pope Leo XIV called for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the Israeli blockade of aid on Sunday in his first Sunday blessing since being elected pontiff last week. “I am deeply pained by what is happening [in Gaza,” Leo said from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. “Let the…
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Here’s Where Gold & Silver Stand
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) Both gold and silver are undergoing healthy consolidation phases after their strong rallies, allowing them to reset and work off overbought conditions. It’s time for an updated look at where things stand. Three weeks ago, I suggested that gold may have temporarily peaked after a strong rally, and that a…
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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…
