(Headline USA) As students return to colleges across the United States, administrators are bracing for a resurgence in activism in support of Hamas, and some schools are adopting rules to limit the kind of protests that swept campuses last spring. While the summer break provided a respite in student demonstrations…
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The New Yorker published an exposé on the white nationalist group Patriot Front on Sunday, rehashing the group’s history, as well as that of the larger American radical right-wing movement. Much of the New Yorker’s story has already been reported by Headline USA and other outlets.…
(Headline USA) House Republicans have released their initial impeachment inquiry report on President Joe Biden, alleging an abuse of power and obstruction of justice in the financial dealings of his son Hunter Biden and family associates. The almost 300-page report out Monday, the opening day of the Democratic National Convention, covers familiar ground, asserting the Biden…
(Headline USA) Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, “you do the same thing every day,” said Jean-Baptiste, who was absent 30 days his first year. “That gets very frustrating.” Then his principal did something nearly…
(Chris Powell, Money Metals News Service) Responding to the recent commentary about the idea to spectacularly increase the U.S. money supply via the minting and depositing at the Federal Reserve of one or two platinum coins of trillion-dollar denominations, a friend asks: What would a trillion-dollar platinum coin do to the…
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Dollar dominance is slowly ebbing as the world looks to diversify away from the greenback. The share of dollars making up global reserves has dropped by 14 percent since the turn of the century, according to data compiled by the Atlantic Council. As of…
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In the wake of the July 13 assassination attempt against Donald Trump, the Secret Service admitted that it denied the former President’s requests for enhanced security over the last several years. The Washington Post provided more details on those cuts Monday, reporting that the Secret Service provided…
(Headline USA) The communications director for Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., communications director publicly trashed her boss this week over his pro-Israel stance. “I don’t agree with him,” Carrie Adams told the Free Press regarding Fetterman’s continued support for Israel and its military offensive against Hamas. “I have a sense that…
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) New gold import quotas for Chinese banks could foreshadow another surge in Chinese demand. Demand for gold was white-hot in China last spring, helping drive global prices to record highs. Chinese demand slowed in recent months due to high prices, but there are signs…
(Headline USA) Five summers ago, Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance—then a 34-year-old memoirist and father of a 2-year-old boy—took the stage at a conservative conference and tackled an issue that would become a core part of his political brand: the United States’ declining fertility rate. “Our people aren’t having…