Personal Finance
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Former US Rep. William Delahunt of Massachusetts Died at Age 82
(Headline USA) Longtime U.S. Rep. William D. Delahunt of Massachusetts, a Democratic stalwart who postponed his own retirement from Washington to help pass former President Barack Obama’s legislative agenda, has died following a long-term illness, his family announced. Delahunt died Saturday at his home in Quincy, Massachusetts, at the age of 82, news reports said.…
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Big Moves Up in Gold Heading into Easter Weekend
(Mike Gleason, Money Metals News Service) We’re seeing another big move in the gold market. The monetary metal reached a new record high on Thursday to close out this holiday-shortened trading week. Gold finished the week, the month, and the quarter on a high note at $2,243 an ounce, gaining 3.1% since last Friday’s close.…
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Judge Sentences FTX Fraudster Bankman-Fried
(Headline USA) Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud on hundreds of thousands of customers that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, once one of the world’s most popular platforms for exchanging digital currency. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan delivered a blistering analysis of Bankman-Fried and his…
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Prominent Cheney Rival, Clinton and Obama Critic Joe Lieberman Dies after Fall
(Headline USA) Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the 2000 election, has died, according to a statement issued by his family. Lieberman died in New York City on Wednesday due to complications from a fall, the statement said. He was…
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Arkansas Race-Groomers Sue to Force State to Accept CRT on Curriculum
(Headline USA) A high school teacher and two students sued Arkansas on Monday over the state’s ban on critical race theory and indoctrination in public schools, asking a federal judge to strike down the restrictions as unconstitutional. The lawsuit by the teacher and students from Little Rock Central High School, site of the historic 1957…
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Trump Gets Big Win as Appeals Court Reduces $464M Bond Obligation to $175M
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The partisan prosecutor dubbed “Peekaboo” by former President Donald Trump will likely lose out on her yearslong dream of squatting in the penthouse of Trump Tower—even as the presumptive GOP nominee for president in 2024 continues to live rent-free inside New York Attorney General Letitia James’s head. A New York appeals…
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Republican Governor Vetos Bill Allowing Concealed Carry in Public Schools
(Headline USA) Wyoming Republican Gov. Mark Gordon has vetoed a bill that would have allowed people to carry concealed guns in public schools and government meetings. The bill would have required each state facility, including the University of Wyoming, the Wyoming State Hospital and the Wyoming Boys’ School, to seek legislative approval to restrict carrying…
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MURDOCK: Biden Constructs a Potemkin Hellscape to Conceal His Own Dystopia
(Deroy Murdock, Headline USA) In three words, here is Joe Biden’s re-election strategy: Lie, lie, lie. Biden and his Democrat allies are not conducting a normal re-election campaign based on a brighter tomorrow. Concerning their job performance today, their approach is: The less said, the better. Instead, Biden Democrats present a nonstop parade of lies about Donald J.…
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Ala. Gov. Signs Law Blocking DEI Programs
(Headline USA) Following the lead of Florida and other red states that have fought back against the woke incursion threatening to overtake their education system and other institutions, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed legislation that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public schools, universities and state agencies. “My administration has and…
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SIGNED INTO LAW: Wisconsin Formally Ends Sales Taxes on Gold and Silver
(Jp Cortez, Sound Money Defense League, Money Metals News Service) Responding to an overwhelming groundswell of grassroots pressure, Gov. Tony Evers today signed a bill into law that secures Wisconsin’s place as the 44th state in America to end sales taxes on the purchase of precious metals. Assembly Bill 29 and Senate Bill 33, carried…
