(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) It’s no longer a question of whether the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates. It’s a question of how soon central bankers will cut and how big they will go. Last week’s ugly economic reports on manufacturing and employment helped trigger a mini-meltdown in the stock market – one…
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) When House Speaker Mike Johnson announced last week a Bipartisan House Task Force to investigate the attempted assassination of presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, he said he has the “utmost confidence” that the group will “move quickly to find the facts.” But according to a report from the Butler Eagle, the deadline…
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) President Joe Biden released a statement Monday morning thanking Gene Sperling, a top economic advisor, as he left his position the same morning that fears of a U.S. recession sent the U.S. stock market tumbling. As of Monday morning, the Dow had dropped 900 points and the Nasdaq by 4%,…
(Headline USA) Since her arrest at a pro-Hamas protest at the University of Massachusetts, Annie McGrew has been pivoting between two sets of hearings: one for the misdemeanor charges she faces in court, and another for violations of the college’s conduct code. The decision for which she now bears the consequences has kept the graduate…
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Last week, Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe ducked and dodged questions from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, about who approved security cuts to former President Donald Trump’s security detail. “I don’t know if I did or didn’t,” Rowe said when asked if he approved a false July 14 statement from the…
(Headline USA) The House Judiciary Committee launched a probe into New York Judge Juan Merchan’s daughter over her work for Vice President Kamala Harris—work that could present a conflict of interest for the judge given his role overseeing one of the cases against former President Donald Trump. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sent a letter…
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – Three months before the November election in which the presumptive Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala, is likely to run for president, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced it was suspending a parole program she, as the president’s “border czar,“ has overseen with DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. DHS announced on…
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The Department of Justice sued TikTok and its parent company, China-based ByteDance, on Friday for alleged violations of an online privacy law for children. “The Department is deeply concerned that TikTok has continued to collect and retain children’s personal information despite a court order barring such conduct,” Acting Associate Attorney…
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) The United States triggered a highly accurate recession indicator as recession fears led to the largest stock selloff since December 2022. California, the nation’s largest economy, triggered the same indicator in late 2023. On the morning of August 2, the United States published unemployment data for July showing a sharp…
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) On Aug. 1, 2024, Ohio Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose ordered county election boards to remove 499 non-citizens from their voter rolls. The Daily Wire reported that the news came after LaRose audited the state’s voter registration database before the 2024 election. The audit began in May of this…