(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) A video of Secretary of State Antony Blinken playing a cover of rock artist Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World,” onstage Tuesday in the war-torn nation of Ukraine went viral, and raising eyebrows on both sides of the political aisle. Reports indicated that Blinken played at a subterranean club called Barman…

(Headline USA) President Joe Biden officially agreed this week to two debates against former President Donald Trump ahead of November’s election. The first will be held on June 27 on CNN, and the second on Sept. 10 on ABC News. The 81-year-old Democrat finally ended speculation over whether the presidential debates would happen at all on…

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Attorney General Merrick Garland faces potential repercussions as the Republican-led House of Representatives takes action to hold him accountable for his refusal to release potentially damaging audio recordings involving President Joe Biden.  On Thursday, a Republican-led committee will discuss a resolution to hold Garland in contempt of Congress due to his reluctance…

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Fed officials and people in the Biden administration insist “we” are making progress in tamping down price inflation. Many market analysts are optimistic enough to believe that the central bank will be able to cut interest rates this fall. But the average American isn’t so sure the Fed is…

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Industrial and tech demand for gold rebounded in the first quarter, rising 10 percent year over year. Industrial and technological applications consumed about 79 tons of gold in Q1, according to data compiled by the World Gold Council. At the aggregate level, all four major electronics fabrication hubs around…

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Journalist Christina Urso, who’s making a documentary about the 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor, announced Monday that Bank of America has closed her account without giving her any reason or warning. I have been de-banked by Bank of America. They are currently holding my funds hostage. pic.twitter.com/PvNkhldP4e — Radix Verum (@NotRadix)…

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) A recent Oxford University debate went viral after former Mumford and Sons musician Winston Marshall rebuked former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for being an out-of-touch elite, Fox News reported. During the Oxford Union event, the British string band’s erstwhile banjo player and lead guitarist—who was famously canceled in 2021…

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Last June, an anonymous whistleblower disclosed that the FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate threatened any agent who disagreed with how the bureau was conducting its investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill uprising. According to the whistleblower, Abbate conveyed his threat to all FBI personnel in a video teleconference during February…

The Board of Trustees approved the change Monday at a special meeting on the upcoming budget. The alteration could result in the loss of its diversity office, led by 12 regular staff including a vice provost making more than $315,000 annually. The move was praised by Republicans on House Committee on Education and the Workforce,…

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Some three years ago, the Justice Department charged Kansas man William Pope with eight crimes in relation to his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest. Since then, Pope has been representing himself in court—and, judging by recent filings, he’s giving the DOJ’s lawyers all they can handle. Indeed,…