(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 2002, dollars accounted for 72…

(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 just 10% of what Trump…

(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 another Chinese gold buying spree…

(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 enough children to replace themselves.…

(Headline USA) Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brought success to Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, has died. He was 88. NBC’s Today show, citing family members, said Donahue died Sunday after a long illness. Dubbed “the king of daytime talk,” Donahue was the…

(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 against Israel’s War in Gaza,…

(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. But along with revealing that…

(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 unheard of: She let students…

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party, with the legacy media’s help, have repeatedly used the word “joy” as a campaign slogan, alarmingly similar to one used by the Nazi government of Germany in the 1930s. After seizing control of Germany, the Nazis launched the “Strength Through Joy” program, or “Kraft…

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) On Aug. 16, 2024, Donald Trump announced the leadership of his transition team, which will steer policy and personnel efforts ahead of his second term in the White House. The Hill reported that two top donors would lead Trump’s official transition to his campaign: Linda McMahon, who previously served as head…