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French Election: Socialists Secure Paris, LePen's Populists Make Historic Local Gains Marine Le Pen’s National Rally delivered its strongest performance ever in French local elections on Sunday, capturing dozens of municipalities and installing an ally as mayor of Nice - while socialists predictably held onto key urban centers, including Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Lille.  NR celebrates in 2024 The results of the second-round municipal vote on Sunday mark the clearest sign yet that the populist party is no longer a protest movement but a genuine governing force in parts of […]

How Much Of The Gulf's Water Comes From Desalination Plants? Authored by Mohamed A. Hussein, The United States-Israeli war on Iran has exposed the vulnerability of critical water infrastructure in a region that is among the most water-scarce in the world. Last week, Iran’s foreign minister accused the US of striking a desalination plant on Qeshm Island off the coast of Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. The strike reportedly cut off the water supply to 30 villages. Just 24 hours later, Bahrain said an Iranian drone had caused material damage to one of its desalination plants […]

Trump HHS Launches Probe Into 13 States Over Abortion Coverage Mandates The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), is investigating 13 Democrat-run states for allegedly forcing employers' health insurance plans to cover abortions. Officials say these rules trample the Weldon Amendment's federal conscience protections.  The Weldon amendment blocks states from punishing health insurers, plans, or providers who refuse to pay for, provide, or refer for abortions on moral or religious grounds, and has appeared in every HHS spending bill […]

Blackstone's Flagship Private Credit Fund, World's Largest, Posts First Monthly Loss Since 2022 It only took a constant barrage of negative news surrounding the private credit space, including a surge in redemptions, investor gating, questions about loan markets as well as outright fraud, not to mention relentless criticism from of some of the biggest luminaries in credit, including Saba's Boaz Weinstein and Diameter's Scott Goodwin, for Blackstone to concede that its private credit book may have been mismarked. According to Bloomberg, Blackstone's flagship private credit fund - […]

Glitch Shuts Australia's Biggest Maker Of Vital Fertilizer Input For 2 Months At Worst Possible Time Australia's largest ammonia plant will be shut for two months to repair damage caused by a power outage, amidst a global supply crunch for the vital fertiliser and explosives ingredient. To say that the shutdown comes at the worst possible time for the global fertilizer market would be an understatement: more than a quarter of the world's traded ammonia flows through the Strait of Hormuz, as do 43% of urea shipments, the fertilizer made from ammonia. As we discussed in recent […]

Pritzker Criticizes AIPAC After Pro-Israel Group Spends Heavily In Illinois Primary Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sharply criticized the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) following the group’s significant spending in the March 17 Illinois primary elections. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks on stage during Vox Media's Pivot Tour at The Chicago Theatre in Chicago on Nov. 12, 2025. Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Vox Media In an interview with The Associated Press on March 18, Pritzker said AIPAC has […]

AOC Splashes Thousands In Campaign Funds On Psychiatrist Specializing In Ketamine Therapy Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D- NY) campaign splashed close to $19,000 in campaign funds last year to a Boston-area psychiatrist affiliated with a chain of clinics that specialize in ketamine-based treatments for mental-health conditions, according to the New York Post. Disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission indicate that Ocasio-Cortez's campaign committee made three payments totaling $18,725 in 2025 to Dr. Brian Boyle, chief psychiatric officer at Stella Mental […]

Oil & Stocks Mixed To Start Week As War Escalates & Gamma Unclenches Update (1845ET): After an initial kneejerk higher in oil and lower in stocks, things have settled a little with both hovering around unch... Brent is sliding a little from Friday's highs... Equity futs are back around unch... There's a long way til dawn... *  *  * Following a weekend where geopolitical headlines swung from "winding down" (Friday after the close) to threats, deadlines, and "obliteration" tit-for-tat talk suggesting no end in sight, it is perhaps no surprise that oil prices are […]

Tanker Carrying Fuel Bound For Cuba Diverts, While Another Russian Tanker Is Set To Challenge US Blockade A tanker carrying fuel originally ‌bound for Cuba on Friday changed its destination to Trinidad and Tobago, according to LSEG ship-tracking data, a blow for the island amid a severe fuel scarcity that has triggered power blackouts. The Hong Kong-flagged vessel Sea Horse loaded a Russian diesel ​cargo earlier this year through a ship-to-ship transfer in the Mediterranean before setting sail to the Caribbean. But while the Russian-origined ​cargo was bound for Cuba, the […]

US Treasury To Partner With Education Department To Collect Student Loan Debt Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Department of Education (ED) jointly announced a new partnership under which the Treasury will assume responsibility for collecting on defaulted federal student loan debt, according to a March 19 joint statement from the departments. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Jan. 13, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Federal Student […]

Florida Cities Enforce Curfews And Mass Arrests After Spring Break Chaos Do certain groups of people deliberately seek out chaos?  Do they revel in it so much that they choose to create it from thin air wherever they go?  Or, are they completely unaware of the destruction that follows them around?  One thing is certain - they obviously don't care about how it affects the people around them.   Spring Break in Florida has always been a wild affair attracting masses of young vacationers from across the US to white sandy beaches, condos and the night life.  Decades ago, the […]

Georgia Governor Signs Bill Suspending State Gas Tax For 60 Days Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill on March 20 suspending the state’s gasoline tax for 60 days, the first such move taken by a U.S. state since the U.S.–Israeli war with Iran began in late February. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp delivers the State of the State address on the House floor of the state Capitol in Atlanta, Ga., on Jan. 25, 2023. Alex Slitz/AP Photo The legislation, dubbed HB 1199, will temporarily suspend Georgia’s fuel taxes—33.3 […]

Clinton-Appointed Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Pentagon Media Access Restrictions Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge on March 20 issued an order blocking the Trump administration’s media access policy at the Pentagon after The New York Times sued over the restrictions. An aerial view of the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Dec. 15, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Department of War tightened its rules for the media in September 2025 after officials said reporters were roaming the halls of the Pentagon. The department took the […]

"Our Military Is Prepared": Havana Communists See Writing On The Wall After Trump's Iran Bombing In a new note from Zoltan Pozsar's advisory firm, Ex Uno Plures, he explained that the Trump administration is "methodically building a portfolio of assets" to pressure China, centered on strategic energy supply nodes and maritime chokepoints that have historically supported Beijing's cheap crude imports. His note highlights the Panama Canal, Venezuelan oil flows, and the broader significance of Iran and the Strait of Hormuz. Taking it a step further, Cuba could eventually be folded […]

Iran Issues 10 Million Rial Banknote Amid Soaring Inflation As the Iran war rages, Tehran has rolled out a new 10 million rial banknote, its highest-ever denomination, as authorities seek to "manage" soaring inflation and meet demand for hard cash... but mostly to "manage" soaring inflation, similar to how Venezuela would add a new 0 to its currency every week in the late days of the Maduro ergime before everyone simply gave up.  Banks, which have been targeted on at least one occasion by Western strikes, began distributing the new note this week, which is worth about $7, as […]

Don Lemon Claims US Does 'Very Same Things' To Protesters As Iran... Which Slaughtered 1000s Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Don Lemon has hit rock bottom in his radical spiral, openly claiming the United States treats protesters the exact same way as Iran — the regime that massacred thousands of anti-government demonstrators in just three months. This jaw-dropping comparison arrives as the Trump DOJ pursues prison time against Lemon and the leftist mob he embedded with during their invasion of a Minneapolis church — the very disruption he hailed as protected […]

Iran Threatens To Destroy Region-Wide Infrastructure As Trump's 48-Hour Ultimatum Ticks Down, Mass Casualties In Southern Israel Summary Iran vows regional and US infrastructure will be "irreversibly destroyed" in response to Trump's 48-hour timeline to open Hormuz or else Iranian power plants will be obliterated. Iran announces imposition a $2 million transit fee on 'non-enemy' ships wishing to transit strait. Unprecedented damage and many dozens of casualties in Israel's south after tit-for-tat strikes on areas with nuclear plants. Reports of US prepping […]

'Punish Iran': Saudi Arabia & UAE Inch Closer To Joining US-Israeli War Via Middle East Eye Earlier this month, Elbridge Colby, a senior official in the US Department of War, held a call with Saudi Arabian Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, who is also the brother and top adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Iran’s attacks on US bases in the Gulf were heating up, and the US needed expanded access and overflight permissions. Saudi Arabia agreed to open King Fahd Air Base in Taif, in Western Saudi Arabia, to the Americans, multiple US and western officials […]

Senate Democrats Are Quietly Plotting To Oust Chuck Schumer Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has had a fractured relationship with the Democratic Party base ever since he voted to fund the government last March. Unfortunately for him, time hasn’t healed that wound, and there’s a growing resistance to Schumer that hopes to oust him from his leadership position after the midterms. The Wall Street Journal, drawing on more than four dozen interviews with Democratic senators, candidates, current and former congressional aides, activists, and advisers, found widespread […]

"On Our Way To Cuba": Left-Wing Nonprofit Boss Flies First Class For Virtue Signaling Tour The head of a left-wing nonprofit, reportedly linked to a Marxist propaganda network connected to a China-based billionaire, flew first class while her supporters traveled in coach to Cuba. This appears to be an effort aimed at disrupting U.S. foreign policy operations in the Caribbean. "NOW we're on our way to Cuba!" Code Pink wrote on X on Friday. NOW 🇨🇺 We're on our way to Cuba! Our CODEPINK delegation to the Nuestra América convoy is carrying thousands of pounds of urgently […]

Another Manic Monday Coming Submtted By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities I expect that we will see a lot of “green dots” on the Bloomberg Terminal Sunday night, as there was almost no asset (other than energy) up on Friday. I do know that my Monday will start bright and early, at 5am on CNBC. Away from that everything is a bit up in the air. There are headlines that can push us in either direction. Some developments that seem good, some that seem bad, some that seem weird, and some that are just downright confusing and/or contradictory. Transiting the Strait There seem […]

What Do Bonds Know That The Stock Market Doesn't? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Most investors spend their time watching the S&P 500. That’s a mistake, because the credit market is the real “tell.” The bond market has been whispering a warning for weeks now, and credit spreads are now shouting it. As of this writing, the CDX Index, a benchmark measure of credit default swap spreads, has climbed to a nine-month high while the S&P 500 sits within 5% of its all-time peak. Over the past 20 years, every time that combination appeared, a bear […]

Jaw-Dropping TSA Lines Continue To Hobble Major Airports; Trump Confirms ICE On The Way In a post on his TruthSocial feed, President Trump has confirmed that ICE agents will be joining forces with TSA agents as of tomorrow to aid in the safe-keeping of Americans: On Monday, ICE will be going to airports to help our wonderful TSA Agents... ... who have stayed on the job despite the fact that the Radical Left Democrats, who are only focused on protecting hard line criminals who have entered our Country illegally, are endangering the USA by holding back the money that was long […]

More Than 5,500 Residents Ordered To Evacuate In Hawaii Over Dodgy Dam Authored by T.J. Muscaro via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), More than 5,500 people on Hawaii’s most populous island have been ordered to evacuate on March 20 as weather conditions continue to worsen and threaten the integrity of a 120-year-old dam. Map of the evacuation zone in response to the risk of a dam failure amid torrential rains on Oahu, Hawaii, on March 20, 2026. Screenshot/Hawaii Emergency Management Agency That island, Oahu, which is home to the capital, Honolulu, is forecast to face severe […]

Migrant Criminal Beats Deportation Order With Chicken Nugget Defense In something you might see from the Babylon Bee, an Albanian migrant has secured the right to remain in the United Kingdom by claiming that his children hate "foreign" chicken nuggets, according to the Daily Mail. Klevis Disha, 39, snuck into the U.K. illegally back in 2001 as a supposed unaccompanied minor. Disha used a fake name and a bogus backstory about being born in the old Yugoslavia. His asylum bid flopped but somehow dragged on, until he snagged indefinite leave to remain in the UK in 2005, the Daily […]

Worried about the action in gold, silver and the mining stocks? Look at this interview with the always brilliant Tavi Costa!

The gold and silver selloff intensified on Friday but who is selling?

Gold and silver prices are down sharply after major central banks signaled a higher-for-longer rate stance. With the dollar rising and yields climbing, metals are in a classic macro squeeze. Here's what's driving the move and what investors should monitor.

A year ago, Mike Maloney and Alan Hibbard warned that the U.S. silver stockpile was gone and an explosion was coming. Silver hit $121/oz. COMEX vaults are still draining. Here's what the data shows about the 2026 silver shortage — and whether the move is finished.

Not all gold investments are created equal. Whether you're buying bullion or investing through an app, understanding what you actually own — and what risks come with it — is the first step to making the right choice for your portfolio.

A bank safety deposit box feels secure — but for physical gold, appearances can be deceiving. From uninsured contents to restricted access, here's why professional gold vault storage is built differently, and why the distinction matters more than most investors realize.

Gold is falling even as oil surges and inflation risks climb. The gold price drop after oil shock is catching investors off guard—but the real story reveals a deeper shift in markets that could shape what comes next.

This is bullish for gold. Take a look...

Gold dropped 3.5% Thursday even as war escalated in the Middle East. Tonight's digest breaks down the $200B Pentagon war bill, the DOJ's attack on Fed independence, and why retail investors are buying silver on the way down.

De-dollarization is no longer theoretical. As oil trade begins shifting away from the dollar, the global monetary system may be entering a new phase. In this environment, gold may not rise gradually—it could be repriced rapidly, catching most investors off guard.

On the heels of continued selling in gold, silver and especially heavy selling of mining stocks, one of the greats in the business just released an important update.

Gold has surged past $5,000 an ounce — but is it a bubble or a bull market? We break down what's driving prices, evaluate Robert Kiyosaki's dramatic $35,000 forecast, and explain what investors should actually do with their precious metals allocation right now.

Most investors rely on stocks for growth and bonds for stability — but the data tells a more complex story. Discover what gold actually does in a portfolio that traditional assets cannot, and why the case for including it has never been stronger.

Why is gold falling while a war rages in the Middle East? Today's digest breaks down the Iran energy shock driving oil to $115, Powell's Fed decision, a $39 trillion debt milestone, and the surprising split between retail and institutional gold buyers.

Today's situation is much worse than the 1970s, why isn't gold performing as expected?

Gold fell 3.75% to $4,820 as February PPI surged to 3.4% — double expectations. The Fed held rates at 3.50%–3.75% with no cuts in sight. Here's what the data says about the gold price outlook and whether this dip is a buying opportunity.

Every great empire follows the same arc: sound money, public works, military expansion, war, debasement, loss of faith, collapse. Mike Maloney's Seven Stages of Empire framework explains why currencies fail — and what history says comes next.

Everyone seems to believe this crisis is temporary, but look at who just warned this crisis is going to last more than a year.

Silver crashed 30% from its January 2026 all-time high. Alarming — unless you've studied silver price crash history. The 1970s and 2011 both saw violent pullbacks inside raging bull markets. Here's what happened to investors who held, and those who didn't.

Choosing between a Gold IRA and physical gold ownership? Understanding the key differences in tax treatment, storage requirements, costs, and liquidity is essential for making the right investment decision. A Gold IRA offers tax-deferred growth and professional storage within a retirement framework, while physical gold provides immediate control and access...

The Fed announces its rate decision today as oil approaches $100 and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. The U.S. economy outlook looks solid on the surface — but fragile underneath. Here's what gold investors need to watch.

Michael Oliver, the man who is well known for his deadly accurate forecasts on stocks, bonds, and major markets, sent King World News a note warning the public has it wrong once again when it comes to the gold sector.

Rising gas prices, shifting gold-silver ratios, and a Federal Reserve caught between inflation and slowdown are sending a clear signal: uncertainty is building again. As energy costs climb and policy clarity fades, investors are increasingly turning to gold as a strategic hedge. Meanwhile, central banks continue quietly accumulating the metal—reinforcing...

Most precious metals investors know how to buy — but few have a plan for when to sell. Here's the ratio-based exit strategy that tells you when to start selling, how to do it in stages, and what to rotate into before you ever touch fiat currency.

People across the earth need to buckle up because a massive wave of inflation is on the way.

Gold runs first. Silver waits — sometimes for years. Then silver surges past gold and doesn't look back. Here's what 50 years of data reveals about one of the most consistent patterns in precious metals investing, and how it just played out again in real time.

Gold already hit a record $5,600 in 2026. Now two powerful forces — a slowing U.S. economy and escalating Middle East conflict — are building the case for even higher prices. Here's what the data says about gold's path to $6,000.

Gold is holding near $5,000 as the Fed meets, oil stays above $100, and Wall Street's 2026 price targets keep climbing. J.P. Morgan sees $6,300. Bank of America sees $6,000. And one century-old chart suggests gold is right where the math says it should be.

Fortunes will be made: Look at what is getting ready to explode on the upside!

Gold briefly dipped below $5,000 Monday as a stronger dollar pressured metals. Oil eased but gas prices keep climbing. With the Fed meeting kicking off tomorrow, the stagflation question is back on the table — and it matters for precious metals.

Sprott says this is why gold futures continue to trade above $5,000 an ounce.

Why is silver leaving COMEX vaults? Many investors assume shrinking inventories signal a coming silver squeeze. But COMEX deliveries, warehouse warrants, and inventory shifts don’t always mean metal is physically leaving the system. Here’s what the data really shows.

The US still values its gold at $42.22 an ounce — a price frozen since the 1970s. Here's what revaluing those reserves would actually mean, and why the math doesn't add up the way politicians hope.

Central banks have been accumulating gold at the fastest pace since the 1950s. Discover the economic, geopolitical, and monetary forces driving this historic shift in global reserve strategy—and what it means for investors.

As gold prices climb, producing nations like Ghana are raising mining royalties to capture more value from the boom. The move highlights a growing debate over who benefits from rising prices — and what it could mean for the long-term gold supply outlook.