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Gulf States Say They've Shot Down More Than 1,500 Iranian Missiles, Drones Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Five Persian Gulf nations that host U.S. military installations claim they have collectively shot down more than 1,500 Iranian missiles and drones since the United States and Israel launched their joint attack at 9:45 a.m. Tehran time on Feb. 28. A plume of smoke rises from a reported Iranian strike in the industrial district of Doha on March 1, 2026. Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images The United Arab Emirates (UAE)—whose forces have battled […]

UK, France, Germany Slam Iran For 'Reckless' Retaliation - Are Ready To Assist Israel And US Leaders from Germany, the UK and France are waving their fists over Iran's "reckless" retaliatory strikes in the region, and say they're ready to throw down to stop Tehran from further responses.  Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes a statement from Downing Street in central London on Feb. 28, 2026, following the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. Jonathan Brady/POOL/AFP via Getty Images On Sunday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and French […]

When The Return Flight Is The Only Goal: Merz Ends China Trip Submitted by Thomas Kolbe It took some time for the supposed difference between Annalena Baerbock’s feminist foreign policy and the approach that the diplomatic corps under Chancellor Friedrich Merz would take to become clear. What has changed is less the substance than the performative act. Under the Sauerland-born Merz, tone and gestures shifted—the staging is meant to appear more masculine, sober in style, perhaps more professional, less embarrassingly activist—but the content remains largely unchanged. […]

Is The US Military Campaign Against Iran Part Of Trump's Grand Strategy Against China? Authored by Andrew Korybko, The goal is to obtain proxy control over Iran’s enormous oil and gas reserves so that they can be weaponized as leverage against China for coercing it into a lopsided trade deal that would derail its superpower rise and therefore restore US-led unipolarity. Trump claimed that the US’ military campaign against Iran is to “defend the American people”, while many critics have alleged (whether in jest or not) that it’s to distract from the Epstein […]

US-Israel War On Iran 'Decided ⁠Weeks Ago' Under Cover Of Nuclear Talks: Report Via The Cradle The unprovoked US-Israeli war against Iran launched on Saturday had "been planned for months, and the ⁠launch date ⁠decided ⁠weeks ago," even as the US and Iran carried out indirect nuclear negotiations, an Israeli defense official told Reuters. Washington and Tel Aviv renewed negotiations in February over Iran's nuclear program. President Trump was under pressure from Israel force Iran to give up uranium enrichment, as well as its ballistic missile program and support for […]

Joe Biden Accuses Trump Of Planning To 'Steal' The Midterms, Claims Credit For Border Security Former President Joe Biden made one of his rare post-presidential appearances Friday in Columbia, South Carolina, stepping onto a stage at a downtown art museum to accept a lifetime achievement honor from the state's Democratic Party.  During the speech, Biden claimed that Donald Trump is rigging the 2026 midterms before a single vote has been cast.  "Here's the good news,” Biden told the crowd. “In America, the power still belongs to the people for now. And the way to show […]

I Do Solemnly Swear: How Profanity Has Taken Hold Of American Politics Authored by Jonathan Turley, “Respectfully, f–k off.” Those words by California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s spokesperson, Izzy Gardon, summed up the current race to the bottom of American politics. Democrats appear in a competition of the profane where voters are now subject to a virtual carpet-bombing of f-bombs and other indecent language. Gardon’s response was to a standard media inquiry after Newsom’s controversial statement to a black interviewer. In an Atlanta event, Newsom declared: […]

Trump Admin Seeks Months-Long Pause For Tariff Refunds Just days after Senate Democrats introduced a bill seeking tariff refunds after the Supreme Court struck down many of President Trump’s (IEEPA-backed) tariffs, the Trump administration says it needs months of additional time to weigh its steps, as a wave of refund requests pours in from importers seeking billions of dollars in tariffs. The bill, sponsored by 22 Senate Democrats led by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), would require U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to […]

The Iran Question Is All About China By Zineb Riboua, author of Beyond The Ideological Iran is most often discussed as a nonproliferation problem, a sponsor of terrorism, a regional spoiler. Each of these framings captures a real problem, but none captures what matters most. The nuclear file, the militia archipelago stretching from Lebanon to Yemen, the question of Gulf security architecture: these only acquire their full meaning when read against the backdrop of Chinese grand strategy. Beijing has spent years and billions of dollars building Iran into a structural asset. […]

Mid-Atlantic Braces For Another Winter Blast Before A Spring Warmup Winter in the Mid-Atlantic region is certainly winding down, and March is always an unpredictable month. Early next week, a fast-moving Alberta Clipper is forecast to bring yet another round of wintry weather to the region before a spring warm-up arrives by mid-month. Marko Korosec, lead forecaster at SWE, wrote in a new weather note that the Alberta Clipper is set to spread snow, ice, and freezing rain from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic beginning Sunday and continuing through Tuesday. Korosec continued: A […]

Trump Vows 'American Energy Dominance' In Texas Rally Ahead Of Primary Elections Authored by Travis Gilmore via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas—President Donald Trump promised “American energy dominance” during a rally Friday at one of the nation’s biggest export hubs for energy and liquid natural gas (LNG) products.  President Trump speaks about the American energy industry at the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas on Feb. 27, 2026. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times “With the men and women here today, we’re unleashing America’s potential, […]

Israel Suffers Significant Casualties In Iran War Retaliation In a rare moment, Israel is confirming at least nine people killed and over 40 injured after an Iranian ballistic missile slammed into a residential area west of Jerusalem on Sunday afternoon. The missile impact was in Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, and according to Israeli media destroyed a synagogue and even caused damage to a bomb shelter beneath surrounding homes. There's a likelihood that the death toll throughout the country will climb given Tehran's ongoing massive retaliation. Impact site and scene of rescue […]

Hot Headline, Cooler Reality: What The PPI Really Shows According To Peter Navarro Authored by Peter Navarro via RealClearEnergy, The January Producer Price Index landed with a predictable media spin: “hotter than expected” and therefore proof that tariffs, Trump, and the so-called “new protectionism” are reigniting inflation. That narrative collapses under even modest scrutiny of the underlying data.  Start with the topline. Total PPI rose 0.5 percent in January, above the 0.3 percent consensus and following a 0.4 percent increase in December. On a year-over-year […]

War Stocks Back In Focus As 'Operation Epic Fury' Drains Tomahawk Supplies The scale of the U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran this weekend was massive, involving hundreds of fighter jets, bombers, and air-delivered munitions across more than 100 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-linked targets. Our focus has shifted to U.S. munitions stockpiles, which were already dwindling after four years of the Russia-Ukraine war. The conflict so far will intensify Wall Street's focus on U.S. defense firms come Monday morning and potentially lead investors to view the need for defense firms to […]

Equity Futures Slide, Oil And Gold Jump, But No Panic The widely anticipated Sunday night open of futures trading is here, and it is a bit anticlimatic. Yes, futures are broadly lower, oil and gold are higher, but there is no panic, and as Bloomberg's Mark Cudmore writes, most non-energy moves are relatively contained and almost everything has pared back from the opening extremes.  To wit, oil is up 8.5%. but it was up as much as 13% at the start of futures trading, so some profit taking off the bat. US equity futures down about 1% no, off their worst levels. Gold and […]

The Microreactor Race Is On Authored by Duggan Flanakin via RealClearEnergy, For the past half century, successive Presidential administrations and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have thwarted the development of advanced reactor designs that might fulfill President Eisenhower’s vision for the “peaceful uses of atomic energy.” Westinghouse’s eVinci microreactor, a cross-section of which is shown here. Westinghouse Electric Company That all changed last May, when President Trump issued four executive orders aimed at reinvigorating the U.S. nuclear energy industry. The […]

Beyond Phishing: The New 'Deepfake' And QR Code Credit Card Scams Of 2026 Authored by Adam H. Douglas via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The newest credit card scam warning signs look different from old-school phishing emails. In 2026, face-tampered QR codes (“quishing”) in public places are a growing trend. Or an urgent phone call from what sounds exactly like your bank, but is actually an AI-generated voice clone. Man holds credit card upside down for shutterstock pic Some important scam warning signs are: QR codes placed on stickers or layered over original signs […]

Iran Blowback: At Least 22 Killed Trying To Storm US Consulate In Pakistan Mass anti-American protests have broken out in areas of the Middle East especially with large Shia Muslim populations. This is happening in parts of Pakistan, but also across Iraq - given the majority of Iraq is Shia, and shares deep sympathies with the Iranian religious establishment. The blowback to the Trump-ordered attacks on Iran has begun, especially in Pakistan, where at least 22 were killed after rioters tried to storm the US consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi.  Outside the US […]

Is Credit Whispering, Or Screaming? By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Is Credit Whispering? Or Screaming? For the past couple of years, it has been relatively safe to assume credit is well behaved and relatively range bound. It is unclear if that remains the case. We may be in a situation where the AI spend, the AI displacement, and the Working Poor are forming a storm of some sort. How severe remains to be seen, but for the first time in a while it is a real concern for me. My inclination has been to “fade” any concerns and “buy the dip.” That is still my […]

"We Will Not Negotiate": Iran Security Chief Denies WSJ Report Summary: Iran seeks to resume discussions with the United States, spearheaded by Iranian security chief Ali Larijani OR NOT: Larjiani has denied a Wall Street Journal report that he reached out to Washington. Trump said he had three or four potential candidates to lead Iran, but they were all killed in the initial attack.  Trump on Iran ops: “We have hit hundreds of targets including Revolutionary Guard facilities, air defense systems, nine ships, and naval buildings.” Britain threatens to join war on Iran […]

DOJ Charges 30 More People For Minnesota Church Invasion Via Headline USA, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced charges Friday against 30 more people who are accused of civil rights violations in a January protest inside a Minnesota church where a pastor works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Bondi said on social media that 25 people were in custody and more arrests would follow. The new indictment comes a month after independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort and prominent local activist Nekima Levy Armstrong were charged for their alleged roles in the […]

Joe Biden Makes Insane Claim That He Reduced Illegal Immigration It's time for a fact check.  Former President Joe Biden is back after a year largely absent from the public eye, and he's just as incoherent as ever.  Biden left the White House in disgrace after a dismal first term when his own party supplanted him as the primary candidate for the 2024 elections against Donald Trump.  His cognitive decline became obvious after his debate performance and questions remain if he was actually aware of the majority of his own executive orders and pardons, or if these were signed […]

The Trump Administration Ditches Another Rogue DOJ Official Authored by Tudor Dixon via American Greatness, The second Trump administration is very different from the first. As 45th president, Donald Trump was saddled with disloyal officials who constantly undermined his agenda. The Ukraine impeachment scandal, among other events, was the result of this internal subversion. But the second term sets a new standard for loyalty. The administration will no longer tolerate rogue officials making their own policy. This was made clear last week when the administration pushed out […]

Oil Soars Over 10% In OTC Trading, Whether That Sticks Depends On How Long The War Lasts With war in the middle east raging, and the world's most important oil transit choke point - the Straits of Hormuz which accounts for 20% of daily global oil transit - "effectively" halted after at least three ships were attacked in the vicinity of the waterway - even as Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Al Jazeera TV his country has no intention to close the Strait of Hormuz and has kept it open so far, markets have just one question: where does oil open when futures resume […]

Robert De Niro Could Face 5 Years In Prison Over Trump "Get Rid Of Him" Threats Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Bill O’Reilly has called for the Secret Service to haul in Robert De Niro for an “intensive interrogation” following the actor’s repeated threats against President Trump, warning that De Niro could face up to five years behind bars if convicted under federal law. The demand comes amid growing scrutiny of De Niro’s unhinged anti-Trump rants, which have exposed the depths of Trump Derangement Syndrome among leftists desperate to undermine […]

Today the top trends forecaster in the world warned King World News that if the US attacks Iran this weekend a global collapse worse than the Great Depression will be unleashed.

At the end of a wild week of trading, one of the greats in the business says the dollar is going to zero and it will take all fiat currencies with it.

Gold and silver prices are full of short-term noise—daily swings driven by Fed commentary, currency moves, and speculative trading. But underneath the volatility lies a consistent long-term signal. Learn how to tell the difference, what structural forces actually drive precious metals prices over time, and how to build a strategy...

Today the price of gold futures surged to $5,250 as silver futures surged t0 $94, but take a look at this...

Gold and silver prices are climbing as inflation runs hot and tech stocks stumble. Silver jumped 4%, gold cleared $5,200, and markets are adjusting to stubborn price pressures, geopolitical risk, and a growing rotation away from high-flying growth stocks.

Is $400 silver possible? A rare pattern not seen since 1979 has reappeared — clusters of consecutive weekly all-time highs. Historically, this structure preceded silver’s most explosive moves, including its near 700% surge into 1980. With momentum building again in 2025, the bigger question isn’t whether silver sounds extreme —...

Here is another gold and silver bull market catalyst.

The Silver Canadian Maple Leaf is one of the world’s most trusted silver bullion coins, known for its .9999 purity, government backing, and advanced security features. Produced by the Royal Canadian Mint, this globally recognized coin offers strong liquidity and IRA eligibility, making it a popular choice for investors seeking...

Here is the latest from the big boys on the gold market.

Gold just logged its 8th consecutive monthly gain. Tariff chaos is escalating. The gold-silver ratio hit a 10-year low. And from India to Turkey, emerging markets are quietly building the institutional foundation beneath the gold price rally.

These two indicators just hit all-time record highs.

J.P. Morgan has raised its gold price target to $6,300 per ounce by end of 2026—with an $8,000 upside scenario on the table. Here's what their smart money playbook means for your gold portfolio allocation strategy this year.

Today the top trends forecaster in the world issued his gold price prediction for 2026.

President Trump shrugs off affordability concerns, but the U.S. housing affordability crisis tells a different story. Mortgage rates dip, recession signals persist, and while households feel squeezed, gold and silver prices are quietly climbing.

A massive $20,000 gold options trade on COMEX is drawing attention for its $3.3M cost and potential $5.5B payout. Is it insider trading ahead of a gold revaluation — or a hedge fund hedging extreme macro risk? Here’s what the structure, open interest data, and put activity actually reveal.

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 a new bull market is about to be unleashed on the upside.

As government debt reaches record levels, gold and silver are emerging as critical hedges against inflation, currency devaluation, and declining confidence in sovereign financial systems. This article breaks down the key mechanisms linking national debt to precious metals prices, explores a decade of historical performance data, and provides actionable portfolio...

Here is another gold record, yet another gold catalyst plus a massive short surprise!

Gold and silver prices in 2026 continue to outperform stocks. Gold is up 21% year-to-date, silver 25%, while the S&P 500 is flat. As AI volatility rises and inflation risks build, capital is rotating toward tangible assets and hard commodities.

For most Americans, something feels off.  You work harder. You earn more. Yet your money buys less.  Groceries. Insurance. Healthcare. Rent. Utilities.  It’s not your imagination. The U.S. dollar has been quietly losing purchasing power for over a century — and the system driving that decline is built on ever-expanding debt. ...

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 this will be the biggest breakout of the gold bull market.

A court blocks Trump's tariff push, gold climbs, and two major banks raise their price targets — one as high as $8,000. Today's briefing breaks down what's driving the rally and why it matters.

COMEX gold prices drive the global market, but most investors don’t fully understand how. This guide explains how gold futures trading on COMEX sets the daily price of gold, why most contracts never result in physical delivery, and how “paper gold” can influence short-term volatility—even when physical demand remains strong.

Gold is back above $5,000. Silver cleared $80. With a 172% three-year run and no signs of slowing, today's Daily News Nuggets breaks down what's driving the rally — and what markets may be missing.

When markets turn volatile, the difference between paper gold vs physical gold becomes critical. While ETFs, futures, and unallocated accounts offer convenient price exposure inside the financial system, physical gold provides direct ownership outside of it. Understanding counterparty risk, margin-driven volatility, and ownership structure helps investors choose the approach that...

Gold has officially posted a weekly all-time high above $5,000, signaling sustained momentum rather than short-term volatility. History shows that clusters of record weekly closes often occur during the strongest phases of a bull market. From the 1970s surge to today’s extended streak, past cycles suggest the most explosive gains...

The U.S. just added $1 trillion to the national debt this fiscal year — and the Fed can't agree on what to do next. From oil shocks to mining windfalls, here's what today's headlines mean for gold investors.

Selling gold and silver safely? Understanding where and how to sell is just as important as knowing when. This complete sellback guide explains your options, how live buyback pricing works, and how to ensure secure handling and fast payment whether your metals are stored at home or in a vault.

Gold price support levels 2026 are holding after January’s 17% correction, with buyers defending the $4,600 zone. Silver remains volatile near resistance, while Washington’s new critical minerals price floor policy reinforces the strategic importance of hard assets.

Retail investors just poured a record $48 billion into U.S. stocks in 21 days — at all-time highs. History shows similar surges in optimism often occur near major market peaks, including 1999 and 2007. With household equity allocations at historic extremes, the bigger question isn’t just how high stocks can...

Gold dipped below $5,000 as revised jobs data raised fresh concerns about economic momentum. Goldman says this isn’t a commodity supercycle, yet some analysts see gold heading toward $6,000 in 2026. Meanwhile, Sweden reopens its euro debate as the global order shifts.

Margin hikes can dramatically increase gold and silver volatility — not because fundamentals change, but because leveraged traders are forced to unwind positions. When exchanges like the CME raise margin requirements, cascading liquidations can accelerate corrections and intensify price swings. Understanding how leverage works in futures markets — and how...

Discover how to strategically balance gold and silver in your investment portfolio. This comprehensive guide analyzes the gold-to-silver ratio, historical performance data, and risk-reward profiles to help smart investors optimize their precious metals allocation. Learn specific allocation strategies for conservative, moderate, and aggressive portfolios while understanding how industrial demand, inflation...

Gold steadies near $5,000 as inflation complicates the Fed’s next move. China’s retail demand surges, volatility rises, and miners expand exploration. Markets may be underestimating policy risk as rate-cut hopes face renewed pressure.

CME’s margin requirements silver hike played a central role in the dramatic collapse from $120 to the $70s in early 2026. After a historic rally fueled by leverage and speculation, the exchange raised margins from 15% to 18%, forcing traders to post more capital or liquidate positions. The result: cascading...