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The Great Reversal: Trump's Real Progress In Tackling Legal Immigration Via White Papers Policy Institute, Sixty-plus years of unchecked mass immigration have eroded the fabric of American society to the point where Americans are beginning to wonder if the country can survive. The focus of the media, left and right, when it comes to immigration, has been on the Minneapolis riots over the arrest and detention of illegal aliens. What goes unnoticed however, is the seismic shift in immigration policy, particularly legal immigration policy, that arrived with the latest Trump […]

Tech Bosses To Meet At White House, Pledge Their Data Centers Won't Boost Electricity Bills Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Leaders in big tech are expected to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House next week to pledge that their data centers will not increase the energy bills of Americans living near the facilities. The logos of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft displayed on a mobile phone and a laptop screen. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images “Major tech companies will join President Trump at the White House next week […]

Automakers Push Toward "Eyes-Off" Driving Despite Mounting Doubts Global automakers are zeroing in on a controversial waypoint in the autonomy race: “eyes-off” driving, known in the industry as Level 3, according to a new report by Reuters. The idea is simple but provocative — motorists could look away to send a message or work on a laptop until the vehicle signals them to retake control. After years spent refining hands-on driver aids that manage steering and speed, companies see Level 3 as a potential bridge between today’s supervised systems and tomorrow’s fully […]

US Treasury To Allow Resale Of Venezuelan Oil To Cuba to Ease Island's Fuel Crunch Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday announced a new licensing policy to streamline the resale of Venezuelan oil to Cuba, with the goal of supporting the island’s private sector and bolstering humanitarian efforts amid ongoing fuel crises. The refinery El Palito in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo state, Venezuela, on Jan. 22, 2026. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) will extend the new […]

Trump Advisers Want Israel To 'Attack Iran First' For Better Optics: Politico Politico is out with a crazy story on Thursday, but which will make sense to those following the trajectory of US foreign policy over the past couple decades plus. Senior US officials want Israel to strike Iran before Washington launches a renewed assault in order to build domestic backing for war. Advisers to President Donald Trump are "privately arguing that an Israeli attack would trigger Iran to retaliate, helping muster support from American voters for a U.S. strike," the outlet writes, citing two […]

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"You're Not Alone": Reporters Comfort Those Triggered And Traumatized By Scenes Of Patriotism Authored by Jonathan Turley, This week, most Americans found a moment of rare unity in our pride over the performance of our athletes in the Winter Olympics. After years of rage politics, there was a brief respite as we joined in cheering our team in representing the United States in Milan and Cortina. Well, most of us. Some in the media found the entire demonstration of patriotism to be intolerable and triggering. What is striking is how this aversion to our flag and country was […]

"Squatty Potty" Millionaire Charged With Possession Of Child Porn Hoard Robert Edwards, the inventor of the "Squatty Potty" and a contestant on the show "Shark Tank", has been charged with the possession of a digital hoard of child pornography materials including videos and images.  Edwards, 50, was arrested for allegedly buying and receiving countless images of child sexual abuse between March 2021 and November 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Utah announced Monday.  The entrepreneur was indicted by a federal grand jury Feb. 10 and arrested Feb. 12 in […]

Hillary Clinton Says She Knew Nothing About Jeffrey Epstein's Crimes Hillary Clinton told members of Congress on Feb. 26 that she does not have knowledge about crimes carried out by the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 14, 2026. Johannes Simon/Getty Images “I had no idea about their criminal activities. I do not recall ever encountering Mr. Epstein. I never flew on his plane or visited his island, homes, or offices,” the former first lady and secretary of state said in her opening […]

Average 7Y Auction Stops On The Screws Amid Stock Rout After yesterday's mediocre 5Y auction, we had just one coupon sale left: 7Y paper at 1pm today. And with today's wholesale post-Nvidia, risk-off move it was expected to be an easy sale, which is more or less what it was. The Treasury sold $44 billion in 1 Year notes at a high yield of 3.790%, down sharply from 4.018% last month, and the lowest since November. The auction also priced on the screws with the When Issued, which was also at 3.790%. It followed 5 auctions in the past 6 months which tailed so relatively speaking, […]

Travel Stocks In Focus After Cartel Chaos Erupts In Mexico The U.S. State Department has lifted its "shelter in place" alerts for Americans after Mexican special forces, aided by U.S. intelligence, killed a top drug cartel boss, sparking cartel-related chaos across at least one key tourism town in the third-world country just south of the U.S. southern border. Helicóptero del ejército mexicano operando ayer en Puerto Vallarta (Jalisco) contra el Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación. Instagram/Cornett pic.twitter.com/ADcgqnusdW — Niporwifi © (@niporwifi) February 23, 2026 On […]

EPA To Reform $5 Billion 'Clean School Bus' Program Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is revamping the Biden administration’s Clean School Bus (CSB) program, which focused on installing electric buses at U.S. schools, the agency said in a statement released on Feb. 19. The overhauled program will focus on providing school districts with “increased choice and affordable options” for school buses. School buses bring in players from the Burbank Bulldogs and the Pasadena Bulldogs before their game at […]

After WaPo Axed 30% Of Staff, We Now Learn They Lost $100 Million Last Year - Again The The Washington Post lost more than $100 million last year, WSJ reports, citing people familiar with the matter - which explains why Jeff Bezos axed 30% of the newspaper's workforce three weeks ago, including CEO and publisher Will Lewis.  The 2025 loss matches 2024 - when it also lost $100 million, which followed a $77 million loss in 2023, the people said. So, nearly $300 million in losses in three years.  The Post, long associated with its reporting on the Watergate scandal and […]

Even Banks Now Bow To A Golden Master Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, Although I never expected to say this, if you are still wondering about gold’s future price direction, just ask the big banks… Getting Real Emerging from a 2025 in which gold saw 53 all-time-highs and an annual move of 55%, some wondered if this was just another blow-off asset akin to any other, from dot.com stocks to crypto manias. Such a misunderstanding of gold’s fundamental profile as a strategic monetary metal gained a bit more momentum on Silver Friday, when the CME […]

'Nude Photos, Video Tapes & Sex-Slave Manuals': Epstein Rushed Evidence Into Secret Storage Unit Before Raid Jeffrey Epstein paid private detectives to remove items from his Palm Beach property and store them in a secret storage locker shortly before he was raided by police in 2005. The storage unit contained three computers, 29 address books, a three-page list of Florida masseuses. The stash also included nude photographs believed to be of Epstein's victims, VHS tapes, DVDs 'eroticising teenagers' and porno mags, The Telegraph reports. An 8mm video cassette tape […]

Biden-Appointed Judge Rules Illegal Immigrants Can Dispute Third Country Deportations Authored by Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times, A federal judge ruled on Feb. 25 that the government cannot deport illegal immigrants to so-called third countries without giving them “meaningful notice” and an opportunity to dispute their removal. In Wednesday’s ruling, Massachusetts District Judge Brian Murphy (nominated by President Biden on March 21, 2024) declared unlawful two policy memos, one by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and another by the Department of Homeland […]

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PayPal Slides After Report Says Stripe Not In Takeover Talks Bloomberg's multi-day storytelling began late Monday morning with a report that a "large rival suitor" and other firms were circling PayPal in a potential takeover bid. By late Tuesday in the cash session, the outlet reported that payment processor Stripe had expressed interest in the platform. Now, just moments ago, Semafor reports "PayPal isn't currently in talks to sell itself — to Stripe or anyone else — and has been working for months with bankers to prepare for a potential activist campaign or unwanted […]

"Gold For Me Is A Savings Product": Rick Rule On Debt, Oil Cycles, & Uranium's Political Reversal Last night’s discussion featuring Rick Rule, Bill Fleckenstein, and Erik Townsend covered the macro landscape from hard assets to energy markets and nuclear policy. Below are highlights from Rule’s remarks. (We recommend readers listen to Fleckenstein and Townsend’s full comments in the complete debate, linked at the bottom.) Gold: “I Have No Interest In Selling” Rule made clear he views gold not as a trade, but as monetary insurance. Nominal yields on Treasuries […]

US Demands Iran Dismantle Its 3 Main Nuclear Sites In Hours-Long Talks US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held more than three hours of negotiations with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Geneva on Thursday in a push to secure a breakthrough on a nuclear deal, with the Omani foreign minister saying the talks will resume later after a pause. It's being reported that the message Kushner and Witkoff deliver to Trump after the meeting will shape the president's decision on whether the launch a military attack on Tehran or refrain for implementation of a permanent […]

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.

One Battle After Another By Michael Every of Rabobank One Battle After Another US and Iranian negotiators meet in Geneva today to hear Tehran’s final offer but reports of what they have to say suggests we should prepare for the worst even if Iran sees a “good outlook” for today’s talks. The Kan news agency claims it will only agree to lower uranium enrichment from 60% to 3.67% for seven years, won’t hand over previously enriched material, dismantle the ballistic missile program President Trump just stated can already hit Europe and will soon be able to reach the US, […]

World Economic Forum Boss Borge Brende Quits As Epstein Fallout Deepens The Jeffrey Epstein fallout continues to spread across the corporate and political worlds, with new headlines daily. Bill Gates told foundation staff earlier this week, "I did nothing illicit." Goldman Sachs' top lawyer, Kathy Ruemmler, stepped down last week over her ties, and former Prince Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct related to sending Epstein trade documents. Now, the World Economic Forum chief executive, Børge Brende, is stepping down following an investigation by the organization […]

Biden's FBI Secretly Obtained Kash Patel And Susie Wiles' Phone Records, But NYT Says It's Cool When Special Counsel Jack Smith was investigating Donald Trump and people in his orbit, he ended up surveilling then-private-citizen Kash Patel, and Trump Chief of Staff Susie Wiles during 2022 and 2003. Patel, now head of the FBI, told Reuters on Wednesday that he found out about this, and the FBI buried the files in a "Prohibited" category deep within the bureau's computer system so they would be extremely difficult to find. Getting down to it - the subpoenas targeted […]

Hindenburg Alarm: Another Rotation Or Worse? Via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In early November, we sounded the alarm about a recent Hindenburg Omen. Per the Commentary’s summary: Bottom line: market breadth is horrendous and will likely lead to a rotation favoring out-of-favor sectors and stocks. Thus, it’s not surprising that the Hindenburg Omen was triggered. If we continue to see more of these Omens, the threat of a drawdown grows. At the time, Mega-Cap stocks were grossly outperforming the market, while many sectors lagged the market. Since that Hindenburg Alarm, […]

Futures Flat Despite Blowout Nvidia Earnings US equity futures managed to erase overnight losses and were trading flat after Nvidia and Salesforce failed to assuage fears about an overheated AI economy while traders awaited color from today's round of US / Iran talks. As of 8:00am S&P futures were unchanged and nasdaq futures were down 0.1%, with NVDA up 1% premarket but well off overnight highs after its earnings report and guidance smashed expectations while CEO Jensen Huang talked about “exponentially” growing computing demand and “skyrocketing” adoption of AI […]

Jobless Claims Continue To Show No Signs Of Labor Market Stress Initial jobless claims continue to hover near multi-decade lows, refusing to show any signs of labor market stress. Last week saw 212k American file for jobless benefits for the first time (below the 216k expected). Unadjusted claims tumbled to the lowest since September... Source: Bloomberg Michigan and New York saw the largest drop in initial jobless claims last week while Rhode Island and Oklahoma saw the bigger rise in claims... The number of Americans filing for continuing jobless claims also dropped […]

Ten Cuban Nationals Aboard U.S.-Linked Speedboat Intended "Armed Infiltration For Terrorist Purposes," Cuba Claims The Cuban Embassy's official X account says a Florida-registered speedboat carrying 10 Cuban nationals residing in the U.S. entered Cuban territorial waters armed with assault rifles, body armor, improvised explosive devices, camouflage uniforms, and telescopic sights, in what the government says was a "foiled armed infiltration" into the Caribbean island nation. Late Wednesday afternoon, the embassy's account reported that Cuban border guards aboard a vessel had […]

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.

Here is a very important update as the price of gold surges above $5,200 and silver hits $87!

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.

Gold and silver rallied on Friday on fears that a US strike could unleash World War III.

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.

Look at what offers a jaw-dropping 36x Upside vs The US Stock Market!

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...

Look at what is sending bank stocks plunging and gold prices higher.

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...

Markets brace for U.S. CPI data as gold reacts to strong jobs numbers, credit card debt hits a record $1.28 trillion, copper extends its rally, and new coal policy reshapes the energy outlook. Here’s what it means for inflation, rates, and metals.

Is a COMEX Silver Default in March really looming? With 400 million ounces of open interest and only 100 million ounces registered, headlines suggest a breaking point. But the math behind the panic misunderstands how futures delivery actually works. Here’s what investors need to know about open interest, delivery mechanics,...

The January jobs report showed stronger hiring, but sharp downward revisions reveal slowing momentum beneath the surface. As markets reassess rate-cut expectations, gold prices remain steady despite mixed economic signals.