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Robert Lighthizer: "We're In A Cold War, A Second Cold War Now" "A lot of us who were sort of united in this Cold War, particularly in the early years, it kind of brought the country together. We realized we were in a Cold War. Indeed, I think we're in a Cold War, a second Cold War now," former US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told Tucker Carlson on a podcast last week while discussing topics ranging from the current failing trade system to trade deficits and more. Continuing the second Cold War theme, we told readers in 2022 that "The New Cold War Has Begun." […]

Big Law Gets Back To Business Authored by Richard Porter via RealClearPolitics, The top law firms in New York City gave Donald Trump the high hat for years, despite his wealth, fame, and standing. But Big Law is finally putting politics aside and getting back to business. Last month, Sullivan & Cromwell agreed to handle President Trump’s appeal in the egregious criminal case brought by posing partisan prosecutor Alvin Bragg. Last week, Paul Weiss agreed to provide $40 million of legal work on “mutually agreeable matters” in support of the Trump administration’s […]

The US economy has shifted from consistently outperforming expectations to showing signs of moderation in early 2025. The Federal Reserve recently reduced its GDP growth projection for the year to 1.7%, down from its December forecast of 2.1%. Major financial institutions including JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs have similarly...

Trump Admin Ends Taxpayer-Funded Housing For Illegal Immigrants The Trump administration on Monday announced that it would be ending taxpayer-funded housing for illegal immigrants. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revealed a joint partnership to curtail what they describe as an “exploitation” of the country’s housing programs. As Rachel Acenas reports for The Epoch Times, Turner and Noem together signed the “American Housing Programs for American Citizens” memorandum of understanding (MOU). […]

Biden's Perjury Authored by Techno Fog via The Reactionary, Part of the problem with the Freedom of Information Act is the timeliness of production. If you file a simple request it might take over 7 years for a response. (It happened to us.) Even where you file suit, like we do, you’re probably looking at over a year to get responsive documents. And that’s not even counting the exceptions the Government asserts, whether it be “privacy” or the need to redact embarrassing information or, in the case of COVID-19, to further the cover-up. And while timeliness and […]

US Official Alleges 23andMe Sold Americans' DNA Data To Pharma Companies Owned By Foreign Adversaries On Monday, 23andMe shares crashed after the genetic testing startup filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. While the fate of millions of Americans' DNA data is now subject to a court-supervised sale, a new report suggests much of it may have already been sold—potentially to pharmaceutical firms, including some tied to foreign adversaries. James O'Keefe of O'Keefe Media Group published a video on Monday featuring an undercover […]

The Imperial Judiciary Of The United States Authored by Vince Coyner via American Thinker, "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, and unto God what is God’s…" When Jesus was alive, the religious leader of Rome was, in fact, both Caesar and the voice of God, for Emperor Augustus had taken the position of Pontifex Maximus, the chief high priest, for himself. A separation between church and state would occur in the late 4th century when Saint Ambrose, the Bishop of Milan, would cleave the two. In 390 AD, in Thessalonica, a Macedonian city in the Roman Empire, the citizens […]

Physically-backed gold exchange-traded funds (gold ETFs) represent a significant source of gold demand, attracting both institutional and individual investors as part of diversified investment strategies. The World Gold Council maintains comprehensive data on over 100 physically-backed gold ETFs and similar products worldwide, offering regional and fund-specific analysis of demand in...

Silver prices climbed above $33.10 per ounce on Monday, breaking a three-day losing streak, driven by increased safe-haven demand amid global geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty in the United States. Investors were monitoring US-led peace efforts in the Russia-Ukraine conflict while tensions in the Middle East intensified following Israeli airstrikes...

Trump Tackles Election Integrity With Sweeping Executive Order; Will Punish States That Don't Comply On Tuesday, President Trump signed a sweeping executive order aimed at election security. The order will cut federal funding for states that refuse to take steps to secure their elections, tasks the Department of Homeland Security with ensuring that illegal immigrants are not voting, adds a citizenship question on the federal voting form for the first time. It also orders the Justice Department to vigorously pursue election crimes - particularly in states that are out of […]

Trump Eyes Two-Stage Tariffs On April 2 To 'Strengthen Legal Framework': Report As April 2nd approaches - the day President Donald Trump is set to roll out a global tariff regime, the Financial Times reports that Trump is now considering 'a two-step approach,' which would split tariffs into two stages; targeted emergency tariffs now to raise money for planned tax cuts, and more after his administration has completed probes into trading partners to provide a more robust legal framework to deploy "reciprocal" tariffs (we charge them the same percentage they're charging us). […]

Here is a look at the latest food price spike and the gold bull market. The post The Latest Food Price Spike And The Gold Bull Market appeared first on King World News.

The 'Real' Epstein Files Are Coming - Here's What To Know... Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, The Trump administration is proving once again that promises made are promises kept. After successfully releasing over 80,000 pages of files connected to the assassination of John F. Kennedy on March 18, the focus has now shifted to perhaps what should be an even more explosive collection of documents—the Jeffrey Epstein files. As you know, there was a huge document dump of files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case last month that was, to say the least, underwhelming. […]

During a recent ‘Money Movers’ interview, Max Layton, Citi Group’s global head of commodities, discussed important market developments: – Citi has raised its three-month gold price target, showing increased confidence in gold’s short-term performance – Layton warned that markets may be significantly underestimating the effects of reciprocal tariffs, particularly those...

Vance Cautioned Against Bombing Yemen, Calling It A 'Mistake' Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Vice President JD Vance cautioned against bombing Yemen before the US restarted its airstrikes on the country, calling it a "mistake," and suggested delaying the attack by one month, according to a leaked Signal conversation between administration officials. Jeffrey Goldberg, a reporter for The Atlantic, was included in the Signal thread, apparently by accident, which is how he obtained the conversation. An account believed to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared […]

Commercial Real Estate Delinquency Rates Increase In 4th Quarter Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Mortgage delinquency rates for U.S. commercial properties rose in the fourth quarter of 2024 from the previous quarter. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) published the latest figures as commercial loans worth almost $1 trillion are set to mature this year. The state of commercial real estate is a key economic indicator. If the sector is under stress, it can trigger a chain of loan defaults, creating challenges for the financial system and posing a risk […]

Raphael Bostic, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, has reduced his 2024 interest rate cut projection from two to just one, citing tariffs as a major obstacle to inflation reduction. Bostic now expects inflation won’t reach the Fed’s 2% target until early 2027—later than previously anticipated but in...

Stellar 2Y Auction Stops Through Amid Solid Foreign Demand The week's first coupon auction just took place, and in response to the Treasury offering $69BN in 2 year paper, the demand was nothing short of superb. The high yield in today's auction was 3.984% (resulting in a coupon of 3.875%), which was the first sub-4% auction since Sept 2024 (when it was 3.520% and followed the Fed's 50bps jumbo rate cut). The auction stopped through the When Issued 3.987% by 0.3bps, the 4th through auction in the past 5. The bid to cover was 2.656, up from 2.559 in February and the highest […]

Ignore The Collapsing Soft Data: Bank Of America Says "Watch What They Do, Not What They Say" The data - as in actual, hard data, not vibes, or sentiment, or feelings, or expectations, also known as soft data - on the US economy in the last two weeks have pushed back on growing recession concerns sparked by weaker sentiment.  Last Monday retail sales were better than we expected as the control group rose by 1.0% m/m. This was followed by the latest industrial production (IP) which soared past expectations due to a surge in manufacturing—particularly autos and durables ex […]

New Dirt On Judge Boasberg Raises More Questions Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, The district court judge who recently blocked President Donald Trump's efforts to deport illegal alien gang members attended a suspiciously partisan legal conference just months before his ruling, according to a judicial ethics report. Judge James Boasberg, who serves on the D.C. District Court, participated in what appears to be nothing more than a Democrat strategy session masquerading as a legal conference in Sun Valley, Idaho.  The conference’s agenda items, “Judges in a […]

How The Signal Leak Kickstarted The "Mar-A-Lago Accord" By Benjamin Picton of Rabobank The Signal And The Noise US stocks rallied sharply yesterday following an unexpectedly strong services PMI report and comments from Donald Trump suggesting that reciprocal tariffs due to take effect next week may be somewhat watered down. Trump said that he “may give a lot of countries breaks” as he would be “embarrassed” to charge the USA’s trading partners tariff rates commensurate to the barriers that US exporters face to access those markets. However, it DOES seem to be the case […]

Russia, Ukraine Agree To US-Brokered 'Ceasefire At Sea' Washington and Moscow are seeking to revive the Black Sea Grain deal, which had held for much of 2022, allowing Ukraine to ship its grain and agricultural products to global markets. The White House on Tuesday published two readouts from successive days of talks in Riyadh with Russian and Ukrainian delegations, which feature a ceasefire at sea "to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea." And even as the two warring sides […]

The world is experiencing a surge in trade barriers reminiscent of the protectionist spiral that worsened the Great Depression. President Trump’s extensive tariffs have prompted retaliatory measures targeting hundreds of U.S. goods, but protectionism was already growing before his return to office. Many nations had been erecting barriers against Chinese...

Gold prices have broken through the $3,000/oz barrier, marking a 14% year-to-date gain following last year’s 27% rally. While the World Gold Council notes this surge happened unusually fast (210 days versus the typical 1,708 days for $500 increments), both they and Morgan Stanley warn of potential near-term consolidation. Central...

Russia Has 'Influenced' The Trump Administration, Zelensky Charges After a reported 12-hours of negotiations in a luxury hotel in Riyadh, neither the Russian nor US sides have had a lot to say. An initial US readout sounded a tone of optimism, while the Russian side called the talks "useful". "We talked about everything, it was an intense dialogue, not easy, but very useful for us and the Americans," Russian negotiator Grigory Karasin said, describing that "lots of problems were discussed". But at this moment Moscow likely has little incentive to drill down in negotiations […]

Watch: Lunatics At AOC Rally Brazenly Call For Trump To Be Tortured & Murdered Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, This is what the Democratic Party now represents. Hordes of lunatics at an AOC/Bernie Sanders rally were recorded threatening violence and calling for President Trump to be tortured and murdered. One attendee wielding a sign depicting Trump’s severed head was asked “are you calling for for his death?” and responded “I am yes, I believe it’s time the people straight cut his fucking head off.” Another blathered about hanging Trump by his […]

Trump Stands By Waltz, Hegseth As Dems Gun For Their Jobs After Signal Leak Congressional Democrats are trying to turn the Jeffrey Goldberg Signal chat revelations in The Atlantic into a major national scandal, and are gunning for the jobs of Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. "Nobody was texting war plans, and that's all I have to say about that," Hegseth told reporters within hours after the controversy was unleashed Monday. This was as the National Security Council issued an initial statement saying the message thread "appears to […]

Gold prices rose 0.3% to $3,020.73 an ounce on Tuesday amid continuing uncertainty over President Trump’s planned reciprocal tariffs. Markets expect these tariffs to slow economic growth, though Trump indicated not all threatened levies will be imposed on April 2 and some countries may receive exemptions. Many analysts expect gold...

Investing In Extremes: Lessons From Market Cycles Authored by Chris Macintosh via InternationalMan.com, As each year passes, we have come to appreciate Bob Farrell’s 10 Investment Rules.  Perhaps this is because we have been through “a few” cycles and have seen his “rules” play out: Markets tend to return to the mean over time. Excesses in one direction will lead to an opposite excess in the other direction. There are no new eras; excesses are never permanent. Exponential rapidly rising or falling markets usually go further than you think, but […]

New Home Sales Post-Storm Rebound Disappoints In February, Supply Soars To 18 Year High After plunging 6.9% MoM in January (revised up from the initial 10.5% plunge reported amid weather related chaos), new home sales rose 1.8% MoM in February (less than expected). Source: Bloomberg As noisy as the series is, that lifted YoY sales up 5.1%, with new home sales flat for the last two years while pending and existing home sales continue to trend lower... Source: Bloomberg Sales in the South, the US’s biggest homebuilding region, rose 6.6% last month after heavy snowfall […]

This caused all hell to break loose. The post This Caused All Hell To Break Loose appeared first on King World News.

Russia Says Ukraine Continually Striking Energy Sites In Violation Of Trump Agreement Russia has charged that Ukraine has continued deliberate strikes on Russian energy facilities, in violation of the 30-day agreement both warring sides made with President Trump last week, to temporarily halt such attacks. "Ukraine continues to attack Russian civilian infrastructure, proving that Kiev does not actually want peace," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has charged. Via TASS Both Russian and Ukrainian leaders agreed in separate phone calls with Trump days ago to […]

Gold prices continued to climb after gold-backed ETFs added 23 tons in a single day on Monday—the largest one-day increase in over three years, according to Bloomberg. This marks a significant reversal from the consistent outflows seen during the past three years, when high interest rates made cash more appealing...

Conference Board Consumer Expectations Plunge To 12 Year Lows; Inflation Expectations Rise Another day, another sentiment measure disappoints... The Conference Board Consumer Confidence headline print fell from 100.1 (upwardly revised) to 92.9 (below 94.0 exp). Under the hood, it was not pretty with the measure of expectations for the next six months dropped nearly 10 points to 65.2, the lowest in 12 years, while a gauge of present conditions declined more modestly. Source: Bloomberg “Consumer confidence declined for a fourth consecutive month in March, falling below the […]

Chinese Tech Stocks Plunge From 3 Year High To Correction In Just 5 Days For those whose heads are still spinning from the furious speed of the recent plunge of the S&P into correction, here's round two: overnight Chinese tech stocks extended their recent drop, and fell from a three-year high to the brink of a correction in just five sessions, fueled by a lack of positive surprise in earnings and rapidly cooling sentiment. The Hang Seng Tech Index dropped 3.8% on Tuesday, extending its slide from a March 18 high to nearly 10%. And if one goes back to the March 6 high, the […]

EU Tesla Sales Plunge 40% YoY In February, But Ark's Cathie Wood Remains Bullish Tesla faces mounting headwinds in Europe, with sales declining for the 10th time over the past 12 months. The slump is driven by an aging vehicle lineup, intensifying competition, and growing backlash over Elon Musk's increasingly active role in European politics to save the imploding continent from radical leftists in Brussels. According to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA), Tesla's sales in Europe fell for the second straight month in February, with 16,888 vehicles […]

In his latest video, Mike shows exactly what's happening: COMEX gold deliveries have reached record-breaking levels, forcing them to increase margin requirements.

A senior White House official has revealed that the U.S. government may leverage its gold reserves to build a substantial Bitcoin position. Bo Hines, who serves as executive director of the President’s Council of Advisers on Digital Assets, explained in a recent interview that realizing gains on U.S. gold holdings...

The Bank of Japan is maintaining its rate-hiking trajectory despite growing global economic uncertainties, particularly from threatened Trump administration tariffs that have other central banks considering rate cuts. At last week’s meeting, BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda balanced warnings about global risks with increasing concern over stubborn domestic food inflation, which...

Recession fears are intensifying on Wall Street as multiple economic indicators point to a potential downturn. Goldman Sachs has increased its 12-month recession probability from 15% to 20%, while a Bank of America survey shows 55% of fund managers view a trade war-triggered global recession as the top market risk....

After the wild action last week, people were asking, "Is this the big one?" Here is the answer... The post THE STOCK MARKET: Is This The Big One? appeared first on King World News.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled two potential interest rate cuts this year, adopting a dovish stance that surprised investors concerned about stagflation. The Fed’s base case assumes tariff-induced inflation will be “transitory” with only a short-term impact on prices, projecting inflation to reach 2.7% by year-end before returning to...

Australian gold miner Gold Road Resources has rejected a $2.1 billion takeover bid from South African miner Gold Fields, describing it as “highly opportunistic” and undervaluing the company. The offer aims to consolidate Gold Fields’ ownership of their jointly operated Gruyere gold mine in Western Australia. Despite the rejection, Gold...

The US dollar has weakened nearly 4% since January, creating a silver lining for American multinational companies amid concerns about tariffs and trade wars. This currency shift benefits US firms with international operations because a weaker dollar makes American goods more competitive abroad and increases the value of overseas earnings...

US core inflation remains elevated at an estimated 2.7% annual pace for February, keeping the Federal Reserve cautious about rate cuts. Fed officials are monitoring the potential impact of President Trump’s planned April 2 “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs, which could further pressure prices. This economic uncertainty, combined with recent consumer...

US Treasury bonds fell and yields rose Monday as investors shifted toward riskier assets following reports that President Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs, scheduled for April 2, will be more narrowly targeted than initially feared. The 10-year Treasury yield increased by four basis points to 4.29%, while German bonds saw similar...

For almost a decade before the pandemic, Americans barely noticed inflation as prices rose so slowly. Now at 2.5% based on the Fed’s preferred PCE index (down from a 40-year high of 7.3% in 2022), some economists question whether returning to the 2% target is feasible or even desired by...

Gold prices remained steady around $3,026.85 an ounce on Monday, supported by a weaker U.S. dollar and uncertainty over President Trump’s upcoming tariff plans. After reaching an all-time high of $3,057.21 last week, gold continues to be viewed as a hedge against economic uncertainty. Analysts suggest prices could reach $3,150...

Gold prices are holding steady at approximately $3,029 an ounce after news that President Trump’s next round of tariffs will be more focused than initially suggested. This more measured approach could reduce inflationary pressure and keep interest rates lower, which is advantageous for gold as it doesn’t yield interest. Despite...

As we kickoff trading to start the week, look at what just hit all-time highs. The post Look At What Just Hit All-time Highs appeared first on King World News.

With gold crossing $3,000/oz, the metals market is shifting — and Alan Hibbard recently sat down for an important interview about the metals markets. 

Today the man who warned just weeks before the Dow peaked that investors needed to brace for turbulence in US markets has now warned that a bear market in US stocks could be brutal. The post Man Who Oversees $170 Billion Just Warned A Bear Market In US Stocks Could Be Brutal appeared first on King World News.

Gold futures closed the week well above the $3,000 level and the mining stocks had an important upside breakout. The post Gold Closes The Week Above $3,000, But Look At This… appeared first on King World News.

In a troubling indicator for the overall U.S. economy, FedEx has reduced its profit outlook for the third straight quarter. CEO Raj Subramaniam highlighted that weakening demand is hurting their higher-margin business-to-business shipments, with the freight division suffering the most from fewer shipments and lighter loads. This persistent industrial slowdown...

President Trump urged the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates ahead of his new tariff implementation, posting on Truth Social that the Fed would be “MUCH better off CUTTING RATES” before his April 2 “Liberation Day” tariff announcement. Fed Chair Powell acknowledged that Trump’s tariffs will likely increase prices, though...

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) Chairman Martin Schlegel confirmed the bank will continue using foreign currency market interventions when necessary, while rejecting accusations of currency manipulation. Schlegel explicitly stated “Switzerland is not a currency manipulator” while maintaining that the SNB would continue utilizing currency interventions as a legitimate monetary policy...

The chains are off -- here is another major upside breakout. The post UNCHAINED! Another Major Upside Breakout appeared first on King World News.

As we near the end of the first quarter of 2025, this is wild... The post This Is Wild… appeared first on King World News.

Gold futures have broken above $3,050, but look at what is ready for liftoff - the big move has just started. The post $3,050 Gold, But Look At What Is Ready For Liftoff: Big Move Has Just Started appeared first on King World News.

Gold bars are in short supply as gold trades at a $30 premium in New York. The post Gold Bars In Short Supply As Gold Trades At $30 Premium In New York appeared first on King World News.