President Donald Trump said Secretary of State Marco Rubio handed him a note indicating the United States is ‘very close to a deal in the Middle East,’ a revelation he made Wednesday at the White House during a roundtable on Antifa. ‘Yeah, I was just given a note by the Secretary of State saying that we’re very close to a ...

The SEC used to feature college football’s most powerful bullies. Not anymore. Texas squanders NIL riches, fails to live up to frontrunner status. SEC still full of playoff contenders, but teams playing catchup to Ohio State, Miami. Blame NIL if you must, but that’s not the full telling of this story. Blame transfer free agency. Blame Nick Saban’s retirement. Blame ...

Both major and junior gold stocks are seeing heightened interest in 2025 amid a surging gold price, which has climbed more than 50 percent to nearly US$4,000 per ounce since the start of the year and set dozens of new record highs along the way. This staggering rise has been fueled by numerous factors, including economic chaos caused by an ...

The long-running rivalry between gold and Bitcoin has resurfaced. Economist and gold advocate Peter Schiff reignited debate over which of these two assets will dominate in the next market cycle. Schiff warned that Bitcoin and the wider crypto sector are “about to be rugged by gold.” He suggested investors could soon rotate toward traditional safe-haven The post Gold Vs Bitcoin ...

An expected sixth vote to reopen the government didn’t come to fruition on Tuesday, but lawmakers face a new wrinkle: the possibility that furloughed employees won’t be paid.  The government shutdown marched into its seventh day with both Senate Republicans and Democrats still at odds on a path forward, and no real clear end in sight. The Senate was expected ...

The newly formed media corporation Paramount Skydance has acquired The Free Press, an online news and commentary outlet co-founded by Bari Weiss, who will join CBS News as editor-in-chief. Weiss launched The Free Press in 2021 with her wife, Nellie Bowles, and her sister, Suzy Weiss. They have presented the publication as a heterodox alternative to the legacy news media ...

AI-assisted summary NBA commissioner Adam Silver acknowledged the WNBA is experiencing ‘growing pains’ amid player dissatisfaction. The WNBA players union opted out of the current collective bargaining agreement, which now expires on Oct. 31, 2025. Players are seeking a larger share of league revenue, especially with a new multi-billion dollar media rights deal starting next season. Despite the issues, Silver ...

David Morgan, publisher of the Morgan Report, shares his thoughts on silver as the white metal’s price approaches US$50 per ounce. He believes silver may be approaching a ‘crossing the rubicon moment,’ but emphasized that its move comes amid a much broader transition in the financial system. Securities Disclosure: I, Charlotte McLeod, hold no direct investment interest in any company ...

Kansas City Fed President Jeffrey Schmid has indicated that he isn’t in support of further Fed rate cuts due to rising inflation. Schmid is the latest Fed official to raise concerns over inflation, even as the market continues to price in another 25 basis points (bps) cut at the upcoming FOMC meeting, which could impact The post Fed’s Schmid Signals ...

The Vatican’s top diplomat on Monday condemned both Hamas’ ‘inhuman and indefensible’ Oct. 7 attacks and Israel’s ‘ongoing massacre’ in Gaza, warning that even legitimate self-defense cannot justify the destruction of a ‘largely defenseless population.’ Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state and one of Pope Leo XIV’s advisers, spoke in an interview marking the second anniversary of Hamas’ ...

LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Aces’ bench won Game 1 of the WNBA Finals over the Phoenix Mercury, but a big performance from the Aces’ Big 3 secured a Game 2 win.  The No. 2 seed Aces routed the No. 4 seed Mercury 91-78 on Sunday, Oct. 5, to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven championship series ...

Michael Saylor hinted that Strategy would not be making its routine Bitcoin purchase this week. The announcement comes as the company’s holdings reached $79 billion in BTC value. Michael Saylor’s Strategy Pauses Bitcoin Accumulation In a recent X post, Michael Saylor told followers there would be “no new orange dots this week,” a phrase now The post Michael Saylor Says ...