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Russia Gold Gains Replace Frozen Assets
Based on calculations by Bloomberg, the value of Russian gold reserves has surged by $216 billion since February 2022. The EU froze approximately €210 billion in Russian sovereign assets held within the bloc. That equals about $244 billion. As Bloomberg put it, the surge in gold reserves “restores most of Russia’s lost financial capacity,” even if it never…
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Trump Says He Reached Framework of Greenland Deal
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) Update 1/21/2026 7:10 pm est: Three senior officials told The New York Times that the deal discussed between President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte involves giving the US sovereignty over small portions of Greenland. President Donald Trump said he reached the “framework” of an agreement regarding Greenland after talks with NATO…
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Canada Prepares for ‘Hypothetical’ US Invasion
(Will Porter, Antiwar.com) The Canadian military has developed a theoretical model for how it would combat an American invasion, envisioning mujahideen-style insurgency tactics and other forms of unconventional warfare, according to the Globe and Mail. While Canadian officials told the outlet that such a scenario is “unlikely,” the move reflects growing tensions between the two…
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Trump Asks For ‘Decisive’ Military Operations for Iran
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) The White House is developing military options for President Donald Trump to attack Iran. According to sources speaking with The Wall Street Journal, Trump is pressing top American officials to develop plans for attacking Iran that would be “decisive.” The options under development range from striking Iranian military facilities or attempting to…
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Millions of Americans Prepare for Potentially Catastrophic Ice Storm. Here’s What the Numbers Show
(Headline USA) Millions of Americans from New Mexico to the Carolinas are bracing for a potentially catastrophic ice storm that could crush trees and power lines and knock out power for days, while Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York City and Boston could see enough snow to make travel very difficult or nearly impossible, forecasters say.…
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Homicide Rate Declines Sharply in Dozens of US Cities, a New Report Shows
(Headline USA) Data collected from 35 American cities showed a 21% decrease in the homicide rate from 2024 to 2025, translating to about 922 fewer homicides last year, according to a new report from the independent Council on Criminal Justice. The report, released on Thursday, tracked 13 crimes and recorded drops last year in 11…
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Immigration Officials Allow Suspect in $100M Jewelry Heist to Self Deport, Avoiding Trial
(Headline USA) Federal immigration authorities allowed a suspect in a $100 million jewelry heist believed to be the largest in U.S. history to deport himself to South America in December, a move that stunned and upset prosecutors who were planning to try the case and send him to prison. Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores was one…
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Entitlement Fraud Costs Taxpayers Billions … or Trillions, Dwarfing Minnesota
(Mark Stricherz, The Center Square) Since 2020, fraudsters have scammed at least $36 billion and as much as $3 trillion in tax money from federal entitlement programs, dwarfing the amount federal prosecutors claim was stolen in Minnesota’s federal food aid scandal known as Feeding Our Future, an investigation by The Center Square found. The Center…
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Ex-Obama Official Could be Ousted from Goldman Sachs over Epstein Relationship
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that the top legal advisor to Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon could be ousted over her relationship to deceased sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. The advisor, Goldman Sachs general counsel Kathryn Ruemmler, was Obama’s White House counsel from 2011 to 2014 before moving to Goldman Sachs.…
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Reports: Walz, Frey, Ellison Among Those Issued Subpoenas by U.S. Justice
(J.D. Davidson, The Center Square) High-ranking Minnesota elected officials on Tuesday were served subpoenas by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to multiple reports. Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her and other officials are required to appear before a federal grand jury investigating conspiracy to…
