Swift’s endorsement of Harris spotlights young voters. They are not

When Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris last Tuesday night, the news threatened to eclipse analysis of the debate between the vice president and former president Donald Trump. Whatever its ultimate impact, the megastar’s announcement puts renewed focus on the potential power of younger voters in the 2024 election — and the divergent paths of men […]Read More

No, violent crime isn’t soaring, but neither is it falling

“President Trump, as you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this country.” — David Muir, ABC News moderator at the presidential debate, Sept. 10 “MASSIVE NEWS! The Department of Justice just released brand new Crime Data showing I was absolutely and completely right at the Debate. In fact, the Data […]Read More

New House Freedom Caucus chair reveals GOP rebel group’s next

: New House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., wants to focus on two key issues for the remainder of this year – government funding and next year’s House GOP Conference rules.  ‘I’ve been on the Freedom Caucus, really, since, since the beginning,’ Harris told Fox News Digital on Tuesday night, in his first interview since […]Read More

House GOP braces for government funding chaos as Republican rebels

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is forging ahead with a vote on his plan to avert a government shutdown and force tighter U.S. election measures through Congress on Wednesday. Johnson was forced to cancel a vote on the measure last week after it hemorrhaged GOP support for days after being unveiled. Multiple sources who spoke with […]Read More

Microsoft Plans to Reduce Kernel-level Operations for Cybersecurity Vendors Post-outage

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced it is developing a new platform aimed at helping cybersecurity firms operate without accessing the kernel mode of its Windows operating system. Bloomberg reported that the company’s move comes after an incident in July when an update from CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ:CRWD) caused a widespread outage affecting millions of Windows computers. On Tuesday […]Read More

PEP-11 Update

BPH Energy Limited (BPH) (ASX: BPH) and Bounty Oil & Gas NL (Bounty) (ASX: BUY) for the PEP11 Joint Venture announce that today that the Hon Ed Husic MP, Minister for Industry and Science, has advised that he has carefully considered the PEP-11 Exploration Permit applications under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act […]Read More

John Reade: Gold Price Drivers Shifting, What Will Fuel Next

Speaking ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s much-anticipated September meeting, John Reade, senior market strategist at the World Gold Council, shared his thoughts on where gold is in the current cycle. ‘Coming up to what is widely expected to be the start of a US rate-cutting cycle, ironically you could actually say that gold is […]Read More

First Quantum Introduces Voluntary Retirement Scheme Amid Cobre Panama Uncertainty

First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM,OTC Pink:FQVLF) has introduced a voluntary retirement scheme for employees at its Cobre Panama mine as it awaits government action on whether operations will be able to resume. This comes after the mine’s closure in November 2023 due to a ruling from Panama’s Supreme Court that declared the company’s mining contract unconstitutional […]Read More

Lucara Continues Streak of Big Diamond Discoveries with 1,094 Carat

Only a month after the discovery of the second largest diamond ever recorded, Lucara Diamond (TSX:LUC,OTC Pink:LUCRF) has announced the recovery of another significant stone from its Karowe mine in Botswana. The new find is 1,094 carats compared to the massive 2,942 carat rough diamond uncovered by Lucara in August, solidifying Karowe’s reputation as one […]Read More

Could the Silver Price Really Hit $100 per Ounce? (Updated

Will First Majestic Silver CEO’s silver price prediction of more than US$100 per ounce come true? The silver spot price made waves in 2020 when it rose above US$20 per ounce for the first time in four years, and the precious metal has repeatedly tested US$30 per ounce since. Most recently, the silver price broke […]Read More