Gold Price Update: Q1 2025 in Review

The price of gold rose to staggering new highs in Q1, gaining nearly 20 percent during the period. Its strong performance has come on the back of global financial market uncertainty following Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president. His administration’s sweeping changes have created chaos and benefited gold. What happened to the gold price in […]Read More

Elbridge Colby clears hurdle, moves to final vote to become

The Senate voted Monday to invoke cloture on Elbridge Colby’s nomination, moving the national security strategist one step closer to confirmation as undersecretary of defense for policy, the Pentagon’s No. 3 post.  The procedural vote, which limits debate and tees up a final confirmation vote, passed by a margin of 53 to 49. Colby’s nomination […]Read More

Trump plans to have annual physical exam later this week:

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he plans to undergo a physical examination on Friday, marking his first annual physical in his second administration. Trump announced the plans in a Truth Social post, noting that the exam would take place at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Trump was treated for COVID-19 […]Read More

Lithium Market Update: Q1 2025 in Review

The global lithium market experienced a significant downturn during the first quarter of 2025, with some price segments falling to four year lows. Persistent oversupply and weaker-than-anticipated demand, particularly from the electric vehicle (EV) sector, prevented any market gains over the three month period. After starting the year at a steady pace, the lithium carbonate […]Read More

Thousands of USAID terminations to take effect by September in

Thousands of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) employees will be terminated by September as the Trump administration restructures the agency to fall in line with the president’s ‘America First’ policy, Fox News Digital learned.   ‘President Trump and Secretary Rubio are effectively stewarding taxpayer dollars while ensuring that foreign aid programs align with […]Read More

Tariff Shock: Trillions Wiped Out as Trade War Fears Spark

Global markets continued to register heavy losses on Monday (April 7) as tariff-triggered trade tensions increased and investors reacted to hawkish signals from the US Federal Reserve. The mass market selloff has erased trillions in market value worldwide, with no major region spared. The S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) fell 2.3 percent, while the Nasdaq Composite (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) […]Read More

Harris team crafted federal judge ‘death-pool roster’ to swear her

A communications director for former Vice President Kamala Harris created a so-called ‘death-pool roster’ of federal judges appointed by a Republican that could swear in Harris as president – in the event that President Joe Biden suddenly died, according to a new book. The book, ‘Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House,’ published […]Read More

JD Vance honors his mother at White House for reaching

Vice President JD Vance honored his mother, Beverly Aikins, at the White House Monday to commemorate her reaching 10 years of sobriety.  ‘I remember when I gave my (Republican National Committee) convention speech, which was the craziest thing, and I even said during the speech that we would have your 10-year medallion ceremony at the […]Read More