James O'Keefe OUT From Project Veritas, After Being Placed on Paid Leave By the Board

Biden Admin 'Invited' Fani Willis To Get Lucrative Grant While She Prosecuted Trump Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, The DOJ under the Biden administration “invited” disgraced Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to apply for a generous taxpayer-funded grant as she prosecuted President Donald Trump.  The arrangement came to light after Willis referenced the grant in December 2022 correspondence with DOJ Senior Advisor Scott Pestridge of the Office of Justice Programs.   The document was first revealed on Thursday by Just the News through open records requests filed by the outlet and nonprofit America First Legal.  According to Just the News, Willis referenced the Office of Justice Programs’...

US Retail Sales Dropped In January As Weather, Weak Gas Prices Weigh This morning's retail sales data is for January (still lagging due to the govt shutdown) and is expected to be a decline (BofA's omniscient analysts see a worse than consensus drop MoM, due in large part to weather disruptions). The actual print was a decline but slightly better than expected at -0.2% MoM. Despite two months of no increase, sales rose 3.2% YoY in January (increased from December) Source: Bloomberg The decline was driven by a decline in sales at gas...

"Severely Curbed": Gold Shipments Through Dubai Stalled In Wake Of Strikes On Iran Gold shipments through Dubai are set to stall for several days after airlines suspended flights amid U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran’s response, according to three industry sources and Reuters. Because gold is typically transported by air for security and insurance reasons, the cancellations are expected to sharply limit physical flows. Reuters writes that Dubai is a key supplier to Switzerland, Hong Kong and India. Sources said the broader impact on global supply will depend on how long the...