Iraqi officials said on Monday that the death toll from Sunday’s suicide truck bombing south of Baghdad climbed to 61. Among the dead were 52 civilians, while the rest were members of the security forces, a police officer said. Another 95 people were injured in the attack that targeted a… Read More
North Korea threatens “pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice”
North Korea on Monday issued its latest belligerent threat, warning of an indiscriminate “pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice” on Washington and Seoul, this time in reaction to the start of huge U.S.-South Korean military drills. Such threats have been a staple of young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un since… Read More
The financial crisis nobody learned from
A Conversation Between Michael Covel and Jim Rickards Covel: I’m delighted to have Jim Rickards with me today. Jim’s probably the world’s leading expert on currency wars and one of the world’s top financial analysts. Welcome to the show, Jim. Let’s look back to see how you got to this… Read More
Rubio: Trump is not a true conservative
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio shared his opinion on why billionaire Donald Trump didn’t follow-through with his Saturday speech in front of the Conservative Action Political Conference (CPAC), the nation’s largest gathering of conservatives. “Well, this is the American Conservative Union. It’s reserved for conservatives,” Rubio said to a standing-room only… Read More
Ben Carson suspends his campaign at CPAC
At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday, the nation’s largest gathering of conservatives, political outsider Dr. Ben Carson took the stage to formally suspended his 2016 presidential campaign. And on the heels of the announcement, many supporters were left wondering — where did the money all go? Critics say… Read More
Here’s what to expect from ‘Super Saturday’
Five more states are chipping in verdicts on the Republican and Democratic presidential contests in races largely overshadowed by Super Tuesday and the big contests still to come. Yet candidates eager to gather enough support to snag their party’s nomination — or at least stay relevant — are happy to… Read More
Cruz promises he can beat Trump
Appearing before a receptive crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz pushed back against the brokered Republican convention idea being floated by some party insiders as a way to stop frontrunner Donald Trump. “If you want to beat Donald Trump, here’s how you do… Read More
Bobbi Brown’s autopsy reveals cause of death
Bobbi Kristina Brown had morphine, cocaine, alcohol and prescription drugs in her body when she went underwater in a bathtub, causing brain damage that left her in a coma for six months, and an autopsy report released Friday said investigators could not determine if her death was intentional or accidental…. Read More
Kasich: Count on a brokered convention
Ohio Gov. John Kasich made an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday with conservative talk show host Sean Hannity, and spoke on the possibility of a brokered Republican convention. When asked about his possible path to the White House, Kasich stated that he believed the Republican presidential… Read More
Knife allegedly found buried at O.J. Simpson’s former home
Detectives are investigating a knife purportedly found some time ago at the former home of O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted of murder charges in the 1994 stabbings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, a police spokesman said Friday. The knife was supposedly found by a… Read More