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A man doused a woman in gasoline and lit her face on fire in Sevierville, Tennessee, amid an hours-long standoff.

Mark Harden, 33, poured gasoline on a woman, shoved her onto a couch, grabbed a lighter, lit her face on fire, and tried to kill her at a home on Mutton Hollow Road last week.

The victim ran to a nearby sink and extinguished the fire.

The victim tried to run out of the home, but Harden dragged her back into the house and forced her to stay. The victim was finally able to escape when her mother arrived to the home.

She was taken to a local hospital and treated for second-degree burns.

Harden stole the victim’s vehicle and drove to a Smotkies Motel, where he barricaded himself for hours.

A SWAT team and K-9 located Harden hiding under a mattress and took him into custody.

Harden was charged with aggravated assault, kidnapping, and theft. He is being held in Sevier County jail on a $350,000 bond, WBIR reported.

It is unclear if the victim and Harden were known to each other prior to the violent assault.

WVLT reported:

The man involved in an hours-long standoff with the Sevierville Police Department tried to kill a woman by dousing her in gasoline and setting her on fire, according to court records obtained by WVLT News.

Records for 33-year-old Mark Harden say the woman told officers once they arrived Oct. 16 he had poured a can of gasoline on her, shoved her on a couch and grabbed a lighter. The woman also told police Harden was able to light her face on fire, which she put out by running sink water over herself, the records said.

Records also show the woman ran from the house it happened at, eventually getting help from those nearby. The woman was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center with first- and second-degree burns, records show.

Harden himself later hunkered down inside the Smokies Motel that day, prompting police to respond.

#BREAKING: A BLACK MAN HAS JUST POURED GASOLINE ON A WHITE WOMAN AND LIT HER ON FIRE IN TENNESSEE!!!!!

She was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center with FIRST- and SECOND-DEGREE BURNS.

Court records say the man poured gas on a woman, lit her face on fire, and then made SWAT come drag him out.

His name is Mark Harden, he’s 33 years old, in Sevierville, Tennessee.

According to court records, the woman told officers Harden poured a CAN OF GASOLINE on her.

He pushed her onto a couch, he grabbed a lighter and then records say he lit her FACE on fire.

She put out the flames herself, with water in the kitchen.

Records say he THREATENED TO K*LL her.

When she tried to run, he put her in a CHOKEHOLD and DRAGGED her back into the house.

She got away, barely.

She was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center with FIRST- and SECOND-DEGREE BURNS.

He now faces charges including AGGRAVATED ASSAULT and KIDNAPPING.

Please pray for her.

WE DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS!!!!!!!

— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) October 20, 2026

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Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander, the far-left former New York City Comptroller and close ally of radical Mayor Zohran Mamdani, was detained again by Israeli authorities on Wednesday.

Lander, the Democratic nominee for New York’s 10th Congressional District, was detained on October 21 alongside dozens of international activists and rabbis while participating in an olive-harvesting mission with Palestinian farmers near the village of Nahalin, south of Bethlehem, NY Times reported.

The former New York City comptroller, who previously made headlines after being detained by federal immigration agents during a confrontation at a Manhattan immigration courthouse, was released several hours later with a warning.

Lander posted a selfie from a bus filled with others, writing: “I’ve been detained by the IDF, along with a group of rabbis & volunteers. We were simply harvesting olives in a grove near Nehalim in the West Bank. The occupation is a crime under international law. Harvesting olives isn’t a crime under any law I know.”

He later claimed he was released “with a ‘warning,’ apparently because of my public profile (I told them I wasn’t even a congressmember yet, just a nominee).”

He added that others remained in custody and should be freed immediately, framing the action as part of “state-sponsored ethnic cleansing.”

I’ve been detained by the IDF, along with a group of rabbis & volunteers. We were simply harvesting olives in a grove near Nehalim in the West Bank.

The occupation is a crime under international law. Harvesting olives isn’t a crime under any law I know. https://t.co/r7B5Q3RvjY

— Brad Lander (@bradlander) October 21, 2026

Lander accused Israel of violating Palestinian rights while Israeli officials blasted the Democratic candidate for a publicity stunt.

The military and police detained the group, reported at around 80 to 90 volunteers, including Americans, Israelis, and others associated with groups like Rabbis for Human Rights and the “Protect the Harvest” coalition, after declaring the area a closed military zone.

Authorities cited the security risk of an uncoordinated harvest near an Israeli community and viewed the arrival of dozens of activists as intended to provoke rather than simply assist with farming.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry called Lander’s trip a “calculated political provocation,” noting that his team had been informed in advance that proper coordination with relevant authorities was required but proceeded anyway.

According to the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

“This was not about harvesting olives.
It was about harvesting headlines.

Brad Lander’s latest stunt is nothing more than a calculated political provocation.

Lander traveled to a foreign country, deliberately entered a restricted security area, and participated in an unauthorized activity without the required coordination.

What makes this stunt even more outrageous is that his own team contacted Israeli representatives in the United States ahead of his visit and was explicitly informed that proper coordination with the relevant authorities was required.
He chose to ignore those instructions.

At a time of heightened security tensions, Israeli security forces have a responsibility to protect lives, prevent dangerous incidents, and maintain public order.

Had anyone been injured as a result of his reckless political theater, Lander would undoubtedly have been among the first to demand that Israeli authorities intervene and provide protection.

Brad Lander came looking for a confrontation. Now he is pretending to be its victim.”

This was not about harvesting olives.
It was about harvesting headlines.

Brad Lander’s latest stunt is nothing more than a calculated political provocation.

Lander traveled to a foreign country, deliberately entered a restricted security area, and participated in an unauthorized activity without the required coordination.

What makes this stunt even more outrageous is that his own team contacted Israeli representatives in the United States ahead of his visit and was explicitly informed that proper coordination with the relevant authorities was required.
He chose to ignore those instructions.

At a time of heightened security tensions, Israeli security forces have a responsibility to protect lives, prevent dangerous incidents, and maintain public order.

Had anyone been injured as a result of his reckless political theater, Lander would undoubtedly have been among the first to demand that Israeli authorities intervene and provide protection.

Brad Lander came looking for a confrontation. Now he is pretending to be its victim.

— Israel Foreign Ministry (@IsraelMFA) October 21, 2026

This is not Lander’s first encounter with law enforcement in a political context. Earlier in 2025, as NYC Comptroller and mayoral candidate, he was arrested by ICE agents after intervening to obstruct immigration enforcement at a Manhattan courthouse.

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President Trump is speaking at a midterm rally in Clemson, South Carolina, tonight.

The President is stumping for South Carolina Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial nominee Alan Wilson, and Senator Darline Graham, who was appointed to succeed her brother, late Senator Lindsey Graham.

President Trump spoke to reporters earlier and previewed his rally as he departed the White House.

“I’m going to South Carolina. We’re going to hopefully get Darlene Graham elected. She’s fantastic, sister of Lindsey, and we have a tremendous crowd as we have always had,” Trump said.

“And I think it’ll be an amazing day.”

A large crowd of supporters was lined up for over four hours before Trump’s speech.

Via Right Side Broadcasting Network:

Trump is scheduled to speak at 7 pm ET.

Watch live below:

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On Tuesday, the Social Security Administration announced the “most comprehensive SSN record clean-up in the agency’s 91-year history” as part of an ongoing effort “to strengthen the accuracy and integrity” of the SSN database.

Early in the current Trump administration, Elon Musk claimed that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had discovered a shocking number of records in the Social Security database: 398 million.

Musk, in an X post, broke then-current numbers down by age group.  The breakdown revealed records for over 12.2 million people in the database who were over the age of 120.  If you expand that group to include everyone over the age of 100, the total increases to almost 20 million records.

According to the Social Security database, these are the numbers of people in each age bucket with the death field set to FALSE!

Maybe Twilight is real and there are a lot of vampires collecting Social Security https://t.co/ltb06VX98Z

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 17, 2025

 

The Social Security Administration wrote that it has “corrected nearly 15 percent of all active SSNs across approximately 330 million U.S. citizens and nearly 390 million total records.”  This could result in more efficient implementation of Social Security benefits by validating identities and preventing improper benefit payments.

According to the press release:

• SSA has added 17 million dates of death to records that previously lacked this information, using a combination of internal SSA systems and Department of State data.
• Through data received from the Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) service, SSA has updated approximately 25 million records that previously had missing citizenship information.
• SSA is currently in the process of correcting an additional 8.5 million records with inaccurate citizenship status.
• The agency has implemented stronger internal controls to prevent inaccuracies due to manual data entry from occurring in the future.

 

What This Could Mean For Election Integrity

From an election-integrity standpoint, this could have massive implications for how states validate a voter’s eligibility, especially for mail-in ballots.

The SSA database is a key source used to verify identity, citizenship status, and whether a person is recorded as deceased.  “Dead people voting” has been a long-standing claim of election integrity groups, and now, with the disclosure that 17 million records lacked “dates of death,” that claim has new meaning.

Furthermore, “illegals voting” has been another long-standing claim.  We learned through this most recent press release that 25 million records “previously had missing citizenship information.”  Again, that is a substantial number, considering that the database was a primary verification tool for U.S. citizenship.

According to the release, 8.5 million records with “inaccurate citizenship status” are in the process of being corrected.

In total, this extensive, ongoing clean-up operation has already updated and/or corrected more than 50 million records.  It is unknown how many of those records could be present currently on states’ voter rolls.

Following President Trump’s prime-time address on election integrity in July, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin gave a follow-up press conference at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.  During that press conference, he issued a warning to the states.  Politico reported at the time:

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Friday said officials who don’t cooperate with the administration’s election security efforts may be slapped with fines — and potentially prison time.

“If the election officials, once we gave them the information they need to secure their elections — and they chose not to — then those individuals can also be held accountable by fines, by penalties, and even, depending on how far it goes, prison time,” Mullin said during a press conference at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

Mullin also vowed that DHS would work to “make our security enhancements mandatory” for states. He promised to withhold federal election security grants until state officials take steps the administration demanded, including running their voter registration lists through a system that checks for non-citizen voters on the rolls.

So what tool has the federal government made available to the states for doing such work?  The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system, for starters.

Last month, the Supreme Court lifted restrictions on the SAVE system after a lower court blocked it, allowing it to be used by the individual states to verify voter eligibility.  The states can now utilize the query system supplied by the federal government on a voluntary basis.

According to USCIS.gov, the SAVE system is:

“…an information service whereby user agencies submit information (such as name, date of birth, and an enumerator) and SAVE uses that information to query against source government systems, including those maintained by DHS, Department of State (DoS), and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to verify and provide, if retrievable, a point-in-time response that includes the individual’s U.S. citizenship or immigration status.”

The page also states that, “Based on SSA data, SAVE can verify the U.S. citizenship of most U.S.-born individuals as well as check the SSA Death Master File.”

This clean-up could have direct implications for mail-in ballots.  Individuals in the SSA database who are deceased or non-citizens, but whose records don’t reflect that, aren’t necessarily showing up to cast votes in person, especially the dead ones.

And they themselves aren’t necessarily casting mail-in ballots either.

But are mail-in ballots being cast in their names?

Mail-in voting has tripled since 1996 and grown from 17.4% of total voter turnout in 2008 to 42% in 2020 during the COVID era.  In 2024, the total mail-in vote turnout trickled back to around 30%.

And the numbers go up even more in crucial but often overlooked primary elections.  For example, Michigan reported that “voters choosing mail ballot at record pace; requests up 68.5% over the same point in 2022.”  Three Democrats currently occupy the highest state-level offices despite President Trump winning the state in 2016 and 2024, and potentially in 2020 as well.

Several grassroots canvassing efforts in Arizona, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Michigan following the 2020 election reported disproportionate numbers of “phantom voters,” suggesting that ballots may be assigned to voters who don’t exist at the addresses listed on the states’ voter rolls.

Given the extensive record cleanup by the SSA, comparing election results in states that choose to use SAVE for voter verification with those states’ previous election results could help identify potential issues for further investigation.

“Plausible Deniability”?

In July, Secretary Mullin also sent several states a “preliminary review” showing “tens of thousands of non-citizens” illegally on the states’ voter rolls.

The states included:

• California (190,832 non-citizens)
• New Jersey (35,152 non-citizens)
• Nevada (15,903 non-citizens)
• Pennsylvania (14,576 non-citizens)

Secretary Mullin concluded the letters by calling on the secretaries of state to respond within two weeks and “confirm their intentions to collaborate with DHS in order to ensure free, fair, and honest elections.”

Yesterday, Bill Essayli, first assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, and Governor Newsom’s Press Office engaged in a back-and-forth on X regarding a statement, made in opposition to a request for a temporary restraining order, that the Los Angeles County registrar “is not equipped or authorized to verify voter citizenship.”

The Newsom’s Press Office account accurately claimed that California adheres to 52 USC §20504(c)(2), telling Essayli he “may want to brush up on [his] election law before tweeting.”

F.A. Essayli responded by citing 18 USC §611:

It shall be unlawful for any alien to vote in any election held solely or in part for the purpose of electing a candidate for federal office.

He followed that with a citation to 18 USC §2:

Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission is punishable as a principal.

Federal Law

18 U.S.C. § 611: It shall be unlawful for any alien to vote in any election held solely or in part for the purpose of electing a candidate for federal office.

18 U.S.C. § 2: Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission is punishable as a principal.

— F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) October 20, 2026

This could indicate that the Department of Justice’s notice serves as a warning to Los Angeles County officials that processing ballots cast by noncitizens could expose them to allegations of knowingly facilitating illegal voting, as suggested in this post:

We didn’t ask you to remove them from your list. We asked you to sequester their ballots so a judge can decide whether they may be counted. As warned yesterday, processing a noncitizen’s ballot violates federal law. Go read 18 USC 611 and 2.

— F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) October 18, 2026

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Montana Democrat Senate nominee Alani Bankhead has accused the Democratic National Committee of trying to force her out of the race immediately after she won the primary.

Bankhead claims the DNC offered her a staff position in exchange for quitting and endorsing independent candidate Seth Bodnar.

During an appearance on Montana PBS last week, Bankhead was asked whether anyone had offered her anything of value to drop out.

She answered: YES.

Bankhead said the DNC’s person who handles female veteran candidates, or something similar, floated the job offer.

“I was like, ‘Why would I go work for an organization that is actively working against me and stabbing me in the back?’” Bankhead said. “I can’t be bought, anyway. But that was the only thing that was put on the table.”

In a Washington Post op-ed earlier this month, Bankhead wrote that the DNC began pressing her to leave right after her primary victory because party leaders believed a Democrat could not win in Montana.

Bankhead said the plan was to get her to endorse Bodnar instead.

“I can’t be bought or bullied out of this race. But the back room tried,” she wrote.

Twenty-two Democratic state legislators signed a letter urging her to step down.

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen responded to her allegation in a post on X.

“This is extremely concerning. If this is true, it appears to be a violation of Montana Code Annotated 13-35-221,” he added he will be investigating and reaching out to all parties involved.

This is extremely concerning. If this is true, it appears to be a violation of Montana Code Annotated 13-35-221. My office will be reaching out to @AlaniBankhead, @SethBodnarForMT and @DNC to investigate. https://t.co/5zo1KnMRyS

— Austin Knudsen (@MTAGKnudsen) October 21, 2026

Bankhead is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who served more than 21 years, including work as a special agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, according to a profile on Military.com. Her record includes counterintelligence and counterterrorism operations, including against Al-Qaeda in Iraq, protective duty for a senior Pentagon official, and extensive work investigating child sex crimes and trafficking on multiple continents.

Bankhead has described herself as a third-generation military veteran.

Republican Kurt Alme is leading in most polls, but it remains a three-way race.

WATCH:

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The FBI has arrested and charged a 17-year-old from McKinney, Texas, for allegedly planning to assassinate U.S. Representative Keith Self and carry out an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack in North Texas.

The juvenile was taken into custody on October 5 after acquiring a firearm, according to federal sources. He remains in federal custody; his name has not been released, according to WFAA.

Federal investigators said the recently radicalized teen, who was already under monitoring, planned to target Self at an event last Saturday and conduct a broader attack in the region on behalf of ISIS.

Self, a House Freedom Caucus member and co-founder of the Sharia-Free America Caucus, has been one of Congress’s most vocal opponents of political Islam and Sharia law.

In a statement to WFAA, Self said:

“Protecting our Constitutional Republic from radical Islam is getting messy. I served in the military for 25 years with the mindset that defending freedom was worth the sacrifice. Our elected leaders should govern with that same mindset.” When asked whether his positions on radical Islam may have made him a target, he replied that “if it’s ISIS related, you kind of have to believe that… if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck.”

Self later posted on X that he is grateful to the FBI for stopping the threat, that he and his family are safe, and that the incident only strengthens his resolve:

“I am grateful to the FBI and law enforcement for stopping this threat. My family and I are safe, and I remain focused on serving the people of Texas’ 3rd District.

Preserving our constitutional republic from radical Islam means accepting the costs that come with it—name-calling, threats, and worse.

Our Founders believed this country was worth the sacrifice. I served 25 years in the military because defending freedom was worth the sacrifice. This only strengthens my resolve. I will not back down.”

I am grateful to the FBI and law enforcement for stopping this threat. My family and I are safe, and I remain focused on serving the people of Texas’ 3rd District.

Preserving our constitutional republic from radical Islam means accepting the costs that come with it—name-calling, threats, and worse.

Our Founders believed this country was worth the sacrifice. I served 25 years in the military because defending freedom was worth the sacrifice. This only strengthens my resolve. I will not back down. https://t.co/FdUMUQ7wk6

— Rep. Keith Self (@RepKeithSelf) October 21, 2026

This is not an isolated concern in Self’s district. In August, the McKinney City Council voted 7-0 to approve a large new Islamic center and mosque complex (roughly 32,000 square feet on a multi-acre site) despite hours of heated public opposition, warnings about political Islam, and Self’s direct testimony urging the council to honor its constitutional oath and resist what he described as the progression from accommodation to intimidation.

The Gateway Pundit previously covered the raucous meeting, including the testimony of an Iranian Christian Sharia survivor who warned council members they would regret ignoring people who had lived under the system, and the outrage after the unanimous approval. Self has repeatedly argued that Sharia is incompatible with the U.S. Constitution and Western values.

Self co-founded the Sharia-Free America Caucus with Rep. Chip Roy in December 2025; it has since grown to dozens of members.

He has introduced the Preserving Our Constitution Act to bar federal courts from recognizing or enforcing foreign or religious laws (including Sharia-based practices) that conflict with the Constitution, and he recently filed a concurrent resolution denouncing Sharia and affirming the Constitution as the supreme law of the land.

His district sits in the middle of rapid growth in Islamic institutions in North Texas, a pattern he and others have flagged as a long-term challenge to American legal and cultural norms.

The case fits a pattern of recent ISIS-linked activity in Texas and elsewhere that federal authorities have disrupted, often involving young men radicalized online.

While the suspect’s name remains sealed, the plot’s targeting of a specific anti-Sharia lawmaker who has fought the expansion of a major Islamic center in the same city underscores the real-world stakes of the debate Self has been leading in Congress.

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Game developer and social media influencer Manuel Otto, who created the popular game Stick Run when he was just 14, died at age 30 after he reportedly set himself on fire during a Twitch livestream on Tuesday evening in Bavaria.

It appeared that he was wearing women’s clothing during the stream.

Otto was found dead in an attic in Breitbrunn am Chiemsee after the house also caught on fire.

A neighbor noticed the blaze and tried to put it out before emergency services arrived, but Otto had already died.

Stick Run’s official account initially stated it was aware of a Twitch livestream involving its creator and owner, Manuel Otto, “in which he appeared to have taken his own life.”

The account said Twitch had removed the stream and video, asked the community not to spread unverified information, and invited anyone with details to contact the team or local police.

Stick Run is aware of a livestream on Twitch involving its creator and owner, Manuel Otto, in which he appeared to have taken his own life. We understand that Twitch has since removed the livestream and associated video.

We are deeply concerned by this situation and ask that everyone respect the privacy of those involved during this difficult time. We encourage the community to refrain from spreading unverified information or speculation.

If you have any information that may help clarify the circumstances surrounding this incident, please reach out to us or contact your local law enforcement agency.

— Stick Run (@StickRunGame) October 20, 2026

A follow-up statement confirmed the death of “our creator, developer, and fellow Stick Runner, Marc-Manuel Alexander Otto.”

Official statement from Stick Run. https://t.co/t2EKGLE6Vd

— Stick Run (@StickRunGame) October 21, 2026

“For so many of us, it was a part of our childhood. A game we grew up playing with friends, sharing laughs, competing for high scores, and making memories that will stay with us for a lifetime,” the statement read.

It described Stick Run as something that brought people together.

Otto launched Stick Run as a free-to-play Facebook game in 2010.

The game later expanded to other platforms and has been played by more than 43 million people worldwide.

A Twitch spokesperson told the New York Post that the platform moved quickly to remove the channel and video on demand.

“What took place is horrible, and the mental health and well-being of our community matters deeply to us,” the spokesperson said.

Twitch said it offers tools to help users connect with local mental health resources.

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A white envelope sits in the kitchen drawer, under the takeout menus and the spare batteries. The logo in the corner belongs to an employer you left years ago.

Inside is a statement for an old 401(k). You haven’t touched that account since your last day on the job.

For some people it is a TSP from their years in service. For others it is an IRA they opened once and never looked at again.

On the fridge there is a yellow sticky note. It says “Call about the old retirement account.” The corners have curled up, and the ink has gone a little pale.

Every few months you mean to deal with it. You sit down at the kitchen table, open the laptop, and start reading about forms and transfers. Then you hit words like “custodian” and “distribution,” and you start to worry about doing it wrong. So you close the laptop, and the envelope goes back in the drawer.

All that time, the money in that account sits in dollars. Dollars whose value you have watched shrink at the checkout. You’ve watched the same cart of groceries ring up higher every year.

Meanwhile, life keeps moving. The grandkids’ birthdays come around faster every year. The trip to see relatives keeps sliding to “next summer.” The day you finally hand in your keys at work gets closer. Those years on the back porch, at the ball field, and at the church potluck are the years that old account was meant to help pay for.

Every dollar in that old account is a bet on one thing: the dollar. But gold is different. Gold isn’t printed by any central bank. No government can run off more of it, and right now the money in that envelope holds none of it. And ironically, the world’s central banks themselves are buying gold. The World Gold Council says central banks bought a record amount of gold for the second quarter this year.

Which is why a lot of people are transferring some of their retirement accounts into a Precious Metals IRA where they can hold gold.

Gold doesn’t go up every year. It has had long flat stretches. That’s why people hold part of their savings in it and keep the rest where it is.

If that still feels like a big step, you’re not the only one. One customer, June M., said: “Diversifying my IRA with metals was scary at first. After pondering about it for a year or so, I did quite a bit of research, and picked Goldco for the company. Then the team that helped me, was just awesome. Professional, knowledgeable, and made me feel at ease.”

What a Precious Metals IRA is

A Precious Metals IRA is a type of self-directed IRA. It is still a retirement account, and the same general IRA rules apply. That old 401(k) money can buy real IRA-eligible gold and silver coins and bars. They sit in a vault under IRS rules.

The metals are held through an IRA custodian and stored at a bullion depository.

How a rollover may help with the old account

One common way to fund a Precious Metals IRA is a rollover or transfer from an existing account, like a 401(k), 403(b), TSP, or IRA. Rollovers often happen when people change jobs or retire.

Rollovers aren’t limited by the yearly IRA contribution cap. With a direct rollover or a trustee-to-trustee transfer, the money moves straight from the old plan to the new custodian. Done that way, a rollover may avoid taxes and penalties. The rules matter, and a mistake can be costly, so it’s important to talk to a specialist and your tax professional about your own situation.

The steps look like this:

• Open the Precious Metals IRA.

• Fund it with a rollover or transfer from an existing retirement account.

• Select IRA-eligible gold and silver.

Distributions later can be cash or physical metal, subject to IRS rules.

A Precious Metals IRA also comes with costs, like setup, storage, and custodian fees. Ask the precious metals specialist about those costs before you decide.

Who helps you matters

The paperwork is the part that keeps most people stuck. So it helps to have someone walk you through it.

Goldco helps Americans open a Precious Metals IRA and walk through each of those steps, including finding a custodian experienced with gold IRAs. They have helped thousands of Americans place over $3 billion in gold and silver.

If your circumstances change later, Goldco says it offers a Buy Back program guaranteed at the highest price.

One customer, Clayton, wrote: “There’s no pressure to work with them. If you’re not interested, that’s fine… I wish I had learned about GOLDCO sooner. The people talk TO YOU, not AT YOU, and they take their time explaining everything to you.”

Shirley wrote: “I am very happy with my experience in rolling over my IRA with Goldco. They are so knowledgeable and make everything clear to understand.”

Goldco is rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau and has earned over 8,000 five-star customer ratings.

Start with the free kit

You don’t have to fill out a single rollover form right now.

Goldco offers a free 2026 Gold & Silver Kit, with no purchase needed. It includes a printed guide, an audio guide, and a video guide, with $0 shipping and handling. It walks through how a Precious Metals IRA works and what the rollover path may look like.

The request form asks for your name, phone number, and email. A Goldco precious metals specialist may call to walk you through it.

The envelope has waited in the drawer long enough. You can make this the week the sticky note finally comes off the fridge.

Get your free 2026 Gold & Silver Kit and get help from Goldco here.

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President Trump tore into CNN and ABC reporters while departing the White House en route to Clemson, South Carolina, on Wednesday, calling them “dummy” and “stupid” before trashing the outlets. 

Trump smoked both reporters as they tried to frame his Russian prisoner release, for which Trump said the US gave nothing in return, as an exchange.

As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier, Trump announced the release of Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired American English teacher and U.S. military veteran from Michigan.

“Stephen Hubbard, taken four years ago by Russia during the Biden Administration, was just released from prison, at the request of President Donald J. Trump, made directly to President Vladimir Putin in a telephone conversation last week,” Trump wrote.

Trump further said the United States “was not required to give anything in return” in what he called “an unprecedented situation for Russia.”

Trump also highlighted his temporary waiver of sanctions on Russian diesel exports in a Truth Social post this morning, writing, “Numerous people, who requested that sanctions be immediately imposed on Russia, have called to apologize to President Trump in that they didn’t know that he was negotiating the release of Stephen Hubbard, a truly big and important deal for the U.S.”

He continued, “If sanctions would have been placed, certainly those negotiations would have come to a complete and total halt.”

Trump then slammed his critics while speaking to reporters about Hubbard release at the White House earlier. We have a gentleman coming home from Russia that they’ve been after for years. He was captured or taken during the Biden administration. Wouldn’t have happened if I were president, but he was taken,” Trump said. “And we were in the midst of negotiating, and a lot of stupid people said, and people that don’t know how life works, they said, why aren’t you putting Russia sanctions or all this in the midst of a negotiation to try and get a long-term hostage back from Russia?

When interrupted by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, who asked whether Trump gave anything to Russia for Hubbard’s release. “So, you did give something in exchange,” Collins said, and Trump went off.

“You don’t know anything. I mean, you fake news CNN,” he said, emphasizing that “if you would have put those sanctions on or whatever you want to call them, you could forget about him. You’d never see him again. He’d be back in jail for 25 years.”

Trump further added that negotiations to end the war between Russia and Ukraine are “very delicate,” but “we are maybe close to a deal for the first time in a long time.”

When Collins interrupted again, attempting to press him further on whether the waiver of sanctions is an “exchange for Hubbard’s release,” Trump fired back, “You don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re a dummy. You’re a low IQ person. You’re a dummy, and you work for CNN.”

“Let me tell you, if I’m negotiating to get a man back, a man that we wanted back for years, a man that was a prisoner in Siberia or some place in Russia, and we’re getting him back because of me — it should have never happened, but he should have been brought back during Biden because he was there during the Biden,” Trump continued. “The negotiation would obviously come immediately to an end” if he reimposed sanctions on Russia.

Trump then received the exact same question from an ABC’s Karen Travers, and he said, “Are you a stupid person? Who do you work for?”

After she responded ABC, Trump said, “You’re a stupid person, and by the way, your network is the worst of all.”

WATCH:

Trump similarly went off on reporters during an event in the Oval Office on Tuesday. “What’s wrong with you? Are you a sick person?” he asked the Independent’s Andrew Feinberg during a hilarious exchange.

“I actually think there’s something wrong with you,” Trump added.

MORE:

HILARIOUS! Trump SHUTS DOWN Screaming Reporters: “What’s Wrong With You? Are You a Sick Person? I Actually Think There’s Something Wrong With You” – Reporter Fires Back on X (VIDEO)

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In August, three Secret Service officials were reportedly escorted out of their offices and designated “do not admits” as part of a criminal investigation into the leaking of classified information to the media.

CBS News identified one of the employees as Secret Service Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi. The other two individuals also reportedly worked in the agency’s communications office.

All three had their security clearances suspended and lost access to their government-issued devices.

According to Real Clear Politics, Anthony Guglielmi is out at the agency because he may have been involved in the leaks to the media.

Sensitive information about President Trump’s secret plane swap in Turkey over the summer were leaked to The Washington Post and CBS News.

“Multiple Secret Service sources tell @RCPolitics Guglielmi is not coming back to work at the agency, although the Secret Service and FBI leaders have not disclosed the allegations against him and are keeping the matter under tight control. Several agents believe it has something to do with the press reports on the Secret Service’s use of a decoy plan to ferry President Trump out of Turkey,” RCP reporter Susan Crabtree said.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, President Trump was secretly transferred from Air Force One to a smaller C-32A military aircraft before departing Ankara, Turkey, on July 8.

Trump was reportedly moved between the aircraft inside an airport catering truck while the original Air Force One departed as a decoy carrying administration officials, Secret Service personnel, White House staff and members of the traveling press.

The highly sensitive maneuver was reportedly ordered after U.S. officials received intelligence concerning a possible Iranian plot to target Air Force One with a surface-to-air missile.

President Trump later confirmed that the Secret Service and military instructed him to use another aircraft.

“It’s only up to the Secret Service. I just follow what they’d like to do,” Trump told reporters. “They wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane.”

SCOOP: Sidelined Secret Service Comms Director Anthony Guglielmi’s photo, name, and title have been removed from the agency website.

Guglielmi was removed from the website several weeks after he was escorted out of the building and put on administrative leave, along with two other members of the Secret Service communications department.

Yet, Guglielmi’s personal social media accounts still identify him as the Secret Service communications director.

Both the FBI and CIA are participating in the inquiry, pointing to a probe with more weight than a routine internal personnel matter.

Multiple Secret Service sources tell @RCPolitics Guglielmi is not coming back to work at the agency, although the Secret Service and FBI leaders have not disclosed the allegations against him and are keeping the matter under tight control. Several agents believe it has something to do with the press reports on the Secret Service’s use of a decoy plan to ferry President Trump out of Turkey.

The Secret Service has not returned @RCPolitics press inquiries since LAST DECEMBER, when we reported on an FBI raid of an agent’s home as part of a sprawling IRS allegation.

The apparent black-listing of a reporter from receiving answers to pressing Secret Service questions occurred even though this reporter received the 2024 DAO Award for Investigative Journalism from her peers for her Secret Service reporting in the wake of the Butler assassination attempt against President Trump.

Over the last year, RCP has submitted numerous dozens of inquiries to the Secret Service press shop that went unanswered. In just the last week, the allegations involve a friendly-fire drone takedown over the Army-Navy game last year first reported without sourcing and context by @60Minutes; whether outgoing Deputy Director Matt Quinn has conflict-of-interest issues with his former employer, Fortem Technologies, and a $1 BILLION contract for drone hunters that Fortem makes; whether that contract was competitively bid and whether his announced departure has anything to do with this conflict-of-interest or other allegations of Secret Service personnel taking kickbacks on other contracts.

Other @RCPolitics inquiries that went unanswered include several agents’ arrests, including one for indecent exposure and masturbating in a hotel hallway, another for a DUI, another for NYE charges involving the shooting and death of a half brother; and still another for a manslaughter charge for a near-fatal fraternity incident, and just last week, an inquiry into who is in charge of communications at the Secret Service with Guglielmi sidelined and under investigation.

Do you think there’s a legitimate reason why @RCPolitics has been blacklisted for Secret Service responses to my inquiries while 60 Minutes and other reporters who don’t regularly cover the agency get invited to the agency’s Rowley Training Center to do softball interviews?

I’ll include my story on Guglielmi’s late August departure in the link below.

— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) October 21, 2026

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