The post What To Know About Tucker Carlson’s New Precious Metals Business appeared com. Topline Conservative podcaster Tucker Carlson launched a precious metals company with a North Dakota-based gold dealer, the latest business venture for the conservative firebrand who has also launched a streaming media company and tobacco pouch brand after leaving his role at Fox News. Carlson’s Battalion Metals offers precious metals IRAs, as well as gold, silver and platinum products that can be stored in the company’s bunker.” It also offers a “precious metals IRA” that contain portfolios of “physical gold, silver, platinum and palladium”-investments it advertises as a way to diversify retirement portfolios, hedge against inflation or serve as insurance during periods of “severe economic distress, banking failures, or currency crises.” In an interview with the Wall Street Journal promoting the new venture on Monday, Carlson echoed these fears-calling the U. S. dollar “doomed” and insisting the country was witnessing “the end of the postwar order.” Why Did Carlson Get Into The Gold Business? In a video posted on Battalion Gold’s website, Carlson said the idea to start a gold business came to him shortly after he was fired by Fox News in 2023. The former host said he got “tempting” offers from an unnamed gold company who advertised on the network to pitch its products, offering as much as $20 million per year. Carlson, who said he was already a gold buyer before getting the offer, said he was later informed these companies sell products to unaware “elderly Fox News viewers” with massive markups. A Washington Post report from 2023 examined some of these companies, including those offering precious metals IRAs, and found some sold products with.
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The post Google Announces $40 Billicom. Topline Google is committing $40 billion toward the construction of three data centers in Texas, according to multiple outlets, doing so as a rush of competing companies in the artificial intelligence sector build their own AI infrastructure in the Lone Star State. Pichai announced the project Friday. The data centers will be located in Armstrong County and Haskell County, Bloomberg reported, citing CEO Sundar Pichai, who said at a news conference the “investment will create thousands of jobs, provide skills training to college students and electrical apprentices, and accelerate energy affordability initiatives throughout Texas.” Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas will have the highest number of Google data centers in the world if the company’s three data centers materialize, according to Bloomberg. Get Forbes Text Alerts: We’re launching text message alerts so you’ll always know the biggest stories shaping the day’s headlines. Text “Alerts” to (201) 335-0739 or sign up here. What Other Ai Companies Are Investing In Texas Data Centers? Texas has become an attractive state for the data centers thanks to its land availability and cheaper electricity for industrial uses. OpenAI, which recently established a for-profit arm valued at $500 billion, is constructing a flagship AI data center in Abilene, Texas, slated to open in 2026. The data center is one of multiple the company plans to launch as part of a larger project that will establish more infrastructure in Ohio and New Mexico. Anthropic announced this week a $50 billion investment to build.
The post John Boltcom. Topline President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, John Bolton, was indicted Thursday in Maryland, where he is being investigated for the potential mishandling of classified documents becoming the third political foe of Trump indicted in recent weeks. Former National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks at a panel at the Willard InterContinental Hotel on August 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. Getty Images Key Facts The criminal charges come after FBI agents searched Bolton’s home and office in August, reportedly as part of a broader investigation into whether Bolton possessed or shared classified information. Top DOJ officials had reportedly been pressuring prosecutors to swiftly bring charges against Bolton, despite protestations from prosecutors that it would be better to wait in order to build a stronger case, though CNN reports they’ve since dropped those concerns. Bolton’s attorney Abbe Lowell has maintained Bolton did not unlawfully possess any classified materials, saying prior to Bolton’s charges that any documents in his possession with classified markings are from the George W. Bush administration and no longer classified, and the documents “had been previously approved as part of a pre-publication review for Amb. Bolton’s book.” When informed of Bolton’s indictment by reporters Thursday, Trump said, “I think he’s a bad person. I think he’s a bad guy, yeah, he’s a bad guy. It’s too bad but that’s the way it goes.” Chief Critic “These are the kinds of ordinary records, many of which are 20 years old or more, that would be kept by a 40-year career official who served at the State Department, as an Assistant Attorney General, the U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and the National Security Advisor,” Lowell previously said about documents in Bolton’s possession, prior to the ex-official facing charges. “An objective and thorough review will show nothing inappropriate was.