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President Donald Trump called out insider trading on Capitol Hill during his address, urging Congress to ‘pass the Stop Insider Trading Act without delay’ while also taking a shot at Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi. 

‘Let’s also ensure that members of Congress cannot corruptly profit from using insider information,’ Trump said, prompting members of both parties to stand.

Trump responded, ‘They stood up for that. I can’t believe it. I can’t believe it. Did Nancy Pelosi stand up — if she’s here? Doubt it.’

The Pelosi family’s financial disclosures have frequently been cited by critics calling for stricter limits on congressional stock trading.

The Stop Insider Trading Act, introduced by Rep. Bryan Steil, would ban members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from purchasing publicly traded stocks and require advance public notice before any sale, aiming to go beyond the 2012 STOCK Act’s reporting requirements.

A source familiar told Fox News Digital that Pelosi was applauding until Trump called her out.

The moment captured attention on social media, including from Fox News contributor Guy Benson, who posted on X, ‘lol the Pelosi ad lib.’

‘LMAO at Trump’s callout of Pelosi on insider trading,’ columnist Josh Hammer posted on X. 

‘LOL Trump is the funniest President of all time, zero debate,’ Newsbusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck posted on X. 

Trump also announced a new retirement savings proposal for workers without access to employer matching, promising the federal government would match contributions up to $1,000 a year so more Americans can benefit from market gains.

Fox News Digital reached out to Pelosi’s office for comment.

Fox News Digital’s Morgan Phillips contributed to this report

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Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was ejected from President Donald Trump’s primetime address to a joint session of Congress for a second year in a row.

Fox News Digital spotted Green on the Democrats’ traditional side of the House chamber Tuesday evening ahead of the State of the Union, standing at a seat just five rows from where Trump was due to begin speaking.

As Trump arrived, however, he held up a sign that read in all capital letters, ‘Black people aren’t apes!’

Green did not put the sign down and remained standing even after Trump began speaking, prompting Capitol security to escort him out of the chamber. 

Fox News Digital also saw heated conversations between Green and two House Republicans, Reps. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, and Pat Fallon, R-Texas, before he was removed.

The longtime Texas progressive lawmaker was removed by security in 2025 during Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress after repeatedly interrupting the president by shouting and shaking his cane.

The House voted to censure Green over the outburst, with 10 Democrats joining the GOP in the move.

He was one of several Democrats to disrupt Trump’s speech in 2025, but Green’s persistent and loud protests after being asked to quiet down forced Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to direct security to eject him from the chamber.

Green yelled at the time, ‘You have no mandate to cut Medicaid.’

‘Members are engaging in willful and continuing breach of decorum, and the chair is prepared to direct the sergeant at arms to restore order to the joint session,’ Johnson said in response.

Green has been one of Trump’s most vocal critics among House Democrats, pushing impeachment articles against him on multiple occasions.

He had remained defiant when he stopped to speak with the White House press pool on the first floor of the U.S. Capitol after being thrown out of the second floor House chamber, where Trump was speaking.

‘I’m willing to suffer whatever punishment is available to me. I didn’t say to anyone, ‘don’t punish me.’ I’ve said I’ll accept the punishment,’ Green said, according to the White House press pool report. 

‘But it’s worth it to let people know that there are some of us who are going to stand up against this president’s desire to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security.’

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., on Tuesday urged spring breakers with plans to visit Mexico to cancel their trips due to violent clashes in the country triggered by the Mexican army’s killing of cartel leader Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as ‘El Mencho,’ earlier this week.

Mullin made the comments during an appearance on CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box,’ in which he said his chiropractor was still planning to visit a popular tourist destination in Mexico.

‘Anybody that’s planning on going to Mexico for spring break … I mean, my chiropractor called me yesterday and said he’s still planning on going to Cancún, I said, ‘Are you crazy?” Mullin said.

‘No one should be going down there right now, it is very volatile and the United States is laser-focused on watching what’s taking place,’ he continued.

The senator’s comments come after Mexican troops conducted operations on Sunday in Tapalpa, Jalisco, targeting El Mencho, a former police officer who became the leader of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, which U.S. authorities have identified as a major supplier of fentanyl to the United States.

El Mencho carried a $15 million U.S. bounty and rose to power following the arrest of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, the former head of the Sinaloa Cartel. Over roughly the past 15 years, the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación has expanded from a regional criminal group into a global trafficking organization operating from its stronghold in Jalisco.

The Mexican Defense Department said the operation was conducted as part of bilateral coordination and cooperation with the U.S., and that U.S. authorities provided complementary intelligence that contributed to El Mencho’s killing.

After El Mencho’s death, cartel members burned cars and blocked roads in several Mexican states. Violent clashes were also reported in parts of western Mexico.

Mexican authorities later said that the security situation had been ‘stabilized.’

‘The security situation has now stabilized following targeted operations in Jalisco,’ the Mexican Embassy in the U.S. said on Tuesday.

‘Federal and State authorities are proceeding to reopen transit corridors and restore public services smoothly,’ the embassy continued. ‘Airline operations are normal, and international carriers are resuming flights today. Puerto Vallarta International Airport has reopened to domestic traffic.’

The embassy added: ‘If traveling through Jalisco, some local security measures remain in place, while authorities are restoring airport operations to full capacity. We are working with international partners to ensure safety and stability at all transit hubs and tourist destinations.’

But the U.S. State Department’s travel advisory for Mexico remains in effect. The U.S. government earlier issued a shelter-in-place order for Americans in Mexico, but that order has since been lifted.

The Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación is considered the most powerful cartel in Mexico with an estimated 19,000 members and operations across 21 of the country’s 32 states.

The Trump administration designated the cartel as a foreign terrorist organization.

Mullin said on Tuesday that cartels splitting after Mexico’s operation is a ‘great opportunity for us, and Mexico, to take them all out.’

‘Now, are we going to eliminate all the drug trafficking in the world? Absolutely not. But can we get a handle on it again? Absolutely,’ he added.

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President Donald Trump used part of his State of the Union address on Tuesday to spotlight American military heroism, awarding U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Eric Slover and U.S. Navy Captain E. Royce Williams with the nation’s highest military honor. 

Recounting what he described as a high-risk January raid targeting Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, Trump detailed Slover’s role in leading the mission. He said Slover was piloting a Chinook helicopter transporting U.S. forces into heavily fortified enemy territory under the cover of darkness. As the aircraft approached the target, it came under intense machine gun fire from multiple directions.

‘There were many heroes on that January raid to capture Maduro. Really great heroes. It was very dangerous,’ Trump said, describing the perilous mission.

‘He absorbed four agonizing shots, shredding his leg into numerous pieces,’ the president continued, telling lawmakers that ‘the success of the entire mission and the lives of his fellow warriors hinge on Eric’s ability’ to keep flying as blood ‘pour[ed] down the aisle.’

Slover, still recovering from his wounds, attended the address with his wife, Amy, as he was presented with the nation’s highest military award.

Trump also presented the Medal of Honor to Williams, a 100-year-old Korean War veteran and retired Navy captain, for his extraordinary combat valor during a long-classified 1952 aerial dogfight over the Sea of Japan. 

Flying a single F9F Panther jet from the USS Oriskany, Williams engaged and shot down four Soviet MiG-15 fighters during a 35-minute battle despite being heavily outnumbered and flying an aircraft considered inferior in speed and climb rate. 

At the time, the U.S. government kept the encounter secret to avoid escalating tensions with the Soviet Union, which was not officially acknowledged as a combatant in the war. Decades later, after the details were declassified, Williams’ actions were formally recognized with the nation’s highest military honor.

The back-to-back Medal of Honor ceremonies underscored the administration’s emphasis on military service, drawing extended applause from lawmakers and guests in the chamber.

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Faraday Copper (TSX:FDY,OTCQX:CPPKF) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire BHP’s (ASX:BHP,NYSE:BHP,LSE:BHP) San Manuel property, which sits next to its Copper Creek project in Arizona.

The company says the move will combine the two adjacent assets into a single US-focused copper district.

San Manuel includes the legacy San Manuel and Kalamazoo deposits, the former plant site, closed tailings facilities and surrounding BHP-owned land, along with related mineral rights, quarries and associated assets.

The mine operated between 1955 and 1999 as one of the largest underground copper mines in the US, producing more than 4.5 million metric tons of copper. Faraday will assume all environmental and closure liabilities tied to the property.

Copper Creek, which is located roughly 80 road kilometers northeast of Tucson and about 19 kilometers from San Manuel, is a porphyry copper project that is 100 percent owned by Faraday.

The firm released an updated resource estimate and a preliminary economic assessment in 2023.

The deposit remains open in all directions and hosts both breccia-hosted and vein-style mineralization. Faraday says significant exploration upside remains, with less than 15 percent of known breccia occurrences drill tested.

The proposed consolidation would add approximately 27,000 acres of private land and access to existing regional infrastructure. Faraday has also outlined a staged development concept prioritizing copper cathode production, followed by open-pit sulfides and later underground operations.

If completed, the transaction would see Faraday issue common shares to BHP equivalent to a 30 percent interest in the company on a fully diluted basis at closing.

BHP would also receive customary investor rights so long as it maintains a minimum shareholding.

“This agreement provides the opportunity for a transformative acquisition as it looks to consolidate two adjacent and complementary assets in the heart of the Arizona copper corridor at a time when sourcing of critical minerals within the USA is essential,” Faraday President and CEO Paul Harbidge said in a release.

“The combined project has the potential to become a multi-generational copper district delivering made-in-America copper, while providing significant economic opportunities to the local communities.”

For BHP, the deal would convert a legacy asset into a strategic equity position in a junior developer focused on US copper at a time when market participants are increasingly calling for a supply crunch.

The LOI includes a six month exclusivity period and a financing participation clause under which BHP has agreed to subscribe for 30 percent of any Faraday equity raise over the next 24 months, up to US$20 million.

Separately, Faraday recently announced a non-brokered private placement of up to C$100 million priced at C$4.20 per share. Strategic investors, including the Lundin Family Trusts and BHP, intend to participate.

The proceeds are earmarked primarily for advancing copper projects in Pinal County, including expenses related to the planned San Manuel acquisition.

Securities Disclosure: I, Giann Liguid, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.

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Germany’s medical cannabis market exploded in 2025, with prescriptions surging 3,300 percent from March 2024 to December 2025, per Bloomwell Group’s Cannabis Barometer.

That’s according to Niklas Kouparanis and Dr. Julian Wichmann, co-founders of the Bloomwell Group, a Frankfurt-based cannabis company that operates Germany’s largest digital platform for medical cannabis.

According to the report’s authors, this environment is setting the stage for Germany’s medical cannabis market to quickly become one of the largest in Europe.

Reform fuels cannabis growth in Germany

Bloomwell’s review, built on anonymized real-world data from hundreds of thousands of self-paying patient prescriptions filled via its app, e-prescriptions and partner pharmacies from January 2024 to December 2025, shows Germany’s medical cannabis market saw a 3,300 percent surge in prescriptions by December 2025 compared with March 2024, the final month before medical cannabis was reclassified and removed from the country’s list of narcotics.

“What we’re seeing is a fundamental shift in patient access to legally prescribed, medically supervised and digitally accessible cannabis following regulatory reform,” said Kouparanis.

The country’s Cannabis Act (CanG) removed cannabis from its Narcotics Act (BtMG) and enacted the Medical Cannabis Act (MedCanG), shifting prescriptions from strict narcotic controls to standard pharmaceutical processes. The act enabled telemedicine and easier approvals to boost access for chronic conditions.

Prescriptions hit record highs in late 2025, reflecting telemedicine’s role in transitioning self-medicating patients to regulated care; however, misuse debates erupted that same year, with the Federal Ministry of Health drafting amendments driven by Minister of Health Nina Warken’s concerns over a 400 percent import surge, which she cited as evidence of potential abuse via telemedicine platforms.

In October 2025, the German Cabinet formally approved a draft of the amendment, which banned new remote prescriptions and mail-order sales. The draft was submitted to the European Union’s Technical Regulations Information System for review, with the first Bundestag reading occurring on December 18, 2025. As of February 2026, the parliamentary process is ongoing; second and third readings are targeted for this spring.

Amid these headwinds, Kouparanis emphasized resilience.

“In the face of political uncertainty and proposed regulatory pushback, the biggest achievement for Germany’s medical cannabis industry is that we’ve continued to guarantee a secure and stable supply of prescriptions for more than a million medical cannabis patients,” he said. “Imports are breaking records, and medical cannabis has firmly established itself as part of mainstream healthcare.”

German cannabis market trends

The report identifies several growth trends in the German medical cannabis market, including an increase in products — while fewer than 470 strains were available at the start of 2025, by the fourth quarter there were 720.

At the same time, patient preferences for specific flower attributes have shifted.

Patients increasingly favor non-irradiated flowers, which captured roughly 90 percent of the market share from July to December 2025, reflecting demand for natural products.

“Despite this rise in demand, Germany’s supply of medical cannabis has remained stable and more affordable. We’ve found that the average price per gram of medical cannabis flower fell by more than 3 euros over the course of 2025, declining from 8.33 euros in January to 5.23 euros in December,’ commented Kouparanis.

‘These developments show that the market is successful, competitive, resilient and continues to deliver safe and reliable medical cannabis to patients in need,’ the expert added.

According to the report, telemedicine and mail-order pharmacy efficiencies can save health insurers 2.9 billion euros annually versus in-person care, while cannabis therapy cuts sick leave by 2.7 billion euros yearly, with no evidence of increased hospitalizations or daily use post-reform.

“At a time when Germany’s healthcare system is overstretched, and health insurers are under financial pressure, this model should serve as a benchmark, not a target for rollback,” said Kouparanis.

The report also emphasizes the role of importers, wholesalers and pharmacies that have invested substantial resources — and created jobs — to build an innovative digital supply chain to ensure nationwide access. Kouparanis emphasized that this chain is now at risk due to the regulatory risks introduced by the proposed amendment.

Regulatory risks in Germany’s cannabis market

The authors believe the Ministry of Health’s proposals are based on unsubstantiated misuse fears.

Wichmann argued against the idea of these risks from pharmaceutically supplied medical cannabis.

“This is especially true when compared to other prescription medications commonly used to treat the same conditions, as the addiction risks for opioids and Z-drugs have already been well established,’ he continued, highlighting the benefits of affordable digital access for medical cannabis therapy on the private market.

“If policymakers continue to stigmatize medical cannabis and restrict telemedicine and shipping pharmacies, they risk pushing vulnerable patients back to medications with more severe side effects as well as unsafe cannabis from unregulated sources, undermining both the wellbeing of individual patients and public health as a whole.”

German cannabis market outlook

North American investors are betting on Germany’s medical cannabis staying power, as seen in recent acquisitions of key players in the country like Sanity Group and Remixian.

“Legal cannabis is here to stay,” said Kouparanis, underscoring market resilience despite the regulatory debates.

Highlighting the sector’s evolution, he noted that despite falling prices, major wholesalers may still be profitable. “But of course, as with all product-touching business models, such as wholesale and pharmacy, margins are decreasing.”

This shift favors scalable digital platforms amid intensifying competition.

As regulatory hurdles loom, Germany’s medical cannabis market proves a potentially lucrative investment frontier for digitized platforms like Bloomwell, provided policymakers embrace data over dogma.

Securities Disclosure: I, Meagen Seatter, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.

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Vancouver, Canada, February 24, 2026 TheNewswire Spartan Metals Corp. (‘Spartan’ or the ‘Company’) (TSX-V: W | OTCQB: SPRMF | FSE: J03) reports that Burton Egger (the ‘Acquiror’) a director of the Company has  acquired 1,400,000 common shares of the Company (the ‘Acquired Shares’) by way of the exercise of 1,400,000 common share purchase warrants at a purchase price of $0.075 per Acquired Share (the ‘Acquisition’).

 

Prior to the completion of the Acquisition, Mr. Egger beneficially owned or exercised control or direction over 7,222,341 common shares, 1,604,166 common share purchase warrants (‘Warrants‘) and 50,000 restricted share units (‘RSU’s‘), representing approximately 18.3% per cent of the issued and outstanding common shares on an undiluted basis and 21.56% on a partially diluted basis. Upon completion of the Acquisition, Mr. Egger beneficially owns or exercises control or direction over 8,622,341 common shares 204,166 Warrants and 50,000 RSU’s, representing approximately 21.7% per cent of the issued and outstanding common shares on an undiluted basis, and 21.56% per cent of the issued and outstanding common shares on a partially diluted basis, assuming that Mr. Egger exercised all of his warrants and RSU’s, and no other holders of convertible securities exercised or converted any of their securities.

 

The Acquired Shares were acquired for investment purposes. Depending on market conditions, the Acquiror may, from time to time, acquire additional securities, exercise convertible securities, dispose of some or all of the existing or additional securities or may continue to hold the securities of the Company.

 

About Spartan Metals Corp.

Spartan Metals is focused on developing critical minerals projects in well-established and stable mining jurisdictions in the Western United States, with an emphasis on building a portfolio of diverse strategic defense minerals such as Tungsten, Rubidium, Antimony, Bismuth, and Arsenic.

 

Spartan’s flagship project is the Eagle Project in eastern Nevada that consists of one of the highest-grade historic tungsten resources in the USA (the past-producing Tungstonia Mine) along with significant under-defined resources consisting of: rubidium; antimony; bismuth; indium; as well as precious and base metals. More information about Spartan Metals can be found at www.SpartanMetals.com  

 

On behalf of the Board of Spartan

‘Brett Marsh’

President, CEO & Director

 

Further Information:

Brett Marsh, M.Sc., MBA, CPG

President, CEO & Director

1-888-535-0325

info@spartanmetals.com

 

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release

 

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Golconda Gold Ltd. (‘Golconda Gold’ or the ‘Company’) (TSX-V: GG; OTCQB: GGGOF) is pleased to announce that it has been included in the TSX Venture 50 list.

TSX Venture 50 is a ranking of the 50 top-performing companies on the TSX Venture Exchange over the last year. Companies are ranked based on three equally-weighted criteria of one-year share price appreciation, market capitalization increase, and Canadian consolidated trading value.

Ravi Sood, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, commented: ‘We are very pleased to see that the years of investment of both capital and human resources in our business are being recognized in our share price. While it has left us capital constrained for long periods of time, our focus on minimizing shareholder dilution is also now being rewarded. Despite Golconda Gold being 5th on the TSX Venture 50 in terms of price appreciation, we closed 2025 with fewer shares outstanding than we started the year with.’

More details on the TSX Venture 50 can be found at: www.tsx.com/Venture50.

About Golconda Gold

Golconda Gold is an un-hedged gold producer and explorer with mining operations and exploration tenements in South Africa and New Mexico. Golconda Gold is a public company and its shares are quoted on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol ‘GG’ and the OTCQB under the symbol ‘GGGOF’. Golconda Gold’s management team is comprised of senior mining professionals with extensive experience in managing mining and processing operations and large-scale exploration programmes. Golconda Gold is committed to operating at the highest standards, focused on the safety of its employees, respecting the environment, and contributing to the communities in which it operates.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its regulation services provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

For further information please contact:
Ravi Sood
CEO, Golconda Gold Ltd.
+1 (647) 987-7663
ravi@golcondagold.com
www.golcondagold.com

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