Precious Metals and Market News

Wall Street holds out hope for gold despite fall to $4,445/oz, Main Street pares bullish majority with payrolls now in focus - The latest Kitco News Weekly Gold Survey showed half of Wall Street still bullish even after gold’s dramatic Friday slide, while Main Street sentiment pulled back from last week’s high-water mark.

Gold, silver sink as Warsh revives September Fed-hike trade - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are sharply lower in late-afternoon U.S. trading Friday, after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh used his Jackson Hole speech to reinforce the central bank’s inflation fight, lifting short-end yields, firming the U.S. dollar and forcing a heavy unwind in precious metals.

Gold is 'on the radar screen' and the Fed is split 'down the middle,' former Fed president says - (Kitco News) - Jim Bullard says a hold next month could still be hawkish, foreign central banks found physical gold more desirable than Bitcoin this year, and gold’s run-up may signal eroding faith in the Fed, something he says is "on the radar screen."

Gold’s rally hits a speed bump, but analysts see 40 trillion reasons to stay bullish - (Kitco News) - The gold market may have 40 trillion reasons to go higher through the rest of the year, but analysts say that renewed expectations that the Federal Reserve still needs to fight inflation could add some volatility to the market next week.

Gold's renewed momentum is sending a warning about America’s $40 trillion debt - (Kitco News) - Gold has seen a sharp pullback ahead of the weekend, but its impressive gains this past month should be a wake-up call for investors.

Gold prices drop 1% as Warsh says inflation a bigger concern than slowing labor market - (Kitco News) - The gold market is seeing significant selling pressure as Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh reiterates his commitment to bringing inflationary pressures back in line with the central bank’s 2% target.

Gold price falls to $4,543/oz after payrolls revisions show -79,000 jobs in 12 months to March 2026 - (Kitco News) – Gold prices are lower after the latest U.S. employment data showed a relatively small downward revision to the nonfarm payrolls numbers over the last year.

Spot gold falls below $4,550/oz after final Consumer Sentiment falls to 51.7, one-year inflation expectations ease - (Kitco News) - The gold market is trading at session lows after the latest data showed consumer sentiment in the U.S. declining, with shorter-term inflation expectations easing.The University of Michigan announced on Friday that the final reading of its Consumer Sentiment survey for August was 51.7. The data was better than expectations, as the consensus forecast of economists called for a read...

Copper Giant intercepts 771 meters at Mocoa as Giustra says project is “getting bigger and bigger” - (Kitco News) - The latest drilling supports the model behind a billion-tonne resource as the world searches for its next generation of large copper mines.

Fed Chair Warsh’s actual guidance from Jackson Hole may be buried in the footnotes – LPL Financial’s Roach - (Kitco News) – Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh's speech from Jackson Hole this morning will likely be light on details and new insights, but the footnotes could offer important clues about his thinking, according to Jeffrey Roach, chief economist at LPL Financial.

Poland, US Discuss Establishing Permanent American Military Bases - Poland, US Discuss Establishing Permanent American Military Bases Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, Poland and Pentagon officials are in discussions about possibly locating several American military bases in the country, Polish Deputy Defense Minister Paweł Zalewski said after a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels Aug. 27. Zalew...

Canada Is Poaching America’s Top Scientists - Canada Is Poaching America’s Top Scientists Canada is taking advantage of growing uncertainty within the US academic system by offering hundreds of millions of dollars to researchers willing to move north, according to Bloomberg. The Canadian government has committed C$504 million, or roughly $362 million, to support 64 scientists and scholars joining universities across the count...

An Illegal Migrant Tried To Saw Off A Man's Head; You Won't Believe What The BBC Did Next... - An Illegal Migrant Tried To Saw Off A Man's Head; You Won't Believe What The BBC Did Next... Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, A leaked internal email shows a senior BBC executive reaching for the language of "solidarity" after a Sudanese asylum seeker was charged with trying to brutally murder a Northern Irish man in the street. The corporation's instinct was not to dw...

'Chexit': Global Asset Managers Are Fleeing China - 'Chexit': Global Asset Managers Are Fleeing China Authored by Anders Corr via The Epoch Times, Fidelity International (FIL) is reportedly the latest fund manager to plan a pullout from its China fund. FIL launched a wholly-owned subsidiary in Shanghai three years ago, but a lack of demand from retail investors led to disappointing growth. Reuters first reported the story. Accor...

AI Skepticism Outweighs Excitement In The US - AI Skepticism Outweighs Excitement In The US Despite the tech industry’s conviction that the rise of AI is an inflection point that will change the course of humanity, many humans remain skeptical whether the new direction we’re headed in is the right one. As Statista's Felix Richter reports below, the pace at which AI seems to be taking over parts of our lives, whether we like i...

The Arday Tragedy: A Story Of Institutional Failure, Not A Witch Hunt - The Arday Tragedy: A Story Of Institutional Failure, Not A Witch Hunt Authored by Lipton Matthews via The Mises Institute, The recent death of Jason Arday has been met with widespread grief, but also with a disturbing rush to assign blame. Much of the media narrative has positioned Nathan Cofnas as the villain, the man who exposed plagiarism and, in doing so, supposedly hounded...

Meta Tests Robots That Can Swap Cables And Reset Servers At Its Data Centers - Meta Tests Robots That Can Swap Cables And Reset Servers At Its Data Centers Kiss those data center technician jobs goodbye... Meta is testing robots that can swap network cables, restart servers, reseat components, and perform other physical tasks traditionally handled by data center technicians. The experiments come as the company rapidly expands its AI infrastructure and seeks ...

US Steps Up Africa Push As China Expands Economic, Security Footprint - US Steps Up Africa Push As China Expands Economic, Security Footprint Authored by Arthur Zhang via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration says it has helped close 37 commercial deals worth $25.67 billion in Africa as Washington moves to compete with a much larger Chinese economic footprint across the continent. "China continues to flood Africa with exports," Assistant Secretar...

What Happened To The So-Called AI Job Apocalypse? - What Happened To The So-Called AI Job Apocalypse? Authored by Joe Bertolami via RealClearMarkets, A recent report from Stanford reviewed the latest employment data and found that, so far, AI has not resulted in large scale job destruction. Meanwhile, new hiring data from the Economic Times reveals that AI is actively fueling unprecedented job creation, with AI skills now powering ...

CDC Reports COVID-19 Activity Is Increasing Across US - CDC Reports COVID-19 Activity Is Increasing Across US The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said COVID-19 activity is "increasing" across the United States although its levels are still considered "very low" overall. "As of August 26, 2026, we estimate that COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 48 states, declining or likely declining in zero sta...

AI isn’t eating software after all — and the sector’s ‘epic’ rally could run through October - Months of panic that AI would replace subscription software are easing after a strong week of software earnings.

Am I too old for Roth conversions? I’m 84 and my wife is 77. We have $8 million saved. - “We are reluctant to pay a financial adviser 2% of assets — roughly $160,000 per year.”

My mother, 91, has dementia. Every bank says I need her signature to unlock her $100,000 stock certificate. What can I do? - “These shares are the only assets in her estate without designated beneficiaries.”

‘I feel shoehorned’: My father funded my $800,000 Roth IRA. Does that give him the right to say how I invest it? - “His argument is essentially that, since my parents provided the money for the Roth, they have a say in how I invest it.”

Why would someone lock up money by rolling it into a 401(k)? - When done right, rollovers can be a great tool.

5 affordable cities to retire in the U.S. right now - You don’t have to leave the country to find an affordable place that matches your retirement vision.

Tim Cook wasn’t a ‘product guy’ — so he re-engineered Apple instead - Dismissed as “not a product guy,” the outgoing CEO proved that supply-chain mastery could take Apple to new heights.

Where are all the new jobs? Hiring slows again — and it probably won’t speed up soon. - The U.S. labor market seemed to be on upswing after a surge in new employment early this year — but a summer slowdown in hiring and fewer help-wanted ads suggest it won’t get any easier to find a job.

I’m managing a pathological liar who never does her work. How do I deal with her? - “I want to send the message that she’d better keep my name out of her mouth.”

Corporate earnings have been growing at a blistering pace. Here’s why that’s not likely to last. - The recent blistering pace of earnings growth is unsustainable.

The 'choose your own adventure' earnings: Why retailers are handling tariff refunds so differently - Retailers have diverged on how they've reported tariff refunds in their earnings this quarter, with some choosing to lower prices and others boosting margins.

He beat Big Tobacco. Will the same playbook work against Meta and social media? - Mike Moore beat Big Tobacco. Will the same playbook work against Meta and social media?

Icelanders reject reopening talks to join the EU despite Trump's Greenland threats - Icelanders voted 52.8% to 47.2% against reopening talks to join the European Union.

OpenAI to end model access to Cursor after acquisition by Elon Musk's SpaceX - OpenAI plans to end model access through Cursor on Nov. 12, citing concerns after SpaceX’s $60 billion acquisition of the coding startup.

Tech backlash reaches fever pitch as AI angst collides with social media fears - With data center concerns becoming a major election issue and Meta reaching a landmark settlement in a social media case, the tech backlash is gaining steam.

K, C or E? Why economists can’t agree on the shape of today’s economy - Economists have long viewed the post-pandemic economy as "K"-shaped. That consensus has now evaporated.

Fed Chairman Warsh expresses concern about inflation, advocates for 'quieter' central bank - He used the speech to outline his philosophy on policymaking while carefully sidestepping any signals

Fed's Hammack says 'now is the time to act' on raising interest rates - She still thinks the Fed needs to take action against inflation that is straining household budgets.

Fed’s preferred inflation gauge shows core prices rose 3.3% annually in July - The personal consumption expenditures price index was expected to rise 0.1% monthly and 3.6% on a 12-month basis, according to economists surveyed by Dow Jones.

Stanley Druckenmiller leads doubters who think Bessent's bond ploys will fail - The bond market interventions have generated a modest decline in yields along with a growing chorus of derision.

Thai central bank says gold curbs are working and may be tightened - By Suttinee (Ying) Yuvejwattana and Randy Thanthong-KnightBloomberg NewsThursday, August 27, 2026 Thailand's central bank governor said restrictions on gold trading have weakened the metal's influence on the baht and could be tightened further, as authorities step up scrutiny of the market for signs of illicit money flows. In March the Bank of Thailand imposed a 50 million-baht ($1.5 million) d...

Singapore removes 5% cap on gold held by investment funds - By Benicia Tan and Jean LowThe Straits Times, SingaporeTuesday, August 25, 2026 When gold prices hit a record high of around US$5,500 an ounce in January, certain family offices and fund managers were forced to reduce their holdings in order to continue enjoying tax incentives.  Since Aug. 1 they have no longer faced such a constraint. ... Dispatch continues below ... ... ADVERTISEMENT ... B...

Alasdair Macleod: The silver squeeze is back - By Alasdair MacleodGoldMoney, TorontoFriday, August 28, 2026 A week of consolidation for gold and silver ends with a strong performance for silver. Driving silver's price are factors common to gold, plus the gradual reopening of Indian demand. Silver volumes on Comex have been high for the last seven trading sessions, while open interest has climbed from ultra-low levels, but it is still in dee...

'Paper' gold is cracking as China builds a gold-based financial system, Maguire tells LFTV - 12:04p ET Thursday, August 27, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: On this week's edition of Kinesis Money's "Live from the Vault" program, London metals trader Andrew Maguire says confidence in "paper" gold is "cracking" as China continues building an international financial system providing an alternative to the U.S. dollar. ... Dispatch continues below ... ... ADVERTISEMENT ... Ultra-Sec...

When people move from ETF paper to real metal, they need vaults to keep it in - The Year the Rich Went Wild for Gold By Leslie HookFinancial Times, LondonThursday, August 27, 2026 Row upon row of gunmetal-grey boxes fill the floor-to-ceiling shelves of Sharps Pixley's underground vault, concealing the glittering treasure packed inside. The vault in London is so full that the gold dealership is hunting for a site for a new one, says Giles Maber, head of UK at the company. I...

US Government Sold $797 Billion of Treasury Securities this Week. 10-Year Treasury Yield Hits 4.73%, 30-Year Yield 5.22% - Warsh moved the needle on Friday, while Bessent’s Hocus-Pocus Shows 1-3 fizzled.

Warsh Speaks, Treasury Yields Jump, 6-Month to 3-Year Treasury Yields Spike - He stated what's has been clear to everyone but the Fed: amid too-high inflation, Financial Conditions are not “restrictive.”

Quarterly Update on the Ugly Fiscal Condition of the US in Q2 2026 - US government interest payments, tax receipts, average interest rate on the $40 trillion Treasury debt, Debt-to-GDP Ratio, Deficit-to-GDP Ratio...

Legal Tender Forces Gold Out - The government has many ways of forcing us to use their paper dollar as money. The tax on capital gains on gold (I wrote about this here) is one bullet in their gun. The legal tender law—U.S. Code ...

These Countries May Be Next To Accept Bitcoin as Legal Tender - One of the main knocks against cryptocurrency has always been that it will never gain universal adoption, meaning its usefulness will always be limited. This perhaps changed forever on September 7, ...

Bill Introduced To Make Bitcoin A Legal Tender In Arizona - Senator Wendy Rogers has introduced a bill proposing to make bitcoin a legal tender in the U.S. state of Arizona. The bill seeks to add bitcoin to the list of instruments considered legal tender in ...

What Is Considered Legal Tender in the US? - "Legal tender" means that the financial instrument in question legally serves to pay any public or private debt. Federal law guarantees its printed value regardless of its intrinsic convertible value, ...

Floridians could soon be able to use gold and silver to pay for things - You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Tuesday that would recognize gold and silver as legal tender in the ...

Crypto market makers are cashing in on bitcoin's rally - without betting on direction - As bitcoin surges back above $80,000, sophisticated trading firms are quietly collecting yield rather than making directional bet.

A $1.1 million crypto card hack crashed a neobank's token 49% - The exploit caused the neobank's AVICI token to drop 49% from a 24-hour high, hitting a record low before paring some of the losses.

Ditching 'digital gold': BPI study suggests everyday Americans prefer control and micro-investing - A new survey suggests some of bitcoin's most familiar sales pitches of changing the world may be poorly suited to a majority of prospective buyers.

Inside the high-stakes battle between digital dollars and Swift's massive money engine - Crypto executives say new blockchain payment infrastructure could make Swift obsolete. Bankers say its 11,500-institution network gives it the power to absorb the technology instead.

The next trillion-dollar currency may not be a stablecoin — it might not even have a name yet - AI agents are coming. They will need to pay each other. Crypto executives agree on the problem but disagree sharply on the solution, and one thinks the answer has not been invented yet.

Tokenized assets are busier than the data shows - When you strip out what was never mobile, correct for who's holding what and why, add back what works off-contract, the utilization of tokenized assets looks close to 20%, argues Katana’s Matthew Fisher.

Bitcoin wallets untouched for 10 years moved $40 million worth of coins - Six decade-old wallets moved $40 million this month, but Galaxy's data shows dormant coin activity at its lowest since 2022 and 2026 on pace for under half of last year's total.

Ripple is preparing XRP Ledger for quantum computers before ‘Q-Day’ arrives - An Anthropic model cut the work needed to break a leading post-quantum signature candidate by a factor of 67 million last month, while Bitcoin and Ethereum published their own migration plans this week.

Kalshi takes legal blow in court ruling confirming state powers over prediction markets - This latest U.S. appeals court ruling sets up a rift between federal courts on event contracts, suggesting the U.S. Supreme Court may need to settle the matter.

Solana vote to double disinflation passes by a hair in dramatic finish - Solana's first network-wide vote went down to the wire, with Kraken and Galaxy-linked validators switching sides before the disinflation proposal narrowly passed.

ECB’s Schnabel Says Central Bank Money ‘Must Go Onchain’ - “Central bank reserves remain superior to stablecoins as the ultimate settlement asset,” European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel told attendees at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium. Schnabel’s Pitch Isabel Schnabel didn’t mince her words, stating unequivocally that stablecoins lack “the independent capacity to expand liquidity rapidly during periods of financial st...

Swedish Tax Scrutiny Shadows Crypto Miners’ Pivot to AI - Swedish tax authorities are challenging hundreds of millions of kronor in VAT deductions claimed by data center operators in the country’s north, turning the distinction between crypto mining and computing services into a test for an industry now racing to convert mining sites into AI infrastructure. This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The […]

BIS Chief: Stablecoins Still Aren’t Credible Money at Scale - Bank for International Settlements (BIS) General Manager Pablo Hernández de Cos told the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on August 28 that stablecoins still fail as real money and tokenized deposits should instead carry the bulk of everyday payments. A Blunt Verdict From Basel The BIS is the institution central bankers turn to for standards, […]

A Texas Player Just Let $1 Million Expire. It Was Sitting at a Gas Station the Whole Time - A $1 million Powerball ticket sold at Circle K store #2704686 at 6107 W. Parmer Lane in Austin has now expired after going unclaimed past the Texas Lottery’s August 1 deadline. The ticket matched the five white balls 3, 8, 31, 60, and 65 in the February 2, 2026 drawing but missed the red Powerball […]

MEV Explained: Ethereum’s Top Sandwich Bot Made $295M, Then Lost $7.5M - A single Ethereum contract has pulled in more than 117,000 ETH, roughly $295 million at current prices, sandwiching other traders since March 2023, and in June, an anonymous attacker turned its own playbook against it for a $7.5 million payday. The Hunter Becomes the Hunted Earlier this year in June, an unidentified attacker deployed 66 […]

Today in Supreme Court History: August 30, 1967 - 8/30/1967: Justice Thurgood Marshall takes the oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 30, 1967 appeared first on Reason.com.

Inside Venezuela's El Helicoide Prison: How Dissident Jesús Armas Endured Torture and Outlasted Maduro - For helping prove that Maduro lost the 2024 election, Jesús Armas spent more than a year in Venezuela’s most-feared prison. He’s lucky it wasn’t more.

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First Amendment Broadly Protects Against Speech-Based Deportation of Noncitizens, Court Rules - Some short excerpts from the >35K-word decision by Judge Noël Wise (N.D. Cal.) in Stanford Daily Pub. Corp. v. Rubio:… The post First Amendment Broadly Protects Against Speech-Based Deportation of Noncitizens, Court Rules appeared first on Reason.com.

Federal Court Rules Speech-Based Deportations Violate the First Amendment - The decision goes further than other similar recent rulings.

Today in Supreme Court History: August 29, 1967 - 8/29/1967: Justice Neil Gorsuch's birthday.   The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 29, 1967 appeared first on Reason.com.

Lawmakers Want To Stop Kids From Nicknaming Their Pokémon - The Safer GAMING Act would silence minors in every online game by default—and violate the First Amendment. 

9/11 Turbocharged America's Worst Foreign Policy Impulses—but Didn't Change Its Direction - The United States' shift toward aggressive interventionism was well underway before the 2001 attacks.

Milo Yiannopoulos Wanted Millions Deported. He Didn't Mean Himself. - "I mean bad immigrants," Yiannopoulos said in a 2016 interview with Joe Rogan. "I don't mean handsome, charming, successful, blonde-haired British immigrants."

Federal Judge Concludes Then-Candidate Trump's Attempt to Remove N.Y. Hush Money Non-Reporting Prosecution to Federal Court Came Too Late - From the long opinion today by Judge Alvin Hellerstein (S.D.N.Y.) in People v. Trump: Defendant Donald J. Trump, President of… The post Federal Judge Concludes Then-Candidate Trump's Attempt to Remove N.Y. Hush Money Non-Reporting Prosecution to Federal Court Came Too Late appeared first on Reason.com.

You Don’t Have “2nd Amendment Rights.” You Just Have Rights. - Millions of people today refer to their rights by amendment number, as if they get them FROM the Bill of Rights. Like referring to their right to keep and bear arms as their “2nd Amendment Rights.” But the founders saw things far differently. The words on paper aren’t a permission slip for the people. They aren’t a “gun permit.” They are a restraining order for government: hands off our natural...

The Welfare Trap: Benjamin Franklin’s Forgotten Warning - Politicians tell us that welfare programs are absolutely necessary - and helpful. But they ignore the fatal trap that Benjamin Franklin uncovered over 250 years ago: The more you subsidize something, the more you get - government welfare programs make things worse. The post The Welfare Trap: Benjamin Franklin’s Forgotten Warning appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

The 17th Amendment Broke the Founders Kill Switch - 1913 was a really bad year. And one of the biggest changes came from the 17th Amendment. It didn’t just alter the way federal senators are chosen, it actually broke a process the framers built into the system: A constitutional KILL SWITCH to end the federal government. On this episode, it’s the “absolute safeguard” - the lost nuclear option for the states that the government-run schools never t...

EFF and Allies on Brazil's Elections: Privacy Protections are Crucial to Electoral Integrity - EFF, Access Now, and Data Privacy Brasil are putting forward recommendations to strengthen robust privacy and data protection safeguards in the context of Brazil's elections. The recommendations stress the close relationship between violations of personal data protection and challenges to the integrity of electoral processes. They underscore how privacy and data protection guarantees are a cruc...

A List of ICE Subpoenas to Tech Companies - Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has conducted unlawful investigations into dozens of individuals who have documented ICE activities in their communities, social media users who criticized the government, and international students who attended a protest. A favored tool in these speech chilling investigations are administrative subpoenas sent to technology companies, requesting basic s...

EFF's Policy Position on ALPR Surveillance: Eliminate It and Reduce Its Harms - Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) build a searchable map of everywhere a driver goes, fed into databases that police, ICE, and private vendors can query after the fact. Networked across a city, ALPRs are purpose-built to track everyone regardless of suspicion. ALPRs are not a surveillance tool that can be made safe with the right policy or feature update—they are irredeemably harmful. EFF...

Connecticut Couple Demands Clarity After Town Threatens to Ban Them From Allowing Hikers on Their Property - ROXBURY, Conn.—Today, a Roxbury family demanded that the town stop using its zoning code to prevent them from opening their sprawling, rural property to hikers […] The post Connecticut Couple Demands Clarity After Town Threatens to Ban Them From Allowing Hikers on Their Property appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Support Pours in for Ranchers’ Supreme Court Battle with Pipeline Company Wielding Eminent Domain Power - ARLINGTON, Va.—With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to consider a case with massive implications for property owners across the country, support poured in for a […] The post Support Pours in for Ranchers’ Supreme Court Battle with Pipeline Company Wielding Eminent Domain Power appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Victory! Humboldt County Settles Landmark Lawsuit, Ending Ruinous Fine System That Punished Innocent California Homeowners - Five Humboldt County property owners, represented by the Institute for Justice (IJ), have reached a settlement with Humboldt County that dismantles the code-enforcement system the […] The post Victory! Humboldt County Settles Landmark Lawsuit, Ending Ruinous Fine System That Punished Innocent California Homeowners appeared first on Institute for Justice.

TAURUS RENEWS PLATINUM-LEVEL CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP - BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 24, 2025 — The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is pleased to announce that Taurus Holdings Inc. has renewed their commitment to the organization as a Platinum-level corporate partner. “At Taurus, we believe that the right to keep and bear arms is fundamental to the American way of life,” said Taurus USA The post TAURUS RENEWS PLATINUM-LEVEL CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP appear...

CA NON-RESIDENTS CAN APPLY FOR CARRY PERMIT STARTING APRIL 22 - BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 22, 2025 — Thanks to a preliminary injunction in the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) case CRPA v. LASD, starting Tuesday, April 22, non-resident SAF members can apply for a California carry permit.  The injunction requires that California accept permit applications from any United States resident outside the state who is a The post CA NON-RESIDENTS CAN APPLY FOR CARR...

SCOTUS DENIES CERT IN WORTH, SAF WIN IN EIGHTH CIRCUIT STANDS - BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 21, 2025 — In a case that could potentially have far-reaching implications for similar lawsuits across the nation, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied Minnesota’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Jacobson v. Worth, the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) challenge to the 18-20-year-old carry ban in the state. Minnesota asked the The post SCOTUS DENIES CERT IN WORTH, SAF ...

PA: Legalize Suppressors - Let’s Eliminate Suppressor and SBR/SBS Restrictions in Pennsylvania Pennsylvanians should NEVER be treated like criminals for exercising their constitutionally-protected rights. Yet under Pennsylvania’s archaic Title 18, Section 908, law-abiding citizens face state criminal charges simply for possessing suppressors (hearing protection) and short-barreled firearms—tools that are widely owned acr...

ATF MUST PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO GUN DEALERS! - We won our case, but ATF is stalling, so let’s turn up the heat and make them clear things up for dealers and gun owners nationwide… On August 5th, GOA won our “One Big Beautiful Lawsuit,” against the registration requirements of the NFA. But, in the weeks following the decision, many GOA members have found that their dealer will not transfer … Read more

NFA Victory FAQ: What Gun Owners Need to Know - On August 5, 2026, a federal judge in Texas ruled that the National Firearms Act’s registration requirements are unconstitutional for certain firearms whose NFA tax has been reduced to $0. This ruling was thanks to GOA’s historic “One Big Beautiful Lawsuit.”  Since then, we’ve received thousands of questions about what the ruling means for gun owners. Here are the answers we have right now to s...

Warsh furthers his push toward a ‘quieter Fed’ - In his first Jackson Hole address, new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh doubled down on a promise to cut “forward guidance” and a commitment to 2% inflation.

VALT Bank gets FDIC’s nod - The proposed Eagle, Idaho-based digital business bank, which received its conditional OCC charter in March, plans to open in the fourth quarter, proposed CEO Matt Gediman said.

OCC, FDIC cement drill-down on ‘material financial risks’ - The agencies said the changes would provide greater clarity and certainty for banks, while critics say revisions will weaken supervision.

Renasant names KBW alum as its next CFO - Catherine Mealor will succeed the retiring Jim Mabry as the Mississippi bank’s finance chief. The lender said it intends to nominate Mabry for a board seat next year.

4 takeaways from Jes Staley’s Epstein testimony - Former JPMorgan executive Jes Staley shared confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein when the now-late financier was in prison for sex crimes.

Truist, Fifth Third pause sales tied to life-insurance probe - The banks are tapping the brakes on their role as sale channels for Delaware Life Insurance Co. amid a U.S. investigation of billionaire financier Mark Walter's sprawling business empire.

What bankers expect from bank M&A this year - Mergers have been rising during the second Trump administration. That's likely to continue, experts say. Here's the state of M&A in the banking industry.

Small firms hate SBA's new size standards; lenders are intrigued - The Small Business Administration's proposed rule increasing the size of firms eligible for government-backed loan programs could boost the appeal of SBA loan programs to banks and credit unions, but it's drawing sharp criticism from smaller firms.

What banks can do about the latest Chinese hacking campaign - Financial institutions were among 300-plus U.S. organizations robbed in a 2024 campaign.

Advisors rethink Roth IRA conversions after the OBBBA - The 2025 tax law changed the factors involved in the decision to convert a traditional IRA to a Roth.

Pushing the monetary frontier: stablecoins and tokenised deposits - Speech by Mr Pablo Hernández de Cos, General Manager of the BIS, at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, 28 August 2026.

BIS residential property price statistics, Q1 2026 - Real global house prices declined by 1.2% year on year (yoy) in the first quarter of 2026.

Effective resolution strategies and plans for insurers – Executive Summary - The Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions (Key Attributes) of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) require resolution plans to be developed for all financial institutions, including insurers, that could be systemically significant or critical upon failure.

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico - Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on July 20 and July 29, 2026 - Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on July 20 and July 29, 2026

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by National Westminster Bank Plc - Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by National Westminster Bank Plc

Press Release: FDIC Issues CRA Examination Schedules for Fourth Quarter 2026 and First Quarter 2027 - PRESS RELEASE | AUGUST 28, 2026 FDIC Issues CRA Examination Schedules for Fourth Quarter 2026 and First Quarter 2027 WASHINGTON—The Federal Depo...

Press Release: FDIC Publishes Enforcement Orders for July 2026 - PRESS RELEASE | AUGUST 28, 2026 FDIC Publishes Enforcement Orders for July 2026 WASHINGTON—The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today...