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Gold, silver sharply lower as USDX rallies, bond yields rise - (Kitco News) - Gold and silver prices are sharply lower in midday U.S. trading Tuesday, pressured as the U.S. dollar index is powering higher and hit a nine-month high, while at the same time U.S. Treasury yields are on the rise.

Central bank gold demand drops 82% from 2025 average in January, but sovereign demand base broadens – World Gold Council - (Kitco News) – Central banks bought less than 20% of the average monthly demand from 2025 in January, but new sovereign players also entered the market, suggesting that the demand base for gold reserve accumulation is broadening, according to the latest data from the World Gold Council.

Bitcoin March 3 daily chart alert - Downtrend line challenged by bulls - (Kitco News) - Tuesday, March 3—March bitcoin futures prices are weaker in early U.S. trading Tuesday. The bulls are now challenging a downtrend line in place on the daily bar chart. Breaking that downtrend line would be a bullish signal.

Gold market analysis for March 3 - key intra-day price entry levels for active traders - (Kitco News) - This 5-minute bar chart for Comex gold futures can be a valuable analytical and trading tool for the active intra-day gold futures trader/market watcher.

Solid price pressure on gold, silver amid surging USDX, rising bond yields - (Kitco News) - Gold and silver prices are sharply lower in early U.S. trading Tuesday, as the U.S. dollar index is powering higher and hit a nine-month high today, while at the same time U.S. Treasury yields are on the rise.

Vale CEO says mining must become ‘essential to society’ to unlock full value - (Kitco News) - The mining sector has seen significant gains in the last 12 months as investors start to recognize its importance in the evolution of the global economy. However, according to one senior mining executive, to unlock its full value, the sector needs to become essential to society.

‘Onchain markets are responsible for virtually 100% of weekend price discovery’ – Theo’s Ioppe - (Kitco News) – Gold’s price discovery mechanisms move onto blockchain networks after U.S. futures markets close for the weekend, creating arbitrage opportunities for traders who can navigate both markets, according to Iggy Ioppe, chief investment officer (CIO) at Theo and former CIO at Credit Suisse.“In terms of publicly visible price formation, onchain markets are responsible for virtually 100...

Gold loses altitude, silver down sharply as USDX rallies, risk aversion somewhat abates - (Kitco News) - Gold prices are higher but down around $100 from the overnight highs, while silver prices lost overnight gains and are trading sharply down.

Gold and silver prices have further to fall before reaching the floor, but Iran conflict and tariff uncertainty are supportive – Heraeus - (Kitco News) – Gold and silver likely have further to fall before they reach their price floor, even as the Iran conflict and tariff uncertainty support gold, while ETF investors continue to bet on silver, according to precious metals analysts at Heraeus.In the latest update, the analysts wrote that history suggests that gold and silver prices both have further to fall. 

Tony Makuch named Kitco Mining CEO of the Year after Porcupine turnaround - (Kitco News) Tony Makuch, president and CEO of Discovery Silver (TSX: DSV; OTCQX: DSVSF), was named Kitco Mining’s CEO of the Year at the 35th BMO Global Metals, Mining & Critical Minerals Conference in Florida in February 2026, following a year in which the company repositioned the Porcupine complex in Ontario as a cash-generating growth platform.

'If Iran Had Nukes, They Would've Used It,' Trump Amid Regional War Spiral, Oil Disruptions - 'If Iran Had Nukes, They Would've Used It,' Trump Amid Regional War Spiral, Oil Disruptions Here are the most critical developments unfolding in the US-Iran conflict:  Trump tries to articular war justification: says if we have a little high oil prices, could be for a little while, but they will drop, and could even be below the levels before, but that he 'had to' act or else Ir...

Drone Strikes On Amazon Data Centers In Middle East Reveal Urgent Need To Defend AI - Drone Strikes On Amazon Data Centers In Middle East Reveal Urgent Need To Defend AI For the first time in modern warfare, Iranian kamikaze drones struck commercial data centers in the Middle East operated by Amazon. This marks a major escalation in the targeting of civilian digital infrastructure. Amazon wrote on its website that three Middle East data centers were hit by Iranian...

Zelensky Warns Iran War Could Starve Ukraine Of Critical US Arms - Zelensky Warns Iran War Could Starve Ukraine Of Critical US Arms This isn't the first time the world's attention has shifted away from the Ukraine war, but it certainly marks the biggest other conflict to erupt throughout the four-year long war in Eastern Europe. Every time there is a 'distraction' - President Zelensky takes pains to try and refocus attention on Kiev's plight, qui...

Oil Tumbles As Trump Considers Insurance Aid For Tankers - Oil Tumbles As Trump Considers Insurance Aid For Tankers The price of crude instantly tumbled on Tuesday after the Trump administration is reportedly considering providing, or assisting in obtaining insurance for oil tankers crossing through the strait of Hormuz.  According to Reuters, "U.S. President Donald Trump will review policy options on Tuesday aimed at controlling energy...

"I'd Be Angry, Too": Jamie Dimon Says Trump Debanking Suit Has No Merit, Then Rails Debanking Practices - "I'd Be Angry, Too": Jamie Dimon Says Trump Debanking Suit Has No Merit, Then Rails Debanking Practices JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Monday that Donald Trump’s $5 billion lawsuit over the closure of his accounts “has no merit,” but added, “They have the right to be angry. I’d be angry, too.” Trump claims JPMorgan and other banks shut his accounts for political reasons, acco...

More Bark Than Bite: Kaine's War Powers Resolution Is An 'Imminent' Failure - More Bark Than Bite: Kaine's War Powers Resolution Is An 'Imminent' Failure Authored by Jonathan Turley, We now have a glimpse of the War Powers Resolution promised by Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va.), which is reportedly scheduled for a vote in the Senate today or Wednesday. The resolution purportedly ends all combat operations against Iran … until you reach the very end where there is a...

OpenAI Rewrites 'Sloppy' Pentagon AI Deal After Backlash Over Surveillance Risks - OpenAI Rewrites 'Sloppy' Pentagon AI Deal After Backlash Over Surveillance Risks OpenAI - which millions of users trust with everything from legal documents to tax returns - is revising its newly signed contract with the US Department of War, just days after it was announced that they would replace Anthropic for use in government systems because the rushed rollout "looked opportuni...

Regime Change Will Not Be Easy: Tehran's Goal Is To Survive By Any Means Necessary - Regime Change Will Not Be Easy: Tehran's Goal Is To Survive By Any Means Necessary By Molly Schwartz, cross-asset macro strategist at Rabobank My Circus! My Monkeys! Europe was hit with the first strike to its energy supply chain after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and had to start diversifying its inflows from elsewhere. Now that Middle Eastern LNG is losing reliability, Europ...

China Panics, Urges Ceasefire To Reopen Strait Of Hormuz As Beijing Is Addicted To Cheap Iranian Crude - China Panics, Urges Ceasefire To Reopen Strait Of Hormuz As Beijing Is Addicted To Cheap Iranian Crude Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at Tuesday's regular press briefing in Beijing that all parties in the Iran conflict must ensure the safe transit of commercial shipping through the critical maritime energy chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz. "China urges all pa...

US B-2 Bombers Belatedly Authorized To Use British Bases To Hit Deep Inside Iran - US B-2 Bombers Belatedly Authorized To Use British Bases To Hit Deep Inside Iran In the modern era Britain has always been America's junior partner when it comes to launching Middle East wars, and so in the opening days of Trump's Operation Epic Fury targeting Iran, there was anger in Washington as the Starmer government appeared to waffle and was fence sitting. However by Monday ...

Energy investors go stock picking, benefiting Chevron over Exxon - Disruption to global energy supplies and the prospect of an ever-widening conflict in the Middle East has sent crude-oil and natural-gas futures higher — and exposed subtle differences on how investors treat the stocks of different energy companies.

‘His children might resent her’: My widowed mother has a life estate. Does that override a prenup and will? - “She chose a lovely man whose family has a history of remarkable longevity.”

How the Iran conflict could ultimately unlock a Middle East ‘peace dividend’ for investors - America’s attack supports the case for U.S. assets. It’s also bullish for Iran.

Pinterest’s stock is rising. Here’s why investors are cheering a big boost to the buyback program. - Pinterest’s new share-repurchase authorization represents nearly a third of the company’s market cap and signals to one analyst that an activist is satisfied with the company’s strategic vision.

Micron and other memory stocks see outsized losses. What’s behind the big moves? - Analysts don’t see any negative shift in fundamentals for memory-chip stocks — and UBS offers a new highly upbeat earnings forecast for Micron specifically.

Investors are now learning a painful lesson: Buying a dip driven by geopolitics isn’t a slam dunk - Investors rushed to buy U.S. stocks on Monday after the U.S. and Israeli bombardment of Iran helped inspire a global selloff. That may have been short-sighted.

How this under-the-radar U.S. natural-gas exporter could capitalize on a potential shortage in Europe - The U.S. is the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas, and one relatively obscure U.S. company seems ready to reap the benefits of a surge in global natural-gas prices following the U.S. and Israel’s attacks on Iran and the widening conflict in the Middle East.

Boomers waste money, too. These are the spending traps tripping up the richest generation. - Baby boomers may not be the “avocado toast” generation, but they have plenty of their own wasteful and financially damaging habits.

Her accountant went to prison. Now the IRS is coming after her for $328,000. - She didn’t intend to evade taxes when she hired the accountant in 1993, but she’s still on the hook for his actions.

These S&P 500 stocks are falling the hardest on Tuesday - Stocks of gold miners and computer-memory makers were hit especially hard, while Best Buy led the S&P 500 with a gain after its earnings report.

Iran live updates: Trump denies Israel pulled U.S. into war, says he 'might have forced Israel's hand' - Follow the latest news after the U.S. and Israel launched a massive attack on Iran that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Trump administration offers shifting narrative for U.S. war in Iran as Democrats pounce - Trump said when the invasion began his objective was to "defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group"

Wall Street playbook says buy when war breaks out. How this time could be different - The question this week is if oil could surge so high that the war is no longer viewed as a transient market issue, and dampens growth.

Blackstone’s Gray: Market ‘noise’ fueled record redemptions from world’s largest private credit fund - Blackstone president Jon Gray defended the quality of loans within the firm's flagship private credit fund.

Apple raises MacBook prices across the board as M5 chips, new displays signal AI-first strategy - Apple’s Mac refresh moves the lineup further upmarket, pairing higher prices with faster performance in a push to give customers a reason to upgrade.

As Trump declares inflation tamed, Iran conflict threatens new price pressures - The conflict involving Iran threatens another price spike that could undermine the president's central case for lower interest rates.

Why Iran should not count on allies Russia and China to come to its aid - Iran's closest allies, Russia and China, have not offered material support to it, exposing the hard limits of its "strategic" partnerships.

Iran conflict: Where things stand, global responses — and what comes next - The U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran is extending into its third day with each side pledging escalation.

Are Jack Dorsey's aggressive job cuts the start of an AI jobs apocalypse? Economists weigh in - Economists question whether such moves signal a broader shift in the labor market or simply reflect company-specific adjustments.

Core wholesale prices rose 0.8% in January, much more than expected - The core producer price index increased a seasonally adjusted 0.8%, more than the 0.6% gain in December.

Investors turn to gold, not bonds, as haven from war in Iran - By Ian Smith, Emily Herbert, Rachel Rees, Leslie Hook, and Costas MourselasFinancial Times, LondonMonday, March 2, 2026 Big investors have turned to gold and the U.S. dollar rather than the traditional safety of government bonds, as anxiety grows over an inflation shock threatened by the war in Iran. Gold raced close to a record high on Monday, jumping 2.5% to more than $5,400 a troy ounce, as ...

Brien Lundin: War isn't bullish for gold - By Brien LundinGold Newsletter / Golden OpportunitiesMetairie, LouisianaMonday, March 2, 2026 As I walked the packed halls of the massive PDAC mining conference yesterday, many attendees asked, with eyes gleaming with excitement, how high gold would jump today in the wake of America's massive onslaught against Iran. I threw rhetorical cold water in their faces. This wasn't good for gold, I told...

Top gold miner Uzbekistan extends halt on exports amid record prices - By Yuliya FedorinovaBloomberg NewsMonday, March 2, 2026 Uzbekistan, one of the world's largest gold producers, has taken to hoarding its output of the yellow metal as prices hit records amid global geopolitical turmoil. The country, which mines about 130 tons per year, exported no non-monetary gold in January, extending a halt in sales that began late last year, according to data from the Natio...

Chris Powell: Canada, you're a rich country, so stop insisting on being poor - Remarks by Chris PowellSecretary/Treasurer, Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.Stein-GATA Dinner, TorontoSunday, March 1, 2026Please forgive the lack of a French translation for my remarks. I took four years of French in high school and still don't know merde.But since we met here a year ago things have changed dramatically for the monetary metals. For much of the last year gold and silver ha...

Thai gold-trading curbs take effect as authorities try to restrain baht - By Suttinee (Ying) Yuvejwattana and Matthew BurgessBloomberg Newsvia The Business Times, SingaporeSaturday, February 28, 2026 Thailand will implement tough new rules governing retail gold-trading from Sunday, March 1, hoping to curb speculative activity that has fueled gains in the baht and weakened the nation's competitiveness. Individuals' online, baht-denominated gold transactions will be su...

10-Year US Treasury Yield Flipflops, Spikes by 14 Basis Points to 4.07%, after Plunging to 3.93%, amid Massive Volatility - It undid more than the entire haven trade that had started on Thursday and blew through the hot PPI inflation on Friday.

Drill Baby Drill for 20+ Years: US Natural Gas Production Jumps to Record, Exports via LNG & Pipeline Spike to Record in 2025 - And the price of US natural gas fell back to where it had been 30 years ago.

Construction Spending on Data Centers, Factories, Powerplants, and Office Buildings: Boom, Bust, and in Between - Despite the hoopla about data centers, spending on factory construction was five times larger.

Fiat Money vs. Legal Tender: What’s the Difference? - Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a ...

A bill to make gold and silver legal currency in NH is back for the second year in a row - Rep. Juliet Harvey-Bolia, R-Tilton, has introduced a bill to make gold and silver legal tender in New Hampshire. Harvey-Bolia argued that gold and silver can hedge against inflation and allow people ...

German Lawmaker Pushes For Bitcoin To Become Legal Tender - In a move that could significantly influence the cryptocurrency landscape, German lawmaker, Joana Cotar, is spearheading an initiative to establish Bitcoin BTC/USD as a legal tender in the country.

Eleven states recognize gold, silver as U.S. currency. Which states are they? - Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Louisiana may soon start accepting gold and silver as currency if proposed legislation is enacted by legislators in the Louisiana ...

IMF says no crypto as legal tender — Community disagrees - A community member believes that the space will look back to this moment once it succeeds in making the world decentralized. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently made another anti-crypto ...

Canaan’s Turnaround Gains Steam as Benchmark Doubles Price Target to $4 - With Nasdaq compliance restored and momentum building in its Avalon mining rigs and self-mining operations, the broker sees renewed upside for Canaan’s shares.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Solana (SOL) Gains 4.5% as Index Trades Higher - Bitcoin Cash (BCH) was also a top performer, rising 2% from Wednesday.

Digital Asset Treasuries: Bitcoin’s Institutional Test Case - Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs) are the first laboratories testing how a decentralised asset can operate as productive capital within the architecture of corporate finance, argues Sygnum Bank CIO Fabian Dori.

Plasma Obtains VASP License, Opens Amsterdam Office to Expand Stablecoin Payments in EU - The firm behind the fast-growing stablecoin blockchain also plans to obtain MiCA and EMI licenses as part of its expansion in Europe.

Gold Token Market Swells to $3.9B as CZ Calls It a 'Trust Me Bro' Asset - The tokens raise similar concerns to stablecoins, with potential risks around delivery, long-term reliability and the ability to redeem for physical gold.

Ledger Unveils $179 Nano Gen5, Built for Identity in an AI-Driven World - Alongside, there's the Ledger Wallet, a reimagined version of the company's Ledger Live app, and Ledger Enterprise Multisig, a new platform for institutional asset management.

Crypto Market Maker B2C2 Launches PENNY to Enable Instant, Zero-Fee Stablecoin Swaps - The institutional liquidity provider’s new platform says it will let users exchange stablecoins like USDT and USDC across multiple blockchains without fees.

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin, Ether Edge Higher; HyperLiquid Surges on $1B Purchase Plan - After weeks of turbulence, the crypto market found support Thursday, with Bitcoin and Ether posting modest gains and HyperLiquid’s token HYPE soaring.

Risk Proxies Challenge Bitcoin's Bounce; HYPE, XMR Shine: Crypto Daybook Americas - Your day-ahead look for Oct. 23, 2025

Revolut Secures MiCA License in Cyprus, Expanding Regulated Crypto Services Across EU - Fintech giant gains CySEC approval to offer compliant crypto trading across 30 EEA markets under MiCA

Wartime Snapshot: How Prediction Markets Are Pricing the Iran Conflict - Prediction markets tracking the escalating Middle East conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran are humming with activity on Tuesday, as traders funnel more than $230 million into bets tied to regime change, military escalation, and diplomatic outcomes. Polymarket Traders Price 42% Chance of Iranian Regime Collapse by June 30 On Polymarket, the headline-grabbing […]

$100 Oil Incoming? Energy Traders Brace for Crude Rallies as Middle East Tensions Escalate - Oil traders are suddenly pricing in a risk many desks had pushed to the background: what happens when the Middle East’s most important chokepoint becomes a frontline. Strait of Hormuz Jitters Fuel War Premium, Even as Some See Limits to $100 Breakout Crude rallied as the conflict involving Iran, the U.S., and Israel escalated, with […]

Bitcoin Derivatives Heat Up: $43.75 Billion in Open Interest and Call Volume Dominates - Bitcoin’s derivatives complex is stacked high and twitchy as traders parse positioning with the leading crypto asset at $66,705 on March 3, 2026. Futures open interest remains fairly elevated across major venues, while options markets show a modest tilt toward calls and a thicket of expirations looming ahead. Bitcoin Open Interest Swells as Options Traders […]

Bitcoin Shrugs off Iran Shock as Crude Oil Hits One-Year High - Crypto markets remain range-bound with U.S. strikes on Iran triggering about $300 million in liquidations. Meanwhile, Iranian crypto outflows surged 700% as oil prices climbed and geopolitical risks intensified. Markets Steady Despite Strait of Hormuz Threat Crypto markets are treading water amid escalating geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran. Following the weekend U.S. […]

Bitcoin at a Crossroads: Compression Between $63K and $70K Nears Resolution - Bitcoin trades at $67,361 per unit on March 3, 2026, with a market cap of $1.34 trillion and a 24-hour trading volume of around $62.67 billion. The session’s intraday range stretched from $65,380 to $69,850, reinforcing continued compression beneath the $70,000 threshold. Bitcoin Chart Outlook On the daily chart, bitcoin remains within a broader lower-high, […]

Formula 1 Is About To Get a Lot More American - Plus: The FCC is looking into more regulations for sports broadcasts, and IndyCar races are a pretty good time

Confusion about Commandeering - Whether the issue is immigration enforcement or environmental law, states are not obligated to enforce federal laws.

The Sanders-Khanna 'Billionaire Tax' Would Make All Americans Poorer - The senators are ignoring the predictable consequences of their wealth tax.

SCOTUS Saves Staten Island - Will Callais come tomorrow?

Forever Wars - Plus: The shifting rationale for the war in Iran, the new HBO, solving the loneliness crisis, and more...

$10M Award to Idaho Prof Accused of Murder Based on Defendant's "Psychic Intuition" - For more on the backstory, see these posts; an excerpt from one: This case arises out of the tragic murder… The post $10M Award to Idaho Prof Accused of Murder Based on Defendant's "Psychic Intuition" appeared first on Reason.com.

Faculty-Run Independent Law Journal Looking for Editors (Law Clerks, SJD Students, Fellows, or Junior Professors) - The Independent Law Journal is a new faculty-led legal journal aimed at helping reform academic legal publishing and promoting ideological… The post Faculty-Run <i>Independent Law Journal</i> Looking for Editors (Law Clerks, SJD Students, Fellows, or Junior Professors) appeared first on Reason.com.

The "Unitary Executive" Theory's Contribution to the Deformation of the Constitution - The "three buckets" picture of the federal government, in combination with the unitary executive thesis, gives extravagant power to the President.

The Iran War Is Unconstitutional - The president has no lawful authority to launch a war absent a congressional declaration of war.

Today in Supreme Court History: March 3, 2019 - 3/3/2019: Schenck v. United States decided.   The post Today in Supreme Court History: March 3, 2019 appeared first on Reason.com.

The Secretary of Defense Is Misleading the American People - The Secretary of Defense is misleading the American people.

Adam Smith and Market Taoism - The United States should practice what it preaches and adhere to its founding principles by limiting the power of government, protecting basic liberties, and fostering free trade at home and abroad.

Tariff Refund Delays Could Cost Taxpayers $700 Million a Month - We calculate that $700 million in interest is added to the final bill every month that the government delays tariff refunds, or around $23 million per day.

How Justice Gorsuch Helped Save Us from a “Climate Emergency” - Gorsuch, along with the rest of the majority, has largely saved the American people from a future administration declaring a climate emergency and instituting measures like climate tariffs at the president’s sole discretion

Argentina’s Labor Reform Is a Step in the Right Direction - The passing of the labor reform bill, only a few months after Milei’s midterm victory in October, sends a positive message to investors.

One Step is a Step Too Far - Thomas Jefferson warned that just one single step beyond the limits of the Constitution is one too many.  That’s because when the government crosses that line, it unlocks a virtually unlimited reservoir of power. The post One Step is a Step Too Far appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

This Isn’t a Presidency. It’s a Throne. - The executive, James Madison warned, is the branch of power most interested in and prone to war. Empowering it to both declare and wage war, not only guarantees endless war, it’s a ROYAL power the founders fought to free themselves from. That’s why a free people must disarm the president from this potential. The post This Isn’t a Presidency. It’s a Throne. appeared first on Tenth Amendment Cent...

Freedom Isn’t Granted: It’s Exercised and Defended - You can’t build a true “land of the free” on hope, wishing for the “right people” to gain power and resist the temptation to abuse it. The post Freedom Isn’t Granted: It’s Exercised and Defended appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

EFF to Supreme Court: Shut Down Unconstitutional Geofence Searches - Digital Dragnets Violate Fourth Amendment, Brief Argues WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Virginia, and the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law filed a brief Monday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that invasive geofence warrants are unconstitutional. The brief argues that geofence warrants—which...

EFF to Court: Don’t Make Embedding Illegal - Who should be directly liable for online infringement – the entity that serves it up or a user who embeds a link to it? For almost two decades, most U.S. courts have held that the former is responsible, applying a rule called the server test. Under the server test, whomever controls the server that hosts a copyrighted work—and therefore determines who has access to what and how—can be directly ...

National Book Tour for Cindy Cohn’s Memoir, ‘Privacy’s Defender’ - MIT Press Publishes EFF Executive Director’s Book As She Prepares to Depart Organization After 25 Years SAN FRANCISCO – Electronic Frontier Foundation Executive Director Cindy Cohn will launch her memoir, Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance (MIT Press, March 10), with events in San Francisco and Berkeley before embarking on a national book tour.  In Privacy’s D...

Rhode Island Files First-in-Nation Single-Room Occupancy Model Legislation, ROOM Act, to Combat Housing Crisis - Arlington, Va.—Late last Friday, State Representative June Speakman filed HB 8036 to help combat the housing crisis that is being felt across the state. Informally […] The post Rhode Island Files First-in-Nation Single-Room Occupancy Model Legislation, ROOM Act, to Combat Housing Crisis appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Woman Suing US Marshals Over False Arrest Overcomes Critical Legal Hurdle - PHOENIX—Penny McCarthy, a grandmother wrongly arrested by U.S. Marshals, overcame a critical legal hurdle in her lawsuit against the United States government and federal agents over […] The post Woman Suing US Marshals Over False Arrest Overcomes Critical Legal Hurdle appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Hamdi Mohamud’s Case Against St. Paul Officer Who Framed Her - Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari filed by the Institute for Justice (IJ) on behalf of Hamdi Mohamud. The petition asked the […] The post Supreme Court Declines to Hear Hamdi Mohamud’s Case Against St. Paul Officer Who Framed Her 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 ...

WV: Unprecedented Attack on our Machine Gun Sales Bill! - This is not great news, but we need immediate action. Somehow, despite a live vote proving that SB 1071 had passed the Judiciary committee with overwhelming majority support, the bill has mysteriously “disappeared” and never arrived in the Finance committee. There are numerous players in this game of lies and deceit, but our only chance to save the machine gun … Read more

TX: Primary Election Voting Starts Tomorrow in Texas! - Tomorrow is an exciting day – it’s the Texas March 3 Primary Election! Make sure to cast your vote between 7 AM and 7 PM and stand up for the leadership you believe in for our great state! To find your local polling locations and hours, check out these helpful links: https://www.votetexas.gov/voting/where.html   https://www.vote.org/polling-place-locator/   We are proud to announce our endorsed...

WY: Historic Wyoming Gun Bills on the Move – Please Contact Your Senators! - Historic Gun Bills on the Move in Wyoming. Please Contact Your Senator Now! Over the prior four Wyoming Legislative Sessions, GOA has worked to pass some of America’s best Second Amendment legislation including a Repeal of Gun Free Zones in schools and most government buildings, a Second Amendment Protection Act (which includes criminal penalties) to reduce local cooperation with federal gun … ...

Zions Bancorporation sees executive shuffle - Jennifer Smith, the Salt Lake City firm’s CIO, who is also enterprise chief operations and technology officer, is leaving, according to a LinkedIn post. Two executives will split her duties, she said.

KeyBank CIO resigns - Amy Brady is leaving for “personal health considerations,” the bank said. She’ll stay in a nonexecutive role through May 31 but will be eligible for her 2026 incentive, a Scotiabank-related equity award and an extra year’s salary.

Ohio bank taps next CEO - Civista Bank, which recently acquired in-state peer The Farmers Savings Bank, will promote its president, Chuck Parcher, to CEO when Dennis Shaffer exits in August.

TD eyes $150M in cost reductions – with help from AI - A core tenet of the bank’s AI strategy is to “build once and use many times,” CEO Raymond Chun said.

Would a bank buy PayPal? - Whether major banks, such as JPMorgan Chase and Capital One, might have an interest in owning PayPal could turn on their ability to monetize that two-sided network.

Housing bill moves forward with institutional housing ban - Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., released new legislative language Monday night that includes a ban on institutional investors' purchase of single family homes and a temporary ban on the Federal Reserve issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency.

Fed's Bowman sets her sights on discount window reform - Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said in a speech Tuesday that the central bank is considering a "fundamental reform" of the discount window, including streamlining rules and processes across the Fed system.

What if Jack Dorsey's right about AI and jobs? - The Block CEO said companies will need fundamentally fewer workers in the AI age. The question is, how many fewer?

Regulators need to prepare for a more diverse monetary ecosystem - If the next phase of digital money policy is to succeed, it must grapple with a simple truth: People do not experience money through legal categories. They experience it through use. That's a fact that supervision must account for.

Banks face 'heavy lift' in Trump's potential citizenship EO - Experts say that compliance with a potential executive order being considered by the White House that would require banks to collect citizenship information would be costly, especially for community banks.

From cash to crypto: towards a consistent regulatory approach to illicit payments - The rapid evolution of cryptoassets, including stablecoins, and retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) has led to changes in regulatory frameworks to incorporate them. The expansion of options beyond bank deposits and cash calls for a holistic analysis of the effectiveness of anti-money laundering (AML) and combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) regimes across different payment instrum...

Christopher J Waller: Operationalizing AI at the Federal Reserve - Speech (via webcast) by Mr Christopher J Waller, Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 2026 Technology-Enabled Disruption Conference "Shaping the future of finance and payments", Boston, Massachusetts, 24 February 2026.

P Nandalal Weerasinghe: Central Bank of Sri Lanka's policy agenda for 2026 and beyond - Speech by Dr P Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Colombo, 8 January 2026.

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with former employee of East Cambridge Savings Bank and former employee of United Bank - Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with former employee of East Cambridge Savings Bank and former employee of United Bank

Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on January 20 and 28, 2026 - Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on January 20 and 28, 2026

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of First Financial Bank - Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of First Financial Bank

Press Release: FDIC Approves the Deposit Insurance Application for Edward Jones Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah - PRESS RELEASE | FEBRUARY 27, 2026 FDIC Approves the Deposit Insurance Application for Edward Jones Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah WASHINGTON – The B...

Press Release: FDIC Issues CRA Examination Schedules for Second Quarter 2026 and Third Quarter 2026 - PRESS RELEASE | FEBRUARY 27, 2026 FDIC Issues CRA Examination Schedules for Second Quarter 2026 and Third Quarter 2026 WASHINGTON - The Federal ...