Precious Metals and Market News

Gold hasn't failed; we just keep misunderstanding its role - (Kitco News) - Gold is under pressure, central banks are selling, and investors are asking a familiar question: Has gold lost its safe-haven status?

Wall Street willing to trust gold again after a week of resilient price action, Main Street flips positive with payrolls on deck - The latest Kitco News Weekly Gold Survey showed half of Wall Street back on the bullish bandwagon, while Main Street investors returned to their mild bullish bias after a solid weekly performance.

Gold snaps three-week losing streak even as oil prices rise, triggering stagflation fears - (Kitco News) - Early optimism is starting to creep into the gold market, as the precious metal is ending a three-week losing streak after holding critical long-term support.

Gold’s big institutional buy-in still to come, silver will follow gold's lead higher – Sprott’s McIntyre - (Kitco News) – Gold may face near-term headwinds from sky-high treasury yields, but the underlying reasons why yields are rising will make gold only more attractive to individuals and institutions in the medium term, while silver might face more of an uphill battle as the Iran conflict clouds economic growth forecasts and dampens industrial demand, according to Ryan McIntyre, Senior Managing Pa...

Spot gold shoots above $4,450/oz after final Consumer Sentiment falls to 53.3, one-year inflation expectations rise to 3.8% - (Kitco News) - The gold market saw sharp gains after the latest data showed consumer sentiment in the U.S. declining further, while one-year inflation expectations shot to their highest level in two years.The University of Michigan announced on Friday that the final reading of its Consumer Sentiment survey for March was 53.3. The data was worse than expectations, as the consensus fore...

Modest price gains in gold, silver on corrective bounces - (Kitco News) - Gold and silver prices are firmer in early U.S. trading today, on upside price corrections following solid losses Thursday.

Bitcoin March 27 daily chart alert - Late-week fade - (Kitco News) - Friday, March 27—April bitcoin futures prices are weaker again in early U.S. trading Friday, amid a late-week fade.

Gold market analysis for March 27 - 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.

Turkey taps its gold reserves, sells 58.4 tonnes of gold in two weeks - (Kitco News) - Analysts have been speculating that gold’s recent selling pressure may have been exacerbated by central banks forced to monetize their gold holdings for emergency liquidity as the U.S.-Israel war with Iran impacts the global economy and financial markets.

Gold struggles amid geopolitical tensions, but Wells Fargo still sees $6,200/oz by year-end - (Kitco News) - Gold prices are failing to behave like a traditional safe-haven asset as geopolitical tensions escalate in the Middle East; however, according to one U.S. bank, the precious metal is being impacted by recent macroeconomic headwinds with no breakdown in its long-term outlook.

Americans Are Becoming More And More Interested In Buying Chinese EVs - Americans Are Becoming More And More Interested In Buying Chinese EVs As electric vehicle (EV) adoption grows in the United States, a segment of American consumers is increasingly drawn to Chinese-made models—largely due to their affordability, advanced technology, and feature-rich designs. However, steep trade barriers and political resistance continue to keep these vehicles out o...

US Offers Up To $3 Million Bounty For Information On Finances Of Haitian Gangs - US Offers Up To $3 Million Bounty For Information On Finances Of Haitian Gangs Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. government on March 25 announced a bounty of up to $3 million for information on the finances of Haiti’s ‌Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif gangs. Armed police ride in the back of a truck after the streets of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Pr...

Moore Problems? Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Booed At Baltimore Stadium In Deep-Blue Territory - Moore Problems? Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Booed At Baltimore Stadium In Deep-Blue Territory Left-wing Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was greeted Thursday afternoon by a stadium full of boos at Camden Yards on Opening Day for Orioles baseball, a striking public rebuke of the struggling governor and the one-party rule of Democratic Party kings and queens running the state into the ground. G...

$100 Oil Is Solving Russia's Budget Problem - $100 Oil Is Solving Russia's Budget Problem Submitted by Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Russia is getting an unexpected windfall from the war in the Middle East. The Kremlin’s oil revenues this month hit a four-year high as oil prices jumped to $100 per barrel amid the Iran war and the de facto closed Strait of Hormuz. Moscow expects so much additional revenues from the oil pri...

US Deploys Ukrainian-Style Drone Boat In Iran War As AI Weapons Race Accelerates - US Deploys Ukrainian-Style Drone Boat In Iran War As AI Weapons Race Accelerates The Department of War confirmed to Reuters that it deployed Ukrainian-style drone boats to the Middle East as part of Operation Epic Fury against Iran. This move signals that the DoW is quickly learning a major lesson from the four-year Russia-Ukraine war: inexpensive autonomous systems, from drone bo...

Louisville Shells Out $800,000 For Unconstitutional Demands On Christian Photographer - Louisville Shells Out $800,000 For Unconstitutional Demands On Christian Photographer Authored by Jonathan Turley, The city of Louisville, Kentucky, has agreed to pay $800,000 in attorney fees to settle a case with a Christian photographer who fought to protect her religious and free speech rights over the years of litigation. Louisville ultimately spent a fortune to force Chels...

After Putin's Guarded Iran War Comments, Medvedev Enters The Chat - After Putin's Guarded Iran War Comments, Medvedev Enters The Chat Earlier this week President Putin weighed in on America's Iran operations, and as we detailed his comments were predictably a bit guarded. He had compared the war and the Hormuz Strait closure - and subsequent impact on global energy - to the massive widescale impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. But fundamentally he hig...

Trump To Put His Signature On US Dollar Bills, Breaking Tradition Since 1861 - Trump To Put His Signature On US Dollar Bills, Breaking Tradition Since 1861 Authored by Brian Quarmby via CoinTelegraph.com, US President Donald Trump is set to become the first sitting president in history to have his signature put on US paper currency. In an announcement on Thursday, the US Department of the Treasury said the move would mark the 250th anniversary of the US. ...

Asia Begins Pricing US Oil Against Brent As Dubai Volatility Spikes - Asia Begins Pricing US Oil Against Brent As Dubai Volatility Spikes Submitted by Michael Kern of OilPrice.com Asian refiners have started pricing their orders for U.S. crude oil against the ICE Brent benchmark instead of the typical pricing on Dubai crude, as the Middle Eastern benchmark has seen wild fluctuations amid choked physical supply from the Persian Gulf. Dubai crude pri...

Disturbing "Five Nights At Epstein's" Online Game Spreads Rapidly Through Classrooms - Disturbing "Five Nights At Epstein's" Online Game Spreads Rapidly Through Classrooms A disturbing browser game called Five Nights at Epstein’s is spreading in schools, with students playing it during class and sharing videos online, according to Bloomberg. In the game, players take on the role of victims trapped on Jeffrey Epstein’s island, trying to survive five nights by avoidin...

Is Trump losing his grip on the stock market? Sustained declines suggest the president’s influence has waned. - President Trump’s willingness to de-escalate the Iran conflict has kept stocks from even larger losses in March — but is he losing his grip on markets?

‘He didn’t seem very alert’: Our CPA said we owe the IRS $443, but we’re actually due a refund of $637. Do we fire him? - “We’re both concerned about the accuracy of our returns.”

My brother says lawyers can get him a Medicaid nursing home in Florida for a ‘hefty fee,’ despite his assets. Is this a scam? - “I do not believe there is a way to preserve assets and still qualify for Medicaid.”

My PayPal account received money from the Philippines with two phone numbers listed. I called them. Big mistake. - “I know my information is on the dark web, and I have taken steps to be cautious.”

More than half of the S&P 500 industry sectors are in correction territory. How much longer until the index itself succumbs? - The S&P 500’s slide in March has the widely followed U.S. equities benchmark approaching correction territory, after more than half of the index’s industries already landed there.

These 16 stocks are a short seller’s dream — likely losers no matter what the market does - Borrowing costs eat into trading profits. These stocks are less expensive to short.

Social media is now a massive liability for Meta, Google and the rest of Big Tech - Landmark verdicts shatter the Section 230 shield, turning ‘addictive’ product design into a legal thicket for Meta, Alphabet and others.

The $200,000 down-payment dilemma: Gift the cash now — or make your kids wait for the will - Giving your adult children their inheritance early might be the only way they ever own a home — but be careful not to be overgenerous at your own future expense.

Microsoft’s stock hasn’t been this oversold in a decade, with the tech giant ‘really losing the AI narrative’ - Selling intensity has picked up as the company faces new questions about its AI approach.

Meta’s stock extends decline — and the pressure may not abate anytime soon - Investors are worried that recent adverse legal rulings could open the door for widespread further penalties.

Dow tumbles almost 800 points and enters correction, S&P 500 posts fifth straight losing week: Live updates - Wall Street is coming off a losing session in which higher oil prices and spiking Treasury yields weighed on equities.

Tech stocks suffer worst week in nearly a year, driven down by war worries, Meta legal woes - Meta's twin legal defeats this week and a big sell-off in Micron spurred a drop in technology stocks, which were broadly hit by rising oil prices.

Trump calls Strait of Hormuz the 'Strait of Trump' - Trump recently floated the possibility that the strait could be controlled jointly by "me and the ayatollah" as part of a resolution to the Iran war.

TSA wait times: Track security lines by airport in the U.S. - Travelers are facing long lines at airports across the U.S. as a partial government shutdown drags on.

Wall Street thinks there's more downside to go as a new risk emerges in April - With major headline risks, many doubt the market has hit its lows amid the U.S.-Iran war. But Barclays thinks the selling will look different from here.

Markets now see the Fed's next move as a potential rate hike as inflation fears mount - Traders in the futures market shifted the probability of a rate increase by the end of 2026 to 52% on Friday morning.

China industrial profits surge 15% to start year, but oil price shock threatens outlook - Soaring energy prices are expected to impact China's economy less than most other countries, due to its massive oil reserves and alternative energy sources.

Global forecasting group sees U.S. inflation at 4.2% this year, much higher than Fed estimate - The forecast is a sharp step up from the prior projection of 2.8%. Moreover, it is much higher than the 2.7% Fed officials estimated.

Recession odds climb on Wall Street as economy shows cracks beneath the surface - Economists have pulled up their risk assessments of a contraction amid heightened uncertainty over geopolitical risk and a labor market slump.

Don't be fooled by the UK's pre-war inflation print — a 'brutal' surge could be coming  - The U.K. inflation rate stood firm at 3% in February, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Iran war threatens to reverse central banks' role as major gold buyers - By Jack RyanBloomberg NewsFriday, March 27, 2026 The Iran war is threatening to put a key driver of gold's record-breaking rally into reverse. Turkey has offloaded $8 billion of gold reserves this month in a bid to protect its currency from soaring energy costs and higher demand for dollars. The country's central bank sold and swapped about 60 tons of bullion over two weeks in March. ... Dispat...

Singapore sets out plan to support gold trading amid growing interest - From Channel News Asia, SingaporeFriday, March 27, 2026 SINGAPORE -- Singapore will develop measures to strengthen the country's gold ecosystem, deputy chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Chee Hong Tat said today amid growing interest among investors to vault and trade gold here. ... Dispatch continues below ... ... ADVERTISEMENT ... Fisher Precious Metals offers great priceswith p...

Turkey sold, swapped gold in part to hold domestic price down - Turkey's $8 Billion Gold Drawdown on Iran War Hits Bullion By Kerim Karakaya, Jack Ryan, and Beril AkmanBloomberg NewsThursday, March 26, 2026 Turkey’s central bank sold and swapped about 60 tons of gold, worth more than $8 billion, in two weeks after the start of the war in Iran, adding to downward pressure on bullion prices. Turkish gold reserves show a decline of 6 tons in the week of March ...

Turkey sold 22 tonnes of gold last week, bankers calculate - By Can Sezer and Nevzat DevranogluReutersThursday, November 26, 2026 ISTANBUL -- The Turkish Central Bank's gold reserves fell by almost 50 tonnes to 772 tonnes last week, bank data showed, marking the largest ​weekly drop since August of 2018 amid fallout from the ​Iran war. The central bank sold about $3 billion worth of gold ⁠last week for the first time, adding to the $26 billion in foreign...

Barrick delays huge copper and gold mine in Pakistan amid Iran war - By Humza Jilani and Camilla HodgsonFinancial Times, LondonThursday, March 26, 2026 Barrick Mining is postponing its huge copper and gold project in Pakistan in response to the war in the Middle East and deteriorating security situation in the south Asian country. The decision comes after the Toronto-based group last month launched a review of the Reko Diq development following a rise in separat...

Update on the “Lock-in Effect” in the Housing Market: Below-3% & 4% Mortgages Fade Very Slowly - Share of ARMs originations fell further and is at historic lows: FHFA’s National Mortgage Database.

US Winemakers and Beer Brewers Face an Existential Crisis: Plunging Alcohol Consumption - Beer brewers have long suffered as Americans switched to wine. But since Covid, even winemakers got hit, and 2025 was really bad.

The US Labor Market Confounds with its Countercurrents. It May Be the New Normal Labor Market - The Fed has also struggled in dealing with this labor market.

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 ...

Fiat Money vs. Legal Tender: Key Distinctions You Need to Know - 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 ...

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 ...

IMF against making crypto legal tender, issues action plan - The International Monetary Fund is recommending that countries not give cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin status as legal tender. The IMF made that point as a part of a nine-point action plan for how ...

IMF exec board endorses crypto policy framework, including no crypto as legal tender - The principles are broad and general, with the exception of the stand against crypto as legal tender, which the IMF has repeatedly expressed to El Salvador. The executive board of the International ...

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

Bitcoin Treasury Companies Pull Back in 2026 as Strategy Accelerates Purchases: Cryptoquant - Strategy purchased approximately 45,000 bitcoin over the last 30 days—its fastest accumulation pace in nearly a year—while the rest of the corporate bitcoin treasury sector bought fewer than 1,000 BTC combined, according to a new Cryptoquant report. Cryptoquant Says Bitcoin Treasury Summer Is Over Outside Strategy The data reveals a stark split in the corporate […]

Kalshi Approved for Margin Trading After Affiliate Kinetic Markets Gets FCM Registration - Kalshi gained regulatory approval to offer margin trading after its affiliate Kinetic Markets LLC was registered as a futures commission merchant with the National Futures Association on March 24, 2026. Kalshi Margin Trading Approved The NFA filing lists Kinetic Markets as both an FCM and swap firm. Bloomberg was the first to report on the […]

MCP in 2026: 97 Million Downloads and Growing Crypto Infrastructure From Bitgo to Coingecko - The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has recorded approximately 97 million monthly SDK downloads as of March 2026, confirming the open standard’s position as the primary infrastructure layer for agentic artificial intelligence (AI) applications. AI Tool Integration Just Got Standardized — MCP Downloads Cross 97 Million in March 2026 Anthropic open-sourced MCP on Nov. 25, 2024, […]

Bitcoin Erases March Gains as Q1 Losses Top 25% Amid Geopolitical Friction - Bitcoin’s early March rally has reversed, with the price sliding below $66,000 and hitting a multi‑week low amid geopolitical tensions and U.S. market weakness. Crypto and Wall Street Diverge From Global Indices After kicking off March with a bullish surge, bitcoin now appears destined for a round trip back to its opening levels. The top […]

‘Going Great’: Trump Touts Iran Operation While Ceasefire Falls Apart and Oil Climbs Past $108 - Iran formally rejected a U.S.-brokered 15-point ceasefire proposal this week, pushing Brent crude above $108 per barrel and triggering a broad selloff across global equity markets. Hormuz Crisis Deepens: Iran Rejects Peace Plan, Crude Oil Climbs Tehran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, dismissed the plan as “one-sided” and “maximalist,” calling U.S. claims of productive negotiations “fake […]

Judge Rejects 'Orwellian Notion' That Anthropic Is a Supply Chain Risk for Disagreeing With the Government - Judge Rita Lin's preliminary injunction confirms what government officials had implicitly acknowledged: The supply chain risk designation was punishment, not policy.

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal - Permissible ingredients, mandatory detention, and burrowing mites.

Maine Lobsterman Asks the Supreme Court To Strike Down a Rule Allowing the Government To Track His Boat 24/7 - The case could give the Court a chance to clarify what a "closely regulated" business is and what constitutional protections it enjoys.

Minnesota Bills Would Create State Right To Sue Government Officials for Constitutional Violations - Two different pieces of legislation aim to create state workarounds to the procedural quagmire of federal civil rights litigation.

Khan v. Yale University #TheyLied Case Dismissed Because of Plaintiff's "Egregious" Litigation Misconduct - Not the misconduct itself, but noted in the court's opinion as one of the items plaintiff had sought to withhold from discovery: "During a separate text conversation on May 11, 2018, Plaintiff texted Mr. Roe: 'If I had 5 dollars for every gender, I would have 5 dollars coz women are objects.'"

Less Than 50 Percent of New Yorkers Support Hochul's Nicotine Pouch Tax - The unpopular plan could do real harm by taxing safer alternatives at the same rate as cigarettes, discouraging smokers from quitting.

Trump's War in Iran Risks Ruining His Entire Foreign Policy - The president’s attempt to manage the consequences of the war is adding wrinkles to his diplomatic goals in Ukraine, China, and other countries.

Why Democrats Should Talk About Trump's Tariffs as a 'Threat to the Rule of Law' - Rep. Jimmy Panetta says Democrats have "learned the hard way" that handing over so much tariff authority to the executive branch is a bad idea.

Theranos Fraudster Elizabeth Holmes' Sentence Reduced by 1 Year - This was called for, the court held, by a new retroactive sentencing guideline that allows such a reduction when a defendant "did not personally cause substantial hardship."

Trump Backs Section 702 Reauthorization After Once Calling To 'KILL FISA' - The president is much less concerned about the law's potential for overreach now that he's in charge of the government wielding it.

Additional Concerns Regarding President Trump’s “Golden Dome” - The weaknesses of Israel’s missile defense systems show that building the Golden Dome would be a waste of money, time, and resources for the United States.

Fed's Defense of IOR Undermined by Weak Treasury Auctions - IOR is not a perfect substitute for Treasurys. Pretending they are the same is not a defense of sound monetary policy.

Friday Feature: Logos Tutoring Program - Dismayed by seeing teenage boys who seemed to have checked out on life, a Georgia teacher knew there had to be a better way. He quit his job and created Logos Tutorial Program for middle school boys, rooted in hard work, outdoors, stories, and time spent with men.

If Congress Uses Reconciliation Again, It Must Significantly Reduce the Deficit - The prior reconciliation bill fell $600 billion short of its own targets. A second one must make up the difference.

Treasury Auctions Show That the Fed Does Not Control Market Rates - Market interest rates moved even though the Fed held steady, once again showing that the Fed does not “control” interest rates.

It’s not Money. It’s Robbery. - You are being ripped off. When it comes to fiat paper “money” - Roger Sherman didn’t hold back. He saw it as an unjust, and totally immoral weapon that turns government into a legalized protection racket for fraud. The post It’s not Money. It’s Robbery. appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

Free Speech for Me But Not For Thee - What's going on is chilling. Chilling is government behavior toward speech that is intended to give the speaker pause or fear such that the speaker has second thoughts about speaking. Chilling is prohibited by the First Amendment and has been repudiated by the Supreme Court. The post Free Speech for Me But Not For Thee appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

Ignorance and Freedom Cannot Coexist - Thomas Jefferson knew the drill. Without knowledge of our rights, our Constitution, and the limits of government power, there's no way the people can stay - or even be - free. The post Ignorance and Freedom Cannot Coexist appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

US Tech Companies Must be Accountable in US Courts for Facilitating Persecution and Torture Abroad, EFF Urges US Supreme Court - Cisco Systems Case Has Major Implications for Global Human RightsSAN FRANCISCO – U.S. technology companies should be legally accountable in U.S. courts for building tools that purposefully and actively facilitate human rights abuses by foreign governments, the Electronic Frontier Foundation argued in a brief filed Friday to the U.S. Supreme Court.  The brief filed in the case of Cisco Systems, ...

Traffic Violation! License Plate Reader Mission Creep Is Already Here - A new report from 404 Media sheds light on how automated license plate readers (ALPRs) could be used beyond the press releases and glossy marketing materials put out by law enforcement agencies and ALPR vendors. In December 2025, Georgia State Patrol ticketed a motorcyclist for holding a cell phone in his hand. According to the report, the ticket read, “CAPTURED ON FLOCK CAMERA 31 MM 1 HOLDING ...

Supreme Court Agrees With EFF: ISPs Don't Have To Be Copyright Enforcers - If your ISP can be liable for huge amounts of money for not terminating your access to the internet because of accusations that you—or someone in your household or college network—has committed copyright infringement, that is dangerous. We live in a world where high speed internet access is a necessity for participation in everyday life. That’s why liability for ISPs for their customers’ action...

Maryland Small Business Will Appeal After District Court Affirms Department of Labor Courts That Hand Down Ruinous Fines - WASHINGTON—The Institute for Justice (IJ) will appeal on behalf of C.S. Lawn & Landscaping, a Maryland small business owned by Chuck Saine, after a federal […] The post Maryland Small Business Will Appeal After District Court Affirms Department of Labor Courts That Hand Down Ruinous Fines appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Federal Court Rules That Fort Bend County Lieutenant Taylor Rollings Arrested Independent Journalist Justin Pulliam in Violation of the First Amendment  - HOUSTON, TX—Yesterday afternoon, Judge George Hanks of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas handed a win to independent journalist Justin Pulliam […] The post Federal Court Rules That Fort Bend County Lieutenant Taylor Rollings Arrested Independent Journalist Justin Pulliam in Violation of the First Amendment  appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Lawsuit Against Alabama District Attorney and Sheriff Who Punished Political Opponents and Reporter Moves Forward - MOBILE, Ala.—A lawsuit against the Escambia County District Attorney Stephen Billy, Sheriff Heath Jackson, and several deputies over their retaliatory arrests of four residents will […] The post Lawsuit Against Alabama District Attorney and Sheriff Who Punished Political Opponents and Reporter Moves Forward 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 ...

Tell Congress: End the DOJ’s rogue pistol brace crackdown - End the DOJ’s rogue pistol brace crackdown A federal court vacated the Biden pistol brace ban. President Trump campaigned on ending it. Bondi’s DOJ is still enforcing it anyway. On March 16th, 2026, the Department of Justice dropped a bombshell in our ongoing lawsuit, Texas et al. v. ATF: The ATF “continue[s] to enforce the NFA’s and the GCA’s regulation … Read more

The Truth About The Second Amendment Protection Act - Recently, three strong Second Amendment bills passed the Wyoming Legislature and were sent to Gov. Gordon’s Desk. Two of these bills became law while the third bill was vetoed. The two bills that became law lowered the minimum age to 18 for concealed carry permits (HB0096) and increased protections against Red Flag Gun Confiscation Orders (HB0098) by making state and … Read more

VA: Vote NO on the Anti-gun Redistricting Referendum - Virginia voters are being asked to approve a constitutional amendment on April 21 that would allow politicians in Richmond to redraw congressional districts outside of the normal 10-year cycle. Right now, districts are drawn once per decade by the Virginia Redistricting Commission. This proposal would give the General Assembly the ability to step in mid-decade and redraw maps if another … Read ...

Morgan Stanley gets Fed green light to realign German unit - Allowing an exception to current rules would level the competitive playing field, the bank said. Three Fed governors dissented, noting the move could pose a risk to the Deposit Insurance Fund.

FDIC cuts could drain institutional knowledge: OIG - The agency “must maintain a sustained focus on strategic workforce planning to ensure its continued effectiveness and mission fulfillment,” wrote the OIG.

Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Stripe warned of debanking consequences - Any act to “deplatform customers or deny them access” on political or religious grounds “could lead to an ... investigation and potential enforcement action,” the Federal Trade Commission asserted.

Citizens’ Coughlin talks ‘overwhelming’ pace of AI change - As the lender uses AI to reshape operations through its Reimagine the Bank program, “the nimbleness around it has been pretty intense,” President Brendan Coughlin said.

Bank of America’s wealth management firms roll out AI tool - AI-Powered Meeting Journey leans on Salesforce CRM data to gather materials, summarize meetings and provide natural language assistance to financial advisers.

Iran war-fed inflation is taking rate cuts off the table - Two former members of the Federal Open Market Committee said in interviews that they expect the Federal Reserve to keep rates steady amid uncertainty over the ongoing war with Iran and the resulting upward pressure on inflation.

Goldman Sachs' Epstein confidante gets $25M - Goldman Sachs Chief Legal Officer Kathryn Ruemmler received an 11% pay hike last year, bringing her total compensation to $25 million; U.S. Bank promoted Toby Clements to chief operations officer; Klarna is expanding its forward-flow and whole-loan sale deal with Elliot Investment Management to $2 billion; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Loan sale cuts bank's thorny ties to West Va. lawmaker - Carter Bankshares in Martinsville, Va., sold more than $200 million of loans made to companies controlled by Sen. Jim Justice and his family, closing out a once close relationship that later descended into rancor and litigation.

Citi eyes regional bank deal as Fraser turns to next chapter - Citi's top executives are considering buying a bank, according to anonymous sources. Such a move would help ramp up deposits to help fuel other operations, they said.

FDIC staff reductions raise watchdog concerns - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Office of Inspector General said in a Thursday report that staffing cuts over the past year could strain supervision and the agency's response to a crisis.

Stablecoin flows and spillovers to FX markets - by Iñaki Aldasoro, Paula Beltrán, Federico GrinbergUsing data on four USD-pegged stablecoins and 27 fiat currencies, this paper documents spillovers from stablecoin-based foreign exchange (FX) to traditional FXmarkets. We document a gap between the cost of acquiring dollars via stablecoins and via the spot FX market (parity deviations). To establish a causal link between stablecoin flows and FX...

BIS extends term for John Williams as Chair of the Markets Committee - John C. Williams, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, is to continue as Chair of the Bank for International Settlements' Markets Committee.

Financial stability limits on fiscal space - by Fabrizio ZampolliConventional indicators of fiscal sustainability, such as the interest rate-growth differential that focus on long-term drivers do not always incorporate fluctuating financial conditions and risk. This paper proposes an analytical framework in which sovereign borrowing costs depend on the balance-sheet capacity of financial intermediaries, where financial amplification can g...

Federal Reserve Board announces it has made the joint findings with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency required for the OCC to approve a request by Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., for an exem... - Federal Reserve Board announces it has made the joint findings with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency required for the OCC to approve a request by Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., for an exemption under section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act

Federal Reserve Board releases annual audited financial statements - Federal Reserve Board releases annual audited financial statements

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with former employee of Ally Bank and former employee of Regions Bank - Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with former employee of Ally Bank and former employee of Regions Bank

Press Release: FDIC Publishes Enforcement Orders for February 2026 - PRESS RELEASE | MARCH 27, 2026 FDIC Publishes Enforcement Orders for February 2026 WASHINGTON - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) ...

Remarks by FDIC Director of Risk Management Supervision Ryan Billingsley, "Innovation at the Speed of Markets: How Regulators Keep Pace with Technology" - TESTIMONY | MARCH 26, 2026 Remarks by FDIC Director of Risk Management Supervision Ryan Billingsley, "Innovation at the Speed of Markets: How Regulators Keep Pace with Technology" ...