Precious Metals and Market News

Gold, silver prices fall as Warsh signals more tightening ahead - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are lower in late-afternoon U.S. trading Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since 2023 and signaled that more tightening may be needed to contain inflation.

Gold price buckles under Warsh’s inflation fixation as Fed hikes rates - (Kitco News) - The gold market was able to withstand an expected rate hike and forecasts for additional tightening later this year; however, the precious metal took a bruising as Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh came out swinging hard during his press conference.

It’s no longer a debate: Hold both gold and Bitcoin as global sovereign debt drives demand for alternatives - 3iQ’s Mancuso - (Kitco News) - Persistent fiscal deficits, ballooning sovereign debt and rising geopolitical fragmentation are forcing investors to rethink what constitutes a safe-haven asset, and one digital asset executive says the answer increasingly includes both gold and Bitcoin.

Gold price drops to $4,310/oz as Fed votes 12-0 in favor of 25 bps rate hike, with 16 of 18 policymakers seeing another hike in 2026 - (Kitco News) – The Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted unanimously in favor of a quarter-point rate hike, as expected by the market consensus, while the latest economic projections showed all but two policymakers believe another rate hike will be warranted in 2026.

Rick Rule says gold stocks are cheap, but higher prices bring new risks - (Kitco News) - Rick Rule still sees value in gold stocks. He is less convinced that investors are doing enough work to separate that value from a rising market.Speaking with Kitco Mining on Sept. 9, the President and CEO of Rule Investment Media said gold equities remain unusually cheap compared with the metal, even after a stronger bid returned to the mining sector.

A hawkish Fed won't keep gold price down for long - FxPro's Kuptsikevich - (Kitco News) - A fairly resilient economy, coupled with persistent inflation, has made higher interest rates in the second half of 2026 a foregone conclusion, which could weigh on gold prices in the near term; however, one market strategist suggests that lower prices could represent a long-term buying opportunity.

India’s gold imports fall 58% in August, silver imports rise 127% - (Kitco News) – India’s gold imports fell dramatically last month even as silver shipments surged, the Ministry of Commerce announced on Tuesday.Gold imports dropped by 57.75% to $2.3 billion in August, the data showed. However, silver imports actually rose by 127% to $1.02 billion during the month. In May, the Indian government increased import duties on precious metals from 6% to 15%.

Gold, silver prices rise as oil eases before Fed decision - Kitco AM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are higher in early U.S. trading Wednesday, as softer crude oil prices and a modest easing in Treasury-yield pressure helped precious metals recover ahead of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision.

Gold price trades at $4,340/oz after retail sales rise 1.2% in August - (Kitco News) - The gold market is trading near session highs after the latest data showed American consumers’ spending rising more than expected last month.U.S. retail sales rose 1.2% in August following an unrevised reading of -0.6% in July, the U.S. Commerce Department announced on Wednesday. The data was better than expectations, as the consensus of economists projected a 0.8% increase in Au...

Gold, silver prices settle lower as Fed hike looks locked in - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices settled lower in late-afternoon U.S. trading Tuesday, as elevated crude oil prices, a firmer U.S. dollar and a 10-year Treasury yield near 5% kept pressure on non-yielding metals ahead of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision.

9 Terrifying Truths About Long-Term Economic Crises - 9 Terrifying Truths About Long-Term Economic Crises Authored by Milan Adams via Preppgroup, Why preparation matters less than adaptation, and why the next crisis will not resemble the last... My father kept his layoff notice from 1982 taped inside his toolbox until he died. The letterhead - blue, corporate, indifferent - arrived on a Tuesday in March, six months after his machi...

J-50 Designers Reveal "Leapfrog" Technology For China's Next-Gen Stealth Fighter - J-50 Designers Reveal "Leapfrog" Technology For China's Next-Gen Stealth Fighter China’s next-generation combat aircraft will be able to fly by themselves if a pilot loses consciousness, navigate without satellite signals and operate in self-reorganising large drone formations. That is the plan laid out by researchers from the Shenyang Aircraft Design & Research Institute, a top Ch...

How Trump's Iran Operation Turned Into A Forever War - How Trump's Iran Operation Turned Into A Forever War Authored by Harrison Berger via Responsible Statecraft, As the United States has struggled to secure its four primary objectives in the Iran War - achieving regime change, dismantling long-range ballistic missiles, eliminating nuclear enrichment, and halting Tehran's support for regional proxies - U.S. officials have rolled out ...

Paramount Eyes California Exit, Hunts Nashville Offices As "Insane Communist Wackos" Ruin State - Paramount Eyes California Exit, Hunts Nashville Offices As "Insane Communist Wackos" Ruin State Paramount Skydance Chairman and CEO David Ellison is exploring a potential California exit as the studio battles a multistate challenge to its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Politico reported late Wednesday that the studio is seeking roughly 400,000 square feet of o...

Kirk Family Plans Wrongful Death Suit Against Utah Valley University, Others - Kirk Family Plans Wrongful Death Suit Against Utah Valley University, Others Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times, Charlie Kirk's family announced plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that security failures contributed to the fatal shooting of the conservative commentator last year. In a Sept. 9 legal notice, the plaintiffs assert that the defendan...

Why CPI Ignores Homes, Stocks, And The Cost Of Getting Ahead - Why CPI Ignores Homes, Stocks, And The Cost Of Getting Ahead Authored by Karl-Friedrich Israel via The Daily Economy, The median-priced home in America now costs $440,600, while the median household earns roughly $84,000 a year. That gap has left a growing share of Americans priced out of buying altogether, while those who already own homes and hold stocks have watched their wealt...

Lavrov Warns That If NATO Attacked Russia, War Would Be "Very Short" - Lavrov Warns That If NATO Attacked Russia, War Would Be "Very Short" Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has again responded to allegations of European officials that Moscow seeks to expand the war beyond Ukraine. We earlier detailed how recent drone spillover from the conflict, including explosive-laden drones coming out of Belarusian territory and threatening the Baltics, has...

Bill Gates Calls For Globalist Crackdown On AI - Bill Gates Calls For Globalist Crackdown On AI Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Bill Gates has a new emergency. With the climate apocalypse no longer selling, the Microsoft co-founder is touring the press circuit warning that artificial intelligence is an "alien intelligence," that no government on earth is ready for it, and that the only fix is an international organi...

Vance Seeks To Assure Trump Base Iran War Entering "Much Different Phase" - Vance Seeks To Assure Trump Base Iran War Entering "Much Different Phase" Vice President JD Vance - who was said to have opposed launching Operation Epic Fury from the beginning - has issued some fresh statements on the future of the Iran conflict which sound a bit off-rampy. He could just be voicing his own wishful thinking, however, in proclaiming the conflict will soon enter "a...

TikTok Mob Now Stalks Clancy Holdout Juror's Family - TikTok Mob Now Stalks Clancy Holdout Juror's Family Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, The same online machine that turned a confessed child killer into a cause has a new target. After hanging Lindsay Clancy's murder trial, the lone holdout juror's family says TikTok extremists have them trapped indoors, leaving notes at his mother's house and refusing to let them live i...

Intel’s stock rises as investors hope memory chips can mark the next step in its turnaround - A report says Intel is in early talks with SK Hynix, which is considering some sort of partnership that would enable it to make memory chips in the U.S.

As Fed rolls out its first interest-rate hike in 3 years, market braces for more increases - The Fed’s policy-making committee was unanimous in its decision to hike, but forward guidance was split.

My rental property is paid off, but I need cash. Is this a bad time to take out a $50,000 HELOC? - The Federal Reserve announced a quarter-percentage-point interest-rate hike Wednesday, to a range of 3.75%-4.0%.

‘There might be a silver lining’: My friend’s wife died at 60 after a high-earning career. Can he claim her Social Security? - “They had been married for over 30 years when she passed.”

Generac’s stock soars more than 30% after Amazon deal cements company’s status as an AI power player - First deliveries of Generac’s backup power generators are worth $2.4 billion.

Fed rate hike fails to calm troubled markets as Dow falls 600 points. Expect more sharp swings in stocks and bonds. - Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has sent investors a message: When it comes to tamping down inflation, he means business.

Why optical stocks Lumentum and Coherent were the day’s biggest S&P 500 gainers - Investors are looking further down the AI data-center supply chain for signs of demand amid concerns of a spending slowdown, one expert says.

Here’s a sneaky way to play the Fed’s rate increase - But watch out for the pitfalls.

I have $125,000 in credit-card debt. Will $17,000 a month in income, including disability, affect my bankruptcy? - “I racked up this debt to cover my living expenses for two years without an income stream.”

Google is playing a different AI game than everyone else, and Wall Street may be missing the point - Investors have been fixated on the relative performance of Alphabet’s AI models when they should instead be cheering the company’s cloud potential, an analyst says.

'Hostile act': Trump threatens EU with tariffs over Canada associate-membership proposal - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said EU is opening the door for Canada to become the first associate member of the 27-member bloc.

Trump plans to meet Gulf leaders at UN next week on Iran war's endgame: report - Washington's efforts for resuming ceasefire talks appear to have stalled, as Gulf states absorb escalating attacks from Iran and Iran-aligned Houthi militants.

House passes sweeping Russia sanctions bill honoring Lindsey Graham, sends to Trump - The Lindsey Graham Russia sanctions bill is on a path to become law after the House votes in favor.

Stock futures rise after Fed's rate hike spurs a market sell-off: Live updates - In a widely anticipated move, the Fed raised the overnight funds rate by a quarter percentage point and signaled another hike could come this year.

Japan’s corporate leaders sound alarm over weak yen — even dollar-earners are voicing concerns - While the Japanese yen has strengthened rapidly over the past two weeks, it remains weak in historical terms.

'Science fiction': Transport companies — the backbone of economy — are sounding alarm on fuel prices - Prices for diesel, the fuel type used to power trucks and trains, came in at an all-time high of $6.31 per gallon on Wednesday.

Consumers hit by one-two punch of oil and rates from Iran war. The estimated bill is $1,700 per household - Rising oil prices and Treasury yields are lifting energy and borrowing costs for U.S. households, pushing consumers to draw more heavily on savings.

UK inflation jumps to 3.1% as energy costs soar - The reading comes a day before the Bank of England updates its monetary policy.

Indonesia's new finance minister faces an uphill battle on fiscal credibility - Nazara, sworn in hours after Purbaya's dismissal, spent seven years as deputy finance minister and led the ministry's fiscal policy agency from 2015 to 2019.

Why de-dollarization discussions are more talk, less action - BRICS leaders have asserted the need to use local currencies in intra-BRICS trade to cut dependency on dollar.

Turks know how well gold protects them from their government - Turkish Habit of Stashing Gold 'Under the Pillow' Hurts Economy, Government Says By Hadeel Al-ShalchiNational Public Radio, WashingtonTuesday, September 15, 2026 ISTANBUL -- In Turkey gold is far more than a decorative accessory. It is gifted throughout life's major milestones and stashed safely at home -- a time-honored practice designed to protect savings against frequent currency devaluation...

Foreign investors prefer U.S. stocks to Treasuries as debt worries grow - By Emily Herbert and Ian SmithFinancial Times, LondonTuesday, September 15, 2026 Foreign investors are now buying more US stocks than government bonds, in a rare move that comes amid fears that inflation and America's fast-growing debt pile are undermining the "risk-free” status of Treasuries. International flows into US stocks reached 2.8% of US GDP on average in the year to June, overtaking T...

BRICs leaders act to hedge -- not revolt -- against U.S. dollar dominance - By Khushboo Razdan and Cao JiaxuaniSouth China Morning Post, Hong KongMonday, September 14, 2026 The family photograph did the political work the summit's final declaration could not. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood shoulder to shoulder as the Brics summit closed in New Delhi on Sunday...

Ralph Benko: Stop blaming corporate greed; fake money is why you can't afford anything - By Ralph BenkoWashington ExaminerSaturday, September 12, 2026 Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, recently and uniquely nailed the true cause of the affordability issue.  It isn't corporate price gouging or other standard, conventional scapegoats -- such as greedy corporations, deregulation, heavy regulation, or environmental restrictions on "drill, baby, drill." It's about the money. ... Dispatch cont...

In LFTV, Maguire and Hemke scoff at intervention and manipulation - 7:38p ET Monday, September 14, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: In this week's edition of Kinesis Money's "Live from the Vault" program, London metals trader Andrew Maguire and Craig Hemke of the TF Metals Report scoff at U.S. government intervention against rising interest rates, real interest rates that are actually negative, the continuing struggle between "paper" pricing and physical mark...

Fed Finally Hikes, Dot Plot Sees More Rate Hikes, New Rate-Hike Cycle Starts. Bond Market Breathes Small Sigh of Relief - This was a hawkish meeting, with a unanimous vote for a hike, and more hikes indicated.

Despite All Moaning & Groaning, Americans Not in the Mood to Slow Down: Retail Sales Surge even without Gasoline - Not even sky-high gasoline prices could dent their spending on bars & restaurants, ecommerce, cannabis stores, etc.

Some Thoughts on the 5.42% Yield at the 20-Year Treasury Auction: Bond Market Bloodbath Continues - The function of yield is to create demand. And it did.

Revolut hackers demand $3 million in Monero, threaten to sell customer data - The group gave Revolut 24 hours to pay and said it targeted customers with significant crypto holdings.

Fed raises rates by 25 basis points in first hike since July 2023 - The widely expected move places the U.S. Federal Reserve's benchmark fed funds rate range at 3.75%-4.0%.

Celsius sues BitMEX for $495 million over 2020 crash liquidations - The estate is chasing 6,360 BTC lost in the Covid crash — a leveraged long position that sits awkwardly with the lender's delta-neutral marketing.

U.S. House's tax committee advances crypto tax bill in wake of Clarity Act loss - The Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act would ease complicated tax burdens for everyday use of cryptocurrencies, though Trump's industry ties spurred some pushback.

Hamas military wing told donors to avoid sending crypto directly from Binance, DOJ filing shows - Hamas’ military wing advised donors not to use Binance to handle funds but rather to use Trust Wallet, Bybit, OKX, Kast and Redotpay to send funds to an external TRON wallet, according to recent U.S. Department of Justice documents.

Crypto Long & Short: Six signs a crypto winter is ending -
Payward plans to offer U.S. clients onchain perpetual futures on Hyperliquid - Leveraging its $550 million acquisition of Bitnomial, Payward aims to become the first registered U.S. exchange to deploy markets on the Hyperliquid protocol.

Blockchain finance platform Theo launches tokenized silver backed by $40 million in active leases - The onchain finance platform said thSLVR allows investors to retain exposure to silver while earning income from lending the metal to institutional borrowers.

A LatAm telecom operator is putting part of its finances on Avalanche - Led by former IBM Blockchain partner Jules Miller, Iris is helping Bolivia's VIVA use stablecoins for settlement, dollar reserves and new financial services without replacing its existing telecom systems.

A stolen coin can be returned. A leaked identity cannot. - We keep building the honeypots, and we are about to hand the same architecture to billions of AI agents, writes Evin McMullen, CEO and co-founder of Billions.

7 Democratic Senators Vow to Keep Pushing CLARITY Act After Setback - A group of Democratic senators says the failed Senate vote on the CLARITY Act will not end efforts to establish a federal framework for cryptocurrency markets. The lawmakers pledged to continue bipartisan negotiations aimed at passing the legislation. Democratic Senators Renew CLARITY Act Push The push for comprehensive U.S. cryptocurrency legislation remains active despite this […]

Ripple Says XRP Is Not a Security, Recognized as Digital Commodity - Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty says XRP’s U.S. regulatory status remains clear following years of litigation and federal agency guidance. He pointed to the 2023 federal court ruling and a March SEC-CFTC interpretation naming XRP a digital commodity. Alderoty Says Ripple and XRP Stand on Settled Ground XRP’s legal and regulatory position remains intact, […]

The Attackers Who Deceived Revolut Now Demand 6,000 XMR - The attackers claiming to be behind the Revolut breach have dropped the earlier bitcoin demand and are now asking for 6,000 XMR, roughly $3 million, to keep 680 customer files off the market. According to the hackers speaking exclusively with the Financial Times (FT), Revolut didn’t lose customer data because hackers cracked its servers. The […]

What CLARITY Act’s Failure Means for XRP, Ripple and Investors - Ripple says the CLARITY Act’s failure does not alter XRP’s established legal position or disrupt its business. The company is emphasizing continued demand across payments, stablecoins, and institutional markets while broader U.S. crypto legislation remains unresolved. XRP’s Position Remains Unchanged After Senate Vote The CLARITY Act failed its Sept. 15 Senate test, but the result […]

Saylor Sees Bitcoin Winning as Regulators Move Without Congress - Bitcoin can continue gaining institutional ground even with the CLARITY Act stalled in Congress, according to Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor. He expects regulators to advance rules under existing law and banks to expand bitcoin custody and loans. Saylor Says Bitcoin Progress Does Not Depend on Congress Bitcoin’s integration into the U.S. financial system can […]

Nearly 50% of West Bank Palestinians Says Israel Does Not Have A Right To Exist - What "From The River To The Sea" Actually Means

Use of Flock Cameras Is Not a Fourth Amendment "Search," District Court Rules - The first post-Chatrie ruling on the question.

Montreal Economic Institute Webinar on Legal Challenges to the Trump Tariffs Against Canadian Goods - I will be one of the speakers.

A Federal Judge Enjoins DHS From Threatening To Prosecute a Critic for Constitutionally Protected Speech - After David Streever castigated ICE's acting director in an email, investigators delivered a "warning notice" saying he "may be in violation of federal law."

DOJ Says Workers at L.A. Homeless Nonprofits Spent Tax Dollars on Vacations, Nightclubs, Bail - Three people in the Los Angeles area have been charged with fraud related to misappropriation of homelessness funds.

Biden Pardoned Maduro's Fixer. He Just Pleaded Guilty to New Charges and Agreed To Forfeit $195 Million. - Alex Saab admitted to profiting from food and medicine contracts and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.

Pentagon Auditors Say the Iran War Has Cost $33 Billion. The Real Price Tag Is Far Higher. - The Congressional Budget Office says the inflationary consequences of the war will be felt well into 2027.

AI Could Make Our Lives Better. So Why Are We Trying To Stop It? - Anthropic's CEO wants federal regulation that would slow down AI (and his competitors' innovations). Has that ever worked?

The Justification for New Time Limits on Student Visas 'Borders on the Absurd,' a Federal Judge Says - Although the impact of the DHS rule "is likely to be catastrophic," a George W. Bush appointee writes, the government's rationale is "exceptionally weak."

Defamation via Songs and AI-Generated Video? U Tenn Coach's Claim Can Go Forward - "[D]efendant purportedly posted more than 20 videos ... attacking plaintiff's character with 'blatantly false allegations of wrongdoing' and 'highly offensive and demeaning fake [AI] videos.'"

They’re not Patriots. They’re Degenerate Cowards. - Degenerate cowards. That’s how the founders and old revolutionaries viewed people who refuse to protect and defend their own constitution and their own liberty out of fear for their own skin - or a lazy preference for comfort. On this episode, it’s the founders’ hard reality check - what needs to be done if we ever want to live in a REAL “land of the free.” The post They’re not Patriots. They’r...

Heading toward the Cliff - The American people are complaining about affordability. The prices of groceries, automobiles, movies, clothes, gasoline, rent, mortgage payments, and just about everything else are soaring. Many Americans are having a very difficult time making ends meet. The post Heading toward the Cliff appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

How to Beat an Empire: The Founders’ Ignored Blueprint - Paul Revere rode into Philadelphia on Sept 16, 1774 with urgent business for the First Continental Congress. His task? Deliver a document from Boston - a blueprint for total resistance. If adopted, secession from the British Empire would be unavoidable. On this episode, it’s Joseph Warren’s forgotten and ignored Suffolk Resolves: The American Revolution’s step-by-step guide for defeating tyrann...

Victory! Appeals Court Rejects Expansive New Copyright Claim -  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed internet users and programmers a big win today, by rejecting an attempt to stretch a narrow provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) into a new source of copyright liability.   The case involves Section 1202 of the DMCA, which prohibits intentionally removing copyright management information (CMI) like an author’s name or a...

Victory: Court, Using a New Test, Rules Embedding Links is Legal - Courts have for two decades found that linking and embedding someone else’s web content, be it a photo, music, or an article, doesn’t violate copyright law–the entity that controls the server that hosts a copyrighted work, not the user or website that merely directs others to it, is directly liable if the content turns out to be infringing. News publisher Emmerich Newspapers sought to convince ...

EFF Welcomes Alexander Macgillivray to its Board of Directors - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is honored to announce today that Alexander “amac” Macgillivray — a former White House official who also served in top legal capacities at Twitter and Google — has joined EFF’s Board of Directors.  Macgillivray served in the Biden Administration as Deputy Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer in the Office of Scien...

Clayton County Grants License to Salon Entrepreneur Who Brought Constitutional Lawsuit - Clayton County, Ga.—Over a year after Khalilah Few brought a lawsuit against Clayton County for unconstitutionally denying her a license to open a hair salon, […] The post Clayton County Grants License to Salon Entrepreneur Who Brought Constitutional Lawsuit appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Connecticut Couple Files Appeal with Zoning Board After Town Doubles Down in Hiking Dispute - ROXBURY, Conn.—Yesterday, Roxbury couple Charles and Eli Copley filed an appeal with the town’s zoning board of appeals after Roxbury officials recently doubled down on […] The post Connecticut Couple Files Appeal with Zoning Board After Town Doubles Down in Hiking Dispute appeared first on Institute for Justice.

New Study Lands as Supreme Court Weighs Whether Cities Must Pay for Property Destroyed by Police - ARLINGTON, Va.—A new report, “Public Benefit, Private Burden,” released today by the Institute for Justice (IJ), sheds light on an important question that the United […] The post New Study Lands as Supreme Court Weighs Whether Cities Must Pay for Property Destroyed by Police 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 ...

Take Action: Stop State Gun Taxes & Fix the SHOT Act - LET’S PASS THESE BILLS! These two bills are marked up tomorrow, we need your help to pass them…. If you’re receiving this email, your Representative in Congress is on the House Judiciary Committee. That means we’ve got an important request for you. Tomorrow, the House Judiciary Committee will be voting on two bills that matter to your Second Amendment rights: … Read more

GOA LEADS INDUSTRY COALITION IN SUPREME COURT FIGHT TO DEFEND AR-15s - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  September 4, 2026  GOA LEADS INDUSTRY COALITION IN SUPREME COURT FIGHT TO DEFEND AR-15s  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF)—along with Century Arms, Canik USA, B&T USA and Fostech—filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down “assault weapons” bans in Viramontes v. Cook County.  What that case comes d...

This Week In Gun Control - THIS WEEK IN THE FIGHT Here’s what you may have missed this week in the fight for the Second Amendment… Biden’s “Ghost Gun” rule was struck down by the courts. GOA’s case against it is still active. Gun shops are passing ATF inspections after selling suppressors with no registration. A foreign ransomware gang hacked ATF. A federal judge struck down … Read more

Brazil’s Nubank launches in the US - The debut, ahead of full OCC approval but through a partner bank, coincides with the rollout of a multicurrency digital account for cross-border transactions.

Crypto’s Clarity Act stumbles - A hotly debated measure to regulate digital assets failed in the Senate amid conflict-of-interest concerns related to President Trump. Regulators now may have to forge the blueprint for the sector.

PNC, Regions, Citizens execs eschew M&A ‘distraction’ - Executives at regional lenders cited AI priorities, systems conversions and strategic initiatives as reasons to avoid pursuing deals despite regulatory tailwinds.

Treasury slaps Russia’s VTB with more sanctions - The restriction is meant to curb correspondent banking relationships Russia’s second-largest lender has with sanctioned Iranian banks. VTB has preexisting sanctions from 2022’s Ukraine invasion.

Enova scraps Grasshopper deal - The Chicago-based fintech withdrew its applications from the OCC and Fed, and its CEO decried the absence of “clear standards” for bank licensing, in addition to “political pressure.”

What comes next for banks in a post-CLARITY Congress - The failure of a much-anticipated crypto market structure bill Tuesday likely has doomed the effort to pass the bill in this Congress. The next version of the bill could be a double-edged sword for banks.

Warsh: Rising bond yields a sign of strong U.S. economy - Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh framed the central bank's move to increase interest rates as a moderate adjustment to rapid economic growth during his post-Federal Open Market Committee press conference.

Mortgage lenders need to keep innovating after Fed hike - The market initially showed relief after the initial confirmation of an anticipated inflation-fighting hike but discussion of a future raise renewed concern.

8 financing options for RIA acquirers: A full menu - Megadeals and private equity transactions usually draw the biggest headlines, but potential acquirers can take their pick from any number of possible sources of financing.

Advisors would have another tool to help fraud victims under House-passed bill - A bipartisan bill awaiting a Senate vote aims to reduce tax burdens for financial fraud victims by restoring an expanded personal casualty loss deduction.

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 issues FOMC statement - Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the September 15-16 FOMC meeting - Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the September 15-16 FOMC meeting

Agencies seek comment on proposed third-party risk management guidance and issue statement on community bank engagement with core service providers - Agencies seek comment on proposed third-party risk management guidance and issue statement on community bank engagement with core service providers

Sunshine Act Notice: FDIC Board of Directors Meeting - SUNSHINE ACT MEETING NOTICE  The FDIC Board of Directors will meet in an open session: Date and Time: Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 10:00 a.m. E...

Press Release: Joint Readout of Principals’ Meeting of UK and U.S. Authorities Regarding Central Counterparty Resolution - PRESS RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 11, 2026 Joint Readout of Principals’ Meeting of UK and U.S. Authorities Regarding Central Counterparty Resolution WAS...