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Let The Real Chaos Begin - Let The Real Chaos Begin Authored by Robert Gore via Straight Line Logic,Buckle up.The same motive power that propelled Donald Trump's electoral victories in 2016 and 2024 propelled his disastrous midterm repudiation - fear and loathing of government. There is no unconditional love in politics. Trump was elected to upend the ruling caste, which, among his supporters, is even more d...

"It All Comes From The Israelis": Joe Kent Reveals What Happened When He Told Trump About Iran Intel - "It All Comes From The Israelis": Joe Kent Reveals What Happened When He Told Trump About Iran Intel Former National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent says Stephen Miller, now President Trump's chief of staff, "knew going into the Iran war that this was bad" - and that Miller's predecessor, Susie Wiles, gave pro-Israel voices time in front of the president over the intellig...

Islamist Pilots Pose 'Insider Threat', Warn Security Experts - Islamist Pilots Pose 'Insider Threat', Warn Security Experts Authored by Paul Sperry via RealClearInvestigations,When the Federal Aviation Administration reinforced cockpit doors after the 9/11 hijackings, it turned flight decks into fortresses to lock out terrorists. But what if a terrorist is already inside?That question has new urgency following the harrowing Sept. 30 attack abo...

China's 'Silent' War Drill: Taiwan Blockade Fears Put Conflict-Free Supply Chains In Focus - China's 'Silent' War Drill: Taiwan Blockade Fears Put Conflict-Free Supply Chains In Focus Five days after we reported, "China Rehearses Taiwan Blockade In Unannounced Naval War Drill," Reuters appears to have caught up with our reporting about Beijing conducting unannounced war drills involving more than 100 military and coast guard vessels across the western Pacific and around Ta...

Iraq, Turkey, Pakistan Defy US Pressure, Refuse To Seal Borders With Iran - Iraq, Turkey, Pakistan Defy US Pressure, Refuse To Seal Borders With Iran Via The CradleUS efforts to pressure Iran’s neighboring states to close their land borders have failed, stalling Washington’s campaign to cripple the Iranian economy, the New York Times (NYT) reported this week.According to three Iraqi officials and a US official cited by the US daily, Washington has spent we...

"None Of This Is True": Loomer's Qatar Hit On Trump Aide Unravels - "None Of This Is True": Loomer's Qatar Hit On Trump Aide Unravels Earlier this week, the self-proclaimed "feisty jewess" Laura Loomer came after Trump's "social media guru" Alex Bruesewitz after the NYT reported on a lawsuit which alleged he took money from Qatar.It appears that the @washingtonpost hit piece on me this week was just a big attempt to distract from other stories. Thi...

From Dynamism To Diatribe: How Republicans Lost The Plot - From Dynamism To Diatribe: How Republicans Lost The Plot Authored by Lipton Matthews via American Greatness,Give credit where it is due, because the record is better than coverage suggests. Dismantling DEI ended a regime of compulsory ideological conformity in federal agencies and made diversity initiatives unattractive in corporations. Furthermore, the retreat from disparate impac...

FAA Lifts Nationwide Ground Stop After Comms System Crash; Flight Disruptions Could Stretch Into Tomorrow - FAA Lifts Nationwide Ground Stop After Comms System Crash; Flight Disruptions Could Stretch Into Tomorrow The latest: FAA Lifts Nationwide Ground Stop FAA halts all departures nationwide; flights in the air allowed to continueFirst nationwide ground stop since the January 2023 NOTAM failureDuffy cites a communications failure hitting all Air Route Traffic Control CentersComms fai...

Car Bomb Severely Injures Exiled Pro-Kremlin Ukrainian Official In Moscow - Car Bomb Severely Injures Exiled Pro-Kremlin Ukrainian Official In Moscow A targeted assassination attempt via car bombing has once again rocked Moscow. This time, the "pro-Kremlin" target survived, in what authorities are calling an attempted murder case and act of terrorism.A onetime spokesman to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov is said to be serious condition Friday...

$19,100,000,000,000: Americans Are Drowning In The Largest Ocean Of Consumer Debt In The History Of The World - $19,100,000,000,000: Americans Are Drowning In The Largest Ocean Of Consumer Debt In The History Of The World Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse Blog,Total household debt in the United States just hit a brand new all-time record high. For a large portion of the U.S. population, debt is a suffocating financial reality that never goes away. Millions upon millions of...

FAA lifts rare nationwide ground stop on flights; air travel may take days to recover - Homeland Security Secretary Mullin said that there was ‘zero evidence’ of cyberattack as fewer flights amid fuel-cost surge may hamper rebookings.

14 dividend stocks selected for long-term growth - These stocks feature attractive dividend payouts and are trading low to the companies’ intrinsic value, according to John Buckingham of Value87 Investment Partners.

‘The thought of living to 100 terrifies me’: Is Social Security a giant Ponzi scheme? - There is already a demographic ‘run’ on Social Security.

4 expert tips for signing up for Medicare - A day in the life of a Medicare counselor

Nvidia’s stock is on a losing streak not seen in 14 years. What comes next? - Nvidia wiped out $573 billion in market capitalization this week — its sixth consecutive week of stock declines.

Global oil supplies are suddenly flowing. Why a crude glut won’t mean cheaper diesel. - It’s official: the world is expected to soon have more oil than it needs for the first time since the Iran war began in February. But more oil doesn’t automatically lead to lower diesel prices.

‘He calls my plans a fantasy’: My husband says we can’t afford a $200,000-a-year retirement. Is he being cheap? - “We have $2 million saved in our retirement accounts and a house worth $1.3 million.”

‘She has a history of financial mismanagement’: My brother cut our sister out of his will. I’ll get everything. Do I tell her? - “I’m torn between respecting my brother’s wishes and being fair to my sister.”

Bitcoin is now below $69,000 and could fall even further if investors cash out to buy into the Anthropic IPO - Investors may have to sell some of their existing bets in crypto to make room in their portfolio for what could be one of the most sought-after stock offerings in history.

AMD and other chip stocks slide as Wall Street rethinks the AI trade without Jensen Huang - At first, it looked like Nvidia’s pain might be the rest of the chip sector’s gain. But now, investors aren’t so sure.

Trump doesn’t plan to raise Nvidia, spy issue during China trip: U.S. officials - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned this week after reports of multiple affairs, including one with a suspected Chinese spy, Alice Huang.

FAA lifts ground stop after more than four hours, but flight cancellations will stretch into the weekend - The Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop on Friday afternoon, disrupting thousands of departing of flights.

Analysis: Companies love a ‘rockstar’ CEO. Until they depend on one - Jensen Huang’s exit tests Nvidia’s succession planning and governance, and offers lessons for companies that elevate their CEOs to rockstar status.

Nasdaq falls on Friday as Nvidia sells off, but index notches best week since August: Live updates - Nvidia shares rebounded from its recent pressure and the latest inflation data came in slightly lighter than expected.

Ecuador wants to monetize its biodiversity — while still drilling for oil - Ecuador is planning to channel funds into its biodiversity, but faces a key challenge: its reliance on oil.

AI risks are the biggest threat to the financial system, Fed survey finds - The report comes with Wall Street on edge over high-flying AI hyperscalers, while communities are on alert for the rapid spread of data centers.

Wholesale prices rose 0.3% in October, putting annual rate at 6.5%, the highest in nearly four years - The producer price index was expected to increase 0.4% in October, according to the Dow Jones consensus.

Bessent blames Lutnick’s Commerce as he slams Nvidia chip ‘leakage’ to China - Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia CEO days after admitting to an affair following scrutiny of his relationship with a woman reportedly deemed a Chinese spy.

UK economy expands 0.7% in third quarter as AI provides 'extra engine of growth' - The U.K. economy grew 0.7% in the third quarter of the year, in line with estimates.

Analysis: Nvidia’s leadership crisis tests the chipmaker’s role as the ‘central bank of AI’ - The tech giant's web of ties to other companies is raising the possibility that it could do far-reaching economic and financial damage.

If GATA's work is worth something to you, please help us - 8:51p ET Thursday, November 12, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: GATA would like to think it has had a good couple of weeks. First we brought you and the New Orleans Investment Conference a comprehensive summary of the last year's international intrigue about gold, bringing the secret knowledge of the financial universe out into the open so people outside the financial elites might act on tha...

Netherlands lacks oversight of country's E70 billion gold reserve, watchdog says - From NL Times, AmsterdamWednesday, November 11, 2026 The Netherlands has no clear arrangements for how its gold reserves could be used in times of crisis. The Netherlands Court of Audit has said that the Dutch central bank (DNB) has not reached any agreements with the finance minister about the role the reserves should play in emergency situations. The Netherlands' gold reserves have grown seve...

Bipartisan SILVER Act gains momentum in Congress as lawmakers eye national defense bill - From the Sound Money Defense LeagueVia Money Metals Exchange, Eagle, IdahoThursday, November 12, 2026 WASHINGTON -- The bipartisan SILVER Act is gaining momentum with the addition of a dozen more House and Senate cosponsors as an effort gets underway to incorporate the common-sense legislation into the National Defense Authorization Act during the lame-duck session of Congress. ... Dispatch con...

Reserve managers say gold is politically toxic to manage - By Levente KoroesCentral Banking, LondonWednesday, November 11, 2026 https://www.centralbanking.com/central-banks/reserves/7977907/reserve-managers-say-gold-is-politically-toxic-to-manage Gold is a politically difficult asset to manage as it about the "only thing that local politicians think they understand from a central bank balance sheet," a European reserve manager has told Central Banking'...

Vince Lanci: Is gold being spoofed lower again? - 9:26a ET Wednesday, November 11, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: In his commentary today at VBLGoldFix, Vince Lanci picks up on GATA's report yesterday -- https://gata.org/node/25114 -- about the sharp increases in the gold swaps undertaken by the Bank for International Settlements in September and October. Lanci concurs that the BIS is the coordinator of central bank efforts to restrain the...

Here Come the HELOCs: Mortgages, Housing-Debt-to-Income-Ratio, Serious Delinquencies, and Foreclosures in Q3 2026 - Keeping an eye on the debt-to-income ratio, which set off all alarm bells before the Housing Bust; but so far, so good.

PPI Inflation Rages in the Revisions? Businesses Hit by 6.5% Inflation, Worst since 2022 - Upward revisions pushed prior month-to-month PPI readings off the chart.

Sales of Existing Single-Family Homes Plunge to Lowest since 2010, Supply Hits 12-Year High, Condo Sales Plunge to Lowest in the Data, Supply Highest since 2011 - The housing market just keeps getting worse. Sales in the West collapsed to the lowest since the 1990s, in the Midwest to 2011 lows, in the South to 2012 lows.

Is the Restoration of Gold as Currency Real? China Increases Gold Holdings, and U.S. States Make It Legal Tender - When I read the major Nikkei Shimbun column 'The Gold Standard Renaissance China is Betting On' (11/9), it also stated that '10 states in the U.S. have established gold as legal tender by law,' and I ...

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

This Day In Market History: Legal Tender Act Of 1862 - What Happened? On this day in 1862, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Legal Tender Act into law. Where The Market Was: The Legal Tender Act predates both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones ...

Legal Tender - Legal tender is a medium of payment recognized by a legal system to be valid for meeting a financial obligation. Paper currency and coins are common forms of legal tender in many countries. Legal ...

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

Satoshi-era wallet served in a $260 billion lawsuit moves 75 BTC it held since 2011 - The roughly $5 million transfer also spent the tiny payment used to deliver a court notice to the address in May.

Bitcoin miners pay Paraguay $350 million a year, but AI is pushing them out - Contracts that sell power to a 4% slice of the world’s bitcoin mining at $44 a megawatt-hour expire on Dec. 31, 2027. Paraguay’s state utility calls the date final, and it has just signed a 15-year deal to power a Founders Fund-backed AI campus.

Bitcoin plunges to $68,000 as Anthropic IPO frenzy adds to market jitters - Analysts see no direct link between Nvidia and bitcoin's decline, pointing instead to investor capital headed into Anthropic as well as a broader risk-off move.

U.S. Senate Banking Committee races toward hearing on new SEC nominations - The committee that needs to advance President Donald Trump's nominees responded quickly to set his SEC picks for review next week.

Bitcoin heads for sixth weekly loss as Anthropic’s blockbuster IPO looms - Bitcoin is down 21% this year as investors weigh Anthropic’s anticipated listing, Nvidia’s leadership upheaval and rising Fed rate hike expectations.

Kraken parent Payward says expansion outside crypto trading helps cushion revenue decline - While earnings and the company’s newly introduced financial performance measure remained below year-earlier levels, there are signs of improvement from the second quarter.

Bitcoin's momentum gauge is turning red, could send prices back below $60,000 - Your day-ahead look for Nov. 13, 2026

Bitcoin hits 12-week low as dollar rallies on interest-rate outlook, liquidations top $1.6 billion - Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $70,000 for the first time since August and is down 3.5% since midnight UTC, as the dollar climbs and liquidations top $1.6 billion.

Live updates: Bitcoin eyes bear market lows as late summer rally mostly wiped out - Equity markets are falling as well, with interest rates and the dollar surging amid an increasingly hawkish Federal Reserve.

Ethereum treasury firm BTCS sold ether at a loss to keep $64 million Aave loan healthy - The Nasdaq-listed company has 46,676 ETH backing its borrowings, and the loan could become eligible for liquidation if ether slides to around $1,700.

Payward Pushes Into AI, Prediction Markets as EBITDA Drops 66% - Kraken parent Payward reported a sharp year-over-year drop in Q3 adjusted EBITDA even as trading activity and customer growth improved sequentially. The company is now pushing into U.S. prediction markets, tokenized equities, and a personal finance AI agent as it broadens beyond crypto trading. Payward Builds Broader Finance Platform as Crypto Trading Slows Kraken parent […]

Peter Schiff Calls Bitcoin a ‘Slow Bleed’ While Gold Slides Below $3,900 - Gold bug Peter Schiff stressed that bitcoin prices reached November 2021 levels, falling 22% over the past seven weeks, and called on investors to pivot to gold. Nonetheless, gold is also taking a beating, falling below $3.9K, with analysts warning about a major downfall. Peter Schiff Preaches Gold During Bitcoin’s Downfall, But Neither Is Thriving […]

FBI’s Largest Dark Web Drug Sweep Seizes $234M in Cash and Crypto - Authorities seized more than $234 million in cash and cryptocurrency during Operation TorNado, an international crackdown on dark web drug trafficking. The operation resulted in 354 arrests as investigators pursued vendors and buyers linked to previously dismantled marketplaces. Global Drug Sweep Seizes Cash, Crypto, and Weapons The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Europol announced […]

Elon Musk Dismisses $120B Anthropic Exit Talk as SpaceX Plans $74B AI Push - SpaceX unveiled plans to invest more than $74 billion in artificial intelligence computing facilities as Elon Musk dismissed speculation about Anthropic abandoning a $120.5 billion agreement. The expansion comes as AI yielded more than half of SpaceX’s third-quarter revenue, with the Anthropic deal accounting for a substantial share. Musk’s $74 Billion AI Expansion Targets Texas […]

XRP Ledger AI Services Exceed 5,400 Across More Than 190 Merchants - AI agents can now purchase more than 5,400 services on the XRP Ledger, according to t54. Its expanding directory connects automated buyers with providers accepting XRP and Ripple’s dollar-backed RLUSD stablecoin for computing, data, and other digital services. XRPL AI Hub Lists More Than 5,400 Services Payment infrastructure developer t54 shared on X on Nov. […]

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D.C. Rejects Robotaxis To Protect Jobs - Despite evidence suggesting automated vehicles could save lives, D.C. lawmakers voted down their deployment amid concerns from their “friends in labor.”

Defamation Counterclaim Arising out Reagan National Helicopter Crash Case Can Go Forward - [A.] From Ellis v. Wallace, decided today by Chief Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak (D. Colo.): On January 29, 2025, a… The post Defamation Counterclaim Arising out Reagan National Helicopter Crash Case Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Maine ICE Officer Who Killed a Man Had a Past Full of Red Flags - David Brouillette’s fatal shooting of a Colombian migrant raises more questions about a rapidly expanding agency’s vetting process.

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal - Tear gas in your home! Pepper balls in your face! But no carte blanche for your LinkedIn.

The Politician-to-Podcaster Pipeline Is Getting Crowded - Everyone wants to be a podcaster. Politicians are no different.

Piecing Together The Timeline For The Rudofsky/Hiland Nominations - It is pretty clear that Hiland bombed his interview and the White House selected its first choice, Rudfosky.

Debate: Is Authoritarianism a Right-Wing Problem? - Reason's Robby Soave and Katherine Mangu-Ward debate Zeteo's Mehdi Hasan and Rick Wilson on authoritarianism.

The Chinese Connection - Plus: Brooklyn building collapses, Iranian hackers get serious, and more...

Human Extinction Scheduled for…Huh, How About That? Today! - Back in 1960, a Science paper predicted that human beings would go extinct on November 13, 2026. Have you packed?

This isn’t an Instruction Manual. It’s a Warning. How Empires Fall. - Collapse is self-inflicted: Benjamin Franklin knew the pattern all through history. In 1773, he wrote a masterpiece of biting satire - 20 rules for how a great empire destroys itself from within by making its own people see it as detestable. It was supposed to be a warning, but London completely ignored it and paid the price. Once you hear his “rules,” judge for yourself. Is this just another h...

Lost Cause: The Federal Government will Never Limit Itself - Going to the federal government to convince the federal government to limit its own power? That’s not just dumb strategy and a lost cause. It’s dangerous to the Constitution and liberty. On this episode, it’s James Madison’s blueprint for beating the feds without relying on the feds to magically limit their own power. Plus the right to keep and bear arms as the ultimate safeguard for freedom. T...

The Word “Emergency” Doesn’t Exist in the Constitution. That’s no Accident. - That means the rules of the constitution apply whether someone calls it an “emergency” or not. On this episode, it’s the founders’ long-forgotten warning about the oldest weapon in the book. Let politicians have extra power or funding because THEY declare an emergency? And you’ll get never-ending emergencies. The post The Word “Emergency” Doesn’t Exist in the Constitution. That’s no Accident. a...

Tech Companies Are Trying to Shift the Entire Concept of Privacy (Again) - Privacy, which companies were once happy to claim was all about personal choice, is now primed to affect everyone around you even more than it already did. Meta and Google’s smart glasses can record anything the owner is looking at or use artificial intelligence to describe it. Apple’s* Audio Intelligence feature turns every Apple Watch into a transcription machine that records or summarizes yo...

🤕 Medicare's AI Experiment | EFFector 38.20 - When we need medical care, we expect decisions about our treatment to be made by our doctors, not a tech company's algorithm. But in January, the federal government launched a program that uses AI to evaluate Medicare beneficiaries' requests for certain procedures. EFF sued for records on WISeR, seeking badly needed transparency about Medicare's AI experiment. In our latest EFFector newsletter,...

We’re Asking an Appeals Court to Require a Warrant for ALPR Searches - Today, along with the ACLU, EFF filed an amicus brief in the Sixth Circuit court of appeals in , a case where police warrantlessly tracked a suspect’s movements using Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) data. Our brief details the vast, interconnected network of ALPRs that constantly track drivers around the country and argues that this tracking is a “search” under the meaning of the Fourth A...

Connecticut Couple to Resume Renting Trails to Hikers After Town Zoning Officials Fail to Respond to Request for Zoning Interpretation - ROXBURY, Conn.—Today, Roxbury couple, Charles and Eli Copley, and their attorneys from the Institute for Justice (IJ), sent a letter to town officials informing them […] The post Connecticut Couple to Resume Renting Trails to Hikers After Town Zoning Officials Fail to Respond to Request for Zoning Interpretation appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Idaho Supreme Court: Property Owners Cannot Challenge Meridian’s Ban on Tiny Homes on Wheels - Boise, Idaho.—Today, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that Chasidy Decker could not challenge Meridian’s ban on tiny homes on wheels because […] The post Idaho Supreme Court: Property Owners Cannot Challenge Meridian’s Ban on Tiny Homes on Wheels appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Institute for Justice Asks Federal Appeals Court to Make Clear that Using License Plate Readers to Track People is a Fourth Amendment Search - ARLINGTON, Va.—Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) filed an amicus brief in United States v. Sturdivant, asking the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to […] The post Institute for Justice Asks Federal Appeals Court to Make Clear that Using License Plate Readers to Track People is a Fourth Amendment Search 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 ...

OH: SB 214 Heads to Governor DeWine’s Desk! - SB 214 Passes the Senate on a Concurrence Vote! It now heads to Governor Mike DeWine’s desk! The Ohio Senate just passed SB 214 on a concurrence vote 21-9! This means the bill is headed to the desk of Governor Mike DeWine for his signature. This has been a victorious day in Columbus, and we couldn’t have done it without … Read more

OH: Public Safety Committee Advances SB 214 with GOA’s Amendments - Urge Your Representative to VOTE YES on the Floor TODAY The House Public Safety Committee has passed Senate Bill 214 with our amendments! GOA sincerely thanks the committee for moving this bill forward and adopting the changes necessary to also de-regulate short barreled firearms. However, we aren’t done yet. SB 214 must also pass on the House floor, as well … Read more

GOA Celebrates 50 Years of No-Compromise Fighting for Gun Rights - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   November 9, 2026  GOA Celebrates 50 Years of No-Compromise Fighting for Gun Rights Springfield, VA – Gun Owners of America (GOA) is celebrating 50 years of standing for the Second Amendment with No Compromise. Founded in 1976 by the late California State Senator H.L. “Bill” Richardson, GOA was established to give gun owners a stronger voice against … Read more

U.S. Bank adding 60 middle-market roles - Middle-market growth is part of the Minneapolis-based lender’s national business banking ambitions. Some of the roles are in Florida and Texas, where the bank does not have branches.

Dive Deposits: Guess who’s playing bipartisan ball - President Donald Trump on Thursday tapped two Democrats to serve as SEC and CFTC commissioners. They’re the first opposing-party nominees Trump has proposed for the regulators in his second term.

Why PayPal wants to have a bank - The digital payments company would tap a bank subsidiary for lending to its merchants, but also to diversify its sources of capital.

Ex-PNC employee faces 5 charges in $86K theft - Jacqueline Clinton allegedly misused her position to make 10 false credit adjustments between May and August. Investigators flagged ATM withdrawals at casinos and gambling websites after transactions.

Hancock Whitney to buy Trustmark in $3.2B deal - The combination of Mississippi banks would create a $58 billion-asset lender with about 370 branches across six Southeastern states.

American Banker AI Week | November 17-19, 2026 -
Nubank U.S. reaches all 50 states in first weeks of launch - The Brazilian digital bank attributed early adoption in the U.S. to word of mouth referrals among its target market of international Latin Americans.

Fed warns of financial risks from AI-driven market optimism - The Federal Reserve flagged elevated stock valuations, growing corporate debt and risks tied to the data center boom as potential threats to financial stability in its most recent financial stability report.

How North Korean IT workers’ wages moved through US banks - A federal indictment lists 12 federally insured banks, all unnamed, as victims of a scheme that allegedly routed North Korean IT workers' wages to China.

Van Hollen leadership run could turn up pressure on banks - The prospect of progressive Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., leading the Senate could boost the profile of banking bills — including a renewed push for credit card competition — in the upper chamber.

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.

Agencies extend comment period for proposed third-party risk management guidance - Agencies extend comment period for proposed third-party risk management guidance

Federal Reserve Board announces pricing, effective January 1, 2027, for payment services the Federal Reserve Banks provide to banks and credit unions, and changes to streamline and adjust their che... - Federal Reserve Board announces pricing, effective January 1, 2027, for payment services the Federal Reserve Banks provide to banks and credit unions, and changes to streamline and adjust their check services

Federal Reserve announces revised tentative schedule of Federal Open Market Committee meetings in 2027 - Federal Reserve announces revised tentative schedule of Federal Open Market Committee meetings in 2027

Press Release: Agencies Extend Comment Period for Proposed Third-Party Risk Management Guidance - PRESS RELEASE | NOVEMBER 13, 2026 Agencies Extend Comment Period for Proposed Third-Party Risk Management Guidance WASHINGTON—The Federal Deposi...

Press Release: Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies Release 2025 Small Business, Small Farm, and Community Development Lending Data - PRESS RELEASE | NOVEMBER 5, 2026 Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies Release 2025 Small Business, Small Farm, and Community Development Lending Data ...