Precious Metals and Market News

Forget $10,000 gold, the trend is higher until governments fix their debt – John LaForge - (Kitco News) - Gold’s dramatic rise over the last several years may have pushed prices to levels that once appeared unimaginable. Still, according to one market strategist, investors shouldn’t get distracted by price targets.

Gold bulls still in control as market holds well above key support - Forex.com’s Razaqzada - (Kitco News) - Growing fears over the size of U.S. government debt have ignited a new U.S. dollar debasement trade that has driven gold back above critical resistance levels; however, analysts are warning investors that the market is looking a little overbought after seeing a 15% rally through August.

‘The math is on gold’s side’: Larry Lepard sees rising debt forcing currency debasement - (Kitco News) - Looking beyond the recent volatility, gold has seen extraordinary gains in the last two years, and according to one fund manager, after the recent correction, the precious metal is ready to resume its long-term uptrend.

‘Gold is a clear beneficiary of de-dollarization… and we think it can continue to climb’ – UBS - (Kitco News) – Gold is benefiting from a reinvigorated de-dollarization trade, and the monumental fiscal challenges facing the United States could push the yellow metal’s price above $5,400 by next summer, according to commodity and currency analysts at UBS.

Gold steadies near $4,590 as claims dip, Fed hike risk stays live - Kitco AM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are little changed to weaker in early U.S. trading Thursday, as a firmer rates backdrop offset bargain hunting after Wednesday’s post-PCE pullback.

Gold approaches $4,600/oz after U.S. weekly jobless claims fall to 203k - (Kitco News) - Gold prices are getting closer to the $4,600 per ounce level on Thursday morning following the release of better than expected labor market data after the number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits came in below economists’ forecasts.

Gold slips below $4,600 as yields, dollar firm after PCE - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are lower in late-afternoon U.S. trading Wednesday, after hotter-than-expected PCE inflation lifted Treasury yields, firmed the U.S. dollar and forced profit-taking across precious metals ahead of Nvidia earnings and Friday’s Jackson Hole speech.

China’s ‘Gold Road’ initiative is central to its national security, de-dollarization, and Global South strategies – S&P Global - (Kitco News) – Gold is a “strategic mineral” to the Chinese government and plays a central role not only in the country’s long-term economic policies, but also in its national security strategy – and the international “Gold Road” initiative is a central component in all of this, according to a new analysis from S&P Global.

Warsh needs to address ‘many outstanding questions about Fed policymaking’ at Jackson Hole – Natixis - (Kitco News) – The Federal Reserve’s annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming will offer new chair Kevin Warsh the opportunity to lay out his vision for the central bank – and to address some early missteps and omissions, according to Natixis.Economists Christopher Hodge and Selin Aker wrote in Natixis’ Jackson Hole preview that Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has his work cut out for him at this week’s...

$5,000 gold is back in play, and $10,000 is a matter of 'when, not if' - State Street’s Doshi - (Kitco News) - Gold’s recent correction appears to have done little to damage its long-term investment case, and with concerns over unsustainable sovereign debt returning to the forefront of global financial markets, one strategist sees $5,000 an ounce by year-end firmly back in play.

The Economic Tsar Who Built Modern China-And Whose Reforms The CCP Is Dismantling - The Economic Tsar Who Built Modern China-And Whose Reforms The CCP Is Dismantling Authored by Heng He via The Epoch Times, Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, the hard-edged reformer who engineered China's rise from planned-economy backwater to global manufacturing giant, died this month at the age of 97. Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji poses during a working session at the Europe-Asia ...

FDA Clears Blood Test To Detect Signs Of Alzheimer's Disease - FDA Clears Blood Test To Detect Signs Of Alzheimer's Disease Federal regulators have cleared a blood test aimed at detecting signs of Alzheimer's disease. The Food and Drug Administration cleared a blood test known as Elecsys pTau-217 for people aged at least 55 who have shown signs of, or have been complaining of, cognitive decline, Roche announced on Aug. 24. The test, which ca...

Brasília Makes Friends With Beijing - Brasília Makes Friends With Beijing Authored by Jake Scott via FEE, On a Sunday night in late July, Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and China's Xi Jinping spoke for more than an hour. It was cordial and faintly triumphant, with the two governments announcing their intention to accelerate a long-stalled China-Mercosur trade agreement. Alongside this, there are plans to deepen co...

Jury Weighs Whether "Darn Good Mother" Lindsay Clancy Is Criminally Liable For Murdering Her 3 Kids - Jury Weighs Whether "Darn Good Mother" Lindsay Clancy Is Criminally Liable For Murdering Her 3 Kids Jury deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial started on Aug. 27 after five weeks of testimony. Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, is accused of killing her three young children while her now-ex-husband was running errands in January 2023. The 36-year-old mother fac...

States Race To Cut Food Stamp Errors Before Penalties Kick In - States Race To Cut Food Stamp Errors Before Penalties Kick In Authored by Sylvia Xu via The Epoch Times, States are racing to reduce faulty payments to food stamp recipients, in a bid to avoid penalties included in the signature budget bill passed by Republicans last year. Starting in October 2027, states with payment error rates of 6 percent or higher must cover 5, 10, or 15 p...

Mayor Of Indiana City Claims Race Discrimination After Delayed Utility Repairs - Mayor Of Indiana City Claims Race Discrimination After Delayed Utility Repairs If a group's entire world view is built on the notion that they are perpetual victims because of their race, every time something bad happens to them they are going to go looking for racism as the scapegoat.  In other words, they are going to see "racism" under every rock and behind every tree.  They wil...

Trump's Energy Policy Could Cost US 540 GW Of Renewables, Says NRDC - Trump's Energy Policy Could Cost US 540 GW Of Renewables, Says NRDC By Diana DiGangi of UtilityDive Aspects of the Trump administration’s energy policy - such as the rollback of Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, the introduction of new tariffs and offshore wind lease buybacks - could cause the U.S to lose between 390 GW and 540 GW of new wind, solar and energy storage capacity ...

Federal Court Dismisses Musk's X Lawsuit Against New York Law Forcing Platforms To Define Speech - Federal Court Dismisses Musk's X Lawsuit Against New York Law Forcing Platforms To Define Speech A Trump-appointed judge just dismissed a lawsuit by Elon Musk’s X seeking to void a New York state law requiring social media companies to disclose how they define and monitor hate speech, extremism, harassment, foreign political interference and disinformation. U.S. District Judge J...

Judge Crushes Maryland Democrats' Gerrymandering Games - Judge Crushes Maryland Democrats' Gerrymandering Games Submitted by Maryland Freedom Caucus Annapolis Democrats spent months insisting there was nothing to see here. On Tuesday, a Maryland judge told them otherwise — in writing, and in language sharper than anyone expected. The bottom line: a circuit court judge just ruled that House Bill 2100, the constitutional amendment Gover...

Your Tax Dollars At Work: Georgia Teacher Creates 'Fart Corner' In Classroom, Calls It The 'Gas Station' - Your Tax Dollars At Work: Georgia Teacher Creates 'Fart Corner' In Classroom, Calls It The 'Gas Station' An Atlanta elementary school teacher has created a designated “fart corner” where students can pass gas without leaving class or interrupting lessons, according to NBC. Second grade teacher Candy Sydney Browning calls the area the “gas station,” while the specific spot is know...

Judge says Trump administration’s blacklist of Anthropic was illegal - The Trump administration violated Anthropic’s First Amendment rights when it blacklisted the AI company earlier this year, a federal judge ruled late Thursday.

Marvell boosts its forecasts, but the stock slides as Wall Street wonders if there’s more to the story - Analysts are crunching the numbers on Marvell’s recently announced Google deal and how much fresh upside it really offers.

SpaceX’s $100 billion spaceport plan has investors asking where all the money is coming from - The company will need to raise a lot of debt in order to fund its ambitions, according to an analyst.

Is Nvidia heading for $1 trillion in annual revenue? One analyst now thinks that’s possible. - Nvidia’s stock soars higher after earnings.

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

CrowdStrike’s stock jumps after record-breaking earnings. Wall Street is lapping it up. - A number of Wall Street banks, including Jefferies, raised their price targets for the cybersecurity’s stock following its record-breaking results.

Salesforce’s stock rockets 20% and gives the software sector a major lift - Salesforce’s earnings showed that AI isn’t killing traditional software, and that the operators of major AI models are willing to strike partnerships with legacy vendors.

Good Good Golf ad fallout deepens as Callaway ends partnership, retailers pull gear and Golf Channel delays show - A controversial ad from Callaway Golf that was made by Good Good Golf has caused a firestorm online for showing a male player shoving a female golfer to the ground after she attempts to use his driver.

The options market is signaling further gains for the S&P 500, but one indicator is flashing a warning - Options bets and volatility are sending buy signals, which sets up the stock market for a potential upside breakout.

20 stocks likely to lose money even if the bull market continues - Certain stocks are such poor bets that they are likely to lose ground even in bull markets.

Judge blocks Pentagon blacklist of Anthropic as supply chain risk - The Defense Department had barred the U.S. military from using Anthropic's Claude in March

Iran links Hormuz reopening to ending regional wars as Trump reportedly rejects return to June deal - Iran said the conflict in the Gaza Strip has to end, Israel has to withdraw from Lebanon and also halt its attacks on Syria.

OpenAI rolls out ads on select ChatGPT plans in India to boost monetization, support wider access - Ads have been rolled out for free users and those on the 399 rupee ($4) per month 'Go' plan.

S&P 500 futures are little changed as investors count down to Warsh's Jackson Hole address: Live updates - With Thursday's advance, the three major indexes are on track to end the week higher.

Trump ratchets up rhetoric against Beijing as U.S.-China officials meet for Xi's Washington visit - U.S. and Chinese officials met in Beijing this week, despite the White House's tough talk on China.

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

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

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

China needs U.S. dollars but is building a hedge against Washington’s sanctions - The U.S. can pressure Chinese banks over Iran through access to its financial system, while Beijing is building alternatives such as CIPS.

Bessent could tap near $1 trillion Treasury General Account to fund bond buybacks, sources said - Using the TGA would provide the Treasury with considerable firepower to influence long-term bond yields.

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

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

Gold's niche status means big upside if investors pile in - By Jack RyanBloomberg NewsThursday, August 27, 2026 Gold is by some measures one of the biggest asset classes around, but its size obscures a market that would struggle to absorb billions of dollars from nervous bond investors without a sharp rise in prices. More than $30 trillion of the metal is estimated to exist above ground. Earlier this year the dominant London spot market saw well over $1...

China plans a gold-convertible renminbi to internationalize it - How a Chinese Gold Vault Network Could Bolster Yuan's Role Julie ZhangSouth China Morning Post, Hong KongTuesday, August 25, 2026 https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3365092/gold-strategy-why-chinese-global-network-vaults-would-bolster-yuans-trade-role China is building a global network of gold vaults and accelerating central bank reserve buying as part of efforts to promote th...

Ghana bars unrefined artisanal gold dore exports from September 1 - By Emmanuel BruceReutersTuesday, August 25, 2026 Ghana's GoldBod has ordered that artisanal gold dore purchased by self-financing aggregators for export must be refined ​locally from September 1, effectively banning exports of unrefined ‌dore under those arrangements, according to a statement. The directive is the latest step in GoldBod's tightening grip on Ghana's vast artisanal gold sector, m...

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

Inflation Exacts its Pound of Flesh: How Americans Earned their Income from All Sources except Capital Gains - Income from wages & salaries, small businesses & farms, rentals, dividends, interest, and from the government.

How Americans Spent their Trillions of Inflation-Adjusted Dollars on Goods & Services and How that Changed since 2015 - Spending on healthcare services, which blew by housing in 2023, continues to soar. But the big splurge on recreational goods & vehicles flipped this year.

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

What Is A "Legal Tender Law"? And, Is It A Problem? - What is a legal tender law? Over the years, there has been some discussion about “legal tender laws” in the United States. I talked to a legal expert about it, and discovered – as I suspected – that ...

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, ...

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

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

Connecticut's new lawsuit against Kalshi piles on to prediction market legal fight - The courtroom combat across state and federal courts is so far producing roughly split outcomes, suggesting a big job may be coming for the Supreme Court.

Ethena surges as buyback vote, VC unlock overhaul boost token outlook - The changes aim to cut investor selling pressure and channel protocol revenue to ENA as Ethena looks to revive USDe growth.

GTA 6 leaker cashes out of his own memecoin hours before Rockstar's gameplay reveal - The token hit a $25 million market cap on the back of nine days of unreleased Grand Theft Auto VI footage. Its creator has now sold his stack — hours before Rockstar's first official gameplay reveal.

Polish Olympic chief arrested as prosecutors probe suspected crypto-linked bribe - Prosecutors are probing allegations that Zondacrypto's CEO gave Radosław Piesiewicz a 40,000 euro watch for help with regulatory hurdles.

MoonPay’s newest integration lets AI agents handle crypto lending on Solana -
240 UK taxpayers made more than $1.3 million each from crypto holdings in fiscal 2025 - For the first time, the U.K.'s tax office broke out crypto capital gains figures, showing 17,600 people reported $1.87 billion in profits during the 2024-2025 tax year.

Crypto for Advisors: How staking on Ethereum is changing in 2026 -
Clearing firm RQD* raises $74 million as Wall Street prepares for tokenized markets - Bain Capital led the investment in the U.S. clearing and custody firm, which plans to expand its digital asset and tokenization infrastructure.

Crypto traders brace for Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech - One analyst expects Warsh to take a tough line on inflation, but still sees the Fed holding off on rate hikes until at least after the November mid-term elections.

The Clarity Act will put Main Street banks at a disadvantage - The Blockchain Association’s Summer Mersinger dismisses the harm to community banks in defending the stablecoin rewards language in the Clarity Act, says community banker Nate Franzén.

UK Gives Bank of England New Stablecoin Innovation Mandate - The U.K. government plans to give the Bank of England a new secondary objective to support innovation in payments, including stablecoins and other forms of digital settlement. Financial stability will remain the central bank’s primary mandate. Lucy Rigby Backs New Bank of England Mandate for Digital Finance The U.K. is moving to give the Bank […]

NZ’s ACT Party Proposes Waiving Capital Gains Tax on Crypto - ACT, a party with the fourth-largest representation in the New Zealand Parliament, is campaigning to modernize digital finance rules, proposing regulation to waive crypto gains tax on qualified assets held for over a year and to exempt low-value purchases made with crypto assets. ACT Proposes New Rule For Digital Assets In Campaign Reform Pledge Cryptocurrency […]

Bitcoin Mining Consumes 30% of Paraguay Energy, Analysts Reveal - During the “Accelerating Bitcoin” conference, experts debated how current bitcoin mining operations would affect the Paraguayan grid, warning of a possible generation crisis by 2029 if bitcoin mining energy consumption grows moderately, as it currently accounts for 30% of the country’s energy production. Paraguayan Grid Could Face Crisis By 2029 Due To Bitcoin Mining Operations […]

Polymarket Pulls NFL Contracts, Certifies Bitcoin Bets The Same Day - Polymarket’s US-serving platform withdrew both of its NFL player participation filings on Aug. 26, one day after certifying them with the CFTC and one day before the listing date it had given the agency. On the same day, the exchange certified bitcoin, ether, and solana price contracts. Both sets were filed as swaps in the […]

Trump Media Drops ‘Truth Predict’ Buildout, Chooses Crypto.com Instead - Trump Media has abandoned plans to build a prediction market directly into Truth Social, opting instead to market Crypto.com’s existing prediction products to its users. Trump Media Scraps Original Prediction Market Idea for New Partnership with Crypto.com The shift effectively kills the original version of Truth Predict before launch and offers a revealing look at […]

Prosecution for Forging Court Order, Purportedly from Chief Justice Roberts - Bloomberg News (Jordan Fischer) seems to have broken the story. Culver is also accused of impersonating an NSA agent, a… The post Prosecution for Forging Court Order, Purportedly from Chief Justice Roberts appeared first on Reason.com.

No Anti-Stalking Order Against Rabbi Based on His Actions Opposing Anti-Israel Protest - From the long opinion in Rokhvand v. Herzfeld, decided by D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Roy McLeese, joined by Judges… The post No Anti-Stalking Order Against Rabbi Based on His Actions Opposing Anti-Israel Protest appeared first on Reason.com.

Idiocracy Predicted Our World, But Not in the Way You Think - Mike Judge's cult classic turns 20 and remains prescient about how we live today, especially outside of politics.

Getting Rid of Flock Isn't Enough To Solve America's Surveillance Problem - Civil liberties advocates warn that Americans’ privacy and surveillance concerns won’t be solved without strong legal protections.

Gavin Newsom Admits He Might Keep Tariffs? - Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss tariffs, tech moral panics, social media harms, video games, Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, AI-written journalism, and America’s $40 trillion debt.

Video Games Are Not Making Men Miserable - Video games, pornography, and gambling: One of these things just doesn't belong!

Court Rejects Harassment Lawsuit Over Anti-Israel Speech at CUNY, Largely on First Amendment Grounds - In Goldstein v. CUNY, a Jewish Israeli professor at the Borough of Manhattan Community College—part of the City University of… The post Court Rejects Harassment Lawsuit Over Anti-Israel Speech at CUNY, Largely on First Amendment Grounds appeared first on Reason.com.

A 90-Day Waiver on Beef Tariffs Won't Rescue America's Cattle Industry - It will take more than three months to fix the problems plaguing the American beef industry.

This Federal Case Against Minnesota Protesters Is Worth Watching if You Care About Your Civil Liberties - The tentacles of the Trump administration’s domestic spying apparatus are being revealed—and their reach is alarming.

Ron DeSantis Says Flock Cameras Are 'Out of Control,' But Florida's Already Flooded With Surveillance - Florida police departments have been adding drones, facial recognition technology, and license plate readers to their arsenals for years.

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

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

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

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

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

EFF Statement on Meta Settlement - Under this settlement, young users will now have less access to Meta products, and a lesser ability to exercise their rights to speak, access information and art and culture, associate and form communities, and play. The settlement also embeds age assurance into every product, mandating the collection of even more personal information from users of all ages; this enshrines Meta's harmful survei...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Indiana’s First Financial to buy Illinois bank for $111.3M - Acquiring Hickory Point Bank and Trust will give the Hoosier State lender eight added branches in central Illinois and boost its asset total to $6.9 billion.

ICBA CEO: ‘No middle ground’ on closing Clarity Act’s stablecoin loophole - Deposit flight concerns have ramped up as the regulatory apparatus becomes more “lenient” and new paths such as trust charters and skinny master accounts are embraced, ICBA’s CEO said.

Boston fintech incubator seeks funding boost - Qubic Labs has supported about 70 companies and helped raise $40 million for blockchain and digital asset-related projects. After running into funding issues, it’s turning to its community for help.

Trump lawyers blast Capital One’s AML narrative in account closures - The bank “reviewed and cleared” Trump-connected transactions – only to re-examine them and decide to debank the president before gathering evidence, attorneys argued.

U.S. unit's strong results push CIBC's profits higher - The Toronto-based banking giant reported better third-quarter profit growth and credit quality south of the border than in its core Canadian market.

Chase Home Lending Mortgage issues $378.7 million RMBS - This marks the second transaction from the shelf, backed by 651 first-lien, fully amortizing fixed-rate mortgages.

OCC and FDIC finalize narrower bank supervision procedures - The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Thursday finalized new rules directing examiners to focus on material financial risks and limiting supervisory lookbacks.

The banks that are embracing tokenized deposits - Whether individually or through consortia, the stablecoin alternative is starting to pick up steam.

For TD Bank, US is source of both profits and headaches - Even as U.S.-Canadian trade relations reached a new low, Canada's second-largest bank reported strong profit growth at its American business.

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.

Regulating stablecoin issuance: permissible entities and activities - Regulatory approaches for stablecoin issuance differ significantly, particularly in terms of the types of entities allowed to issue them and the scope of activities permitted beyond core issuance. These differences are important since additional activities such as lending, staking or providing custody services can alter an entity's risk profile and influence the safeguards needed for its core i...

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

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

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

FDIC Board of Directors Approve New Actions - BOARD MATTERS | AUGUST 27, 2026 FDIC Board of Directors Approve New Actions By notational vote, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Board of Directors today unanimously approved the following matters. Materials and information related to these Board actions are...

Press Release: FDIC-Insured Institutions Reported Return on Assets of 1.37 Percent and Net Income of $90.1 Billion in Second Quarter 2026 - PRESS RELEASE | AUGUST 25, 2026 FDIC-Insured Institutions Reported Return on Assets of 1.37 Percent and Net Income of $90.1 Billion in Second Quarter 2026 ...