Precious Metals and Market News

Gold prices could rally a little on a Fed hike, but a lot on a hold, with $5,000/oz back on the table – Jesse Columbo - (Kitco News) – If the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates by 25 basis points as expected on Wednesday afternoon, gold could still see a mild relief rally on the removal of lingering uncertainty. But if the central bank ignores market expectations and votes to hold rates steady, gold prices could surge higher as they begin a march back to $5000, according to Jesse Colombo, independent prec...

Gold could do well as Trump admin and Fed face a reckoning over interest rates - Commerzbank - (Kitco News) - The gold market continues to see solid selling as U.S. bond yields push to their highest levels in nearly two decades, driven in part by expectations that persistent inflation pressures are forcing the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.

Rosenberg says one Fed hike isn't the mistake, five would be - (Kitco News) - At a level not seen since before the 2008 Great Financial Crisis, the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield has broken above 5% as markets prepare for higher interest rates. Looking ahead, famed economist David Rosenberg says the bigger risk isn't Wednesday's expected Federal Reserve rate hike; it's the series of hikes the market has started pricing in beyond it.

Tomorrow’s Fed hike could be ‘one-and-done’ if inflation data moderates this fall – Natixis - (Kitco News) – While the Federal Reserve is likely to deliver the first rate hike of the Warsh era at the conclusion of tomorrow’s FOMC meeting, it may also be the only hike of this cycle if price pressures moderate through the final quarter of 2026, according to Natixis.Economists Christopher Hodge and Selin Aker wrote in Natixis’ FOMC preview that they believe Fed Chair Kevin Warsh will annou...

Silver price steadies, gold price falls as oil shock lifts rate pressure - Kitco AM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold  prices are lower and spot silver prices are modestly higher in early U.S. trading Tuesday, as the Federal Reserve begins its two-day policy meeting with oil prices elevated, Treasury yields near multiyear highs and markets heavily positioned for a 25-basis-point rate hike.

Gold price struggling to catch a bid as New York Fed's Empire State survey drops to 7.6 - (Kitco News) - Although gold prices are off their session lows, the market is struggling to attract safe-haven interest even as the U.S. manufacturing sector continues to struggle, according to the latest report from the New York Federal Reserve.

CME’s 24/7 silver futures debut with $15 million traded in first weekend - (Kitco News) - In a world of heightened economic uncertainty, investors continue to embrace the ability to own and trade safe-haven assets 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as CME Group announces the successful launch of its 24/7 silver contract.

Gold is the 'North Star' in a world drowning in debt - Sprott’s Ryan McIntyre - (Kitco News) - The gold market is starting the new trading week at a one-month low with prices dropping below $4,300 an ounce and the precious metal faces further downside risks as the Federal Reserve rate hike this week, but according to one fund manager, investors focused on the next 25-basis-point move are missing the much bigger picture.

Gold faces rising yield threat as 10-year Treasury approaches 5%, but debasement demand provides support - (Kitco News) - Gold prices are facing growing near-term headwinds as surging U.S. bond yields and increasingly hawkish monetary policy expectations raise the opportunity cost of holding a non-yielding asset.

Gold price fall nearly 2% as oil surge and near-5% Treasury yields bolster Fed rate-hike expectations - Kitco AM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are seeing significant selling pressure Monday morning as rising bond yields and surging energy prices strengthen expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this week, overwhelming safe-haven demand generated by escalating geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East.

A Speech For The Ages: Bobby Kennedy Lays Waste To 'Democrats' - A Speech For The Ages: Bobby Kennedy Lays Waste To 'Democrats' Authored by Tim Donner via Liberty Nation, No one who lived through it will ever forget Nov. 22, 1963, that day of infamy when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. It was the story of the century. Few will remember that, on that same day, legendary author and theologian C.S. Lewis also died; a story that would h...

Manufacturers Set To Move Production Out Of Canada As US Tariffs Hit Hard - Manufacturers Set To Move Production Out Of Canada As US Tariffs Hit Hard The circumstances of US/Canadian trade should be common knowledge by now, but the details often get mired in the swamp of political rhetoric.  When Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney describes the tariff issue as the US "waging war" on Canada, he knows exactly what he's doing.  Carney has turned a simple tra...

Senate Blocks Clarity Act As Cloture Falls Short Of 60 Votes - Senate Blocks Clarity Act As Cloture Falls Short Of 60 Votes The Senate on Tuesday failed to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, falling short of the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633. The vote, held at about 2:15 p.m. ET, was the first floor test of comprehensive crypto market-structure legislation in the chamber. It was not a vote o...

"High Crimes And Misdemeanors": Massie Forces House Vote To Impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth - "High Crimes And Misdemeanors": Massie Forces House Vote To Impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Tuesday introduced privileged articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, accusing him of waging an unauthorized war in Iran, ignoring a congressional directive to end it, conducting extrajudicial killings at sea, retaliating against...

Thune "Open To Exploring" Diesel Export Ban As Skyrocketing Prices Raise Fears Of 2008-Style Shock - Thune "Open To Exploring" Diesel Export Ban As Skyrocketing Prices Raise Fears Of 2008-Style Shock Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters this morning that he is "open to exploring" a diesel export ban as AAA's national average price for the industrial fuel continues to set new highs, now topping $6.27 a gallon. *THUNE SAYS HE IS 'OPEN TO CONSIDERING' AN EXPORT BAN ON ...

Japanese Bond Yields Surge To 30 Year High On Report Tokyo May Hike Defense Spending To 3.5% Of GDP - Japanese Bond Yields Surge To 30 Year High On Report Tokyo May Hike Defense Spending To 3.5% Of GDP Just in case Japan's bond yields weren't high enough already, Bloomberg reports that Japan is considering a new mid-term defense spending target of 3.5% of GDP in line with NATO and other US allies. Such a move would send a shockwave through financial markets concerned about Prime Mi...

Terrible 20Y Auction Prices With Huge Tail, Lowest Foreign Demand On Record - Terrible 20Y Auction Prices With Huge Tail, Lowest Foreign Demand On Record Earlier today during his grilling in Congress, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was asked to explain the recent spike in yields, to which his response was to blame oil, and point out that last week's 10Y and 30Y auctions were both stellar. Which they were... but only because they took place on days when yie...

Energy Truce In Shambles: Ukraine Strikes Russian Refinery Despite Trump's Warning Amid Global Diesel Crisis - Energy Truce In Shambles: Ukraine Strikes Russian Refinery Despite Trump's Warning Amid Global Diesel Crisis President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X that Ukrainian forces struck the Syzran refinery in Russia's Samara region, about 75 miles west of Samara and 466 miles southeast of Moscow. The strike comes days after President Trump urged Ukraine to halt attacks on Russian refinerie...

AI Agents Cheated In Google Experiment, Researchers Report - AI Agents Cheated In Google Experiment, Researchers Report Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Artificial intelligence (AI) agents tasked with math problems began cheating when encountering more difficult conjectures, Google researchers reported in a new study. They also found that some of the agents reported those that cheated. Google DeepMind studied the activit...

Warsh’s Credibility Test: How The Fed Chair Painted Himself Into A Corner - Warsh’s Credibility Test: How The Fed Chair Painted Himself Into A Corner Only about two weeks ago, downside risk to the labor market had been flagged by a negative nonfarm payroll growth number for July, progress was being made on the inflation front, and Warsh had been exceptionally quiet for a Fed Chair. Consequently, markets were pricing in a low probability for a rate hike in ...

Oracle’s stock falls for the fifth day in a row — missing out on the AI bounce - Chip stocks linked to OpenAI rebounded a bit on Tuesday, but Oracle shares extended their losses.

Dow clinches its worst September start since 2008 as history repeats itself - The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday posted its worst performance during the first 10 days of September since 2008.

Top Senate Republican floats a diesel export ban as prices soar. It might not work. - With diesel prices hitting a record $6.27 a gallon, Washington is talking about a maneuver that could ultimately make matters worse.

Is the shingles vaccine the secret to living longer and delaying dementia? Here’s what the science says. - A growing body of research suggests Shingrix can reduce the risk of heart disease and delay dementia.

The Fed’s expected interest-rate hike on Wednesday could be the start of something more troubling for investors - Investors are largely anticipating the Fed will raise its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, but a single rate hike is not what’s creating angst on Wall Street.

SpaceX’s Starship is finally set for orbit. A lot is riding on its success. - Next week, SpaceX plans for Starship to complete six orbits of the Earth during a nearly 10-hour flight.

Book your Thanksgiving and Christmas travel now — or risk getting priced out of flying home for the holidays - Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas are still months away — but travel experts are advising those heading home for the holidays to book their flights now.

The future of retirement? Work until you die. - Social Security, once seen as “old-age insurance,” will eventually disappear, this author predicts.

Stocks have so far survived rising Treasury yields. But that may be about to change. - Strong earnings growth has cushioned the stock market from rising yields. But ever-rising bond rates may eventually take a toll.

AI stocks are rebounding. One analyst says there’s no spending slowdown in sight. - Customers are signing multiyear deals for chips and more: “That’s not what the front end of a downturn looks like.”

Iran war has cost on average $246 million per day in its first five months, CBO finds - The Congressional Budget Office calculated the Defense Department's Iran war cost through Aug. 1 at $38.1 billion.

Trump says Kennedy Center will stay closed without renovation unless his name is added back - The ruling comes four months after the same judge ordered that the Kennedy Center could not be renamed to include President Trump's name.

Senate cloture vote on Clarity Act fails, dealing regulatory blow to crypto industry - The Senate on Tuesday voted to block the Clarity Act from advancing, dealing a blow to the crypto industry's push for a comprehensive market framework.

Stocks post back-to-back losses as oil surges, 10-year yield hits 19-year high: Live updates - The major averages closed lower on Monday as higher bond yields and oil prices kept the market under pressure.

Americans' incomes rose and poverty fell in 2025, Census Bureau says - The data comes as the Federal Reserve is considering interest-rate increases that could slow economic growth.

Counting the votes: Warsh faces a tough battle as the Fed girds for expected interest rate hike - Traders were pricing in a better than 92% probability of a rate increase, as well as a more than 75% chance for another one in December.

Inflation is outpacing wage growth again, squeezing Americans’ paychecks - In August, consumer prices rose 3.4% over the past year while wages increased just 3.1%.

Consumer outlook plunges in September as inflation outlook worsens - The survey's headline index hit a level of 47.8, down 7.5% from the August reading and off 13.2% from a year ago.

Record U.S. cyclosporiasis outbreak is over, CDC says - The largest outbreak, linked to shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms, sickened more than 12,000 people.

Inflation persisted in August, potentially locking in a Fed interest rate hike - The all-items consumer price index was expected to rise 0.4% in August, with core, excluding food and energy, showing a 0.2% gain, according to the Dow Jones consensus.

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...

Sound money groups publish annual review - From the Sound Money Defense League, Eagle, IdahoMonday, September 14, 2026 Three pro-gold and silver groups have teamed up to present the second edition of the Sound Money Review, a scholarly journal dedicated to advancing principles of sound money. The Sound Money Review, presented by Money Metals, Sound Money Defense League, and Sound Money Foundation, showcases compelling and relevant resea...

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.

Money-Market Funds & CDs: Americans Pile on Low-Risk Investments despite so-so Yields & Higher Inflation - The interplay of risk and inflation.

The 10-Year Treasury Yield Briefly Makes it over 5%. Last Time, 5% Instantly Opened the Floodgates of Demand - But 5% was considered normal to low in the decades before the Fed’s financial repression kicked off in 2008.

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, ...

The $1 Trump coins are here. Why spending them is legal but tricky - The U.S. Mint began selling $1 Trump coins Wednesday. Why it matters: The Trump coin sits in a rare middle ground: The Mint is promoting it as a collectible, but under federal law, it has a face value ...

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, ...

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 ...

Crypto stocks sink after Senate rejects Clarity Act - Coinbase, Circle and Galaxy lead a broad crypto stock selloff after the U.S. Senate failed to advance a long-awaited market structure bill.

Crypto industry reacts after Clarity Act fails Senate vote - One of the most crucial U.S. regulations for crypto markets couldn't secure enough support to clear the Senate's final 60-vote hurdle.

Crypto Clarity Act flames out in failed U.S. Senate vote - The years-long effort to set U.S. regulations for crypto markets couldn't muster enough support to make the leap over the Senate's final 60-vote hurdle.

Solana lender Kamino taps fintech veteran Michael Weisz as CEO for massive U.S. expansion - Michael Weisz will lead Kamino from a new New York headquarters as the DeFi lender is expanding into tokenized assets.

Crypto Clarity Act barrels toward disappointment barring last-minute Senate turnaround - As the parties dig in their heels, the market structure bill hasn't yet amassed the votes it would need to clear the first Senate hurdle scheduled for Tuesday.

European Central Bank calls for merchants to participate in digital euro pilot - The 12-month test will put a beta version of the central bank currency through online, mobile, in-store and peer-to-peer payments.

Clarity Act's odds of passing plunge as Republicans reject Democrats' counter-proposal - Prediction markets sharply marked down the crypto market structure bill’s near-term prospects as negotiations remained stuck hours before a key Senate vote.

A hacker turned 25 cents of bitcoin into 46 billion fake BTC tokens on a DeFi bridge - Two software bugs allowed the attacker to create more than 2,000 times Bitcoin’s maximum supply in unbacked syBTC. Symbiosis puts preliminary losses at 9.97 BTC.

Standard Chartered predicts Arbitrum's ARB to rise 70-fold to $10, citing Robinhood Chain revenue - The bank expects tokenization to make Arbitrum a favored network for traditional finance, even though ARB holders currently have no direct claim on the fees.

To ensure permanent economic innovation, we must pass the Clarity Act now - Congress needs 60 Senators willing to put innovation first and provide critical relief to the digital asset industry, argues Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.)

CLARITY Act Isn’t Dead, but Washington Is Running Out of Calendar - The CLARITY Act finally reached its first real Senate floor test Tuesday and promptly hit a wall. Senators voted 49-50 against cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633, leaving the crypto market-structure bill 11 votes short of the 60 needed to advance. The bill isn’t technically dead, but with Congress racing toward its […]

Tokenized RWAs Hit $46.7B as Ethereum Holds Nearly Half the Market - The tokenized real-world asset market has expanded to $46.7 billion, up 17.4 times in three years, with growth spreading across credit funds, gold, stocks, and multiple blockchains. RWA Market Grows 17-Fold as Onchain Liquidity Deepens Tokenized real-world assets have crossed a new milestone, with the onchain market reaching $46.7 billion, as of Sept. 15, as […]

CLARITY Act Made 126 Concessions and Still Couldn’t Get 60 Votes - The Senate’s first full-floor test of comprehensive crypto market-structure legislation ended before the bill itself was even debated. On Sept. 15, senators failed to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, after the opposition reached the point where 60 votes became mathematically impossible. Among those voting […]

Dinari Powers Bitcoin.com’s U.S. Launch of Tokenized Equities - The integration brings Dinari’s tokenized U.S. equities to eligible Bitcoin.com users in the United States and demonstrates a turnkey embedded model that can extend to broker-dealers and other financial platforms. Earlier this year, Dinari and Bitcoin.com announced a partnership to bring tokenized U.S. equities and ETFs directly into the Bitcoin.com Wallet. Today, that integration is […]

Bitcoin Miner Bitdeer Adds 65.1MW for Nvidia AI as Pipeline Hits $7B - Bitdeer has secured another 65.1 megawatts of AI data-center capacity in Malaysia, taking its committed AI Cloud footprint to about 206.5 MW. The expansion underscores how bitcoin miners are increasingly using their power infrastructure to chase potentially larger and more predictable AI revenues. Bitdeer Adds 65.1 MW in Malaysia as AI Expansion Accelerates Bitdeer is […]

Rent Control's Revenge - While San Francisco's mayor calls for more rent control, Providence's mayor loses his primary for opposing the policy.

The Trump Administration Shut Down a Police Misconduct Database. Now It's Facing a FOIA Lawsuit - The White House said the database tracking misconduct by federal law enforcement officers was "full of woke, anti-police concepts."

Journal of Free Speech Law: "Gags and Grievance: The Labor Origins of Whistleblowing," by Sarah Milov - Part of a Knight First Amendment Institute Symposium on Managing Government Employee Speech in a Democracy, which the Journal is publishing.

Distortion by Omission: The New York Times and "Pro-Palestine" Demonstrations - If you are someone who gets their news primarily from the New York Times and NPR, as many liberal-leaning Americans… The post Distortion by Omission: The New York Times and "Pro-Palestine" Demonstrations appeared first on Reason Magazine.

How To Get Your Government File - The Freedom of Information Act gives Americans the right to see what records the government has on any subject—including you.

UAE, the Muslim Brotherhood, RICO, and Defamation - From Nada v. United Arab Emirates, decided by Judge Amy Berman Jackson (D.D.C.) today: Plaintiffs Hazim Nada and his privately… The post UAE, the Muslim Brotherhood, RICO, and Defamation appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Thomas Massie Just Filed 8 Articles of Impeachment Against Pete Hegseth - The Kentucky congressman says he will force a vote on removing Hegseth, who is accused of "abusing the power of his office to ignore congressional war powers resolutions, to kidnap foreign leaders, and to intimidate critics of the Trump administration."

Study: Reimbursing Victims of Police Property Damage Would Cost Very Little - And yet governments deny reimbursement claims more often than approving them, according to the Institute for Justice.

No Closed Trial for Billion-Dollar Maine Lottery Winner Suing Over Alleged Violation of Non-Disclosure Agreement - I have more details on this morning's First Circuit decision (written by Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson) in Doe v. Smith… The post No Closed Trial for Billion-Dollar Maine Lottery Winner Suing Over Alleged Violation of Non-Disclosure Agreement appeared first on Reason Magazine.

"Mo Money Mo Problems": No Pseudonymity for Maine Lottery Winner Suing Over Alleged Violation of Non-Disclosure Agreement - "[O]ur precedent makes paramount the principle of transparency as a bulwark of the effectiveness of our judicial system and the public's trust in it."

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...

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...

California: Tell the Governor to Stand Up for Net Neutrality, Affordability, and Public Safety - The federal government has inserted a provision into a funding deal with the state of California that would make the state abandon its gold standard net neutrality law, broadband affordability laws, and public safety protections. Doing so would be a huge step back for California, and would actually end up being more expensive for Californians in the long run. Tell the governor to reject this pr...

The High Crime of “LMAO”: How Cops Are Treating Mass Surveillance As a Joke - Here's a riddle: Why did a Goshen Police Department officer search 6,474 automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks, representing data from 82,413 cameras, on May 7, 2025?  If your answer is "I don't know," it turns out you're 100% correct. The officer left the letters "idk" in the search field where cops are supposed to document the reason for the search. When law enforcement and tech sale...

Governor Newsom Signs Student-Backed Digital Literacy Bills Alongside Misguided Bans - Governor Newsom signed a package of 12 bills yesterday aimed at “protecting children” online. One of them was AB 1709, which EFF has opposed this legislative session and serves as a functional ban on young people under 16 using social media. However, EFF supported two of the bills signed into law, AB 2071 and AB 2298, which require that children learn critical digital literacy and cybersecurity...

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.

Public Invited to Select Their Favorite Neighborhood Businesses to Compete in Annual South Side Pitch - CHICAGO—Public input determines one of the lucky finalists for this year’s South Side Pitch. For the 13th year in a row, South Side entrepreneurs will […] The post Public Invited to Select Their Favorite Neighborhood Businesses to Compete in Annual South Side Pitch appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Innovative Hybrid Homeschool Program Fights for the Right to Teach After Being Wrongly Labeled as a Childcare Center - PITTSBURGH—Katy Duckstein created Roots Academy to work with other homeschool parents to provide instruction and socialization. Operating in Pittsburgh’s northern suburbs, Roots is an innovative […] The post Innovative Hybrid Homeschool Program Fights for the Right to Teach After Being Wrongly Labeled as a Childcare Center 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

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.”

Truist to exit near-prime auto lending, sell $5.5B in loans - New CEO Mike Lyons has added “a lot of urgency and intensity” around a strategic review the bank is conducting, CFO Mike Maguire said Tuesday.

Citizens Bank accuses SoFi of poaching 30 mortgage employees - Six Connecticut-based Citizens employees resigned in a 49-minute span after their manager signaled his exit, the bank said. An additional talent migration in Texas shows a “pattern of racketeering,” Citizens said.

SMBC revs up recruiting in Charlotte - To add 2,000 jobs over the next six years, the Japanese bank is visiting college campuses near the North Carolina city to build its talent pipeline and offering experienced workers the chance to put their stamp on something new.

Amex accelerates its encroachment on business banking - A high-yield savings account, incentive marketing and artificial intelligence-powered payroll are new additions to a long-standing strategy to lure clients away from fintechs and banks.

Wyoming bank has been offline a week due to cyber incident - Seven of eight offices are open; debit cards are capped at $1,000 a day; and the bank's website is down. The bank has given no restoration date.

Crypto market structure bill fails in Senate vote, 49-50 - The Senate failed to invoke cloture on the crypto market structure bill, known as the CLARITY Act, by a vote of 49-50. The procedural vote would have opened floor time for debate on the legislation, and its failure to pass likely means the bill will not be reconsidered until next Congress.

A New Orleans bank opens its doors as de novo pace quickens - Nola Bank is the seventh new institution to open in 2026, with another two set to start in the next few months.

How to apply for the Best Places to Work in Fintech 2027 - The annual ranking showcases financial technology companies that receive high marks from their employees.

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 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

Agencies reduce regulatory burden for community banks, increase eligibility for 18-month exam cycle - Agencies reduce regulatory burden for community banks, increase eligibility for 18-month exam cycle

Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with United Texas Bank, Quontic Bank Acquisition Corp., and Quontic Bank Holdings Corp. - Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with United Texas Bank, Quontic Bank Acquisition Corp., and Quontic Bank Holdings Corp.

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...