Precious Metals and Market News

Gold price rebounds above $4,340 as lower oil eases rate pressure - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are sharply higher in late-afternoon U.S. trading Thursday, as a softer U.S. dollar, lower crude oil prices and easing Treasury yields helped precious metals extend their rebound after the Federal Reserve’s first rate hike in more than 3 years.

Gold is the ‘truth teller’ as U.S. debt spirals; buy gold with your $5,000 check - Jeff Sarti - (Kitco News) - The Federal Reserve’s commitment to bring inflation down to its 2% target is creating some much-needed confidence in the long end of the yield curve as 10-year bond yields fall back below 5.00%; however, according to one fund manager, gold remains the ultimate safe-haven insurance play.

If Warsh represents most Fed voters, more hikes could be on the way – Natixis - (Kitco News) – The Federal Reserve may be leaning more hawkish than recent Fedspeak seemed to suggest, and yesterday’s rate hike could be followed by another before the year is out, according to Natixis.In their latest note, economists Christopher Hodge and Selin Aker characterized yesterday’s decision by the FOMC to raise rates for the first time since 2023 as “the path of least resistance.”

Gold price holding near session highs as US pending home sales rise 0.3% - (Kitco News) - The gold market continues to trade near its session highs, solidly above $4,300 an ounce, and could see further safe-haven demand as the U.S. housing sector remains extremely fragile, with the number of consumers starting the process of buying a new home stalling, according to the latest report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

Gold, silver rise as yields ease after Warsh’s Fed hike - Kitco AM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are higher in early U.S. trading Thursday, as lower crude oil prices and a modest pullback in Treasury yields helped precious metals recover after the Federal Reserve delivered its first rate hike in three years and signaled that more tightening may still be needed.

Philly Fed survey can't derail gold's momentum - (Kitco News) - The gold market is once again holding its own above critical near-term support, even as the U.S. manufacturing sector appears to be more resilient than economists had expected, according to the latest regional data from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve.

Gold price at $4,370/oz after U.S. weekly jobless claims fall to 196k - (Kitco News) - Gold prices are trading near session highs 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 price near high after U.S. housing starts fall 2.6%, building permits fall 2.7% in August - (Kitco News) - Gold prices are trading near session highs this morning after the latest data showed the U.S. housing market delivering a weaker-than-expected performance last month.Housing starts fell 2.6% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.275 million units, the Commerce Department announced on Thursday. The data was worse than expected as economists looked for a rise to 1.310 m...

Gold catches a bid as BoE leaves interest rates unchanged - (Kitco News) - The gold market is trading just off its session highs after the Bank of England decided to leave interest rates unchanged following its September monetary policy meeting.

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

Futures Flat Ahead Of Massive $7 Trillion Quad-Witching As Yields Resume Rise - Futures Flat Ahead Of Massive $7 Trillion Quad-Witching As Yields Resume Rise US stock futures are little changed on Friday, with big tech stocks rising while sentiment is supported by another modest decline in oil prices; a near-record $7 trillion quad-witching and index rebalances add to Friday's set-up. US tariff-delay hopes, a flattening US curve and softer diesel and WTI price...

Winter Is Coming: Saudis Warn European Refiners Of Crude Shipment Disruptions Next Month - Winter Is Coming: Saudis Warn European Refiners Of Crude Shipment Disruptions Next Month Hopes earlier this week that Saudi Arabia could restore roughly half the capacity of its East-West pipeline and resume crude loadings for Europe faded by the end of the week. The pipeline bypasses the Strait of Hormuz and carries crude to a Red Sea export terminal, making its recovery critical ...

Students In UK Ordered To Undertake White Privilege Training - Students In UK Ordered To Undertake White Privilege Training Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Britain's universities have started the new term the only way the education establishment knows how: by sitting 18-year-olds down and asking them to confess their "White privilege" before they are even allowed to unpack in halls. The same system that cannot keep White Briti...

Exxon Eyes Venezuela Return Nearly Two Decades After Nationalization Exit - Exxon Eyes Venezuela Return Nearly Two Decades After Nationalization Exit ExxonMobil is negotiating a return to Venezuela's Orinoco Belt, eyeing the Petromonagas heavy-oil project and neighboring Carabobo assets, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. No deal has been finalized, and Exxon and state oil company PDVSA did not immediately respond to Reuter...

Truancy Is Now A Mental Health Condition In Britain - Truancy Is Now A Mental Health Condition In Britain Authored by Mary Gilleece via The Daily Sceptic, Bunking off school used to be called truancy, but now 'Emotional Based School Avoidance', or EBSA, has joined the ever-growing list of supposed mental health conditions afflicting the nation's youth... What used to be known as 'truancy' has had a smart rebrand to EBSA. Pronounce...

Midwest Braces For Diesel Crisis After Exxon's Joliet Refinery Suffers Disruption - Midwest Braces For Diesel Crisis After Exxon's Joliet Refinery Suffers Disruption A major refinery in the US Midwest went offline this week after a power outage, adding to global refining disruptions as US diesel prices reach record highs. One of the largest diesel refineries in the Midwest is offline pic.twitter.com/JSwuHrNfBw — zerohedge (@zerohedge) September 18, 2026 Exxon Mo...

IRGC Announces Attack On Another Tanker In Hormuz, As Trump Mulls 'Annihilate Them Or Not' Decision - IRGC Announces Attack On Another Tanker In Hormuz, As Trump Mulls 'Annihilate Them Or Not' Decision Update(1755ET): While the White House has signaled it wishes to see 'quiet' in the Strait of Hormuz and de-escalation when it comes to Iran, it doesn't seem heavily sanctioned-Tehran is yet willing to see it that way. Another foreign vessel has reportedly been hit, via Sepha News: ...

The Great Diesel Crisis - How Policy Choices Made The West Vulnerable - The Great Diesel Crisis - How Policy Choices Made The West Vulnerable Authored by Daniel Lacalle, How taxes, regulation, refinery closures, sanctions and declining domestic production turned a geopolitical shock into a diesel-price crisis Do not blame diesel prices on the Iran war or the disruption of the Strait of Hormuz. The geopolitical risk premium attached to oil prices is...

GM Delivers Patriot Missile Parts To Lockheed As Rearmament Supercycle Nears - GM Delivers Patriot Missile Parts To Lockheed As Rearmament Supercycle Nears A congressional report recently found that the US has "probably used" one-half to two-thirds of its missile-defense interceptors during its Iran conflict so far, intensifying new concerns about readiness for another major conflict. The US industrial response is already taking shape to ramp up missile and ...

Putin Explains The Rise Of The AfD As The Consequence Of The EU's Systemic Errors - Putin Explains The Rise Of The AfD As The Consequence Of The EU's Systemic Errors Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Putin was asked about the AfD's recent landslide victory in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt on the sidelines of this year's BRICS Summit in Delhi. While politely declining to address the topic directly, he nevertheless said that "all that is now happening ac...

Why mortgage bonds are set to deteriorate, and possibly hit the whole market, according to this Wall Street expert - A flattening Treasury yield curve is part of the problem for mortgage-backed securities, says Harley Bassman.

Tesla’s upcoming product frenzy could leave investors disappointed - Slower-than-expected robotaxi progress is still a chief concern, according to experts.

Warren Buffett moves further out of the spotlight at Berkshire, as his son is named chairman - Warren Buffett, the investing legend that turned Berkshire Hathaway into an massive conglomerate, has officially stepped aside as chairman after leaving as CEO at the beginning of the year.

Wall Street is betting Trump backs down on Iran — but what if the ‘TACO’ trade fails this time? - For six months, investors had a playbook: when Trump threatens Iran, buy the dip, because he always backs down. But in September, the playbook stopped working.

The 10-year Treasury is having its worst run in over 100 years. Why investors are buying bonds anyway. - “The higher that yields go — for at least new money — it becomes more enticing to think about putting money into bonds,” one strategist notes.

A sideways market and rising earnings are presenting a buying opportunity for this crucial sector - A reset for technology makes the sector more attractive relative to the market, says Truist.

More Americans are about to get scammed by the coming peptide rush - Patients will order these cheaper, unproven products via an 800-number or the internet, skipping appointments with real doctors who can provide accurate diagnoses and proven treatments.

The Fed’s never been so confident on economic growth. What investors should do now, according to KKR. - Members of the Federal Open Market Committee showed their lowest level of worry about gross domestic product growth since it first started releasing its outlook.

The Fed hasn’t been this terse since 2007. What a 130-word statement signals for market stability. - Bank of America calculates this week’s Federal Open Market Committee statement explaining the decision to lift interest rates by a quarter-point as its most terse, at just 130 words, since 2007.

I’m in my 50s. My mother died from Alzheimer’s. Do I need long-term insurance? - “By the time my mother died, the insurance company had paid out almost $600,000.”

Warren Buffett steps down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway: 'Father Time always wins' - Buffett's son Howard will replace him as chairman, as dictated by a long-standing succession plan, Berkshire said.

AI safety debate meets reality at Dreamforce as business leaders say last year's models are enough - At Salesforce's annual mega-conference in San Francisco, attendees said they get enough value from older AI models.

Putin targets Nestle's Russian business as Kremlin tightens grip on Western assets - Nestlé is assessing its options after Russia placed the Swiss food giant’s local assets under temporary external administration.

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Netflix, Nucor, Xenon Pharmaceuticals & more - These are the stocks posting the largest moves premarket.

Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Netflix, Alphabet, Tyson Foods, Yeti, Meta, Amazon & more - Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Friday.

Why Japan’s markets flipped the usual script after central bank rate hike - The yen weakened past 157 against the dollar, the yield on the 10-year Japanese Government Bond slipped, while the Nikkei 225 gained 1.5%.

Bank of England defies Fed’s rate-hike lead, leaving rates unchanged - The Bank of England kept rates steady Thursday, even after U.K. inflation rose to 3.1% and energy costs put pressure on prices.

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

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

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

Deal being negotiated to give U.S. custody of Venezuelan gold, FT says - Venezuela Nears Deal to Tap Disputed $4 Billion Gold Reserve By Geoff Dyer, Ana Rodríguez Brazon, Claire Jones, and Joe DanielsFinancial Times, LondonFriday, September 18, 2026 The Venezuelan government and the country's opposition are close to reaching an agreement to transfer the central bank's gold reserves, worth about $4 billion, from the Bank of England to the Federal Reserve Bank of New ...

Adam Sharp: Gold and silver vs. the Fed - By Adam SharpDaily Reckoning, BaltimoreThursday, September 17, 2026 Yesterday the Federal Reserve increased interest rates by 0.25%. During the press conference, Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh conveyed a hawkish message (meaning the Fed is likely to hike more). Gold and silver fell immediately after the Fed decision to hike. Here’s a chart posted by our buddy Sean Ring yesterday in the Paradigm app. ...

China's US Treasury holdings fall to lowest level since 2008 - By Arjun Neil Alim and Haohsiang KoFinancial Times, LondonThursday, September 17, 2026 China's holdings of US Treasuries have fallen to the lowest since August 2008, underlining a shift in Beijing's management of its reserves and a deepening rift between the world's two largest economies. The value of US government debt held by Chinese investors, as recorded by US banks and custodians, fell to ...

Singapore's gold hub plan gets lift with DBS vault expansion - By Yihui XieBloomberg Newsvia The Straits Times, SingaporeThursday, September 17, 2026 SINGAPORE -- Singapore's push to become a major gold hub is gaining momentum, with DBS Group Holdings adding bullion storage capacity and other banks considering similar moves. DBS, Southeast Asia's largest lender, increased its vaulting space in 2026 to support growing demand from both private wealth and ins...

Stablecoin issuer Tether lends its gold - How many places can Tether's gold occupy at the same time and how much imaginary supply can it create? * * * Tether Gold Loans Swell With $1.5 Billion for US Bullion Dealer By Jack RyanBloomberg NewsWednesday, September 16, 2026 Tether has emerged as a major bullion lender, providing about $1.5 billion in financing to a top US gold dealer after amassing one of the world's largest private hoards...

Treasuries Have Become Badly Unappetizing for Foreign Central Banks & Governments - But opaque foreign financial centers pile on Treasuries, often held by US companies and hedge funds.

Pending Home Sales Stuck Deep in Mud, Edge up from Down-Revised 2nd Lowest on Record, Supply Hits 10-Year+ High - Sales were bad in all regions. But mortgage rates in August were still quite a bit lower than now.

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

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, ...

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 ...

Is Trump’s $1 coin now on sale a legal tender? What the law says - The US Mint has begun selling the 2026 Donald Trump $1 coin, a legal-tender issue marking America’s 250th anniversary. Rolls of 25 cost $61, while 100-coin bags cost $154.50. The coin has a $1 face va ...

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 ...

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 ...

XRP on the brink of a golden cross as focus switches to altcoins - Your day-ahead look for Sept. 18, 2026

Layer-2 and DeFi tokens lead broad crypto advance as post-Fed hike nerves fade - Starknet and arbitrum gained more than 17% while the 10-year Treasury yield slipped back below 5%, with 98 of CoinDesk 100 constituents advancing.

Bitcoin weathers September storm as rate hikes and Clarity act setback test bulls - Bitcoin is down just 1.5% in its historically weakest month and remains on track for its first quarterly gain in a year, despite rising rates, surging oil and a stronger dollar.

Live updates: HYPE leads altcoin rally as bitcoin recovers toward $78,000 - Bitcoin recovered from $75,972 overnight to just below $78,000, a third straight day of gains.

SBI Group backs payments firm dtcpay in $25 million funding round - Stablecoin payments company dtcpay completed a $25 million Series A funding round with a strategic investment from Japan’s SBI Group.

Iran’s Strait of Hormuz toll booth ran through a bitcoin exchange, U.S. says - The U.S. Treasury sanctioned BitBank, a Tehran exchange it says moved hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to the Revolutionary Guards and handled payments collected from ships buying passage through the world’s most important oil chokepoint.

Solana speeds up blocks by 17%, but transaction capacity stays the same - The network is cutting its target slot time to 250 milliseconds, giving apps fresher blockchain data and validators shorter control windows while reducing the amount of work allowed in each slot.

Corporate treasuries bought just 5,900 bitcoin in 3 months. Other demand signals look weak, too. - Corporate treasuries bought just 5,900 bitcoin in three months, while broader demand signals remain weak.

Ethereum confirms Glamsterdam dates, but warns 'fake' builders could stall the chain - Free test ether lets fake builders outbid rivals and withhold transaction payloads, while client teams get half the usual review time before Sepolia.

Ether and XRP ETFs post outflows as crypto majors move higher - Ether funds shed money for a third straight session even as the token rose, while every major gained and zcash extended its run.

XRP Open Interest Is Back Above Pre-CLARITY Levels - Binance traders now hold more XRP in futures contracts than they did before the Senate sank the CLARITY Act on Sept. 15, even with XRP still about 65% below its all-time high. The Number That Came Back Open interest, i.e. the total amount of futures contracts still open, is the cleanest read on how much […]

White Hats Used Anthropic’s Claude to Break Into OpenAI in 72 Hours - A small team of researchers chained three bugs with Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 and ended up inside OpenAI’s private code repository. The whole job took under 72 hours, and OpenAI paid $6,500 for it. The Chain, Link by Link A vulnerable ‘libheif’ library inside Discourse, the forum software, allowed remote code execution (RCE) on the […]

WSJ: Lagarde Blocked Binance’s EU License and Left It Locked Out - The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde personally intervened to keep Binance out of the European Union. Three months after the bid collapsed, the world’s largest exchange is still locked out of the bloc. The Announcement That Never Shipped By late May, Binance’s paperwork was effectively done, so much […]

Saylor Says SEC Exemption Puts Tokenized MSTR and STRC Onchain 24/7 - Michael Saylor says the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new innovation exemption clears tokenized MSTR and STRC to trade onchain around the clock. It is the first live test of the digital credit pitch he has spent a year selling. A Reaction, Not a Rule Saylor did not wait long to make the proclamation […]

500 Million XRP Worth $649M Left Uphold for Five Wallets Yesterday - Five XRP Ledger addresses that didn’t exist until about a day earlier now hold 100 million XRP each, and every one was created by the same Uphold wallet that filled it. The Alert That Lit up XRP Twitter A burst of posts on Sept. 17 flagged half a billion XRP leaving Uphold, the multi-asset trading […]

SCOTUS May Soon Determine If California Can Force Doctors To Learn About 'Implicit Bias' - A Supreme Court petition challenges California’s attempt to force private medical instructors to teach “implicit bias.”

Selling Alcohol Isn't a Political Function - From Okla. A.G. Opinion 2026-13, released Sept. 8: This office has received your request for an Attorney General Opinion in… The post Selling Alcohol Isn't a Political Function appeared first on Reason Magazine.

No, Cutting Off Trade With Europe Would Not Make America Wealthier - Trump's zero-sum trade talk is wrongheaded and authoritarian.

Report: California's Proposed 'Billionaire Tax' Is Based on Bad Research - The planned wealth tax leads slightly in the polls and is already driving capital flight.

Today in Supreme Court History: September 18, 1857 - 9/18/1857: Justice John Hessin Clarke's birthday. The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 18, 1857 appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Review: Ben Franklin, Frankenstein, and the Wonders of Electricity - Minnesota's Bakken Museum celebrates the spark of imagination that brings new ideas to life.

Review: An Idealistic Young Attorney in Stalin's Soviet Union - In Sergei Loznitsa's film Two Prosecutors, even a Bolshevik can believe a version of "Good czar, bad boyars."

Second Circuit Rejects Limits on Border Searches of Cell Phones - And why I think they are wrong, and the Supreme Court should step in.

Brickbat: Testing Our Patience - A lawsuit by Success Academy, New York City's largest charter-school network, alleges that the state Education Department improperly withheld advanced… The post Brickbat: Testing Our Patience appeared first on Reason Magazine.

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

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

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

EFF to Lawmakers: Ground AI Cybersecurity Rules in Best Practices - With doomsday AI scenarios dominating the news, lawmakers are rightly concerned about reports concerning security breaches at major US AI labs, such as the OpenAI–Hugging Face incident and the many others reported in its aftermath. As they consider potentially regulating frontier AI, they should focus any new legislation on the immediate, demonstrated risks from those incidents.  Post-incident ...

California’s “Addictive Feeds” Law Violates Teens’ First Amendment Rights - A California law that prohibits teens from receiving recommended social media content from other social media users violates their First Amendment rights, EFF argued this week. The case, Meta v. Bonta, challenges SB 976, which requires that teen social media users get their parents’ permission before seeing other users’ recommended speech on their social media feeds. The legal challenge to SB 9...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

State regulators float AI framework for banks, examiners - The Conference of State Bank Supervisors issued discretionary guidance that proposes eight questions examiners should consider and three tiers of risk banks face by using artificial intelligence.

Synapse victims look to small-claims court - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has allocated more funds to repay fintech users harmed in the Synapse crisis. But there’s no timeline for when that money would be disbursed.

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

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

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

People use AI to gauge banks' reputations, and its verdicts are harsh - Bankers need to understand that artificial intelligence services are increasingly used by customers shopping for banking services. The chatbots can be pretty unsparing in their assessments.

Community bank offers new perk to trainees: Guaranteed work - 1st Summit Bank in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is offering high school graduates not just free training, but a seven-year employment guarantee. It's an approach that some experts think could catch on.

Five agencies say banks may accept mobile driver's licenses - FinCEN and four banking agencies cleared mobile driver's licenses for customer identification. The question is, can banks read them?

Is there an agentic payments bubble? - Volume on a rail for AI agents to make transactions has fallen 93% in 2026 while related startups flood the market, suggesting technology is developing faster than demand. But payment experts say there's still a very bright future for shopping and checkout via advanced forms of AI.

Banks shrug off impact of first rate hike in three years - Bankers are largely downplaying the impact of the Federal Reserve's interest rate increase. Some said this week that the quarter-point hike could be good for near-term profitability.

Pushing the monetary frontier: stablecoins and tokenised deposits - Speech by Mr Pablo Hernández de Cos, General Manager of the BIS, at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, 28 August 2026.

BIS residential property price statistics, Q1 2026 - Real global house prices declined by 1.2% year on year (yoy) in the first quarter of 2026.

Effective resolution strategies and plans for insurers – Executive Summary - The Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions (Key Attributes) of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) require resolution plans to be developed for all financial institutions, including insurers, that could be systemically significant or critical upon failure.

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement - Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

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

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

FDIC Board of Directors Meeting - BOARD MEETING | SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 FDIC Board of Directors Meeting Today, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Board of Directors met in o...

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...