Precious Metals and Market News

Wall Street nears bullish majority after gold’s late-week rally, Main Street fails to reclaim bullish bias as inflation data take center stage - The latest Kitco News Weekly Gold Survey showed Wall Street back on the brink of a bullish majority, while less than half of Main Street believed gold would gain next week.

Gold tests $4,200 as weak sentiment offsets sticky inflation expectations - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices were sharply higher in late U.S. trading Friday, as a softer dollar earlier in the session, a pullback from this week’s Treasury-yield extremes and bargain buying helped metals recover from the midweek selloff.

Gold’s next chapter is about more than $5,000 - LBMA 2026 - (Kitco News) - There is no denying that since early spring, gold has had a tough run. Rising bond yields and stubborn inflation, driving hawkish interest rate expectations, have made it difficult for the precious metal to attract any consistent momentum.

Gold price holds critical $4,100 support, but can it break $4,200 as inflation risks loom? - (Kitco News) - The gold market may not be ready to break out to the upside as it encounters initial resistance at $4,200 an ounce, but there is still optimism among analysts as prices manage to hold support above $4,100 an ounce ahead of the weekend.

September CPI should be in line, and last month’s Fed rate hike may be the only one this cycle - Natixis - (Kitco News) – Next Wednesday’s September CPI report will likely be in line with expectations, with the hotter August print an outlier, and the Federal Reserve may have already delivered the only hike of the current cycle, according to Natixis.“We expect the September CPI report to show a 0.19% increase in the core component and 0.6% for the headline,” economists Christopher Hodge and Selin Ake...

Gold price trades near high after preliminary Consumer Sentiment falls to 46.3, inflation expectations rise - (Kitco News) - The gold market is trading not far from session highs after the latest data showed consumer sentiment in the U.S. declining further, with inflation expectations rising higher.The University of Michigan announced on Friday that the preliminary reading of its Consumer Sentiment survey for October was 46.3. The data was worse than expectations, as the consensus forecast of econ...

Gold, silver rebound as dollar, yields and oil ease - Kitco AM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) – Spot gold prices are sharply higher and spot silver prices are also solidly higher in early U.S. trading Friday, as a softer U.S. dollar, easing Treasury yields and a pullback in oil prices helped metals recover from this week’s rate- and energy-driven selloff.

Gold rises, silver falls as strong bond auction tempers yield pressure - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold prices were firmer and spot silver prices were lower in late U.S. trading Thursday, as a strong 30-year Treasury auction helped yields retreat from the morning highs, while oil’s surge kept inflation and year-end Fed tightening risk in the trade.

Silver's long-term outlook remains bullish as new investment products offer income opportunities - Amplify ETFs - (Kitco News) - The silver market continues to struggle in the face of persistent inflation pressures and higher bond yields. However, one market strategist says the precious metal remains an important monetary asset and diversification tool.

Gold gains ground as central banks retreat from dollar assets and inflation undermines bonds – Sprott’s Zhu - (Kitco News) – Gold’s ability to maintain its trading range and attract fresh ETF inflows despite soaring bond yields suggests its next move could be to the upside, while central banks’ shift away from dollar assets continues to bolster the longer-term bullish outlook, according to Kenny Zhu, Director of Research and Investment Strategy at Sprott.

As German Voters Reject Mass Migration, Politicians And The Media Play The Fool - As German Voters Reject Mass Migration, Politicians And The Media Play The Fool Authored by Pawel Styrna via American Thinker, The anti-mass-migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) has won the election to the provincial parliaments in the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The AfD's rising trajectory demonstrates that - like throughout the rest of the West - vote...

Hurricane Isaias Slams Gulf Coast, Knocks Out Power To 830,000 As Major Refineries Are Spared - Hurricane Isaias Slams Gulf Coast, Knocks Out Power To 830,000 As Major Refineries Are Spared Hurricane Isaias knocked out power to about 830,000 homes and businesses across Florida, Alabama, and Georgia and disrupted oil and natural gas operations in the Gulf of America, but the good news: it narrowly missed major refineries. The Category 2 hurricane made landfall near Destin, Fl...

Blackwater Bloodied: Erik Prince's Congo Force Ambushed, Ex-UFC Star Tim Kennedy Shot In The Fight For The World's Cobalt - Blackwater Bloodied: Erik Prince's Congo Force Ambushed, Ex-UFC Star Tim Kennedy Shot In The Fight For The World's Cobalt When Erik Prince signed on with Kinshasa last year, the brief was mostly about spreadsheets: help Congo's finance ministry actually collect taxes on its minerals. But on September 17, it turned into a firefight. According to a Reuters exclusive published Friday...

Payback: Trump Cut Putin Diesel Deal After Zelensky Ignored Six Pleas To Stop Refinery Strikes - Payback: Trump Cut Putin Diesel Deal After Zelensky Ignored Six Pleas To Stop Refinery Strikes Friday's diesel deal between Trump and Putin wasn't only about diesel. It was also about Kyiv. Hours after Zelensky accused Washington of using Ukraine's negotiators as a "smokescreen" for a backroom deal with Moscow, Axios reported that Trump decided to let Russia sell diesel after Zele...

Planning For Pitchforks: AI Labs Are War-Gaming A Catastrophe, Public Revolt, And The Crackdown That Follows - Planning For Pitchforks: AI Labs Are War-Gaming A Catastrophe, Public Revolt, And The Crackdown That Follows The AI industry has been war gaming not only how it might destroy humanity, but is also considering what an angry public could do to the industry.  Senior executives at Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI firms are privately gaming out scenarios in which a major AI incident tr...

AI Authoritarianism: A Government Without Constitutional Brakes - AI Authoritarianism: A Government Without Constitutional Brakes Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, "United States AI companies must be free to innovate without cumbersome regulation." - President Donald Trump, Executive Order 14365 The era of small government is over. Anyone who tells you differently is selling you a lie. Case in point: Donald T...

AAA Developer Releases The Gayest $300 Million Video Game Of All Time? - AAA Developer Releases The Gayest $300 Million Video Game Of All Time? If gaming studios were run by smart people they would scrap any projects they launched in the early 2020s and start over from scratch.  The problem is, these are not very smart people.   Much like Hollywood, the gaming industry has been ideologically captured by Reddit-brained activists for at least a decade.  ...

Huckabee Top Aide Tried Quashing US Embassy Reports To Protect Israeli Govt: NYT - Huckabee Top Aide Tried Quashing US Embassy Reports To Protect Israeli Govt: NYT Via Middle East Eye A top aide to US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has repeatedly altered or suppressed embassy reporting that would have been critical of Israeli activities in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, according to a New York Times investigation. David Milstein, 36, has blocked, re...

Grisly Discovery At Governor's Mansion As Human Remains Unearthed - Grisly Discovery At Governor's Mansion As Human Remains Unearthed A disturbing discovery at North Dakota's governor's mansion has uncovered seven coffins with human remains after construction crews hit a long-forgotten burial ground. Freshly smoothed dirt rests behind a fence outside the North Dakota governor’s residence in Bismarck on Sept. 30, 2026, after seven coffins containin...

US Envoys Meet With Ukrainian Officials Over 'Unified Proposal'; Zelensky Decries Trump's 'Unfair, Dishonest' Deal With Putin - US Envoys Meet With Ukrainian Officials Over 'Unified Proposal'; Zelensky Decries Trump's 'Unfair, Dishonest' Deal With Putin Update (2000ET): We can only imagine how cold those discussions were when the Ukrainian officials heard about Trump's deal with Putin for the release of diesel stocks to the world. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was not best pleased. He told Axios i...

S&P 500 at 10,000 or bust: New ETF offers investors all-or-nothing bet on the index - Wall Street has continued to blur the lines between investing and gambling with one recently launched exchange-traded fund.

‘I have no children’: My aunt gave me $50,000 for a down payment. Now she wants me to leave my home to her two children. - “The house cost $385,000. With my savings, her $50,000 and a small mortgage, I was able to close.”

‘I feel like a loser’: My stock portfolio is swinging wildly. Should I be worried? - “I presume these are sophisticated investors taking a profit.”

My brother-in-law convinced his parents to sign over their home and life savings to buy a $3 million compound. Do I intervene? - “Both properties will be solely in his name.”

How to provide guaranteed retirement income while paying no commissions - Unlike the stock market, whose future returns are anything but assured, a TIPS ladder’s payout is guaranteed.

Trump taps Russia to boost global diesel supplies ahead of midterms. It may be ‘too little, too late,’ says strategist. - The Trump administration has enlisted Russia to help boost U.S. and global diesel supplies in an effort to lower prices for the fuel ahead of the U.S. midterm elections in November.

Is iPhone 18 demand cooling off? Here’s how deep Apple reportedly is cutting component orders. - Component orders for the iPhone 18 Pro and the iPhone 18 Pro Max are down about 15% in October, according to Nikkei Asia.

AI chip stocks wobble even as investors get clarity on a key OpenAI issue - A new report paints OpenAI’s financial picture in a more optimistic light.

Microsoft is nearing a big milestone that solidifies its revival - Microsoft is close to reclaiming a $4 trillion market cap — and fresh records are also in sight.

As AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile shares fall, Wall Street assesses the growing SpaceX threat - Telecommunications stocks saw their worst daily drops in over a decade.

Trump's diesel agreement with Putin accused of contradicting Russia sanctions law - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a searing statement that the U.S. easing sanctions on Moscow "plays into Russia's hands."

The world needs Ukraine’s grain. Its farmers are running out of reasons to plant - Cash-strapped farmers have no incentive to sow for 2027 with exports remaining trapped, as analysts say commodity markets could "flip fast."

AI is changing how lawyers work — and putting the billable hour under pressure - AI adoption is forcing the legal profession to rethink the billable hour and how lawyers build expertise.

Dow rises 400 points on Friday as Wall Street scores winning week: Live updates - The Nasdaq Composite rose on Friday following a losing session.

Isaias weakens to post-tropical cyclone after Florida landfall, NHC says - More than 430,000 people in Florida and nearly 297,000 in Alabama lost power as the storm hit shore, according to power outage tracking firm PowerOutage.us.

Americans' debt problems are flashing a warning not seen since the Great Recession - Researchers found that while wealth disparities narrowed somewhat, the ability to meet debt payments deteriorated significantly.

Treasury's Bessent hires Trump's controversial former Fed board pick, Judy Shelton, as advisor - Shelton's controversial economic ideas led the Senate to block her nomination to the Fed. Now she's going to be a counselor to the Treasury secretary.

Inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed says - Tariffs added 2.9 percentage points to inflation in 67 categories of goods by February 2026, researchers at the New York Federal Reserve found.

Inflation fears on the rise as one-year outlook in Fed survey hits highest level since May 2023 - The Survey of Consumer Expectations indicated that the median outlook for inflation over the next 12 months rose to 3.9%.

ICE came to town and left behind weakened economies - Research links ICE enforcement surges to lasting declines in local spending, foot traffic and jobs. In Minneapolis, businesses are still recovering.

Alasdair Macleod: Oil is now driving gold higher - By Alasdair MacleodGoldMoney, TorontoFriday, October 9, 2026 There's a growing correlation between oil and gold. Higher oil leads to higher bond yields, destabilising the dollar's value. The debasement trade is back on. Paper bulls of gold and silver may be down in the dumps, but there's a quiet evolution in progress. And this is now evident in the relationship between gold and oil over the las...

El-Erian and FT start to notice repeated market interventions by U.S. Treasury - Maybe in another decade or two they'll get around to interventions against gold * * * Repeated U.S. Treasury interventions risk an erosion of credibility By Mohamed El-ErianFinancial Times, LondonThursday, October 8, 2026 https://www.ft.com/content/eec1e15d-78b9-4706-a518-2a9db4f37128?syn-25a6b1a6=1 For much of the past year, both the real economy and financial markets have operated under the e...

Last week's official intervention against gold and silver will prompt more official buying - 8:10p ET Thursday, October 8, 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 last week's smashing of gold and silver prices was an official intervention timed for the week-long closure of the Shanghai Gold Exchange, with 91 tonnes of "paper" gold and 1,400 tonnes of "paper" silver being sold. T...

Gold powerhouse Ghana seeks entry to Russia-China-backed BRICS bloc - By Solomon EkanemBusiness Insider Africa, New YorkThursday, October 8, 2026 Ghana has announced plans to formally apply for membership of BRICS, seeking India's backing as the West African gold powerhouse looks to deepen ties with an expanding bloc led by emerging-market powers including Russia and China. Ghana's foreign affairs minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced the decision Tuesday ...

India scraps tax relief for gold imports, raising costs - By Shruti Srivastava and Preeti SoniBloomberg NewsThursday, October 8, 2026 India withdrew a tax benefit on gold, silver and platinum imported by banks and state-nominated agencies, subjecting shipments to a 3% levy and raising costs for the main channels supplying one of the world’s largest bullion markets. The government did not extend the exemption from paying Integrated Goods and Services T...

Despite the AI Debt Pileup, Bond Market Still in La-La-Land, Investors Chasing Yield, Backed by Sky-High AI Stock Valuations - With the stunning amount of capital getting sucked up while the AI revenue model is in fantasy land, you’d think it would be Panic City. But no.

Status of the Commercial Real Estate Debt and Who Owns it in 2026 - The government is the most aggressive CRE lender. But even CMBS balances are surging again, water under bridge?

Still QT plus Renewed Rate Hikes at the ECB despite Surging Bond Yields in the Euro Area - The ECB shed €95 billion of QE Bonds & Loans in Q3. Since mid-2022, QE assets dropped by 53%! Gold got marked up to market.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Bitcoin's $19 billion wake-up call: One-year later, has crypto learned anything? - One year after a flash crash wiped out billions in leveraged crypto bets, traders have better tools to spot risks. But the forces behind the selloff remain.

Bitcoin's volatility has plunged, but extreme price swings are more frequent than in 2018 - CoinDesk analysis finds 10 unusually large trading days in 2026, raising questions about how investors measure risk in an increasingly institutional crypto market.

Robinhood Chain slowdown spreads from fees to trading as transactions fall more than 40% - Daily activity has dropped from 10.8 million transactions to 6.2 million since mid-September even as Robinhood keeps paying network fees on customer swaps.

XRP Ledger patched decade-old bug that could create billions of dollars in XRP from nothing - Researchers demonstrated how a payment could create spendable XRP without the sender funding it, prompting an emergency software release.

Visa survey says nearly half of APAC consumers open to using stablecoins by 2031 - Visa’s survey of 14,250 people found interest in stablecoin payments is growing, though only 6% of respondents correctly understood how they work.

U.S. CFTC moves to fold event contracts into swaps regulations as legal fight rages - The derivatives regulator is proposing a formal rule to include certain contracts traded on platforms like Kalshi's as swaps that require the agency's oversight.

Robinhood Chain considers technology that gives paying traders priority - Arbitrum recently replaced its Timeboost transaction-ordering system with a new model called Priority Gas Auctions.

New York AG secures up to $35 million and lifetime crypto ban from Celsius’ Alex Mashinsky - Alex Mashinsky, already serving 12 years for fraud, settled New York’s civil case over claims he misled Celsius customers about the failed crypto lender’s safety.

Ledger investigates potential wallet tampering after reports of $86 million in crypto stolen - The hardware wallet maker said it is investigating devices sold by a Southeast Asian reseller as social posts swirl about crypto assets drained from Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tron addresses.

DWF Labs subsidiaries sue BitGo for $141 million over alleged token lock-up breach - DWF is seeking $114 million in damages on the basis BitGo’s token sales resulted in direct losses through the fall in tokens' prices.

Strive Is Running Saylor’s Playbook and Has Raised Enough for 638 Bitcoin - Strive’s SATA preferred stock generated an estimated $55 million this week, enough to buy about 638 BTC, even though the shares spent three of five trading days below the price at which new issuance stops. How the 638 BTC Was Acquired The number comes from a weekly dashboard snapshot which shows three figures for the […]

A Decade-Old XRP Ledger Bug Could Have Minted XRP Out of Thin Air - The XRP Ledger quietly patched a 2015-era payment engine flaw that could have let an attacker create spendable XRP beyond the network’s fixed supply for just a few hundred XRP in reserves. What Was Actually Broken? The problem sat inside the code that settles payments across the XRP Ledger’s built-in decentralized exchange (DEX). According to […]

Does This $32M Whale Know Where Bitcoin’s Price Goes After $82.5K - A Hyperliquid trader is sitting on a $32.36 million bitcoin short exactly one year after the 10/10 crash that erased over $19.1 billion in leveraged bets. The Nitty Gritty Of The Matter The position surfaced earlier today, with the account holding $7.19 million in equity and one open perpetual futures (perps) position, a short on […]

Lithuania Aligns Crypto User Tracking Rules With EU Framework - Lithuania’s tax authority has issued updated procedures clarifying user reporting requirements for crypto asset service providers to align national rules with the EU’s DAC8 and OECD tax transparency standards. Customer Data and Due-Diligence Criteria Lithuania’s tax authority, the State Tax Inspectorate, has issued updated procedures clarifying user reporting requirements for crypto asset servi...

Fake Instagram Relationship Cost $211K but Losses Didn’t End at Arrest - A crypto scam courier was sentenced after Alabama officers arrested him in a sting involving a supposed $300,000 payment. The case also details how an older resident kept sending money to strangers despite authorities’ intervention. A Grocery Store Pickup Became a Police Sting Kuan Tsou’s sentence and restitution order were announced Oct. 7 by Alabama […]

The Great British Exodus: Taxes, Housing Costs, and Terrible Healthcare Are Driving Young Brits Away - More than 1.2 million British nationals have left the United Kingdom since 2021.

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Statement About Maine Lobster Industry as a Whole Can't Be Actionable Group Defamation - From today's First Circuit decision today in Bean Maine Lobster, Inc. v. Monterey Bay Aquarium Found., written by Judge Julie… The post Statement About Maine Lobster Industry as a Whole Can't Be Actionable Group Defamation appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Kafka's The Trial "Was Not Supposed to Be an Instruction Manual" - In a Fifth Circuit case (which the court just declined to rehear en banc), a woman had faced potential prosecution for publishing a photo of a transgender politician washing hands in a women's restroom.

I Am Now "THE ENEMY!" (as Is Everyone Who Uses the Term "Artificial Intelligence") - What is this even supposed to mean? Is it just self-parody? The post I Am Now "THE ENEMY!" (as Is Everyone Who Uses the Term "Artificial Intelligence") appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Don't Blame AI Labs for What Hackers Do With Their Tools - AI executives are planning for a public revolt after a major attack. A federal power grab is the wrong response.

Will Mamdani Make Housing More Affordable? - Emily Eisner and Kenny Burgos debate Zohran Mamdani's housing policies.

Is Hair on Your Head "Personal Property" for Purposes of Robbery Law? - From the Sept. 30 decision in People v. Barraza by California Court of Appeal Justice Richard Huffman, joined by Justices… The post Is Hair on Your Head "Personal Property" for Purposes of Robbery Law? appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Anthropic Is Banning 'Cruel Behavior' Toward Claude. Chatbots Are Still Not Your Friends. - The AI company's decision might be a justifiable idea. But it appears it was made for the wrong reason.

Despite a Notable Victory in Oklahoma, Legal Challenges to Flock Cameras Still Face Long Odds - State and federal courts have almost uniformly ruled that searches of ALPR databases do not implicate the Fourth Amendment.

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

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

The ONLY Cure for a Corrupted Republic - Removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles is what Montesquieu said is the only path forward. Everything else is doomed to failure: “every other correction,” he warned, ”is either useless or a new evil.” On this episode, it’s the top-6 principles that built American independence. Forgotten and ignored for generations, but only truly lost if “We the People” refuse to bring them ba...

Resisting the Menace of Federal Data Consolidation - In the past two years, the federal government has unlawfully consolidated data exposing our private information.  This consolidation has been chaotic but generally came in three rolling waves: It started with DOGE, moved to agency-to-agency data sharing with ICE, and then attempted data-driven purges of state voter rolls. We all deserve to live in a world where the data we use to pay our taxes,...

Organizing in the Town at Oakland Tech Week - EFF was thrilled to join organizers, advocates, and activists in the East Bay for the second annual Oakland Tech Week last week. We are grateful to our friends at MediaJustice and Upturn for inviting us co-present this all-day event, “Building Beyond Big Tech: Organizing Oakland’s Future”, on Sept. 30.  The event, hosted by the Kapor Center in downtown Oakland, offered a unique chance to spend ...

Turkish Crackdown On LGBTQ+ Organizations Threatens Freedom of Expression and Association - EFF strongly condemns Turkey’s state-led discriminatory, oppressive attacks on feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations, media platforms, student groups, and rights defenders and activists within the country. Since mid-September, access to the websites and social media accounts of a dozen organizations have been blocked by court order, while over 60 members and activists have been detained, their off...

New Decision in Ongoing Legal Saga of Atlanta Family Wrongly Raided by FBI SWAT Team - ATLANTA—A three-judge panel of the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in the years long lawsuit brought by an Atlanta family whose […] The post New Decision in Ongoing Legal Saga of Atlanta Family Wrongly Raided by FBI SWAT Team appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Denver Man’s Case to Revive Fourth Amendment’s Warrant Requirements - WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case of a Denver man who challenged the constitutionality of a warrant that led to his […] The post Supreme Court Declines to Hear Denver Man’s Case to Revive Fourth Amendment’s Warrant Requirements appeared first on Institute for Justice.

National Law Firm Warns Maine Town: Fines for Autistic Girl’s Lawn Ornaments Violate the First Amendment - Pyper LeBlanc loves roosters.  The six-year-old girl with autism arrived at the home of David and Sara LeBlanc, her adopted parents, with a stuffed rooster. […] The post National Law Firm Warns Maine Town: Fines for Autistic Girl’s Lawn Ornaments Violate the First Amendment 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 ...

This Week in Gun Rights - THIS WEEK IN THE FIGHT Here’s what you may have missed this week in the fight for the Second Amendment… This week, ATF confirmed that guidance is incoming on GOA’s historic victory against the registration requirements of the National Firearms Act…  Also, ATF confirmed to Congress that they have more than 1.4 billion records in their illegal registry of guns … Read more

GOA Sues City of Jacksonville, Florida Over Illegal Gun-Free Zones - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  September 29, 2026  Jacksonville, FL — Gun Owners of America (GOA), Gun Owners Foundation (GOF), Florida Carry, and individual plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit challenging firearm restrictions enforced at City-owned venues across Jacksonville. The suit (Case No. 16-2026-CA-006676-AXXX-MA) names the City of Jacksonville, Sheriff T.K. Waters, and Mayor Donna Deegan—and chall...

President Trump Just Killed DOJ’s Appeal - PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD DOJ: DON’T APPEAL GOA’S WIN! Thank you to President Trump for supporting the Second Amendment! President Trump personally ordered the Justice Department not to appeal our NFA victory. The deadline to file would have been October 5th. But, ATF still hasn’t issued guidance for FFLs and gun owners on how to proceed after the win. GOA has … Read more

Warren presses NCUA OIG over empty board - The National Credit Union Administration didn’t have a single board member between August 10 and 24. Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to know who was in charge.

Amex dinged by Fed, OCC; must pay $350M for AML failures - Regulators identified “significant deficiencies” in how American Express' enterprise-wide anti-money laundering program was implemented, in particular at the firm’s national bank subsidiary.

World Bank picks BNP Paribas exec for CFO - David Vaillant is leaving the French bank and will take the international development organization’s finance seat next month.

HUD probes Wells Fargo over ‘racialized’ lending - Wells’ programs to bolster Black home ownership – put in place in 2017 and 2022 – are “immoral, unethical and un-American,” Secretary Scott Turner said.

TowneBank deal shrinks pool of NC bank targets - The Virginia lender is paying a premium for Mooresville, North Carolina-based Blueharbor, and scarcity value makes the remaining banks in the Tar Heel State “quite valuable,” an analyst said.

Ex-Fed nominee Shelton tapped to advise Treasury's Bessent - The Department of the Treasury has picked Judy Shelton, an economist and former nominee for the Federal Reserve Board, to be a counselor in Secretary Scott Bessent's office.

Trump establishes committee to investigate Fed's Cook - President Donald Trump announced the formation of a committee to investigate allegations of mortgage impropriety by Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook in an effort to remove her from office.

America's Credit Unions launches new cybersecurity hub - America's Credit Unions has launched its new Cybersecurity, Fraud and Vendor Risk Resources Hub; Cornerstone Research reports corporate bankruptcies remain historically elevated; Deutsche Bank hired David Garland from oil major BP to help lead power trading in the Americas; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

SBA starts new fiscal year with even tighter credit box - The Trump administration implemented stricter underwriting standards earlier this month. An earlier set of tightened rules in 2025 appears to have contributed to a decrease in loan volumes.

Advisors are building portfolios for the wrong clients - As trillions flow to women and widowed clients, Uplevyl's Shubi Rao says biased data, rationed advisor face time and outdated fee models cost the industry.

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 Board releases results of the 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, which provides the public and policymakers with detailed insights into the economic condition of American families - Federal Reserve Board releases results of the 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, which provides the public and policymakers with detailed insights into the economic condition of American families

Federal Reserve Board announces enforcement action against American Express Company to address, among other things, the firm’s failure to sufficiently detect and report certain suspicious activity ... - Federal Reserve Board announces enforcement action against American Express Company to address, among other things, the firm’s failure to sufficiently detect and report certain suspicious activity related to money laundering

Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, September 15-16, 2026 - Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, September 15-16, 2026

Press Release: FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance - PRESS RELEASE | OCTOBER 5, 2026 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance WASHINGTON—The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC...

Press Release: FDIC Announces Conclusion of Independent Monitorship - PRESS RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 30, 2026 FDIC Announces Conclusion of Independent Monitorship WASHINGTON — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (...