Current price of gold as of September 10, 2026
As of 8:45 a.m. Eastern Time on September 10, 2026, gold was priced at $4,341 per ounce. This represents a $77 fall from yesterday at the same hour and an…
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Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ projected to add a big, unbeautiful $3.4 trillion to the national debt over the next decade
Working to keep the majority in Congress, Republicans at the midterm convention in Dallas are showcasing their chief legislative accomplishment — the sweeping package of tax breaks, social service cuts and immigration enforcement…
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Trump tries to bribe Americans to vote Republican with promise of $5,000 dividend — only if the GOP wins
President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party’s sagging fortunes in…
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Trump’s $5,000 ‘dividend’ is really a $1.15 trillion hole in the deficit, top economist estimates
President Donald Trump’s pledge to send every American adult a $5,000 check if Republicans hold Congress in November carries a price tag that economists say has no clear funding source…
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Trump’s first term had real stimulus checks. His second has promised ones tied to problems he started
President Donald Trump’s first-term stimulus checks were a response to a pandemic he didn’t cause. His second-term cash promises are mostly a response to problems his own policies created, and…
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Trump’s $5,000 pledge and the bond market revolt shows it’s a voter bribe — costing every American $8,000
In February 1993, weeks into Bill Clinton’s presidency, James Carville famously quipped: “I used to think if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the…
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Scott Bessent dared the $32 trillion bond market with ‘I am the house now’ statement. It didn’t listen
Speaking at Southern Methodist University on Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dared currency traders, and indirectly the bond market, to challenge him as he wages a multi-front battle to stabilize…
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Current price of oil as of September 8, 2026
As of 9 a.m. Eastern Time on September 8, 2026, oil sold for $99.85 per barrel (using Brent as the benchmark, which we’ll get into momentarily). That’s 79 cents higher…
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Hunter Biden launches $LAPTOP memecoin, trolls Trump by promising that 20% will be reserved for traders who lost money on president’s token
Former President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is preparing to roll out a memecoin, a novelty form of cryptocurrency that is typically based on a famous person or meme that…
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Top CD rates from major banks on September 9, 2026: Chase CDs, Bank of America CDs, Citibank CDs, and more
The nation’s largest banks (according to FDIC data) are currently advertising CD APYs as high as 4.25% (as of Sept. 9, 2026). Terms start at four months and go up…
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