Fed’s Preferred Inflation Measure Comes in Much Lower Than Expected

9/30/26

The Fed’s preferred measure of inflation rose by much less than expected in August, data from the Commerce Department showed Wednesday.

The personal consumption expenditures price index climbed 3.4 percent over the past 12 months through August. Economists had forecast a 3.7 percent increase.

For the month, the PCE price index rose 0.3 percent, below the 0.4 percent increase forecast.

The prior month’s inflation data was revised down. July’s PCE index now shows a 0.1 percent monthly increase, down from 0.2 percent. The annual increase was revised down to 3.4 percent from 3.7 percent.

Excluding food and energy, so-called core PCE prices rose by 0.2 percent for the month and three percent year-over-year. The consensus forecast was for a 0.3 percent increase for the month and 3.3 percent for the year.

Goods prices rose 0.3 percent in August compared with July. Services also rose by 0.3 percent.

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/09/30/feds-preferred-inflation-measure-comes-in-much-lower-than-expected/

Brit Hume: This cooperation was ‘UNTHINKABLE’ not too long ago

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An ‘All-Star’ panel joins ‘Special Report’ to discuss the issues most important to midterm election voters and an Israel-bound FlyDubai flight whose co-pilot allegedly stabbed the captain

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Iran pushes back on economic collapse fears as tensions with US remain high

Summary

• Iran’s economy will not collapse in the coming weeks, the economy minister said, dismissing forecasts that it could fail within two weeks or a month.

• An armed clash between Iran’s security forces and gunmen continued for several hours on Thursday in southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province, where the IRGC said it had killed six people it described as “terrorists.”

•Around 20 empty Iranian oil tankers are stranded about 15 miles off Sri Lanka’s southwest coast, with food, fuel and fresh water running short, The Wall Street Journal reported.

• Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said prayer had a special role in the struggle facing Iran today, describing it as a source of hope and trust in God during “jihad and victory.”

• A senior adviser to the commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the United States had already used its military capabilities against Iranand that any renewed attack would amount to an act of desperation.(KEK that’s a desperate statement on their part!)

• Israel struck more than 500 targets in southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip over the past month, the Israeli military said on Thursday.

• US President Donald Trump said Wednesday the war with Iran would end “very soon.” “We have to make that decision: We blow them up or make a deal,” he told reporters at the White House.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202609269384

They lie about everything!

In Trump’s second term, immigration from Muslim countries has not just dropped to an all-time low, it is down a stunning 90+ percent.

This is one of those stories that will cause a huge response from both sides. Leftists will see this as confirmation of their false belief that Trump is some kind of racist. People on the right are likely to say something like, this is what I voted for.

Many conservatives have wondered for years why the United States seemed to prioritize bringing people from Muslim countries into the United States after 9/11. Critics point out that Muslim immigrants and refugees have a very poor record on assimilation.

Breitbart News reports:

The White House says it has reduced legalized migration from Muslim-majority nations by more than 90 percent.

The cutbacks are a huge setback to the progressive policy of importing diverse migrants to help fragment the civic rules that ordinary Americans have created to manage their neighborhoods, schools, and society.

The policy shift also reduces the growth of antisemitic communities in U.S. society, said Noah Pollak, a Trump deputy in the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Education. “This is the single most consequential policy to combat antisemitism in the US in the last decade and it’s not even close,” he wrote on X.

Some conservatives cheered the news.

From FOX News:

Online, the political right cheered the drastic shift.

“Absolutely incredible victory for the American people, thanks to POTUS,” Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, said.

“These are the wins we need to continue to deliver on,” said Brandon Herrera, the GOP nominee for Congress in Texas’ 23rd District.

“4 percent to go! Thank you, President Trump,” said Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla.

“Let’s pump up those rookie numbers for every category of immigrant,” columnist Kurt Schlichter said.

Some turned the graph into a referendum on the results of Republican leadership, and urged conservatives to vote during the 2026 midterm elections despite concerns about cost-of-living, the Iran war, and other issues for which Trump has been knocked by members of his own party.

“I voted for this—and will again,” said user David Harrison.

“The next time you get the urge to ‘punish the GOP.’ Remember that Democrats will reverse this overnight,” said Turning Point Action’s Ben Larrabee.

If Democrats win the midterms, expect them to try to reverse this trend immediately.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/immigration-america-muslim-majority-countries-drops-all-time/

In Trump’s second term, immigration from Muslim countries has not just dropped to an all-time low, it is down a stunning 90+ percent.

This is one of those stories that will cause a huge response from both sides. Leftists will see this as confirmation of their false belief that Trump is some kind of racist. People on the right are likely to say something like, this is what I voted for.

Many conservatives have wondered for years why the United States seemed to prioritize bringing people from Muslim countries into the United States after 9/11. Critics point out that Muslim immigrants and refugees have a very poor record on assimilation.

Breitbart News reports:

The White House says it has reduced legalized migration from Muslim-majority nations by more than 90 percent.

The cutbacks are a huge setback to the progressive policy of importing diverse migrants to help fragment the civic rules that ordinary Americans have created to manage their neighborhoods, schools, and society.

The policy shift also reduces the growth of antisemitic communities in U.S. society, said Noah Pollak, a Trump deputy in the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Education. “This is the single most consequential policy to combat antisemitism in the US in the last decade and it’s not even close,” he wrote on X.

Some conservatives cheered the news.

From FOX News:

Online, the political right cheered the drastic shift.

“Absolutely incredible victory for the American people, thanks to POTUS,” Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, said.

“These are the wins we need to continue to deliver on,” said Brandon Herrera, the GOP nominee for Congress in Texas’ 23rd District.

“4 percent to go! Thank you, President Trump,” said Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla.

“Let’s pump up those rookie numbers for every category of immigrant,” columnist Kurt Schlichter said.

Some turned the graph into a referendum on the results of Republican leadership, and urged conservatives to vote during the 2026 midterm elections despite concerns about cost-of-living, the Iran war, and other issues for which Trump has been knocked by members of his own party.

“I voted for this—and will again,” said user David Harrison.

“The next time you get the urge to ‘punish the GOP.’ Remember that Democrats will reverse this overnight,” said Turning Point Action’s Ben Larrabee.

If Democrats win the midterms, expect them to try to reverse this trend immediately.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/immigration-america-muslim-majority-countries-drops-all-time/

ELON IS BACK, BABY!!!😎🇺🇸🥳🥳🥳

il Donaldo Trumpo

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SOUNDS LIKE IRAN WANTS A LITTLE FREEDOM!!!😎🇺🇸💥💥💥

il Donaldo Trumpo

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@Bannons_WarRoom

Bannon’s WarRoom

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Natalie Winters: 82 residency spots at Rochester General Hospital went to 80 foreign medical graduates on H-1B or J-1 visas, while only two went to U.S. graduates. @nataliegwinters

https://x.com/Bannons_WarRoom/status/2105423776561475934

Forgetful Buddha

@ForgetfulBuddha

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Medical is the tip of the iceberg.

How did all of our gas stations get bought up by foreigners? How did West Africans take over nursing and dental?

Seems odd to me someone who doesn't wear shoes and lives in a hut can then gather up enough money to navigate the American legal

@twinkletoz55

twinkletoz55

@twinkletoz55

They are less trained, less educated and bring the sickening culture of their homes into our homes.

@Jenmimimary

Jen

@Jenmimimary

Great reporting, Natalie, as usual! This is happening everywhere. The former H1Bs, now citizens, recruit and hire from their native country, so

the problem is compounded exponentially. Congress has to end the program…immediately.

Never-Trump RINO Adam Kinzinger Bet on His Own Biden Pardon — CFTC and Kalshi Now Probing the Sham J6 Committee Star

By Jim Hᴏft Oct. 1, 20

Former Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, the Never-Trump Republican who helped lead the partisan January 6 committee, is under a federal review after placing bets on prediction-market contracts tied to the preemptive pardon he later received from Joe Biden.

According to Politico, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is examining trades a Kalshi account linked to Kinzinger made in December 2024 and January 2025. Kalshi is conducting its own review of the same activity.

Three people familiar with the matter told Politico the probe covers contracts on whether Kinzinger himself would receive a presidential pardon and whether Biden would issue preemptive pardons before leaving office.

Kinzinger, who left Congress in 2023, was a private citizen when he placed the bets. In Biden’s final hours in January 2025, the then-president issued a preemptive pardon covering Kinzinger and other members of the House select committee that investigated January 6, the same panel The Gateway Pundit has repeatedly documented for its one-sided hearings and treatment of Trump supporters.

CNN reported that Kinzinger traded less than $1,000 on the two pardon-related markets. Screenshots he shared show he wagered a total of $669 and netted $823.

He told CNN he also placed roughly two dozen other political bets around the same time and mostly lost money.

Kinzinger denied insider trading. “It was a dumb bet, to bet on myself,” he told CNN. “Looking back, I’m like, yeah, I wish I’d have skipped it. But everything I saw at the time was like, you’re within your right to bet on this.”

He insisted he had no advance knowledge: “At no point, ever, had I had a conversation with anybody in the know about pardons (or) whether I’d get pardoned. Certainly, nobody in the White House or anybody that would know anything.”

He told Politico he had read Kalshi’s rules and believed they only barred users who worked for the relevant agency, could influence the outcome, or held non-public information. Kalshi’s rules also bar users from betting on contracts in which they are direct participants.

CNN reported that Kalshi flagged the trades during a broader look at suspicious activity, referred them to the CFTC, and tried to reach Kinzinger. He said neither the agency nor the platform has contacted him.

Months after Kinzinger made his pardon bets, he became a public critic of political prediction markets.

According to reporting on the investigation, Kinzinger wrote in November 2025 that platforms such as Kalshi represented a “corruption time bomb,” warning that government officials and political insiders could potentially profit from privileged information.

Kinzinger argues there is no contradiction because he says he had no privileged information when he made his own trades.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/never-trump-rino-adam-kinzinger-bet-his-own/

@IAPolls2022

InteractivePolls

@IAPolls2022

TX-09 POLL (Dem internal)

🟥 Alex Mealer: 45%

🟦 Leticia Gutierrez: 39%

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Senate

🟥 Ken Paxton: 48%

🟦 James Talarico: 47%

Governor

🟥 Greg Abbott (i): 48%

🟦 Gina Hinojosa: 46%

@ppppolls | 9/18-19 | Trump +20 district

https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/2105322452364701849

@atwaSDOK

PPP polling shows all GOP candidates ahead. They'll win by far more than this.

@MetsFanInTexas

Crimson Republican

@MetsFanInTexas

Quite a bad poll for Dems here tbh. No gap between Abbott and Paxton.

@cfc_fielder

Matt

@cfc_fielder

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Disastrous poll for the GOP

Obama-Appointed Appeals Panel Refuses to Freeze Sanctions in Trump’s $10 Billion IRS Case — Leaves In Place Unhinged Finding That Trump ‘Colluded’ with DOJ. 1/2

By Jim Hᴏft Oct. 1, 2026

In yet another unhinged attack on President Donald J. Trump, an activist federal appeals panel on Tuesday sided with a lower court judge who claimed that President Trump “colluded” with his own Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in bringing and subsequently dismissing a major damages lawsuit over the illegal leaking of his tax records.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied a motion filed by President Trump, his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, the Trump Organization, and their attorneys seeking a stay of post-judgment sanction proceedings pending appeal.

As previously reported by The Gateway Pundit, President Trump originally filed suit in January 2026 seeking $10 billion in damages against the IRS and the Department of the Treasury after rogue IRS operatives illegally accessed and leaked private Trump family tax documents to the mainstream media.

They alleged a former IRS contractor illegally accessed and disclosed their confidential tax returns, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 6103 and § 7431 and the Privacy Act. They sought at least $10 billion.

That contractor was Charles Littlejohn. He stole and leaked Trump’s returns to the New York Times and ProPublica. He was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison.

As The Gateway Pundit reported in May, Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization did not pocket a personal payout. The May settlement, announced by the Department of Justice, created a $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund, drawn from the federal Judgment Fund, to compensate Americans targeted by prior government lawfare. Unused money reverts to the Treasury. Future tax returns remain subject to ordinary IRS examination.

The corporate media still calls it a slush fund. Democrat governors tried to tax the payouts at 100 percent. The Gateway Pundit reported that California Governor Gavin Newsom vowed to confiscate every dime paid to California residents and dismissed the fund as a “slush fund.”

Then the former judges showed up

After Trump’s lawyers filed a notice of voluntary dismissal with prejudice under Rule 41, the case closed the same day. Then 35 former federal judges moved to set the dismissal aside. They told Williams the settlement was “a product of collusion and [wa]s itself a fraud on the [c]ourt.”

The Gateway Pundit reported that U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams in the Southern District of Florida, the Obama appointee, launched the inquiry. She later concluded the lack of adversity was “so obvious and so insurmountable” that the suit was filed for the improper purpose of legitimating “a ‘settlement’ that had no viable basis in law or fact.”

The Department of Justice has rejected that. As quoted by the Financial Times after the July order: “There was no collusion in this case, and the partisan judge who speculated otherwise has disregarded decades of precedent. This case was brought by President Trump in his personal capacity, as well as by several members of his family, who were all victims of admitted violations of law.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/obama-appointed-appeals-panel-refuses-freeze-sanctions-trumps/

>>25095140

2/2

On Tuesday, the three-judge panel denied an emergency request by Trump, his attorneys, and other appellants seeking to stay portions of U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams’ sanctions order while their appeal moves forward.

According to The Hill, the ruling backed Williams’ earlier determination that Trump’s lawsuit and the subsequent agreement involving his administration were collusive. Reuters similarly reported that the Eleventh Circuit refused to pause the sanctions.

But there is an important distinction: Tuesday’s ruling was not a final decision affirming Williams’ collusion finding on the merits.

The appellate panel was considering whether the sanctions should be suspended while the larger appeal continues. The court specifically noted that its decision as a stay panel does not bind the judges who will ultimately decide the merits of the appeal.

Still, the panel concluded that Trump and the other appellants failed, at this stage, to make the strong showing required to demonstrate that Williams clearly erred when she found collusion and bad faith.

The appeals court wrote that Trump’s side “did not submit or offer any evidence” explaining the litigation conduct or demonstrating that the lawsuit and settlement were not collusive.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/obama-appointed-appeals-panel-refuses-freeze-sanctions-trumps/