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2026-05-11

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Stacked gold bullion bars under warm overhead lighting — illustrative imagery for Newsorga's coverage of US President Donald Trump's May 10, 2026 Sharyl Attkisson 'Full Measure' interview in which he revived his February 2025 promise to personally audit the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky, the underground vault built in 1936 that holds 147,341,858.382 fine troy ounces of gold — about half of the US Treasury's reserves — at a statutory book value of $42.22 per ounce and a market value north of $435 billion at current spot prices.

Politics

'They steal a lot': Trump revives Fort Knox gold audit pitch, 15 months on

2026-05-119 min read

Stacked gold bars under directional light, with a slight reflective sheen — illustrative imagery for Newsorga's coverage of Monday, May 11, 2026 commodity moves in which spot gold fell 1% to $4,669.82/oz and Brent crude rose 4.11% to $105.45/bbl after US President Donald Trump rejected Iran's 14-point peace proposal as 'totally unacceptable' on Truth Social on Sunday afternoon.

Markets

Oil rallies and gold slides as Trump's 'totally unacceptable' rejection of Iran pushes Brent past $105 and WTI to $100, with Netanyahu, drone strikes near Qatar and a $4 prompt backwardation backing the move

2026-05-1111 min read