MCLEAN, Va -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.75%.

“The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage inched up this week and continues to stay within a narrow range under 7%. While overall affordability headwinds persist, rate stability coupled with moderately rising inventory may sway prospective buyers to act,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist.

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llicit Infrastructure Funding the Regime’s Elite and the IRGC-QF

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating 22 entities based in Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Türkiye for their roles in facilitating the sale of Iranian oil that benefits the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF). The IRGC-QF is Iran’s most powerful paramilitary force and a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Song Kum Hyok, (Song), a malicious cyber actor associated with the sanctioned Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) hacking group Andariel.

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The Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against more than $225.3 million in cryptocurrency. According to the complaint, law enforcement used blockchain analysis and other investigative techniques to determine that the cryptocurrency is connected to the theft and laundering of funds from victims of cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes, commonly referred to as “cryptocurrency confidence scams.”

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The Proposed Settlement Requires a Substantial Divestiture Package That Will Preserve Competition for Critical Flight Control Components

The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division will require Safran, S.A. and Safran USA Inc. (Safran) to divest its North American actuation business and related assets to resolve antitrust concerns arising from its proposed $1.8 billion acquisition of Collins Aerospace’s actuation and flight control business from RTX Corporation (RTX) (formerly Raytheon Technologies). The divestiture resolves concerns that the transaction would recombine assets that were divested as part of the Division’s settlement of United Technologies Corporation’s (UTC) acquisition of Rockwell Collins in 2018. UTC merged with Raytheon Company in 2020, forming Raytheon Technologies.

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Washington, D.C. The U.S. Forest Service has posted the final environmental impact statement and draft record of decision for the proposed Resolution Copper Mining Project, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins. These documents, now available on the Tonto National Forest website, represent an important step in advancing President Trump’s goal of emergency and mineral independence by boosting domestic mineral production.

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