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Paul said the gold was present but used the visit to argue that the dollar has lost 85-97% of its purchasing power since 1913 or 1971 due to deficit spending and Federal Reserve policy.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-08-13T16:05:24.023Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-13T04:32:35.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-13T16:05:24.023Z","readTime":"4 min read","scores":{"trust":45,"critic":55,"hype":65,"notes":{"trust":"Only one outlet's own report; others are digests repeating it.","critic":"No opposing voices quoted; digests lack depth.","hype":"Headlines promise more than the visit itself delivered."}},"tags":["#USGoldReserves","#FortKnox","#RandPaul","#FederalReserve","#InflationDebate","#AuditDemands"],"entities":["Rand Paul","Fort Knox","U.S. Mint","Federal Reserve","U.S. Bullion Depository"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Senator Rand Paul inspected U.S. gold reserves at Fort Knox on 10 August 2026, the first such visit by a sitting senator in decades.","The U.S. Mint last fully audited the gold at Fort Knox in 1953, with a partial audit in 1974, according to the Mint’s records.","Paul said the gold was present and estimated at 147 million ounces but used the visit to argue that the dollar’s purchasing power has fallen by 85-97% since 1913 or 1971.","No left- or centre-rated outlet carried the story, according to the reports below."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Senator Rand Paul visited the U.S. Bullion Depository at Fort Knox on 10 August 2026 to inspect the nation’s gold reserves. The U.S. Mint states that the last full audit of the gold stored there took place in 1953, with a partial audit in 1974. Paul said he saw approximately 147 million ounces of gold, which he described as present and accounted for."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Paul used the visit to argue that the U.S. dollar has lost 85-97% of its purchasing power since 1913 or 1971. He attributed the decline to deficit spending and the Federal Reserve’s creation of new money. In a video posted on social media, Paul said, “Prices are up 25 percent in the last five years. It’s inflation. It’s related to deficit spending. It’s related to unbalanced budgets.”"},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the 18 reports below, including the 15 right-rated digests, mentioned that no left- or centre-rated outlet carried the story. 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