Oil Near $108 Shakes Markets as Chase Drops a Foreign Fee and FDA Expands a Cheese Recall

Monday’s brief covers premarket pressure on the S&P 500, a Chase Freedom Flex fee change, Medicare impersonation warnings, stopgap funding through December, a raw-milk cheese outbreak, and gate-level TSA checks in Las Vegas.

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U.S. readers start the week with higher energy prices rippling through stock futures, household credit-card rule changes, federal scam alerts, a continuing resolution headed to the president, a multistate food recall, and tighter airport document checks on select flights.

CME FedWatch still prices October rate hikes as crude jumps toward $108 after Middle East headlines.
Chase removed the Freedom Flex foreign transaction fee while Freedom Unlimited still charges one.
SSA and FTC repeat: hang up on Medicare and IRS spoof calls and file reports at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
The House stopgap keeps agencies funded through Dec. 11 while full-year bills wait until after the midterms.
Sierra Nevada Graziers raw milk cheeses are recalled nationwide after an E. coli outbreak with eight hospitalizations.
Travelers on some Las Vegas–New York flights saw gate-level ID matching during heightened security weeks.

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CME FedWatch Prices Back-to-Back Rate Increases as S&P Benchmark Starts Week at 7,743

U.S. equity futures fell Monday as crude jumped toward $108 a barrel after President Trump rejected an Iranian peace proposal, while traders priced in back-to-back Federal Reserve rate hikes.

Nina Okonkwo Sep 28, 2026