Politics

CFPB to crack down on data brokers, Chopra says at White House event

WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday held a roundtable examining potentially harmful data broker practices, part of an administration…

Ex-FBI counterintelligence official pleads guilty to conspiracy charge for helping Russian oligarch

A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to violate sanctions on Russia by going to work,…

Biden takes his reelection pitch to Wisconsin, a state Republicans are wooing in 2024

President Joe Biden spoke in Milwaukee on Tuesday, a week before Republicans meet there for their first presidential debate. The…

Feds say Hunter Biden gun charge diversion deal no longer valid, deny they reneged on plea agreement

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday said a pretrial diversion deal that they had offered to Hunter Biden on a felony gun…

Trump co-defendant Carlos De Oliveira pleads not guilty in classified docs case

Carlos De Oliveira, the newest co-defendant in the federal criminal case over former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents,…

New A.I. working group aims to shape policy for key Democratic bloc

WASHINGTON — Democrats on Capitol Hill are forming a new working group on artificial intelligence and prioritizing how to prevent…

Suspected spies for Russia arrested in UK; Russia’s central bank hikes rates to 12%

This was CNBC’s blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine on August 15, 2023. See here for the latest…

Trump indictment: Here’s what’s next for the case in Georgia

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis presented a Georgia grand jury Monday with the election interference case against former President…

Feds say Trump not entitled to ‘special treatment’ in documents case

Federal prosecutors on Monday said former President Donald Trump is seeking “special treatment that no other defendant would receive” in…

Bankman-Fried used customer funds for $100 million in U.S. political donations, prosecutors charge

Sam Bankman-Fried used stolen customer funds to make more than $100 million in political campaign contributions ahead of the 2022…