Politics

Ex-Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon released after arrest by police in party finance probe

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who dominated politics in Scotland for almost a decade, was arrested and questioned for…

Watch live: DOJ special counsel Jack Smith speaks after Trump classified-records indictment is unsealed

[The stream is slated to start at 3 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a…

Trump charged with 37 counts in classified documents case, indictment says

A 37-count criminal indictment against Donald Trump was unsealed Friday, revealing allegations that the former president willfully retained hundreds of…

Santos asks court to reverse order to reveal his bail backers’ identities in criminal fraud case

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., asked a federal court Friday morning to reverse a judge’s order to reveal the identities of…

Trump lawyers quit classified documents case

Two lawyers who represented Donald Trump in the months before the former president was indicted on federal charges over his…

Epstein accuser seeks new testimony from JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon

Lawyers for a Jeffrey Epstein victim asked a federal judge on Friday to allow them to take new testimony from…

Julian Assange loses latest bid to stop extradition to the U.S. on spying charges

A British judge has rejected the latest attempt by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to fight extradition to the United States to face spying charges.…

Putin says Ukrainian counteroffensive has begun; Kyiv says it has proof Russia blew up Kakhovka dam

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine on June 9, 2023. Ukraine continues to deal…

Biden and UK’s Sunak sign ‘Atlantic Declaration,’ pledging agreements on A.I. and critical minerals

Despite a U.S.-U.K. trade deal remaining very much elusive, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President Joe Biden signed a…

Trump indicted on seven criminal charges in classified documents case

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on seven federal criminal charges in connection with hundreds of classified government documents…