Politics

George Santos bail backers will be revealed Thursday, judge orders

The identities of the people who guaranteed Rep. George Santos’ $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case will be revealed…

Chris Christie lures big donors as he takes on Trump, while billionaire ally Cohen sits out

As New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie prepared to run for president earlier this year, he canvassed some of Wall Street’s…

Missing Titanic submersible posed risk of ‘extreme danger’ to passengers, OceanGate exec warned in 2018

The OceanGate Expeditions submersible that went missing with five people aboard while trying to visit the site of the Titanic…

Hunter Biden to plead guilty to federal tax crimes, take deal on gun charge

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has agreed to plead guilty to two federal misdemeanor crimes of willfully…

Chris Christie floats Social Security cuts, slams Trump over ‘crazy stuff’ in documents case

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that U.S. leaders “need to deal with Social Security” and vowed not…

Trump classified documents trial date set for Aug. 14

A Florida federal judge on Tuesday scheduled the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump for his alleged illegal retention…

Russia fines Telegram and Viber for ‘illegal’ war content; Putin open to talking about Ukraine, Kremlin says

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine on June 20, 2023. See here for the…

‘Hell of a job’: Biden’s reaction and 5 other takeaways from Blinken’s trip to China

U.S. President Joe Biden said Secretary of State Antony Blinken “did a hell of a job” in Beijing. His comments…

Biden will announce $600 million in climate investments during California trip

President Joe Biden will visit Palo Alto, California, on Monday and announce over $600 million in climate investments to help…

Ukraine says it’s recaptured 8 villages during counteroffensive; China looks to reassure U.S. over Russia

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine on June 19. 2023. See here for the…