Politics

House committee calls Fed, FDIC officials to testify in its first hearing on bank failures

WASHINGTON — The House Financial Services Committee on Friday announced its first hearing on the failures of Silicon Valley Bank…

New York law enforcement preparing for possible Trump indictment in porn star payoff case

Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in New York are preparing for the possibility that ex-President Donald Trump will…

1,000 federal judges seek to remove personal info from internet as threats skyrocket

More than 1,000 federal judges have asked the U.S. Courts system for help removing personally identifiable information from the internet…

WHO calls on China to release data linking Covid origin to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market

The World Health Organization on Friday called on China to release new data linking the Covid pandemic’s origins to animal…

President Erdogan says Turkey will start ratifying Finland’s NATO application

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday approved Finland’s accession to NATO after months of talks, but added that discussions…

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over alleged Ukraine war crimes

WASHINGTON — The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Friday for Russian President Vladimir Putin over alleged war…

Biden calls on Congress to tighten laws to claw back executive pay, levy penalties in bank failures

President Joe Biden called on Congress to give regulators more authority to claw back pay and penalize executives at distressed…

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon ‘knew in 2008’ that Epstein was a sex trafficker, lawyer argues

An attorney for the U.S. Virgin Islands argued in federal court that JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and ex-top bank…

Turkey will start ratifying Finland’s NATO application; International court issues arrest warrant for Putin for alleged war crimes

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine on March 17, 2023. See here for the…

Silicon Valley Bank ex-CEO backed Big Tech lobbying groups that targeted Dodd-Frank, sought corporate tax cuts

Before Silicon Valley Bank’s failure, its former CEO Greg Becker backed two tech industry lobbying groups that tried to influence…