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Geopolitical instability and a packed election calendar have strategists wary of 2024

Geopolitical risks will be the key threat to the economic outlook for 2024, as large-scale wars converge with a slew…

Israel-Hamas war live updates: Israel and Hamas agree to 4-day cease-fire in Gaza; 50 hostages from Israel to be released

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the Israel-Hamas war. Click here for the latest updates. Israel and Hamas have agreed…

Senate committee subpoenas Live Nation, Ticketmaster after months-long probe

A Senate investigative subcommittee on Monday said it has issued a subpoena to Live Nation Entertainment and its Ticketmaster subsidiary…

White House slams Musk ‘antisemitic rhetoric,’ says ‘foolish’ to drop SpaceX contracts

The White House is not moving away from Elon Musk’s SpaceX or Starlink technology despite condemning Musk for pushing antisemitic…

Toyota financing arm fined $60 million by consumer watchdog for car loan scam

WASHINGTON — The U.S. financing arm for Toyota was fined $60 million Monday by a federal consumer regulator for preventing car buyers…

‘They will pay’: Trump shares social media threat as his lawyer argues gag order is unfair

Former President Donald Trump on Monday shared a threat made in a social media post by a former top official…

Yellen says Biden, Xi remain far apart on Taiwan’s independence post-APEC

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday that U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping remained far apart on…

Yellen says high food and rent prices key factors in voters’ negative economic outlook

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pointed to the consistently higher prices that Americans pay for food and rent today,…

Trump gag order challenge sharply questioned by appeals court

A panel of Washington, D.C., federal appeals court judges was highly skeptical of arguments Monday by a lawyer for Donald…

Biden turns 81 as worries about his age weigh on re-election prospects

U.S. President Joe Biden turns 81 on Monday, a milestone likely to draw attention to his status as the oldest…