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Bill Ackman explains why he embraced RFK Jr.’s skepticism on Covid vaccines

Bill Ackman said in 2021 that delaying Covid vaccinations for older Americans “seems like genocide.” Today, the influential hedge fund…

Lin Wood, pro-Trump lawyer who challenged 2020 election results, retires amid disbarment threat

Lin Wood, a pro-Trump lawyer who worked to challenge the 2020 election results, retired from practicing law in order to…

U.S. judge restricts Biden officials from contact with social media firms

A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday restricted some agencies and officials of the administration of President Joe Biden from meeting…

China’s Xi says countries share responsibility to promote growth, opposes decoupling

BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that Beijing opposes “decoupling and breaking links,” according to a CNBC translation…

Inflation blame game: UK economic woes set government and central bank on a collision course

LONDON — In January, with one eye on a critical general election in 2024, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vowed…

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to meet with senior officials in China this week

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to Beijing this week to meet with senior Chinese officials. The Treasury said Yellen…

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is barred from running for office until 2030

Far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was barred Friday from running for office again until 2030 after a panel of…

Biden says he’s working on a new path to student loan forgiveness after Supreme Court decision

President Joe Biden suggested on Friday that he was looking for another avenue to deliver student debt relief after the…

Republicans celebrate after Supreme Court scraps Biden student loan relief program

Republican leaders and presidential candidates filed in to applaud Friday’s Supreme Court decision striking down President Joe Biden’s student loan…

Biden says Supreme Court ‘misinterpreted the Constitution’ in rejecting student loan relief

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Friday he’ll give a second go at his student debt relief plan, rooting it…