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This is the easiest way for newbies to start investing, financial experts say

Investing can seem overly complicated, and that complexity may paralyze Americans into doing nothing. But investing — and doing so…

Border-funding battle snags budget talks in Congress with shutdown days away

Congress is back at the budget negotiation table this week and border security disputes again are threatening to torpedo talks…

Elon Musk says Trump ‘came by’ while he was eating breakfast, did not ask for money

Elon Musk said his March 3 meeting with Donald Trump in Florida was not planned, and that the presumptive Republican…

Trump can’t secure $454 million appeal bond in New York fraud case, his lawyers say

Donald Trump does not have enough cash to obtain an appeal bond that would prevent New York’s attorney general from…

Ukraine war updates: Western leaders slam Putin’s election win as ‘illegitimate’; Ukraine hit with new wave of drone attacks

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin swept through the country’s…

China kicks off the year on strong note as retail, industrial data tops expectations

BEIJING —  China’s economic data for the first two months of the year beat analysts’ expectations across the board on…

North Korea fires ballistic missiles as Blinken visits Seoul

North Korea fired ballistic missiles into the sea on Monday for the first time in two months, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Seoul for a conference hosted by President Yoon…