Government and politics

Trump pleads not guilty to new classified documents charges, waives arraignment appearance

Former President Donald Trump on Friday pleaded not guilty and waived his personal appearance for an arraignment on a superseding…

Trump’s court appearances should be nationally televised, Adam Schiff says

WASHINGTON — A campaign to televise former President Donald Trump’s federal criminal trials was launched late Thursday by congressional Democrats, led…

Biden order curbing investment to China expected next week

President Joe Biden is expected to issue his long-awaited executive order to screen outbound investments in sensitive technologies to China…

Trump to appeal ruling keeping Georgia DA on election case as indictment looms

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump said in a court filing Friday they will appeal a Georgia judge’s recent ruling…

Appeals court allows Biden asylum restrictions to temporarily stay in place as case plays out

An appeals court Thursday allowed a rule restricting asylum at the southern border to temporarily stay in place. The decision…

Putin critic Navalny handed 19 more years in prison; Kremlin says Ukraine launched attack on key oil export hub

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine on 4 August 2023. See here for the…

Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis says he’ll debate Gavin Newsom

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis agreed Wednesday to debate California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, live on Fox…

Manchin warns government to step up after Fitch credit rating downgrade

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin on Thursday called on his colleagues to take sorely needed budgetary steps to strengthen the…

Former President Trump released on bond under strict rules after not-guilty plea to election conspiracy charges

Former President Donald Trump entered a not-guilty plea to Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya, who set the date for his next…

Trump wants 2020 election case moved out of D.C. as city preps for his arraignment

Former President Donald Trump said the federal case charging him with trying to overturn his 2020 election loss should be…