Government and politics

U.S. scrambles to trace source of highly classified intel leak

Classified documents that appeared online, with details ranging from Ukraine’s air defenses to Israel’s Mossad spy agency, have U.S. officials…

U.S. reviewing whether Ukraine war documents were leaked

The Defense Department and the Justice Department are reviewing a handful of documents that were released on several social media…

Commerce officials heading to China to lay groundwork for possible Raimondo trip later this year, sources say

Senior officials from the Department of Commerce will be traveling to Beijing and Shanghai next week as part of an…

Russia charges Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich with espionage

Russian Federal Security Service investigators have formally charged Evan Gershkovich with espionage but the Wall Street Journal reporter denied the…

Secret Pentagon and NATO files leaked; Russia formally charges American reporter with espionage

This has been CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. [Follow the latest updates here.] The Pentagon…

France’s Macron, EU chief call on China to mediate in Ukraine war

Two of Europe’s top political heavyweights on Thursday held talks with China’s President Xi Jinping, at a time when the…

Over 8 million Ukrainians are now refugees; Kyiv may negotiate on Crimea

This has been CNBC’s live blog covering updates on the war in Ukraine. [Follow the latest updates here.] Kyiv has disclosed…

Trump faces more legal threats beyond a hush money case. Here’s the status of those probes

Hours after his historic arrest in Manhattan, former President Donald Trump lashed out in a speech Tuesday night at each…

McCarthy meets with Taiwan leader as China threatens ‘actions’ in response

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and a bipartisan congressional delegation met Wednesday with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in Simi Valley, California, in…

Criminal marketplace Genesis seized by FBI in larger fight against state-backed cybercrime

Genesis Market, a Russia-linked marketplace where tens of millions of hacked accounts were sold to bad actors around the world,…