Government and politics

Zelenskyy slams ‘beasts’ in gruesome beheading video; Kremlin calls footage ‘terrible’

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

Macron bypassed parliament and angered French citizens, setting up the far right for a bounce

President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension overhaul, pushed through by overriding the country’s parliament, could eventually erase what the French leader…

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg sues Rep. Jim Jordan over House probe of Trump investigation

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block a House Judiciary Committee subpoena issued…

UN says more than 8,400 killed in Ukraine since war’s start; more revelations emerge from leaked Pentagon documents

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

Senate Democrats urge Supreme Court chief justice to investigate Clarence Thomas luxury trips

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Democratic majority on Monday called for an investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ behavior after…

Trump appeals order for Pence to testify in special counsel Jan. 6 probe

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump are trying to block ex-Vice President Mike Pence from testifying in a special counsel…

State Department designates Evan Gershkovich wrongfully detained by Russia; U.S. grapples with fallout from intelligence leak

This has been CNBC’s live blog covering updates on the war in Ukraine. [Follow the latest updates here.] The U.S. Defense…

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…