Government and politics

Trump defense rests at New York hush money trial, ex-president doesn’t testify

Defense lawyers for Donald Trump rested their case at his criminal hush money trial Tuesday without calling the former president…

Trump-allied Republicans are changing the GOP’s approach to labor, free markets and regulation

This reported column is Part One of Eamon Javers’ two-part series on the new, conservative economic populism gaining ground among…

Trump reports outraising Biden campaign in April, but Dems maintain cash advantage

Former President Donald Trump outraised President Joe Biden in April for the first time in 2024, a potential sign that…

Kremlin says Zelenskyy ‘slipping into hysterics’ wanting the West to get directly involved in the war

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin said Tuesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr…

DJT: Trump Media reports $770,500 revenue for first quarter, net loss of $327.6 million

Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform, disclosed a net loss of $327.6 million in…

How Biden is winning over corporate America behind closed doors

President Joe Biden has had it out for corporate America for much of his term. Over the past three years,…

Judge blasts Trump defense witness for ‘contemptuous’ staring, muttering at hush money trial

The judge presiding over the New York criminal hush money trial of Donald Trump had journalists and most other members…

Iran’s President Raisi is dead. What does the leadership void mean for the country and the world?

The sudden death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash plunges Tehran into fresh uncertainty at a time…

Putin says Iran’s Raisi was ‘true friend of Russia’, Ukraine and Russia exchange tit-for-tat strikes

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine attacked each other’s neighboring border…

Taiwan’s new president urges China to stop its ‘intimidation’ and ‘choose dialogue over confrontation’

Taiwan’s new President Lai Ching-te urged China to stop its hostile political and military threats against the island and work toward…