Government and politics

Ukraine war updates: Russia’s intelligence chief claims U.S., U.K. and Ukraine were behind Moscow terrorist attack

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. See here for the latest updates. Top Russian officials,…

Biden campaign’s latest broadside: A ‘feeble’ Trump is ‘lying about having money’

A court ruling that slashed Donald Trump’s civil fraud appeal bond was a financial win for the former president. But…

Netanyahu cancels Israeli delegation to U.S. over UN Gaza vote

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said he will not send a delegation as planned to Washington after the…

Trump turns to his ‘old cast’ to raise millions for 2024 and the PAC paying his legal bills

Veteran investor John Paulson has called allies on Wall Street to make the case that it’s time to help Donald…

Biden trolls Trump over golf ‘championship’ trophies: ‘Quite the accomplishment’

President Joe Biden trolled Donald Trump late Sunday after his Republican challenger bragged about winning not one but two “club…

Tammy Murphy drops out of NJ Senate Democratic primary to replace indicted Sen. Bob Menendez

Tammy Murphy, the wife of New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, announced Sunday that she would withdraw from the state’s Democratic…

‘There’s going to be a problem’: House Republicans ramp up pressure campaign on Speaker Johnson after budget saga

After six months of budget deadlocks, stopgap funding measures and near-miss government shutdowns, Congress finalized the remaining parts of a…

As Trump’s $454 million fraud judgment deadline looms, son Eric gripes ‘they want to bankrupt him’

Donald Trump faces the severe risk that New York’s attorney general will begin trying to collect a $454 million civil…

Biden signs $1.2 trillion spending package for government funding until October

President Joe Biden on Saturday signed Congress’ $1.2 trillion spending package, finalizing the remaining batch of bills in a long-awaited…

Trump claims he has $500 million cash, after his lawyers say he can’t get $454 million bond

Donald Trump on Friday claimed to have nearly half a billion dollars in cash — after his lawyers said he…