Politics

France’s Macron set to press visiting Xi on trade, Ukraine

China’s President Xi Jinping heads to Paris on Sunday for a rare visit, with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron set…

Labour’s Sadiq Khan wins re-election as London mayor

Sadiq Khan was re-elected as London’s mayor, final results showed on Saturday, helping to cement the Labour Party’s commanding lead…

Why election polls were so wrong in 2016 and 2020 — and what’s changing to fix that

2014 was the first year Lonna Atkeson remembers receiving hate mail. Atkeson, a political scientist who researches election surveys and…

Guo Wengui chief of staff Yvette Wang pleads guilty to $1 billion fraud conspiracy in New York

The chief of staff to controversial exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui pleaded guilty in New York on Friday to a…

Jobless rates rise in April for all racial groups except Black Americans

The unemployment rate for Black Americans fell in April, bucking the overall trend, according to data released Friday by the…

SEC charges Trump Media auditor with ‘massive fraud’ on hundreds of companies, imposes lifetime ban

The auditing firm for Trump Media and the auditor’s owner were charged Friday with “massive fraud” by the Securities and…

Trump trial: Former top aide Hope Hicks cries as cross-examination begins

Former top White House communications aide Hope Hicks started crying on the witness stand Friday as an attorney for Donald…

Conflict reaches day 800; Russia says it curbed Ukrainian attacks overnight

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. The Russia-Ukraine war reached day 800 on Friday,…

Britain’s ruling Conservatives hit with another local defeat as general election nears

LONDON — U.K. leader Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party suffered significant losses at a flurry of local elections overnight, in a…

A Trump SEC would aim to reverse climate disclosure rule, ratchet up ESG fights, sources say

The Securities and Exchange Commission under a second Donald Trump presidency would roll back the aggressive stance the government agency…