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White House stands by Defense Secretary Austin as bipartisan furor grows over secret ICU stay

White House officials on Monday reiterated the president’s support for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who said he did not intend…

Supreme Court rejects appeal by Elon Musk’s X on disclosing federal surveillance

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal by the social media giant X challenging a ban on…

House Republicans recommend Hunter Biden be held in contempt of Congress for refusing a subpoena

House committees released reports Monday recommending that Hunter Biden be held in contempt of Congress over what they called his…

Blinken to meet with leaders of Saudi Arabia, UAE with aim to avert larger Middle East war

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to meet with the leaders of the…

Russia unleashes missile, drone attacks across Ukraine; Putin courts families of dead servicemen

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. See below for the latest updates.  Russia unleashes…

Berkshire Hathaway settles suit with Haslam family over truck-stop company

Berkshire Hathaway settled a billion-dollar lawsuit with the Haslam family over how Berkshire accounted for the value of Pilot Travel…

Global shipping delays cast shadow over strong December jobs report

WASHINGTON — The strong December jobs report released Friday capped off a year of economic wins for the Biden administration.…

Supreme Court will hear appeal of Trump ballot disqualification in Colorado

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal challenging a court ruling that disqualified former President Donald…

Trump had meals at Jeffrey Epstein home, not massages, housekeeper testified

Donald Trump sometimes ate meals at the Florida home of sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, but the former president never received…

Microsoft, OpenAI sued for copyright infringement by nonfiction book authors in class action claim

Two nonfiction book authors sued Microsoft and OpenAI in a would-be class action complaint alleging that the defendants “simply stole”…