Politics

Ron DeSantis turns to Wall Street executives, top lawyer for fundraising boost to catch Trump

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is turning to a group of executives from Wall Street and a top lawyer for a…

2024 election: Biden, Trump in a statistical tie in latest Quinnipiac poll

President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump are in a statistical tie in a new poll of voters by…

GOP Sen. Mitt Romney says he will not run for reelection

Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah on Wednesday announced that he will not seek reelection next year. His current term…

Before Elon Musk, Twitter rarely lobbied against state laws. Now X is suing California over one

Billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform quietly waged a lobbying campaign to derail an online content moderation bill in California…

Trump, Meadows offer quid pro quo on speedy trial to sever Georgia election case from co-defendants

Donald Trump on Wednesday offered to “exchange” his right to a speedy trial in his Georgia election-conspiracy case for an…

Judge sets limits on Trump discussing classified info in Mar-a-Lago documents case

A federal judge on Wednesday issued an order setting limits on where and how former President Donald Trump can discuss…

Judge denies Trump aide Mark Meadows request to pause ruling that sent Georgia election case back to state court

A federal judge denied former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ request for an emergency stay of a ruling…

Kim and Putin talks end after two hours, leaders hail alliance stretching back to Cold War era

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. See here for the latest updates.  North Korean…

Co-founder of $4 billion crypto fraud scheme gets 20 years in prison, ‘Cryptoqueen’ partner remains at large

The co-founder of the fraudulent OneCoin cryptocurrency, a massive pyramid scheme that amassed more than $4 billion from millions of…

Child poverty more than doubled in U.S. after expanded tax credits, stimulus checks ended

Child poverty more than doubled in the U.S. last year after financial assistance that supported families during the earlier days…