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Trump stiffed his alleged co-conspirators, whose false claims brought in $250 million

Several of the attorneys who spearheaded President Donald Trump’s frenzied effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election tried,…

Jeffrey Epstein referred Obama White House counsel to JPMorgan as potential customer

Sex predator Jeffrey Epstein was involved in establishing a client relationship between Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler and JPMorgan…

Trump stiffed his alleged co-conspirators, whose false claims brought in $250 million

Several of the attorneys who spearheaded President Donald Trump’s frenzied effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election tried,…

CFPB to crack down on data brokers, Chopra says at White House event

WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday held a roundtable examining potentially harmful data broker practices, part of an administration…

Ex-FBI counterintelligence official pleads guilty to conspiracy charge for helping Russian oligarch

A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to violate sanctions on Russia by going to work,…

Biden takes his reelection pitch to Wisconsin, a state Republicans are wooing in 2024

President Joe Biden spoke in Milwaukee on Tuesday, a week before Republicans meet there for their first presidential debate. The…

Feds say Hunter Biden gun charge diversion deal no longer valid, deny they reneged on plea agreement

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday said a pretrial diversion deal that they had offered to Hunter Biden on a felony gun…

Trump co-defendant Carlos De Oliveira pleads not guilty in classified docs case

Carlos De Oliveira, the newest co-defendant in the federal criminal case over former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents,…

New A.I. working group aims to shape policy for key Democratic bloc

WASHINGTON — Democrats on Capitol Hill are forming a new working group on artificial intelligence and prioritizing how to prevent…

Suspected spies for Russia arrested in UK; Russia’s central bank hikes rates to 12%

This was CNBC’s blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine on August 15, 2023. See here for the latest…