Politics

DOJ charges 18 people — including doctors — in massive Covid health-care fraud takedowns

Eighteen people, some of them doctors, were criminally charged with Covid-19 health-care fraud schemes that netted hundreds of millions of…

Disney tells its lobbyists to step up fight against DeSantis and his allies in Florida

Disney is preparing to take its fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his GOP allies in the state Legislature…

Janet Yellen says U.S. economic competition with China must be ‘fair to both sides’

WASHINGTON — The U.S. seeks healthy economic competition with China even as the country pursues intellectual property to gain an…

Senate invites Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts to testify in wake of Clarence Thomas ethics scandal

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday invited Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to testify next month…

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell ordered to pay $5 million to 2020 election fraud data debunker

An arbitration panel ordered MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to pay $5 million within 30 days to a Nevada software developer…

Appeals court temporarily blocks House subpoena for ex-Manhattan prosecutor in Trump probe

A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily blocked a House Judiciary Committee subpoena for testimony from a former Manhattan prosecutor who…

Kyiv says it’s time for NATO to invite Ukraine into the alliance — not just to a summit

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine on April 20, 2023. See here for the…

McCarthy unveils debt ceiling bill that aims to cut big parts of Biden’s agenda

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Wednesday released his plan to raise the debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion…

Biden slams McCarthy, tells him to ‘take default off the table’ in debt ceiling fight

President Joe Biden on Wednesday slammed House Republicans for flirting with defaulting on the national debt, saying America is not…

Supreme Court maintains full access to abortion pill mifepristone until at least Friday

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday issued an order allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to remain available by mail…