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Yellen’s UN week agenda: Food prices, climate change and global aid

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen outlined an ambitious agenda on Monday to address key factors of the global economic…

Biden: Today ‘five innocent Americans’ imprisoned in Iran are coming home

President Joe Biden celebrated the release of five American prisoners from Iran on Monday. “Today, five innocent Americans who were…

The wage gap costs women $1.6 trillion a year, new report finds. Here’s how to get the pay you deserve

The wage gap costs women in the U.S. about $1.6 trillion a year, a new report finds. Women earned 78…

Special counsel Jack Smith requests Trump be banned from talking about witnesses or evidence in Jan. 6 federal case

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith on Friday asked a federal judge to bar former President Donald Trump from publicly…

Senators ask Pentagon for answers on SpaceX’s Starlink service in Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Three Democratic members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services have asked the Pentagon for information about SpaceX CEO…

Trump criticizes UAW leadership amid strike, warns autoworkers’ jobs are moving to China

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump warned that U.S. autoworkers’ jobs will move to China and accused the United Auto Workers’ leadership…

UK designates Wagner Group as terrorists; Russian lawmakers propose banning WhatsApp

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine on Sept. 15. See below for the latest…

Leaders in Southeast Asia say they want to be friends with both the U.S. and China

SINGAPORE — The U.S. and China have been in a political tussle for years now — but other countries shouldn’t…

Senate subpoenas Saudi Public Investment Fund’s U.S. subsidiary for info on PGA-LIV Golf deal

WASHINGTON — Bipartisan members of a Senate subcommittee on homeland security demanded transparency Wednesday from a Saudi Arabian investment fund…

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…