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Fishermen motor past a commercial vessel anchored off Yemen’s coast at Bab al-Mandeb, in the straits connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean on September 12, 2026. – | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. Treasury Department is sanctioning 17 additional vessels it says are connected to Iran’s “shadow…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House on October 07, 2026 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he no longer wants a deal with Iran, following reports that the U.S. military is…
Jamieson Greer, U.S. Trade Representative, speaking at the CNBC CEO Council Summit in Washington, D.C. on June 2, 2026. Aaron Clamage | CNBC U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer reported roughly $1.17 million to $3.75 million in cash, retirement accounts and other investments according to a CNBC analysis of his newly obtained 2025 financial disclosure. The…
Digital investment platform Webull, which counts 28 million global users, is quietly “tied in structural ways” to China’s government, representing a national security threat to U.S. finance, according to a bipartisan congressional panel’s findings shared exclusively with CNBC. The bipartisan House Select Committee on China in its new report being released Wednesday found “a profound…
SINGAPORE β An unwinding of the artificial intelligence trade poses the biggest risk to markets, according to Singapore’s state-owned investment giant Temasek. “We don’t see that as imminent, but will you have bumps in 2027? Yeah, possibly yes,” Rohit Sipahimalani, Temasek’s chief investment officer, said at the Milken Institute Asia Summit in Singapore. AI has…
ALLENTOWN, Pa. β Mortgage rates are climbing sharply, home prices continue to gain and inflation in the broader economy is hitting consumers, leading housing affordability to weigh heavily on both renters and potential homebuyers. In Pennsylvania β a swing state where House races could help decide control of the next U.S. Congress β renting or…
Sen. Roger Marshall, a Republican from Kansas, and Democratic U.S. senatorial candidate Adam Hamilton of Kansas. Eric Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Colin E. Braley | AP In a state that hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 1932, Republican Sen. Roger Marshall suddenly finds himself in a competitive race with weeks to go until…
US President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, Sept. 30, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump said Monday evening that he and his political action committee will pay for controversial television ads that praised him, and which reportedly were funded from up to $20…
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 30: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he is joined by (L-R) Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, U.S. Sen. Daniel S. Sullivan (R-AK), U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, and U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright during an announcement in the Oval Office of the…
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez attends an extraordinary parliamentary session to vote on a government housing decree on October 2, 2026 at the Congress of Deputies in Madrid. Javier Soriano | Afp | Getty Images Spanish Prime Minister Pedro SΓ‘nchez called a snap election for Nov. 29 on Monday after Congress rejected measures intended to…