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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr., left, and his wife Martha-Ann Alito, pay their respects at the casket of Reverend Billy Graham at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Feb. 28, 2018. Pablo Martinez Monsivais | AP Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has “thought about” retiring after the high court’s last term…
VANDALIA, OHIO – OCTOBER 03: U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage to speak at the Butler-Vandalia Student Activity Center during a campaign rally on October 03, 2026 in Vandalia, Ohio.Β (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images) Roberto Schmidt | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Donald Trump used an Ohio rally on Saturday to mix…
Jay Clayton, nominee to be director of national intelligence, testifies during his Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton has been chosen as the Trump administration’s new AI czar, leading its response to…
Brazil will hold a knife-edge vote on Sunday as its presidential race kicks off β but the election’s outcome is likely to be felt far beyond the country’s borders. Voters will head to the polls to decide whether incumbent Luiz InΓ‘cio Lula da Silva β known colloquially as Lula β should remain in office or…
Students gather during a demonstration near LycΓ©e Deodat high school in Toulouse, south-western France, on Oct. 1, 2026. Ed Jones | Afp | Getty Images Hundreds of schools were closed across France on Friday, after a swathe of student protests turned violent. More than 400 schools were shut in the aftermath of the rallies, which…
Jerome Powell, the 16th Chair for the U.S. Federal Reserve, during a moderated conversation at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Monday, March 30, 2026. Mel Musto | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Department of Justice will not reopen its criminal investigation into former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the central bank’s overbudget…
Texas state Sen. Nathan Johnson speaks during a press conference after a group of Senate Democrats walked off the Senate floor as a redistricting bill was brought up on the agenda at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Aug. 12, 2025. Mikala Compton | Austin American-Statesman | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images Nathan Johnson, a Texas…
The U.S. is reportedly sending a third aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East, along with an amphibious force carrying 2,000 Marines, raising stakes for an escalation in the months-long conflict. The deployment comes as President Donald Trump has signaled an intention to resume strikes on Iran after the November midterm elections. The USS…
President Donald Trump has new ammunition he can use in his campaign against his perceived opponents at the Federal Reserve, although a watchdog report released Wednesday found no basis for criminal charges stemming from the Fed’s costly renovations to its headquarters. Combined with separate disputes involving governors Lisa Cook and Michael Barr, Trump’s decision to…
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick reported at least $250 million in income and other proceeds last year, much of it from the financial businesses he left behind when he joined the Trump administration, according to CNBC’s calculations from his newly released 2025 annual financial disclosure. The largest piece was a $192 million distribution from Cantor Fitzgerald,…