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A general view of the office building of Baidu is in Pudong, Shanghai, on Feb. 9, 2026. Ying Tang | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Pentagon added a slew of Chinese companies, including Alibaba Group, Baidu Inc and carmaker BYD, to a list of entities it believes have aided the Chinese military, complicating the fragile…
President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House on September 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images A federal judge on Monday vacated President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee for employers’ H-1B visa applications. The policy implementing the large fees on high-skilled worker visas violated…
A view of streets as daily life continues amid fragile ceasefire in Tehran, Iran on May 12, 2026, as geopolitical tensions rise following recent statements from the United States. Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu | Getty Images Iran’s military has ceased strikes against Israel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told CNBC on Monday, but Tehran warned…
President Donald Trump hands a pen to Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence Sriram Krishnan after signing an executive order while U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) (2nd L) and Commerce Secretary Howard look on in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. The executive order curbs…
US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on “American Agriculture” at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, on June 5, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump stormed out of a taped interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” after being pressed on his controversial “weaponization” fund and on evidence of…
Election officials sort through ballots at a counting station for the local elections in Seoul on June 3, 2026. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP via Getty Images) Pedro Pardo | Afp | Getty Images South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has chosen Han Seongsook, the country’s minister for small and midsize businesses and startups,…
Cattle are herded in a stable on June 5, 2026 in Dublin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed a second case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, in Texas. The latest detection was found in a one-month-old calf in Zavala County, Texas, roughly 5.6 miles from the first…
President Donald Trump on Friday defended the continued lack of a war-ending deal with Iran by once again trashing the prior nuclear agreement brokered by Barack Obama, his predecessor and longtime political foe. “They’ve dealt with very weak and ineffective leadership on behalf of the United States” and others “that allowed them to get away…
Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., talks with reporters outside a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The leader of the congressional committee that oversees how the House functions says he is working on legislation to not only ban…
Bill Pulte, Federal Housing Finance Agency director, speaking on CNBC on Jan. 8, 2026. CNBC President Donald Trump reportedly said Friday that he wants incoming acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte to “start the process” of firing large numbers of employees in the DNI’s office. The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump, in an…