Year: 2025
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino plans to step down early next year, MS NOW reports
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has said he plans to step down from his role early next year, MS NOW reported Wednesday, citing eight people briefed on his account. Bongino, the No. 2 official at the FBI under Director Kash Patel, also told his confidants that he will not be returning to the bureau’s headquarters this […]
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Why XRP ETFs are seeing steady inflows despite crypto’s pullback: CNBC Crypto World
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email On today’s episode of CNBC Crypto World, bitcoin falls as Wall Street rethinks some AI investments. Also, CF Benchmarks CEO Sui Chung discusses recent trends in crypto ETFs. Source
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Cramer slams Amazon for considering a circular AI deal reminiscent of the dotcom bubble
Jim Cramer implores Amazon not to engage in “sham-like” circular AI deals that remind him of the kind of speculation that fueled the 1990s dotcom bubble that burst more than two decades ago. According to multiple reports on Wednesday, Amazon is in talks about a potential $10 billion investment in OpenAI in exchange for the […]
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FCC chief Brendan Carr tells Senate that his agency is ‘not formally … independent’
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr told a Senate committee on Wednesday that his agency is “not formally … independent.” Shortly after Carr made that statement, the FCC apparently removed the word “independent” in a description of the agency’s work on its website. Carr’s appearance before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee was his first […]
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Senate passes $901 billion defense bill that pushes Hegseth for boat strike video
The Senate gave final passage on Wednesday to an annual military policy bill that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs while pressuring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide lawmakers with video of strikes on alleged drug boats in international water near Venezuela. The annual National Defense Authorization Act, which raises troop pay by 3.8%, gained bipartisan backing as it moved through Congress. It passed […]
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Prediction markets could hit a trillion dollars in trading volume by the end of this decade, new report says
Polymarket banner outside the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 7th, 2025. Kevin Stankiewicz | CNBC Prediction markets could reach a trillion dollars in annual trading volume by the end of this decade, according to a new report from Eilers & Krejcik, a research firm that specializes in sports and interactive gaming sectors. “Numerous factors, […]
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Trump prosecutor Jack Smith defends probes in House testimony
Former special counsel Jack Smith arrives for a closed-door deposition with members of the House Judiciary Committee on the prosecutions of President Donald Trump, in Rayburn building on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Jack Smith, the former U.S. Justice Department special counsel who brought two now-dropped criminal cases against President Donald Trump, […]
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Amazon says AI chief Rohit Prasad is leaving, Peter DeSantis to lead ‘AGI’ group
Rohit Prasad, Senior VP & Head Scientist for Alexa, Amazon, on Centre Stage during day one of Web Summit 2022 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Ben McShane | Sportsfile | Getty Images Rohit Prasad, a top Amazon executive overseeing its artificial general intelligence unit, is leaving at the end of this year, the […]
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The Oscars are heading to YouTube in 2029
An Oscar statue is pictured at the red carpet of the 97th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 28, 2025. Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images The 101st Academy Awards will be hosted on YouTube. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday it’s signed a […]
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Billionaire fund manager Ron Baron praises beaten-up financial stock whose new CEO he compares to Jamie Dimon
ETF Edge Billionaire fund manager Ron Baron praises beaten-up financial stock whose new CEO he compares to Jamie Dimon Published Wed, Dec 17 202512:54 PM EST Krysta Escobar WATCH LIVE Source
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