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Epstein files: DOJ watchdog reviewing release of documents on sex offender
A tablet screen displays a portrait of Jeffrey Epstein beside the U.S. Department of Justice website page titled Epstein Library, Feb. 11, 2026. Veronique Tournier | Afp | Getty Images The Department of Justice’s internal watchdog said on Thursday that it is investigating the DOJ’s compliance with a law requiring that it fully disclose department […]
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These charts show how Iran’s economy is in freefall
An Iranian salesperson sits beside a portrait of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at his fruit shop in the Shahid Boroujerdi residential complex in southern Tehran, Iran, on April 14, 2026. Morteza Nikoubazl | Nurphoto | Getty Images The war in the Middle East is plunging Iran’s already fragile economy into freefall. Tehran’s […]
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Trump orders Navy to ‘shoot and kill any boat’ laying mines in Hormuz Strait
In this handout photo provided by U.S. Central Command, U.S. forces patrol the Arabian Sea near M/V Touska on April 20, 2026, after firing upon the Iranian-flagged vessel that the U.S. accused of attempting to violate the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports near the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Navy | Getty Images President Donald […]
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Kevin Warsh’s wealth shows how top family office employees can cash in
Kevin Warsh, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Chair of the Federal Reserve, prepares to testify during his Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnick | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s […]
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Trump’s lack of focus on economy is spooking Republicans as 2026 election looms
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters next to a Doordash delivery worker outside the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, DC, April 13, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images Over the span of four days earlier this month, President Donald Trump posted to his Truth Social account about his proposed […]
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Oil exporters scramble for routes beyond Hormuz — but options are constrained
Maps4Media processed and enhanced Sentinal-2 satellite imagery shows a broad view of the Strait of Hormuz between southern Iran and Oman’s Musandam Peninsula, including surrounding islands, coastal terrain, and turquoise shallow-water zones at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. Maps4media | Getty Images News | Getty Images Middle Eastern oil and gas producers are still […]
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U.S. Senate votes to advance $70 billion funding plan for ICE, Border Patrol
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 17, 2026. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters U.S. Senate Republicans voted on Thursday to advance a $70 billion plan to fund the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agencies for the next three years, ignoring demands from Democrats for guardrails on immigration enforcement agents and their […]
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‘We are facing the biggest energy security threat in history,’ IEA chief tells CNBC
“We are facing the biggest energy security threat in history,” Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), told CNBC Thursday. “As of today, we’ve lost 13 million barrels per day of oil … and there are major disruptions in vital commodities,” he told Steve Sedgwick virtually at CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE in Singapore. Birol […]
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Justin Trudeau tells CNBC that international organizations may no longer be fit for purpose. Watch live
Canada’s former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE in Singapore Thursday that international financial institutions were “spectacularly ill-adjusted” to respond to modern day issues. “You can look to different places around the world to realize that those institutions, whether it was the WTO or the IMF or what have you, aren’t necessarily […]
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IBM CEO Krishna says Iran, other uncertainty is weighing on company’s outlook
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna speaks at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, on March 11, 2025. Andy Wenstrand | Sxsw Conference & Festivals | Getty Images International Business Machines CEO Arvind Krishna told CNBC on Wednesday that the Iran war and other geopolitical uncertainty are leading the company to guide cautiously. IBM beat analyst first-quarter […]
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