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SF Mayor Lurie says city ‘on the rise’ after Trump reverses course on troop deployment
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks during a press conference at San Francisco City Hall on Oct. 23, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, who was recently thrust into a national debate about the safety of big cities, told CNBC on Thursday that he feels “pressure […]
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King Charles strips brother Andrew of titles and his mansion
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prince Andrew leaves Westminster Abbey following the coronation ceremony of Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla, in London, Britain May 6, 2023. Toby Melville | Reuters Britain’s King Charles has stripped his younger brother Andrew of his title of prince and forced him out of his home by Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace […]
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Delta calls on Congress to immediately end government shutdown, pay air traffic controllers
A Delta Airlines plane takes off near the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images Delta Air Lines called on Congress Thursday to “immediately pass a clean continuing resolution” to reopen the U.S. government and […]
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A ‘war room’ mentality: How auto giants are battling the Nexperia chip crunch
A Honda sedan moves down the assembly line on Jan. 28, 2025 at the automaker’s assembly plant in Marysville, Ohio. Michael Wayland / CNBC Global automakers are once again bracing for production disruptions due to a potential shortage of automotive semiconductor chips, this time sparked by the Dutch government amid geopolitical tensions between the U.S. […]
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Shipping sector skeptical Trump’s latest trade truce with China will reverse import decline
U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to greet Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of a bilateral meeting at Gimhae Air Base on October 30, 2025 in Busan, South Korea. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images American shippers were already unhappy about their business outlook after President Donald Trump imposed steep new tariffs on China in April. And […]
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Billionaires are spending big to stop Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral bid
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Super PACs supporting Andrew Cuomo and opposing Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral race have raised over $40 million, with millions […]
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Shutdown cost government contractors $12 billion so far, Chamber of Commerce report says
The U.S. Capitol building, weeks into the continuing U.S. government shutdown, in Washington on Oct. 27, 2025. Kylie Cooper | Reuters Businesses that contract with the federal government lost $12 billion in the first four weeks of the government shutdown, according to a report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released Thursday. The report, which […]
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Russia on guard after Trump’s call to resume nuclear weapons testing
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump’s call for the U.S. to resume nuclear testing after a more than 30-year pause […]
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The biggest takeaways from the Trump-Xi meeting — what the truce covers and what is still unclear
President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping reached a trade truce during a high-stakes meeting in South Korea on Thursday, de-escalating a dispute over rare earth elements that had threatened to push the world’s two largest economies into a full-blown trade war. China has agreed to pause for one year the sweeping export controls on […]
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Xi-Trump meeting sparks optimism in China amid hope for lower tariffs and a ‘honeymoon’ in ties
Key Points The U.S. and Chinese presidents met Thursday in South Korea after months of escalating trade tensions. Many in China saw the meeting as positive, and looked forward to the U.S. lowering tariffs. “China-U.S. leaders’ Busan Summit” was the top trending hashtag on Weibo, a social media platform similar to X. Source
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