Donald J. Trump
President Donald Trump to join ‘Squawk Box’ at 8 a.m. ET
President Donald Trump joins Squawk Box at 8 a.m. on August 5, 2025. President Donald Trump will join CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Tuesday around 8 a.m. ET for a wide-ranging conversation on the economy and the state of the U.S. Trump’s interview comes as the administration juggles a slew of tariff negotiations as well as […]
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Palantir tops $1 billion in revenue for the first time, boosts guidance
Palantir topped Wall Street’s estimates Monday, surpassing $1 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time, and hiking its full-year guidance. Shares rallied more than 5%. Here’s how the company did versus LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: 16 cents adj. vs. 14 cents expected Revenue: $1.00 billion vs. $940 million expected The artificial intelligence software […]
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Trump stokes conspiracies about jobs data, as White House defends firing BLS chief
U.S. President Donald Trump walks towards reporters from Marine One at at the Lehigh Valley International Airport on August 03, 2025 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images President Donald Trump and one of his top economic advisors on Monday stoked baseless conspiracies about federal jobs data, suggesting without evidence that Friday’s weaker-than-expected employment […]
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Shares of American Eagle surge after Trump calls Sydney Sweeney campaign ‘hottest ad out there’
A window display of actress Sydney Sweeney is seen on a window of an American Eagle store on August 01, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Shares of American Eagle surged more than 15% on Monday after President Donald Trump complimented the retailer’s marketing campaign with actress Sydney Sweeney. “Sydney […]
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EU will delay planned U.S. tariffs for six months to allow for trade talks
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, July 27, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The European Union announced Monday that it will suspend for six months its planned countermeasures against the United States’ tariffs, which which were set to take effect this week. “On 27 […]
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Trump and Carney to speak in the coming days, Canadian official says
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a press conference after a Cabinet meeting to discuss both trade negotiations with the US and the situation in the Middle East, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on July 30, 2025. Dave Chan | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian […]
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‘The revisions are hard evidence’: White House struggles to justify firing of BLS chief over weak jobs numbers
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett speaks with reporters in the driveway outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., March 19, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s sudden decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, without citing […]
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Senate confirms former Fox News host Pirro as top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital
Jeanine Pirro is sworn in as the new interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia during a ceremony hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 28, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters The Senate has confirmed former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as the top federal prosecutor […]
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Appeals court keeps order blocking Trump administration from indiscriminate immigration sweeps
A federal appeals court ruled Friday night to uphold a lower court’s temporary order blocking the Trump administration from conducting indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in Southern California. A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held a hearing Monday afternoon at which the federal government asked the court to overturn a […]
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Trump ‘soft, weak and afraid’ in firing labor statistics chief McEntarfer: Wyden
The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee called President Donald Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday “the act of somebody who is soft, weak and afraid to own up to the reality of the damage his chaos is inflicting on our economy.” “Bottom line, Trump wants to cook […]
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