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USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins sent Easter email to staff touting ‘Jesus’ and ‘God’
Politics

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins sent Easter email to staff touting ‘Jesus’ and ‘God’

Brooke Rollins, US agriculture secretary, speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, March 27, 2026. Aaron Schwartz | Sipa | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins sent USDA staff an Easter email that emphasized the story of Jesus being crucified and […]

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Is it time to buy tech, again? A flurry of good news from Broadcom may hold the answer
Technology

Is it time to buy tech, again? A flurry of good news from Broadcom may hold the answer

Has tech bottomed? That’s the question investors have been asking since the relief rally on the final trading day of March, which marked the end of the first quarter. Before Tuesday’s decline, driven by concern about President Donald Trump ‘s Iran deadline, the tech-heavy Nasdaq closed higher in each of the past four sessions. It […]

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Trump praises Hungary PM Viktor Orban after Vance calls him at Budapest rally
Politics

Trump praises Hungary PM Viktor Orban after Vance calls him at Budapest rally

U.S. Vice President JD Vance holds a mobile phone while on a call with U.S. President Donald Trump to a microphone as he delivers remarks at the Day of Friendship event attended by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at MTK Sportpark on April 7, 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. Jonathan Ernst | Getty Images President Donald […]

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AWS teams working around the clock to keep Middle East services up after drone strikes, CEO says
Technology

AWS teams working around the clock to keep Middle East services up after drone strikes, CEO says

The Iran war poses ongoing challenges for cloud provider Amazon Web Services, its chief, Matt Garman, said on Tuesday. The Amazon division said in early March that drone strikes had damaged its data centers in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. “It’s a really difficult situation, and we’re working incredibly hard,” Garman told CNBC’s Kate […]

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Jet fuel supply concerns grow as war on Iran drags on, airlines cut flights
Business

Jet fuel supply concerns grow as war on Iran drags on, airlines cut flights

A Lufthansa passenger aircraft is parked at a gate while a SASCA fuel truck services it on the apron at Toulouse Blagnac Airport in Blagnac in Occitanie in France on March 15, 2026. Isabelle Souriment | AFP | Getty Images The surging price of jet fuel isn’t the airline industry’s only problem. Now, it’s whether […]

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‘Absolutely stunning’ — Artemis II photo captures moon eclipse of sun
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‘Absolutely stunning’ — Artemis II photo captures moon eclipse of sun

The crew of Artemis II captured what NASA’s chief called an “absolutely stunning” photo of the moon eclipsing the sun, as the spacecraft broke Apollo 13’s 56-year-old record for the longest distance traveled by humans from Earth. “This is not AI,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said in an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Tuesday. […]

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Trump warns Iran’s ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ unless deal struck
World

Trump warns Iran’s ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ unless deal struck

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday sharply ramped up his threats against Iran, warning “a whole civilization will die tonight” unless the country’s leadership […]

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CNBC Daily Open: Trump says Iran can ‘be taken out in one night’
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump says Iran can ‘be taken out in one night’

A television station broadcasts a news conference with US President Donald Trump on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, April 6, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily […]

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Oil prices extend gains as Trump reaffirms Tuesday deadline for bombarding Iran’s power plants, bridges
World

Oil prices extend gains as Trump reaffirms Tuesday deadline for bombarding Iran’s power plants, bridges

A drone view of oil storage containers and facilities of the TotalEnergies refinery in the Leuna Chemical Complex, in Leuna, Germany, March 17, 2026. Annegret Hilse | Reuters Oil prices extended gains after U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down on his threats to attack Iran’s civil infrastructure, warning that the nation will be “taken out in one […]

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CNBC Daily Open: Markets hold breath as Trump’s Iran deadline nears
World

CNBC Daily Open: Markets hold breath as Trump’s Iran deadline nears

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak in the Cross Hall of the White House on April 1, 2026 in Washington, DC. Alex Brandon-Pool | Getty Images News Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. Suspense is building ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s […]

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