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U.S.-China power struggle thrusts Panama Canal back into the spotlight
This aerial view shows the Taiwanese cargo ship Yang Ming sailing out of the Panama Canal on the Pacific side in Panama City on October 6, 2025. Martin Bernetti | Afp | Getty Images A simmering dispute over two container ports at either end of the Panama Canal risks becoming a geopolitical flashpoint between the […]
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Crypto bill talks picking up in Senate after clearing a key vote, Sen. Boozman says
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., said he feels “very strongly” about reaching Senate agreement — likely this year — on a cryptocurrency market structure bill, even after Democrats backed out of supporting the version his committee advanced last week. “Everybody is really working hard right now and I think getting it through a committee […]
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Sen. Slotkin refuses DOJ interview request over troops video: ‘The intimidation is the point’
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., is seen in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan said Thursday that she had refused to sit for a requested interview with the Department of Justice for its investigation over a video in which she […]
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The White House is launching direct-to-consumer drug site Trump Rx. Here’s what to know
U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. Nov. 6, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump on Thursday is slated to announce the launch of TrumpRx – a direct-to-consumer website that is key to his administration’s efforts to lower prescription drug costs […]
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Good news in a sea of pain sends 2 non-tech stocks higher in Thursday’s down market
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq were sinking for the third straight session as the rotation out of tech and into the less flashy areas […]
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Trump would decide whether to investigate Fed pick Warsh over refusal to cut rates: Bessent
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (L), and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Feb. 5th, 2026. Getty Images | Reuters Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday refused to rule out the possibility of a criminal investigation of Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Federal Reserve chair, if Warsh ends up refusing to […]
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Warren to call for reversal of Trump’s UAE chip sales after ‘Spy Sheikh’ revelations
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) (L), and Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan Getty Image | Reuters Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., will ask the Senate on Thursday to condemn and call for the reversal of the sale of 500,000 advanced artificial intelligence chips to the United Arab Emirates. Warren’s resolution, shared exclusively with CNBC, comes after […]
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Cheaper tequila and canned cocktails were the only bright spots for booze during a rough 2025
Various cans of alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages including Captain Morgan Rum and Coke, Bacardi MoJito, Archers and Lemonade, Malibu and Pineapple, Pina Colada Cocktail and Gordon’s Gin and Tonic are displayed for sale in a supermarket on January 10, 2024. John Keeble | Getty Images The U.S. alcohol industry had another sobering year in 2025. Spirits […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Alphabet could more than double its capex in 2026, unsettling investors
A pedestrian walks by a sign at Google headquarters on Feb. 4, 2026 in Mountain View, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Alphabet’s fourth-quarter earnings and revenue beat Wall Street expectations. Its cloud unit dazzled, notching a nearly 48% increase in revenue from a year earlier. The tech giant expects capital expenditure for 2026 to […]
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Paul Weiss chairman Brad Karp resigns after Jeffrey Epstein email disclosures
A mugshot of Jeffrey Epstein released by the U.S. Justice Department. Source: U.S. Justice Department Brad Karp, chairman of the major corporate law firm Paul Weiss, resigned that post on Wednesday after fallout over emails between him and notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were made public. “Leading Paul, Weiss for the past 18 years has […]
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