Donald Trump
Silicon Valley’s White House influence grows as Trump taps tech execs for key roles
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., December 22, 2024. Cheney Orr | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump is tapping tech heavyweights to join his new administration, continuing a trend of Silicon Valley’s growing influence in a second Trump White House. Trump said Sunday he would nominate Scott Kupor, a […]
Read More
House Ethics panel finds Matt Gaetz had sex with 17-year-old, ‘regularly’ paid for sex
U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) listens to testimony during a U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing entitled “Undue Influence: Operation Higher Court and Politicking at SCOTUS”, looking into allegations that the former anti-abortion leader Rev. Robert Schenck got advance word of the outcome of a major 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case involving contraceptives written by conservative […]
Read More
MicroStrategy rides ‘red sweep’ to 477% gain in 2024, topping almost all U.S. stocks
Michael Saylor, chairman and chief executive officer at MicroStrategy, during an interview at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach, Florida, US, on Thursday, May 18, 2023. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images On the eve of MicroStrategy‘s stock market debut in June 1998, founder Michael Saylor stayed in a penthouse suite at […]
Read More
CNBC Daily Open: Inflation and dot plots
A person shops at a Whole Foods Market grocery store on December 17, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like […]
Read More
CNBC Daily Open: With cooler-than-expected PCE, would the Fed’s dot plot have looked different?
A customer, holding a carton of eggs at a supermarket, in United States on Dec. 20, 2024. Secuk Ancar | Anadolu | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. […]
Read More
Donald Trump says Vladimir Putin wants a meeting as soon as possible about the war with Ukraine
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump delivers remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 16, 2024. Brian Snyder | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his interest in a meeting regarding the war with Ukraine. “President Putin said that he wants to meet with me as soon as possible,” […]
Read More
Weakened Iran could pursue nuclear weapon, White House’s Sullivan says
U.S. National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, 12 December 2024. Abir Sultan | Via Reuters The Biden administration is concerned that a weakened Iran could decide to build a nuclear weapon, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday, adding that he was briefing incoming […]
Read More
‘It feels like Elon Musk is our prime minister’: The fallout from the funding debacle
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19, 2024. Brandon Bell | Via Reuters As Congress regroups following another averted government shutdown, Democratic lawmakers are increasingly calling into question the level of influence Elon Musk has over […]
Read More
Trump taps ex-Treasury official Miran as chair of Council of Economic Advisers
Stephen Miran, who was an adviser for economic policy at the U.S. Treasury Department when Donald Trump was last in office, has been tapped by the president-elect as the chair of his Council of Economic Advisers, Trump said on Sunday. The White House Council of Economic Advisers advises the president on economic policy. This story […]
Read More
Trump says he might demand Panama hand over canal
A cargo ship leaves the Panama Canal in Panama City on June 17, 2024. Martin Bernetti | APF | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday accused Panama of charging excessive rates for use of the Panama Canal and said that if Panama did not manage the canal in an acceptable fashion, he would demand […]
Read More