J.D. Vance
CNBC Daily Open: Good news on U.S. trade and inflation isn’t lifting markets
A cargo ship at Qingdao Port in Shandong Province, China, on June 9, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Consumer prices in the U.S. have been benign since February, and the May reading continues that trend, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ consumer price index report released Wednesday. Meanwhile, the May jobs […]
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CNBC Daily Open: There’s progress on trade and U.S. inflation — but it’s harder to rely on such news
A man stocks shelves at a grocery store in Brooklyn on May 13, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Consumer prices in the U.S. have been benign since February, and the May reading continues that trend, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ consumer price index report released Wednesday. Meanwhile, the […]
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Trump to deploy National Guard in response to Los Angeles immigration protests
U.S. Border Patrol and protesters clash after a raid was conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement near a Home Depot of illegal immigrants in Paramount, California on June 06, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Saturday night signed an order to deploy 2,000 members of the National Guard in response […]
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Trump administration emerges as a staunch defender of Germany’s far-right AfD
US Vice President JD Vance attends a meeting of the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026, in the East Room of the White house in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2025. The soccer world championship will take place from June 11 to July 19, 2026, and will be hosted by the […]
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India and Pakistan agree to immediate ceasefire
India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri holds a press briefing at Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in New Delhi, India, May 10, 2025. Anushree Fadnavis | Reuters India and Pakistan have agreed to an “immediate ceasefire,” President Donald Trump said Saturday, following days of rising tensions and fighting between the two nations. “After a long night […]
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Trump elevates Marco Rubio as a potential successor — and as a 2028 rival to Vance
As President Donald Trump tiptoed away this week from the idea that he might try to win a third term, he opened the door to a fresh round of intrigue: Whom does he see as his successor? In practically the same breath in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Trump suggested national security adviser and Secretary […]
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Bessent to Milken conference: Trump will make America ‘more appealing for investors like you’
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at the Milken Institute Global Conference 2025 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 5, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday sketched out the roadmap of President Donald Trump’s “America First Vision” in a pitch to a roomful of global investors on the future of […]
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Russia’s war in Ukraine ‘not going to end any time soon,’ JD Vance says
U.S. Vice President JD Vance waves as he boards Air Force Two on May 1, 2025 in Charleston, South Carolina. Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. Vice President JD Vance has warned Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is not likely to come to an end “any time soon.” Speaking during an interview […]
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White House moving ‘as fast as possible’ on India trade deal, Navarro says
President Donald Trump’s top trade advisor Peter Navarro said Wednesday that the White House is moving in “Trump time” as they negotiate a tariff deal with India, “which is to say, as fast as possible.” “In Indian democracy, it’s got to go through the prime minister and the parliament, we can’t just do that, but […]
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Trump: ‘I think we’ll have a deal with India’ on tariffs and trade
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One as he departs for Michigan to attend a rally to celebrate his first 100 days in office, from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 29, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump said Tuesday that tariff […]
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