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Federal judge orders Fulton County Georgia election case documents unsealed by Tuesday
The Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center a day after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed a search warrant in relation to the 2020 election in Union City, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2026. Elijah Nouvelage | Reuters A federal judge in Georgia ordered documents related to a Federal Bureau of Investigation raid on […]
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U.S. judge unfreezes funding for $16 billion New York City tunnel project
The Gateway Tunnel site near W. 30th St. and 11th Ave. in Hudson Yards, New York City, on Oct. 23, 2025. New York Daily News | Tribune News Service | Getty Images A New York federal judge on Friday unfroze funds withheld by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration for a $16 billion project to overhaul […]
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Trump: If states can’t run elections ‘honestly,’ then ‘somebody else should take over’
U.S. President Donald Trump sits at his desk, behind a hat that reads “America is back” at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 3, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump on Tuesday said “the federal government should get involved” in elections in states that are unable to “legally and honestly” administer […]
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Musk’s xAI needs SpaceX deal for the money. Data centers in space are still a dream
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Elon Musk said a primary reason for merging SpaceX with his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, is to more effectively build “orbital data centers.” […]
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United Arab Emirates’ ‘Spy Sheikh’ bought secret stake in Trump crypto company: WSJ
UAE National Security Advisor, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on March 18, 2025. Courtesy: Donald J. Trump | Via Truth Social A government official and top royal from the United Arab Emirates purchased a $500 million stake in the Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture last […]
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Trump sues JPMorgan, Intel’s soft guidance, TikTok’s joint venture and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. With TikTok guaranteeing its presence in the U.S. (which we cover below), it looks like my screen time will remain far higher than it should be. Stock futures ticked lower this morning. The market is coming off another winning day. […]
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TikTok forms U.S. joint venture, names a CEO
The TikTok USDS (U.S. Data Security) logo appears on a smartphone screen in this illustration photo in Reno, United States, on Dec. 19, 2025. Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images TikTok said Thursday that it formed a joint venture that will keep the video-sharing app operating in the United States. The short-form video company […]
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Trump sues Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase over alleged ‘political’ debanking
President Donald Trump sued JPMorgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, on Thursday for closing his and related entities’ accounts in early 2021 after decades of being customers of the bank, allegedly for political reasons. The closures came on the heels of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot by Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol, and […]
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Supreme Court case on Trump bid to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook set for oral arguments
Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, and U.S. President Donald Trump. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images | Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Wednesday morning in a case over whether President Donald Trump has the power to fire Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook […]
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