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Merkley proposes prediction market ban for government officials after Maduro, Iran bets
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore,) speaks during a press conference addressing a new policy that demands recipients of foreign military aid to follow international humanitarian law at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2024. Nathan Howard | Reuters Payouts to unnamed bettors after the ouster of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the […]
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5 takeaways from Trump’s State of Union address
President Donald Trump delivered a nearly two-hour State of the Union address on Tuesday, focusing largely on the economy that he declared was set to boom. The president delivered the signature annual address as he sees his poll numbers on the economy plummet ahead of the 2026 midterms, which loom less than nine months away. […]
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Tariffs, flight cancellations, OpenAI’s spending reset and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Monday. With the Winter Olympics officially wrapped up, many athletes are leaving Italy with more than just a medal. Stock futures are lower this morning following a winning week for all three major indexes. Here are five key things investors need […]
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Trump demands Netflix fire Susan Rice as DOJ probes Warner deal
A drone view shows the Netflix logo on one of the company’s buildings in the Hollywood neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, U.S., Jan. 20, 2026. Daniel Cole | Reuters President Donald Trump late Saturday called on Netflix to fire board member Susan Rice or “pay the consequences,” after she said Democrats would push for corporate […]
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Trump trade adviser Navarro says administration may force data center builders like Meta to ‘internalize’ costs
White House trade advisor Peter Navarro speaks to members of the media near the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 21, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters President Donald Trump’s trade and manufacturing adviser Peter Navarro said on Sunday that the White House may force data center builders to absorb their […]
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Tulsi Gabbard to testify at Senate Intelligence Committee amid election probe concerns
Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard attends a House Intelligence Committee hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 26, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis Leah Millis | Reuters Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard will testify publicly at the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 18, MS Now reported Monday, citing a […]
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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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