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Jan. 6 committee postpones hearing on Trump’s alleged push for DOJ to influence 2020 election
Empty chairs are seen before the opening public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is postponing its third hearing, which […]
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Former advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris joins Heather Podesta’s lobbying and PR firm
Shari Yost Gold, Senior advisor at Invariant Source: Shari Yost Gold Shari Yost Gold, a former advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris, is joining the lobbying and communications firm led by veteran lobbyist Heather Podesta. Yost Gold will be working as a senior advisor in communications and public affairs at Podesta’s firm Invariant, the two […]
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1980s-era rate hikes designed to fight inflation will create more market turmoil, Canaccord’s Tony Dwyer predicts
Stocks may go into a deeper tailspin. Canaccord Genuity’s Tony Dwyer predicts 1980s-era interest rate hikes will exacerbate the turmoil and make a recession seem increasingly more likely. “Typically, I’ve been bullish over the years. But there’s a money availability problem,” the firm’s chief market strategist told CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Monday. “Ultimately, you have […]
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Former Attorney General Bill Barr says Trump would not listen when he told him election fraud claims were false
Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr is seen on video during his deposition for the public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Former Attorney General William Barr picked […]
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Biden is ‘paying lip service’ to the U.S. position on Taiwan, former Chinese army officer says
BEIJING — There is an increasing wariness of U.S. claims to recognize Beijing as the sole legal government of China, a retired officer of the People’s Liberation Army told CNBC on Monday. His comments came after U.S. President Joe Biden repeatedly indicated the U.S. would defend Taiwan militarily if the island is attacked, only to […]
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Cramer: 15 things I learned about the changing tech sector from my week in Silicon Valley
It’s been more than two years — going back to the start of the Covid pandemic — since I have been able to do a deep dive of Silicon Valley. But over the past week I was able to reconnect with many executives, CEOs, and market insiders in CNBC’s San Francisco bureau, and I was […]
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‘Stop smearing’ China: Chinese defense minister accuses U.S. of creating ‘conflict and confrontation’
An F-16V jet fighter taxies on the runway in January for an emergency takeoff as part of a Taiwanese military drill in Chiayi, Taiwan, as China increased overflights by PLA fighter jets over the self-governed island in 2022. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images SINGAPORE — China’s defense minister accused the U.S. of “smearing” Beijing […]
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Jan. 6 probe’s first hearing accused Trump of fueling election conspiracy. Here’s what’s coming next
The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th hearing listen to a video of President Donald Trump in the Cannon House Office Building on Thursday, June 9, 2022 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images In its first public hearing, the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol […]
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Watch live: Biden speaks about the highest inflation since 1981
[The stream is slated to start at 1:45 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden is set to speak about the latest inflation report, which showed that prices in the U.S. rose at their fastest annual pace since the early 1980s. Government […]
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Peter Thiel bitcoin fellow Erik Finman tries to sway 2022 midterms with up to $20 million for GOP campaigns
Erik Finman, who became a bitcoin millionaire by the time he was 18, is spending up to $20 million on Republican candidates running for Congress in the 2022 midterm elections. Finman, 23, said he wants to donate $10 million toward GOP candidates and political action committees, including Saving Arizona, a super PAC backing Trump-endorsed Arizona […]
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