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Healthy Returns: 2026 will be the year of obesity pills from Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly
Daniel Grill | Tetra Images | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. GLP-1 pills for obesity are closer than ever. 2026 is likely the year that two new oral weight loss […]
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New Trump tariffs collection hits $200 billion, Customs says
President Donald Trump smiles from the field before the 126th America’s Game between the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Dec. 13, 2025. Patrick Smith | Getty Images The United States has collected more than $200 billion in tariffs this year as a result of new duties imposed […]
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High cost of goods is causing consumers to spend less for the holidays, CNBC survey finds
Inflation looks to be sapping some of Americans’ holiday cheer as they head out to buy gifts this Christmas season, according to the CNBC All-America Economic Survey. The survey found the high cost of goods has emerged as a major factor affecting how much shoppers spend and where they spend, suggesting inflation of the past […]
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FDA approved a $250,000 Singapore work trip during government shutdown, records show
SINGAPORE — Sentosa Island boasts the luxury, five-star Ora and Michael hotels, with palm-tree-lined pools, lobbies flanked with luxury stores, and a casino that adjoins both hotels and buzzes with gamblers. The Singapore resort is also where a group of federal employees from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration were sent for a work trip […]
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MacKenzie Scott announced another $7.1 billion in 2025 charitable donations—she’s now given away $26.3 billion since 2019
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has unveiled the final tally for her 2025 charitable donations, which totaled $7.17 billion in gifts to roughly 225 organizations, she wrote in a blog post published on Tuesday. “This dollar total will likely be reported in the news, but any dollar amount is a vanishingly tiny fraction of the personal […]
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TSA is giving airline passenger data to ICE for deportation push: NYT
An employee with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checks the documents of a traveler at the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California, U.S., Oct. 1, 2025. Daniel Cole | Reuters The Transportation Security Administration is giving U.S. immigration officials the names of every airline traveler as part of the Trump administration’s widespread deportation program, The […]
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Healthy Returns: FDA may add its strongest safety warning to Covid vaccines. Here’s what to know
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. The Food and Drug Administration may add its strongest safety warning to Covid shots – marking another major shift in vaccine oversight. It could also expand a […]
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Epstein files: Trump, Clinton, Bill Gates, Steve Bannon, others in newly released photos
Photo released from the Epstein files shows Donald Trump with multiple women. Redaction were done by the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. Source: Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. Nearly 100,000 photos obtained by House Democrats from the estate of notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein include images of President Donald Trump, former President Bill […]
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Homeland Security Dept. buying Boeing 737s for ICE deportations
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference at a federal office building on October 20, 2025 in Bradenton, Florida. Octavio Jones | Getty Images Read more CNBC politics coverage “We are delighted to see the media is highlighting the Trump administration’s cost-effective and innovative ways of delivering on the American people’s mandate […]
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Trump administration will expand travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem holds a press conference, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 12, 2025. Aude Guerrucci | Reuters The Trump administration will be expanding its ban on travel for citizens of certain countries to more than 30, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, in the latest restriction to come since a man from Afghanistan […]
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