The national flags of the U.S. and China waving outside a building. Teh Eng Koon | AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON – The Biden administration on Friday warned businesses with operations in Hong Kong of sweeping financial and regulatory risks as China continues to restrict political and economic freedoms in the territory. The nine-page Hong
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and President Joe Biden arrive at the U.S. Capitol for a Senate Democratic luncheon on July 14, 2021. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats have vowed to push forward a $3.5 trillion budget resolution framework that would fund a clean
A federal judge in southern Texas on Friday ordered the Biden administration to stop granting new applications to the Obama-era immigration program that shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. The order declared that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, was “created in violation of the law and whose
Nancy Pelosi and Kevin McCarthy Reuters With the midterms over a year away, wealthy donors have already started giving massive checks to committees tied to Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, according to new records. Second-quarter Federal Election Commission records of fundraising operations linked to Pelosi, McCarthy and House
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen (L) congratulates Fed Governor Jerome Powell at his swearing-in ceremony for a new term on the Fed’s board, in Washington in this handout photo taken and released June 16, 2014. US Federal Reserve | Reuters Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday offered high marks for the Federal Reserve and how
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) speaks as he joined by House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (L) in the Rose Garden of the White House on January 4, 2019 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump will meet with Rep. Kevin McCarthy on Thursday as the House minority leader
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, May 28, 2021. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats released the framework Wednesday for their $3.5 trillion budget resolution bill, which they hope to pass
Activists from various grassroots organizations rally outside City Hall in Los Angeles, California on July 7, 2021, calling on Congress and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to remove the filibuster and pass the “For the People Act” to expand voting rights. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Apple, Amazon, Google, Starbucks and Pepsi are
US President Joe Biden leaves after speaking on the June jobs report in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, in Washington, DC on July 2, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Over the next four weeks, President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders
Suebsiri Srithanyarat | EyeEm | Getty Images Darkweb sites linked to the REvil ransomware gang were not operating Tuesday morning, CNBC has confirmed. It is not clear what led to the websites of the ransomware-as-service group going down Tuesday. The disappearance of the public-facing sites affiliated with Russia-linked REVil, also known as Sodinokibi, comes on
U.S. President Joe Biden, center, speaks during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, July 12, 2021. Sarah Silbiger | UPI | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Joe Biden met with U.S. police chiefs and elected officials at the White House Monday to discuss his plan
Protesters gather in front of the Versailles restaurant to show support for the people in Cuba who have taken to the streets there to protest on July 11, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images WASHINGTON – The Biden administration expressed concern Monday after sweeping anti-government protests in Cuba were forcibly dissolved at
The crowd reacts near the Petionville Police station where armed men, accused of being involved in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, are being detained in Port au Prince on July 8, 2021. Valerie Baeriswl | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. is sending senior FBI and DHS officials to Port-au-Prince as soon as possible
US President Joe Biden speaks about the situation in Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, July 8, 2021. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The White House on Friday will announce a new executive order aimed at cracking down on competitive practices in Big Tech, CNBC’s Ylan Mui
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the media after the Senate Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 22, 2021. Joshua Roberts | Reuters The Senate may work into its August recess to pass both a bipartisan infrastructure plan and a budget resolution that would allow Democrats to enact a range
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, July 9, 2021. Alex Edelman | Bloomberg | Getty Images WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call Friday morning to take action to
New York businessman Andrew Saul testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill October 02, 2018 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Friday fired the head of the Social Security
The U.S. Capitol is reflected in a pool of rain water on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, March 23, 2020. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images An upcoming vote in Congress to either raise or suspend the federal borrowing limit is becoming the latest political minefield for Democratic leaders, as they