Politics

New York Police Department Commissioner Edward Caban speaks during the first quarter crime briefing press conference Wednesday, April 3, 2024, in Manhattan, New York City.  Barry Williams | Tribune News Service | Getty Images NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban announced Thursday he is resigning from his post helming the country’s largest police department amid a federal investigation into its

Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance gestures as he speaks during an event at Kenosha City Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. August 20, 2024.  Marco Bello | Reuters Over the past decade, Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio has quietly built a network of allies on Wall Street, one that

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday, September 10, 2024.  Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday cancelled a planned vote on a stopgap funding bill that could

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a presidential debate with US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024.  Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Donald Trump and Kamala Harris clashed on China policy during the presidential

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio speaks to reporters in San Diego in front of the wall on the border with Mexico, Sept. 6, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images A Biden administration official on Tuesday said it was “dangerous” for Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio to promote

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes an announcement on the future of his campaign in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. August 23, 2024.  Thomas Machowicz | Reuters Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will appear on the ballot in Michigan in November, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Monday, a decision that could boost

Former U.S. President Donald Trump in New York City, U.S. May 30, 2024 and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, U.S., July 22, 2024 in a combination of file photos. Reuters Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is bracing for her Republican rival Donald Trump to mislead and misinform in their first face-to-face debate, she

Claims that former U.S. President Donald Trump is a threat to the country’s democracy have been weakened by the legacy of his first term, historian Niall Ferguson said Friday. “I think this whole argument that Donald Trump was going to end democracy and establish some kind of American fascism was blown up because of the

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 20, 2024.  Mike Segar | Reuters Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Sunday said Vice President Kamala Harris should increase her proposed 28% tax rate on long-term capital gains, marking his latest divergence with the Democratic presidential

CIA Director Bill Burns testifies next to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines during a House (Select) Intelligence Committee hearing on diversity in the intelligence community, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 27, 2021. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters CIA Director William Burns believed there was a real risk in the fall of 2022 that Russia

Liz Cheney arrives with her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, to vote at the Teton County Library during the Republican primary election, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Aug 16, 2022. Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images Republican former Vice President Dick Cheney will vote for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024

Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on August 23, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. Rebecca Noble | Getty Images Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will not appear on ballots in North Carolina

WASHINGTON — Eighty-eight current and former top executives from across corporate America have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in a new letter shared exclusively with CNBC. Among the signers are several high-profile CEOs of public companies, including Aaron Levie of Box, Jeremy Stoppelman of Yelp and Michael Lynton, chairman of Snap.  Other signers

Former President Donald Trump and GOP Presidential Nominee speaking at the New York Economic Club in New York on Sept. 5, 2024. Adam Jeffrey | CNBC NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a new batch of economic policy proposals that include Tesla CEO Elon Musk‘s idea of creating a government efficiency

Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, arrives at court for his trail on tax evasion in Los Angeles, California, on September 5, 2024.  Ringo Chiu | AFP | Getty Images A lawyer for Hunter Biden told a federal judge in Los Angeles there was no reason to proceed with the scheduled start of

Vice President Kamala Harris boards Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Sept. 4, 2024. Erin Schaff | The New York Times | Via Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday proposed a 28% tax on long-term capital gains for households with an annual income of $1 million or more, lower than the

A picture taken on June 8, 2018 shows an unidentified anchor of the Russia Today (RT) TV company as he prepares to go on the air in their studio in Moscow.  Yuri Kadobnov | Afp | Getty Images The Biden administration on Wednesday will announce actions targeting Russian-government-backed efforts to manipulate American opinion before the

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he holds a rally at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 30, 2024.  Brian Snyder | Reuters The X accounts of two family members of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump‘ appeared to have been hacked Tuesday in order to