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Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks as Senator Bernie Sanders looks on. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images More Senate Democrats are pressuring President Joe Biden to extend rescue measures as the U.S. recovers from a coronavirus-fueled economic drubbing. Twenty-one members of the Senate Democratic caucus wrote to the president Tuesday urging him to include recurring

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend de Grisogono Sponsors The 2005 Wall Street Concert Series Benefitting Wall Street Rising, with a Performance by Rod Stewart at Cipriani Wall Street on March 15, 2005 in New York City. Joe Schildhorn | Patrick McMullan | Getty Images WASHINGTON – Federal prosecutors filed two additional counts in a new

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (R) listens as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the American Rescue Plan in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images Leaders of the finance industry and other businesses in New York are

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer facing murder charges in the death of George Floyd, is introduced to potential jurors during jury selection in his trial in Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 15, 2021 in this courtroom sketch from a video feed of the proceedings. Jane Rosenberg | Reuters Opening statements in the trial of Derek

In this article GS Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments from Goldman Sachs in a long-running case that could have major implications for shareholders seeking to bring securities-fraud lawsuits. Arguments are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET Monday and will be streamed live as the

Republican Governor Brian Kemp signs the law S.B. 202, a restrictive voting law that activists have said aimed to curtail the influence of Black voters who were instrumental in state elections that helped Democrats win the White House and narrow control of the U.S. Senate, in this handout photo posted to Kemp’s Twitter feed on

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on tackling climate change prior to signing executive actions as White House climate envoy John Kerry and Vice President Kamala Harris listen in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2021. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters President Joe Biden on Friday said that Vladimir Putin

Republicans and Democrats agree that the U.S. is in dire need of a major infrastructure overhaul and, at the very least, that Congress should authorize significant repairs to roads and bridges. The fierce disagreement between the two parties begins over which provisions are worthy of running the federal deficit higher, as well as dispute over

Vials of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. Johnson & Johnson via Reuters The White House is weighing whether to suspend intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines and treatments, in response to pressure from developing nations and subsequent support from progressive lawmakers, according to three sources familiar with the matter. A temporary suspension

The  White House is weighing a variety of ways  — including a vehicle mileage tax — to finance what are expected to be multitrillion-dollar infrastructure proposals, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Friday. Buttigieg, who spoke with CNBC’s Kayla Tausche, also argued that President Joe Biden’s forthcoming plans to rebuild U.S. roads, bridges and waterways would

President Joe Biden answers a question during his first press briefing in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2021. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden expects to run for reelection in 2024, signaling for the first time that he will seek a second term

President Joe Biden boards Air Force One as he departs Wilmington for return travel to Washington at New Castle Airport in New Castle, Delaware, U.S., March 17, 2021. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters Advocacy groups from across the political spectrum are preparing for an all-out war over President Joe Biden’s coming tax reform proposal, which is

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as US President Joe Biden looks on during a listening session with Georgia Asian American and Pacific Islander community leaders at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia on March 19, 2021. Eric Baradat | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden, whose administration is grappling with overcrowding at migrant facilities on

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to deliver remarks from Brussels, Belgium after holding consultations with NATO allies. Blinken is set to discuss a wide range of topics – including climate change, increased need for allies and partners and an increasingly assertive China. Blinken’s speech comes after tensions between the U.S., European Union and

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – North Korea last weekend conducted a missile test for the first time during President Joe Biden’s administration. Senior administration officials said Tuesday evening that they were monitoring the situation, but stressed that the actions represented a low-level provocation. Pyongyang fired

Kim Yu Song, counsellor at the North Korean Embassy to Malaysia reads out statement to the media outside the North Korea embassy. North Korea cuts diplomatic ties with Malaysia in protest after a court ruling that a North Korean citizen named Mun Chol Myong to be extradited to the United States to face money laundering

In this article BHP-AU XOM CVX BP.-GB The White House is meeting Monday with top executives in the energy industry, including the oil, gas and mining sectors, attendees told CNBC. The guest list is expected to include the top executives of BP, Chevron, Exxon and BHP, among others. The White House declined to provide a

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is pictured in this handout photo presented as evidence by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston, Massachusetts on March 23, 2015. U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston | Reuters The Supreme Court said on Monday that it will decide whether the death penalty can be reinstated for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted of plotting