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WASHINGTON — Entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have an ambitious agenda to cut federal spending with the help of their outside advisory council, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). But on their first joint visit to Congress on Thursday, the pair also likely saw some of the limits of outside influence on the workings

Closed circuit screenshots of a person of interest in the UnitedHealthcare CEO killing. Source: NYPD Police believe that the person of interest being sought in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson left New York City shortly after the slaying, potentially on a bus, a new report says. Top NYPD brass told CNN

Chief executives and other high-level corporate officers are seeking additional security protection after the brazen slaying of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive officer in New York, according to a top risk management firm. “We had CEOs and other executive level and board members reaching out to us all throughout yesterday and today to increase their own executive

This photograph shows a logo of American multinational corporation McKinsey & Company on the first day of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry’s biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona on February 26, 2024.  Pau Barrena | Afp | Getty Images A subsidiary of top global consulting firm McKinsey & Company agreed to pay nearly

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., November 19, 2024. Brandon Bell | Via Reuters President-elect Donald Trump asked the Georgia Court of Appeals on Wednesday to effectively end the criminal case related to his effort to overturn

France’s Prime Minister Michel Barnier (C) looks on during a session of questions to the government at The National Assembly in Paris, on December 3, 2024.  Julien De Rosa | Afp | Getty Images The French government has been toppled in a vote of no confidence Wednesday, plunging the euro zone’s second-largest economy into a

President-elect Donald Trump‘s transition team said Tuesday that it reached an agreement with the Department of Justice that sets the stage for the department to conduct background checks and start the security clearance process for Trump administration nominees and appointees. The agreement comes amid controversy over some of Trump’s picks for top positions in the

Members of the military make their way through the crowd in front of the National Assembly, after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, in Seoul, South Korea, December 4, 2024.  Kim Hong-ji | Reuters South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared he would lift emergency martial law early Wednesday morning. The declaration

Governor Newsom speaks as he signed into law the most significant bipartisan legislation to crack down on property crime at a Home Depot store in San Jose, California, United States on August 16, 2024.  Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty Images Gov. Gavin Newsom’s special legislative session to safeguard California from potential “federal overreach” by

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth leaves the Russell Senate Office Building on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Pete Hegseth, the already embattled choice by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Pentagon, faces a new magazine report detailing his alleged alcohol abuse, sexual impropriety,

Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Market leftovers U.S. stocks will have a shortened trading day Friday after the market was closed Thursday for Thanksgiving. Equities fell entering the holiday, as some investors appeared to trim their stakes in major tech names. Still, both the

Lebanon’s foreign minister on Thursday defended Hezbollah’s presence in the region, but said his country had “no say in the decision to go to war” with Israel. Speaking to CNBC’s Dan Murphy, Abdallah Bou Habib vowed to uphold a U.S.-France brokered cease-fire that is already showing signs of strain, and said he will seek foreign

Polling station in Ireland.  Kinga Krzeminska | Moment | Getty Images Ireland goes to the polls on Nov. 29, with center-right parties Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael once again expected to form the nucleus of the country’s next government. The historical rivals have shared power over the last five years alongside the Green Party, and

A permanent ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah is scheduled to begin Wednesday, following a yearlong conflict between the Jewish state and Iranian-backed groups. President Joe Biden announced the deal, which was brokered by France and the U.S. “Under the deal reached today, effective at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow, local time, the fighting across the Lebanese-Israeli

As Republicans on Capitol Hill lay the groundwork for extending the 2017 tax cuts, cracks are already emerging on one of the biggest questions: how to handle the cost. Extending the tax provisions is estimated to increase the deficit by $5 trillion, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Yet many lawmakers are quick to

Justin Sun, founder of blockchain platform Tron, poses for a photograph in Hong Kong, China, on Friday, May 8, 2020. Calvin Sit | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tron blockchain founder Justin Sun has invested $30 million into Donald Trump’s crypto project, World Liberty Financial, he announced Monday. “We are thrilled to invest $30 million in World

Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Turkey trade U.S. stocks enter a shortened trading week on a winning run. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed about 2% last week and notched a record close Friday. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both rose about 1.7%.

President Donald Trump meets with China’s President Xi Jinping at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters After a campaign featuring promises to slash landmark climate legislation, and a first term record that included pulling the U.S. out of the Paris