Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi speaks during the 2023 Munich Security Conference in Germany on February 18, 2023. Johannes Simon | Getty Images News | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi struck a more conciliatory tone on U.S. relations during a high-profile press conference on Friday, in contrast…
The U.S. Department of Energy on Feb. 14, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images California has paused rebate programs offering thousands of dollars to consumers who make their homes and appliances more energy efficient due to a Trump administration freeze on federal funding. While a handful of other…
In an aerial view, brand new Subaru cars sit in a storage lot at Auto Warehouse Co. on March 4, 2025 in Richmond, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The White House on Wednesday announced a one-month tariff exemption for automakers after President Donald Trump spoke a day earlier with heads of General Motors, Ford…
New homes being built in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. on Sept. 24th, 2024. Adam Jeffery | CNBC From lumber to drywall to appliances to finishings, much of what goes into a U.S. home comes from outside American borders. The cost of those products is about to go up, as President Donald Trump‘s administration imposes tariffs on…
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) leaves after the House passed Republicans’ budget resolution on the spending bill on Feb. 25, 2025 in Washington. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty Images News | Getty Images As Congress debates how to handle trillions of dollars in expiring tax breaks, lawmakers on both sides have been lobbing claims…
The Paramount Global headquarters in New York on Aug. 27, 2024. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Paramount Global told its employees this week that it’s ending numerous diversity, equity and inclusion policies, according to a memo obtained by CNBC. In the memo sent to employees Wednesday, Paramount said it would comply with President…
Jonathan McKernan, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, sits on the day he testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 27, 2025. Annabelle Gordon | Reuters President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the…
An American Airlines Airbus A319 airplane takes off past the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, January 11, 2023 Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Elon Musk said Thursday that he’s sending his Starlink satellite internet terminals to the Federal Aviation Administration while saying, without providing evidence,…
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Monday said the U.S. government is inefficient and in need of work as the Trump administration terminates thousands of federal employees and works to dismantle agencies including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Dimon was asked by CNBC’s Leslie Picker whether he supported efforts by Elon Musk‘s advisory body, the…
Federal Reserve officials in January agreed they would need to see inflation come down more before lowering interest rates further, and expressed concern about the impact President Donald Trump‘s tariffs would have in making that happen, according to meeting minutes released Wednesday. Policymakers on the Federal Open Market Committee unanimously decided at the meeting to…
