When Becky Quick announced the CNBC Cures initiative, our effort to raise awareness for rare diseases and improve the lives of the 30 million people living with them, we knew the response would be big. We didn’t know it would be this big. The response has been amazing, overwhelming and humbling. Thank you for your interest —…
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) walks after the Senate passes U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 1, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Republican protests are growing louder on Capitol Hill as the Trump administration’s Department of Justice pursues a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve…
EverBank Stadium (Jacksonville) — Sunday’s Bills vs. Jaguars game was the perfect example of a game being decided by a single play or yard. In this case, Buffalo got 10 when it needed it from an unlikely play. With just over a minute left, the Bills needed to pick up on back-to-back plays. First, when…
Sen. Mark Kelly on Monday sued the Pentagon and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, alleging the Trump administration’s efforts to punish the Arizona Democrat for his participation in a video to U.S. troops violate the Constitution. The federal civil lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington was filed one week after Hegseth said his department…
Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke speaks after he was named among three U.S. economists awarded the 2022 Nobel Economics Prize, during a news conference at the Brookings Institution in Washington, October 10, 2022. Ken Cedeno | Reuters A chorus of previous Federal Reserve chairs, Treasury secretaries and prominent economists came together Monday to support…
ROME — Instruments made from smugglers’ boats that brought migrants to Italy’s shores told their tale of desperation and redemption in a special performance at a prison in Milan on Saturday, in front of the inmates who made them. World-renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti led the Cherubini Youth Orchestra, whose members played on violins, violas…
South Carolina climbed to No. 2, LSU and TCU jumped into the top 10 and The Associated Press women’s basketball Top 25 got a big shuffle Monday after another week that saw four of the top 10 teams lose. UConn was the unanimous No. 1 choice for the first time this season, receiving all 32…
Retirement doesn’t mean your credit needs disappear. Whether you need access to additional credit for a home project, travel or something else, a credit limit increase can free up additional spending power without applying for new credit. Credit limit increases are often less invasive than a brand-new application, but issuers still typically look at your…
Precious metals are jumping to records. The U.S dollar is dropping. Stocks are choppy. Monday is all about the “Sell America” trade after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s bombshell announcement that he’s under criminal investigation — which market participants see as a sign of President Donald Trump’s interest in stripping away the central bank’s political…
A core pillar of our investment case in Google-owner Alphabet materialized Monday. Fellow Club name Apple selected Google’s AI model, Gemini, to power the artificial intelligence features across Siri and other key products later this year. The multi-year partnership to integrate Gemini into Apple’s foundation models, confirmed in an Apple statement obtained by Jim Cramer,…
