Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on a new “Democratic initiative to lower costs,” in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will force the Senate to vote on suing the Department of Justice for the…
NEW YORK — Flashback to February. It’s the 2025 Grammys, and Beyoncé has made history. Not only was she finally awarded the top prize of album of the year, but she also became the first Black woman to win best country album, for “Cowboy Carter.” Recent changes by the Recording Academy have made it even…
UConn, Texas, South Carolina and UCLA all cruised to easy victories to remain atop The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll released Monday. The Huskies routed then-No. 11 Iowa in the Women’s Champions Classic on Saturday to stay unbeaten and hold on to No. 1 spot in the Top 25. UConn received 25 first-place…
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments. 1. Stocks were higher to start the holiday-shortened trading week, with dealmaking grabbing headlines. Jim Cramer highlighted asset manager Janus Henderson ‘s agreement to be acquired by General Catalyst and…
A Mercedes-Benz logo is displayed on a used vehicle for sale at a dealership on November 11, 2025 in San Diego, CA. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images Mercedes-Benz has reached a $149.6 million settlement with U.S. states to resolve a long-running investigation into allegations of diesel emissions cheating by the German…
LONDON — Chris Rea, the singer and songwriter best known for the hit “Driving Home for Christmas,” has died at 74, his family said Monday. Rea died in the hospital following a short illness, according to a statement from his family to Britain’s Press Association news agency. Rea found fame in the 1980s in Britain…
The men’s college basketball season is a wild ride, and I’m here to sort it out every Sunday. With so many big games each week — plus emerging stars carrying their teams toward March — the men’s college hoops schedule and many storylines is a lot to keep track of. So I’m here to make…
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai arrives to speak at the Google Midlothian Data Center on Nov. 14, 2025 in Midlothian, Texas. Ron Jenkins | Getty Images Google parent Alphabet on Monday announced it will acquire Intersect, a data center and energy infrastructure company, for $4.75 billion in cash in addition to the assumption of…
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the NBA’s board of governors at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Las Vegas. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Chase Stevens | Las Vegas Review-journal | Getty Images The NBA is looking to…
Dominion Energy’s wind turbines located 27 miles off of Virginia Beach in the Atlantic Ocean on July 17, 2023. Kendall Warner | Virginian Pilot | Getty Images The Trump administration on Monday halted Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, the largest project of its kind in the U.S., as well as four other wind farms on the…
