Maskot | Maskot | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” enacted in July, requires adults ages 19 to 64 who rely on Medicaid for health coverage to meet certain work requirements. One notable group exempt from those changes is qualifying family caregivers. About 7.3 million family caregivers ages 18 to 64 were Medicaid…
India is set to become the world’s fourth-largest economy. Dinodia Photo | Corbis Documentary | Getty Images Amid rising global trade uncertainties, India’s economy is projected to grow 7.4% in the fiscal year ending March 2026, higher than 6.5% in the last fiscal year, according to first advance estimates released by the Indian government on…
NEW YORK — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine is joining Venezuela’s president and the man charged with gunning down United Healthcare’s CEO in a notorious federal lockup in New York City. The embattled 29-year-old artist, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, reported to the Metropolitan Detention Center in his native Brooklyn on Tuesday to serve out his…
FOX NFL enjoyed a historic regular season on multiple fronts. The FOX NFL Sunday show had its best season since 2022 with an average of 4.4 million viewers. The FOX NFL Kickoff show had its best season since 2019 with an average of 1.3 million viewers. On top of that, America’s Game of the Week…
The first three trading days of January have been positive for the S & P 500 , and that could be a sign there’s more to come the rest of the month. According to data from Citadel Securities, January is historically the strongest period for new capital to be deployed into stocks. In fact, January…
Downtown Amsterdam Jacobh | E+ | Getty Images Euro zone inflation stood at 2% in December, flash data from Eurostat showed on Wednesday. Economists polled by Reuters had expected the inflation rate to cool to 2%, in line with the European Central Bank’s (ECB) target. In November, the inflation rate stood at 2.1%. Core inflation,…
NEW YORK — Lisette Oropesa impresses Peter Gelb as more than a singer. “She reminds me a little bit of Beverly Sills,” the Metropolitan Opera general manager said. “She seems to have that kind of intellectual quickness. She’s extremely astute and she connects with people. Who knows? Maybe someday she’ll be running the Met?” Sills…
The Houston Cougars’ Kingston Flemings passed to Chris Cenac Jr., who finished with a powerful slam dunk vs. the Texas Tech Red Raiders. <
Washington’s push to tap Greenland’s rare earths is an “absurd” solution to reduce its dependence on Beijing, industry experts said, citing low-grade deposits, harsh weather and the reality that any mined material would still need to be processed in China. Markets have nonetheless piled into rare-earth stocks with exposure to Greenland after U.S. President Donald…
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here. The big story For someone who’s witnessed the ups and downs of U.S.-China tensions since the 1990s, James Zimmerman is unexpectedly hopeful about 2026. This year, he’s back…
