Election polling continues to forecast a tight race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, but within corporate America, top executives are preparing for Harris to become the next president of the United States, according to a new CNBC survey of C-suite executives across the economy. A majority of chief financial officers … Read more
Voters cast their mail-in ballots at a ballot drop box outside Maricopa County Recorder and Elections Department southeast Mesa office during the Arizona state primary election in Mesa, Arizona, U.S. July 30, 2024. Rebecca Noble | Reuters Derek Bowens has never had such an important job. He’s the director of elections in Durham County, North … Read more
Seth Meyers on Wednesday joked about former president and GOP nominee Donald Trump potentially becoming more introspective as the 2024 election nears. “I didn’t think it was possible but he seems to be engaging in some actual self-reflection,” said the “Late Night” host. Trump this week admitted — not for the first time — that … Read more
Andrew Ross Sorkin, the co-host of CNBC’s business show “Squawk Box,” on Wednesday revealed that his Wall Street sources have told him they are “scared of the chaos” that former President Donald Trump will potentially create for them and their companies if he returns to the White House. “They’re scared of waking up in the … Read more
Stephen Colbert on Wednesday night described how he set a verbal trap for Donald Trump ― and the former president stumbled right into it. Trump this week attacked the “Late Show” host as “not funny,” “not wise,” and ― in all caps ― “VERY BORING” after watching a PBS interview with Colbert and his wife, … Read more
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has worried about his loved ones’ safety should Donald Trump win the election and go on his promised “revenge” tour against political foes, his biographer McKay Coppins told CNN on Wednesday. “Mitt Romney knows that he would be on that enemies list. He’s worried about protecting his family. He said, ‘You … Read more
Donald Trump, who has been quite vocal about a tariff-heavy trade policy, appears to have shifted the focus of his protectionist agenda from China to some of the closest U.S. allies. Speaking at a campaign event in Savannah, Georgia, on Tuesday, the Republican presidential nominee said he would build upon the tariff policies of his … Read more
Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley admitted Wednesday that she doesn’t like Donald Trump’s personality and is still disturbed by the offensive remarks he made about her, her husband and his military service ― even though she endorsed his bid for president. Haley, who dropped out of the GOP primary race in March, said on … Read more
JD Vance, Donald Trump and other Republicans are clinging to a racist and thoroughly debunked lie that a group of legal immigrants in Ohio are abducting, killing and eating people’s pets. There’s zero truth to the claim. And yet, there’s a mountain of evidence — in the last week, month, year and half-century — that … Read more
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley announced that she would vote for former President Donald Trump during an event at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., on May 22, 2024. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Several former state campaign committee members on Nikki Haley’s failed presidential bid have endorsed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, publicly breaking with … Read more
