Wall Street anxious over Fed concerns

Wall Street anxious over Fed concerns

U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of the Federal Reserve on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Federal Reserve announced today that interest rates will remain unchanged.  Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC … Read more

Biden Threatens Veto Of Israel Aid In Border Bill Tussle

Biden Threatens Veto Of Israel Aid In Border Bill Tussle

Over the weekend, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) pronounced that a White House-endorsed border security bill which would also free up foreign aid to Ukraine and Israel would be dead on arrival in the House. So Monday, President Joe Biden said he’d veto Johnson’s backup plan, a $17.6 billion Israel-only aid package that’s set to … Read more

Nikki Haley requests Secret Service protection, citing rise in threats

Nikki Haley requests Secret Service protection, citing rise in threats

Nikki Haley, the candidate of the Republican Party in the 2024 presidential elections in the US, delivers remarks during a Town Hall campaign event in the Lowcountry in Bluffton SC, United States on November 27, 2023. Peter Zay | Anadolu | Getty Images Former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley has requested a U.S. Secret Service … Read more

Wall Street rattled over Fed worries

Wall Street rattled over Fed worries

A trader works, as a screen displays a news conference by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell following the Fed rate announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., January 31, 2024.  Brendan McDermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets … Read more

Biden Says He’d Veto Bill Giving $17.6 Billion To Israel

Biden Says He’d Veto Bill Giving .6 Billion To Israel

President Joe Biden’s administration said Monday that if Congress sends him a national security bill singularly focused on funding Israel, he will veto it. The legislation moving through the House proposes sending $17.6 billion to Israel, separating the funds from other national security issues in Ukraine and along the U.S. border. Pushing this forward is … Read more

Trump calls to debate Biden, president shrugs him off

Trump calls to debate Biden, president shrugs him off

Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden during the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on Oct. 22, 2020. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI | AFP | Getty Images Donald Trump on Monday said he wants to debate President Joe Biden “immediately” — but the Democratic incumbent quickly brushed off that idea. “I’d like to … Read more

Student loan crisis is just as big as climate change

Student loan crisis is just as big as climate change

House Democratic Caucus Chairman James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., during an interview in his hideaway in the U.S. Capitol.  Scott J. Ferrell | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images WASHINGTON, D.C. — On a recent Sunday afternoon, Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., was attending a church service in his hometown of Sumter, South Carolina, when a member … Read more

Biden Warns Of A ‘Nightmare’ Future For The Country If Trump Should Win Again

Biden Warns Of A ‘Nightmare’ Future For The Country If Trump Should Win Again

LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday ticked through a list of reasons he says a second Donald Trump presidency would be a “nightmare” for the country as he urged Nevada Democrats to vote for him in the state’s presidential primary this week and for his party at large in November. Biden opened … Read more

A scorching start for U.S. jobs growth

A scorching start for U.S. jobs growth

A “Now Hiring” sign at Jamba Juice in San Francisco, California, US, on Monday, June 26, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they … Read more

U.S. jobs growth kicked off with a bang

U.S. jobs growth kicked off with a bang

A “Now Hiring” sign at an Advance Auto Parts store in San Leandro, California, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more