More charity money comes from ultra-wealthy

More charity money comes from ultra-wealthy

Bill and Melinda Gates brace the rain as they visit the township of Khayelitsha on October 25, 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa. Brenton Geach | Gallo Images | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign … Read more

U.S. legal immigration system doesn’t prioritize the economy

U.S. legal immigration system doesn’t prioritize the economy

A person holds an American flag as they participate in a ceremony to become an American citizen during a U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services naturalization ceremony at the Miami Field Office on August 17, 2018 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The U.S. has more foreign-born residents than any other country, according to … Read more

Tech VC Keith Rabois threatens Republicans

Tech VC Keith Rabois threatens Republicans

Keith Rabois of Khosla Ventures attends Day 3 of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2013 at San Francisco Design Center on September 11, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Steve Jennings | Getty Images A Republican megadonor on Tuesday threatened to cut off campaign contributions to members of Congress unless they vote for a bill that could effectively … Read more

Voters blame businesses more than Biden for sticky inflation

Voters blame businesses more than Biden for sticky inflation

President Joe Biden speaks during an event about lowering costs for American families at the Granite State YMCA Allard Center of Goffstown on March 11, 2024 in Goffstown, New Hampshire.  Sophie Park | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Joe Biden is starting to win the inflation blame game against corporations. A recent Financial … Read more

Biden blasts Trump over Social Security, Medicare cut ideas

Biden blasts Trump over Social Security, Medicare cut ideas

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures to supporters as he hosts a campaign rally at the Forum River Center in Rome, Georgia, U.S. March 9, 2024.  Alyssa Pointer | Reuters President Joe Biden on Monday quickly slapped down Donald Trump’s suggestion in a CNBC interview that “there is a lot” that … Read more

Biden’s 2025 budget marries progressive tax hikes with populist campaign planks

Biden’s 2025 budget marries progressive tax hikes with populist campaign planks

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks, during a campaign event focusing on abortion rights at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, in Manassas, Virginia, U.S., January 23, 2024.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Joe Biden’s 2025 funding proposal set to be released Monday will repackage his tax hike proposals on billionaires and corporations and many other … Read more

Here’s what researchers have to say about working in your 80s

Here’s what researchers have to say about working in your 80s

U.S. President Joe Biden stops to talk to journalists about new Russian sanctions as he departs the White House on February 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. Biden is traveling to California to attend campaign receptions across the state.  Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Should he prevail in the upcoming presidential election, President Joe Biden, 81, … Read more

Sen. Britt denies misusing sex trafficking anecdote in Biden rebuttal

Sen. Britt denies misusing sex trafficking anecdote in Biden rebuttal

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) speaks at a press conference on border security at the U.S.  Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt on Sunday denied the allegation that she misrepresented the experience of a sex-trafficking survivor to attack President Joe Biden’s border policy. Since delivering the GOP rebuttal to Biden’s State … Read more

Sen. Katie Britt blasted for Biden rebuttal sex traffic claim

Sen. Katie Britt blasted for Biden rebuttal sex traffic claim

Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., is seen in the U.S. Capitol during votes on Tuesday, January 9, 2024.  Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt is under fire for using what appears to be a sex trafficking victim’s experience from the early 2000s to condemn President Joe Biden and his border policy. Britt … Read more

Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy wins FDA approval for heart health benefits

Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy wins FDA approval for heart health benefits

Injection pens of Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy are shown in this photo illustration in Oslo, Norway, Nov. 21, 2023. Victoria Klesty | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration approved Novo Nordisk‘s blockbuster weight loss drug Wegovy for use in slashing the risk of serious cardiovascular complications in people with obesity and heart disease, the … Read more