Anton Petrus | Moment | Getty Images Govini has fired Eric Gillespie from its board of directors after the founder was charged with attempting to solicit sexual contact with a minor online. “The actions of one depraved individual should not in any way diminish the hard work of the broader team and their commitment to…
Kathy Ruemmler, former White House Counsel, appears on “Meet the Press” in Washington, D.C., Sunday, June 29, 2014. William B. Plowman | NBC Newswire | NBCUniversal | Getty Images Goldman Sachs on Thursday strongly backed its top lawyer, Kathy Ruemmler, a day after a congressional committee released her chummy emails with notorious sex offender Jeffrey…
Mug shot of Eric Gillespie, Govini Founder and Chairman. Courtesy: Pennsylvania Attorney General The founder of Virginia-based defense startup Govini was arrested on charges of attempting to solicit a pre-teen girl for sexual contact in Pennsylvania, authorities said Monday. The founder, Eric Gillespie, 57, was charged with four felonies, including multiple counts of unlawful contact…
Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, arrives on stage at a campaign rally at the Jefferson Theater October 20, 2025 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images Democratic candidates will win the Virginia governor’s race and the state’s attorney general election, NBC News projected on Tuesday night. Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee,…
New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate, Jack Ciattarelli (L), and New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill Getty Images Democratic candidate Mikie Sherrill will win the New Jersey governor’s race, defeating Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli, NBC News projected Tuesday night. Sherrill will succeed Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat finishing his second and final term. The race…
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is leading a demonstration against the re-inauguration of authoritarian President Maduro this Friday. Jesus Vargas | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The White House on Friday criticized the Nobel Committee after it declined to pick President Donald Trump for the organization’s vaunted peace prize. But the prize’s actual recipient,…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said Thursday that ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel appeared to “mislead” the American public about facts regarding conservative activist Charlie Kirk‘s killing in the days leading up to his show’s suspension. Carr also told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” that “we’re not done yet” with the changes in “the…
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The dispatch Donald Trump is the first U.S. president to have been honored with two state visits, something not even bestowed on Bill Clinton, George W. Bush or Ronald Reagan — all two-term presidents who enjoyed warm relationships…
Viscount Hood, Lord-in-Waiting, right, greets U.S. President Donald Trump, center, and First Lady Melania Trump as they disembark from Air Force One after arriving at London Stansted Airport in Stansted, UK, on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump‘s second state visit to the U.K. — and business…
Lisa Cook, governor of the Federal Reserve, speaks during a Fed Listens event in Washington, D.C., on March 22, 2024. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook “did not ever commit mortgage fraud,” her lawyer Abbe Lowell said Tuesday in a new court filing bolstering arguments why a judge…
