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…
U.S. President Donald Trump walks before signing the “Genius Act”, which will develop regulatory framework for stablecoin cryptocurrencies and expand oversight of the industry, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 18, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Donald Trump at a meeting in May that his…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch. Evelyn Hockstein | Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters President Donald Trump‘s new $10 billion libel lawsuit against media baron Rupert Murdoch over a Wall Street Journal article about sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will be handled by the same Florida federal judge who presided over a prior breach-of-contract suit Trump…
