U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks next to Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on the third day of a partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 3, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters The Senate on Wednesday again…
Former FBI Director James Comey Alex Edelman | AFP | Getty Images Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday morning to federal criminal charges in Virginia that President Donald Trump had sought. Judge Michael Nachmanoff set Comey’s trial to begin on Jan. 5 in U.S. District Court in Alexandria. Comey’s lawyer, Patrick…
The sunset is reflected in the windows of the US Capitol as a man runs on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2025, the first day of the US federal government shutdown. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he and Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney (not pictured) meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 7, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that some federal workers who have been furloughed during the government shutdown will not receive…
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a oversight hearing of Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 7, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday stonewalled a question at a Senate Judiciary Committee about who ordered FBI agents to flag any documents that mentioned President Donald Trump…
US President Donald Trump, left, and Doug Burgum, US secretary of the interior, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of U.S.-listed minerals explorer Trilogy Metals jumped as much as 205% in premarket trade on Tuesday, shortly after…
France’s President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speaks to the press at the end of the 7th European Political Community (EPC) Summit at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark on October 2, 2025. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron is confronting another massive political headache following the shock resignation of…
U.S. President Donald Trump and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Brian Snyder | David Dee Delgado | Reuters A top federal prosecutor in Virginia is resisting pressure from President Donald Trump to seek a criminal indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime antagonist of Trump, MSNBC reported Monday. The prosecutor, Elizabeth…
US Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, speaks to reporters outside of his office at the US Capitol, on the second day of the US government shutdown in Washington, DC, on October 2, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images The Senate is set to vote again on Monday on a…
US President Donald Trump signs executive orders relating to higher education institutions, alongside US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon (R), in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images The Trump administration has resumed forgiving student debt for some borrowers enrolled in…
