After months of speculation and political intrigue, President Donald Trump is close to nominating the next chair of the Federal Reserve, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday. The president has whittled down the field to four candidates to succeed current Chair Jerome Powell and a decision is forthcoming, Bessent told CNBC during an interview at…
A United Airlines airplane at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Nov. 6, 2025. Brandon Bell | Getty Images United Airlines on Tuesday said it could generate record earnings this year thanks to strong travel demand, with sales of premium seats, business travel and no-frills tickets robust in recent weeks. The carrier expects adjusted…
U.S. President Donald Trump points during a press briefing at the White House, on the one-year mark into his second term in office, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Jan. 20, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters President Donald Trump on Tuesday declined to detail what lengths he will go to in order to achieve his aim of…
Snow plows work to clear Interstate 235 John MacVicar Freeway in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 12, 2024. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Natural gas prices soared Tuesday, as heating demand is expected to spike due to a blast of frigid weather across the U.S. Prices surged about 26%, or 80 cents, to $3.91 per…
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said Tuesday that “there has to be some regulation” of artificial intelligence, pointing to several documented cases of suicide linked to the technology. “This year, you really saw something pretty horrific, which is these AI models became suicide coaches,” Benioff told CNBC’s Sarah Eisen on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum’s…
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Naaja Nathanielsen, Greenland’s minister for industry, raw materials, mining, energy, law enforcement and equality, addresses MPs at a meeting in the Inter-Parliamentary Union room in the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, England, organized by the All-Party Parliamentary Groups for Greenland following U.S. threats to take over the territory. James Manning – Pa Images | Pa Images…
Halfpoint Images | Moment | Getty Images Student loan borrowers in default got a reprieve last week: The Trump administration said Friday it would postpone forced collections, for now. The pause is an about-face for the U.S. Department of Education, which had announced in late December that it would start seizing defaulted borrowers’ paychecks as…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 22, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Trade attorneys tell CNBC that the looming U.S. Supreme Court ruling on President Donald Trump‘s tariffs could impact Trump’s threats to…
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warned Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s aggressive political direction could spark a new phase of global financial conflict, as foreign governments and investors reconsider their appetite for U.S. assets amid rising unease and economic tensions. “On the other side of trade deficits and trade wars, there are capital and capital wars,” Dalio…
