Smoke emanates from smokestacks from an oil refinery in Linden, New Jersey, on March 18, 2026. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images Crude prices extended gains during Asia trading as escalating attacks in the Persian Gulf and U.S. President Donald Trump‘s signals on exiting the Iran conflict even as the Strait of Hormuz remains…
IBARAKI, JAPAN – JUNE 17: Technicians at work in the clean room of the Fab Equipment at a semiconductor company, Renesas Technology Corp. on June 17, 2004 in Ibaraki, Japan. Renesas is the first company to produce semiconductor products from 300mm wafer in the world. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images) Koichi Kamoshida | Getty Images…
A person drops off a mail-in ballot on October 15, 2024 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Hannah Beier | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order cracking down on mail-in voting, a move that voting-rights advocates say would disenfranchise millions of Americans. The order, which requires the Department of Homeland Security to compile…
A military helicopter flies over a No Kings protest Saturday, March 28, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV | AP Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday abruptly reversed the U.S. Army‘s suspension from flight duties hours earlier of two AH 64 Apache helicopter crews that flew around musician Kid Rock’s home in Nashville, Tenn.,…
Ashton Jeanty jumps on teammate Daniel Carlson as the Las Vegas Raiders celebrate after Carlson hit a 60-yard field goal against the Kansas City Chiefs with eight seconds left in the fourth quarter of their season-closing game at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Jan. 4, 2026. The 14-12 win was the Raiders’ first against…
A Nike logo is displayed at a Nike store on Feb. 5, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Nike topped Wall Street’s quarterly earnings and revenue expectations on Tuesday but posted a mixed picture in its two most important regional markets. Nike’s largest market of North America continued to show steady growth,…
Architect Shalom Baranes shows elevation drawings for a new $400 million ballroom at the White House to members of the National Capital Planning Commission on Jan. 8, 2026 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday blocked, for now, the construction of the new White House ballroom,…
Mercedes-Benz USA CEO Adam Chamberlain said Tuesday that 2026 is shaping up to be more challenging than expected. “If you look at the market in the first couple of months of the year, the market environment is definitely a little tougher than we anticipated,” Chamberlain told CNBC at the company’s manufacturing plant in Vance,…
The Fearless Girl statue is pictured as an American flag hangs on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan on the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election Day in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., November 5, 2024. Stephani Spindel | Reuters Aviva Mehta noticed her husband regularly talked about money and investing in…
Software maker Oracle has started telling employees that it’s conducting a round of layoffs, two people familiar with the move told CNBC. The layoffs were in the thousands, said the people, who asked not to be identified to discuss a confidential matter. As of May 2025, the company employed 162,000 people. Oracle declined to comment….
