OpenAI Ceo Sam Altman speaks to journalists after meeting with US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images OpenAI on Friday announced three new artificial intelligence models and said it’s complying with the U.S. government’s request to initially limit the…
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives with incoming Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh for Warsh’s swearing-in ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 22, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters With inflation topping 4%, the Trump administration is easing off its long-standing calls for the Federal Reserve to immediately cut interest rates. That is…
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Stocks are choppy on Friday, with the S & P 500 swinging in and out of positive territory. For the week, the S & P 500…
An F-35B Lighting II, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, takes off from the flight deck of America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), May 13, 2026. Courtesy: U.S. Navy The U.S. military struck Iran on Friday after President Donald Trump accused the Islamic Republic of violating a 60-day ceasefire by launching…
Governor Gavin Newsom attends the 94th Annual Meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors in Long Beach, California on June 4, 2026. Myraneli Fabian | Anadolu | Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is widely viewed as a 2028 presidential contender, on Friday called for a nationwide tax on billionaires as part of…
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and former National Security Advisor John Bolton arrives for a plea hearing at U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on June 26, 2026 in Greenbelt, Maryland. Al Drago | Getty Images John Bolton, a former national security advisor to President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty in Maryland…
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has told its customers in the European Union it will stop providing services to them from next week because it will not be licensed to operate in the region. According to a Financial Times report on Friday, the exchange’s application for a bloc-wide license in…
Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 26, 2026. Yuichi Yamazaki | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. and Iran’s interim peace agreement gives inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog access to the Islamic Republic’s…
Workers clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall on June 25, 2026, in Washington. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images A group of Senate Democrats is probing President Donald Trump‘s troubled renovation of the reflecting pool in Washington that has drawn scrutiny for running over budget and rapidly deteriorating. The Democrats, in a…
US President Donald Trump, alongside Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, speaks to the press on the way to a lunch meeting with Senate Republicans at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump is turning a series of would-be…
