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Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives speaks during the CNBC CEO Council Summit in Washington D.C. on June 2, 2026.Aaron Clamage | CNBCDemocratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries met with President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in recent weeks, signalling people close to the president may be preparing for at least one chamber of Congress to flip to Democratic control as the midterm elections loom. A person familiar with the meeting, who was granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter, confirmed the two men had met. The New York Times first reported the detente, which comes as…
Fiber optic cables feed into switches inside a communications room at an office in London, UK, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA small power plant in the U.K. was shut down for four days in July following a cyberattack carried out by hackers linked to Iran, The Telegraph newspaper reported Sunday.The paper said the incident happened around the time that U.S. authorities including the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned about malicious cyber actors targeting water facilities across at least seven states. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI, Environmental Protection…
Geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East and soaring bond yields weighed on global markets this past week. And investors are closely assessing the valuations of artificial intelligence stocks amid concerns about the sustainability of high spending on AI infrastructure.Despite those continued challenges, top Wall Street analysts are bullish on the prospects of several stocks due to their long-run growth potential and exposure to lucrative business lines, including AI.Here are three stocks favored by some of Wall Street’s top pros, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance.CrowdStrike HoldingsCybersecurity company CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) is this week’s first stock…
A scheme that could see serious sexual and violent offenders confined to areas just a few miles wide after leaving prison will be launched in October, Justice Secretary Alex Norris has announced.Government ministers say this is designed to give victims greater freedom and further reduce the possibility of unwanted contactThe intention to introduce “restriction zones” for violent offenders who leave prison and who are on probation was first announced by the government last year.Probation officers will be able to limit where serious offenders can go for as long as it is deemed necessary. Those who breach their new boundaries could…
Mayors across England will be given new powers to overrule local councils on some planning decisions.The change would apply to proposals with more than 150 homes, more than 15,000 square metres of commercial space or buildings over 30 metres.Mayors in 13 areas including Manchester, Liverpool, the West of England and the West Midlands will gain similar powers to Sir Sadiq Khan in London, who is already able to “call in” planning decisions. Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said the powers were an “essential part of the toolkit that mayors need to effectively deliver new homes and regeneration”.The Conservatives questioned whether it…
President Donald Trump disclosed just over 1,000 financial transitions for the month of June in what appears to be broad reshuffling of his portfolio. The president rotated in and out of stocks, bonds and exchange-traded funds throughout the month. The transactions totaled between $78.1 million and $263.1 million, according to Trump’s latest filing on Aug. 22, which shows a range for each sale or purchase rather than an exact figure. His securities purchases topped $49 million, while his sales totaled at least $28.5 million.While the filing gives a window into the investment moves made on behalf of Trump, it is…
US President Donald Trump speaks with Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney during a work lunch as part of the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 16, 2026. A G7 summit is set to take place June 15 to 17 in the French town of Evian-les-Bains near Switzerland and it will be attended by country leaders as well as the EU’s foreign policy chief and ministers from Brazil, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)Evelyn Hockstein | Afp | Getty ImagesTrade talks between the U.S. and Canada fell…
(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.)Buffett, not Abel, appears to still be calling the shots on stocksWarren Buffett and Greg Abel walkthrough the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025. David A. Grogen | CNBCBarron’s Andrew Bary makes the case that Abel hasn’t been involved in stock calls at all and its Warren Buffett who “still likes making big investment decisions involving Berkshire’s $350 billion-plus equity portfolio—and letting Berkshire holders know…
Veiled pro-government supporters carrying flags take part in a ceremony commemorating the memory of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in downtown Tehran, Iran, on August 18, 2026. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesIran maintained its harsh rhetoric Saturday against the U.S.’ plans to impose tough new sanctions.”The United States’ declaration of new economic sanctions on Iran is far more than continued unlawful ‘economic warfare’ against a single country,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said in a post on X. “It is an assertion of extraterritorial…
The economist Lord Jim O’Neill, who has been advising the prime minister, has said he will not be taking a job in Andy Burnham’s government. Lord O’Neill, a crossbench peer, was once a treasury minister under the Conservatives.As first reported by, external the Financial Times, he said he did not want the constraints involved in taking on a formal role.The former chief economist at Goldman Sachs had been tipped to become Burnham’s chief economic adviser. He said he was enjoying what he was currently doing too much and did not want to have to give up control of his business…