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By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — On Tuesday, Sen. Bob Menendez was found guilty on 16 counts including bribery, extortion, wire fraud, obstruction of justice and acting as a foreign agent. A key piece of evidence prosecutors presented to jurors during the nearly seven-week-long trial was the gold bars the FBI seized from

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk says he’s moving his companies out of California. In two posts on X Tuesday, the billionaire said he will move SpaceX’s HQ from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas, a company town being built in the southern part of the state. Social media platform X will

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — In 2016, a venture capitalist and Yale law graduate named JD Vance published a memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.” The instant bestseller turned Vance into a media star and was later adapted into an Oscar-nominated film directed by Ron Howard. Eight years after its publication, Vance’s book has found its way back onto the bestseller lists,

By Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Stocks surged Tuesday as Wall Street raised its bets that sky-high borrowing rates could come down in the fall. The Dow surged by 743 points, or 1.9%, closing at a fresh all-time high and notching its best daily percentage gain since June 2023. The S&P 500 gained 0.6%,

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — At first glance, Elon Musk and Donald Trump wouldn’t seem to be natural allies. One has made cutting greenhouse emissions a major business selling point. The other questions the need to cut emissions at all, denouncing most forms of clean energy as at best unnecessary and at

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” rebuked the network’s leadership on Tuesday, expressing dismay over the decision to pull the flagship morning show program from the air Monday and telling viewers that they were not provided clear answers about the matter. Joe Scarborough, speaking alongside co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The International Monetary Fund has warned that stubborn inflation could keep interest rates higher for longer than expected, increasing fiscal and financial risks around the world. Persistently high prices for services — which include haircuts, hotels and restaurants — as well as escalating trade tensions are propping up

By Tami Luhby and Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — In 2018, Jonathan and Trista Schmier felt the economy was so strong that they could take a big risk. They quit their property management jobs and opened a restaurant, Rustic Burger, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Trista Schmier, who had long dreamed of owning a restaurant, designed

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden revealed a series of proposals aimed at lowering housing costs on Tuesday as inflation and elevated home prices are shaping up to be decisive issues for voters this year. The plan, which is subject to congressional approval, has two parts. The first proposal calls for withdrawing

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old who opened fire on former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally Saturday in Pennsylvania, was pictured twice wearing a t-shirt that said “Demolition Ranch” on it. A law enforcement official told CNN that one of the times was when Crooks was at an ammo

By Donie O’Sullivan, Brian Fung and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Saturday’s shooting at a Donald Trump rally was the first assassination attempt of a US presidential candidate in the age of social media – and the former president had barely been hit before the internet was abuzz with all sorts of unsubstantiated explanations for what

CNN By Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — US markets rose Monday as investors processed the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump over the weekend. The Dow rose climbed 211 points, or 0.5%, closing at a fresh record high. That comes after the blue-chip index hit a fresh all-time high on Friday and

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Macy’s management ended talks with private investors attempting to take over the company and will pursue its own turnaround strategy to remake the chain. Macy’s board of directors voted unanimously to end discussions with Arkhouse Management and Brigade Capital Management over the investors’ offers to acquire the

By Matt Egan and Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Google owner Alphabet is in advanced discussions to buy fast-growing cybersecurity startup Wiz for roughly $23 billion, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN. A takeover of Wiz, which makes cybersecurity software for cloud computing, would represent a major bet by Google

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Investment giant BlackRock is pulling an ad that included Thomas Crooks, the gunman who shot at Donald Trump, injuring the former president and killing an attendee at a rally near Pittsburgh on Saturday. “In 2022, we ran an ad featuring a teacher from Bethel Park High School, in which