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Trump says Israel and Lebanon leaders to hold talks after first high-level meeting in decades
5+ hour, 23+ min ago (394+ words) U. S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that talks between Israel and Lebanon will begin Thursday, offering few details on the planned negotiations. In a Truth Social post published just before midnight, Trump said he was "trying to get a little…...
Epstein accusations fly in Senate after C'sar Ch'vez Monument row
12+ hour ago (561+ words) Jeffrey Epstein allegations flew during a spat between Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Martin Heinrich, D-N. M. , over the fate of the C'sar Ch'vez National Monument. Heinrich, the ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, objected to a…...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is preparing banks to collect citizenship data
13+ hour, 20+ min ago (437+ words) To learn more about the CNBC CFO Council, visit cnbccouncils. com/cfo Banks in the U. S. may not like the idea of being forced to collect citizenship data on customers, but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says they better be prepared for…...
U. S. and Iran could meet in Pakistan for peace talks next week: MS NOW
15+ hour, 46+ min ago (398+ words) The U. S. and Iran will likely return to Pakistan next week for a second round of peace negotiations, two senior Pakistani officials told MS NOW on Wednesday. The latest sign of the countries' continuing efforts to reach a diplomatic end to…...
World Bank president: Prepare for months of disruption, even after Hormuz Strait reopens
16+ hour, 46+ min ago (287+ words) Countries affected by the Iran war should prepare for conflict-related disruptions to last for months, even if the current shaky ceasefire lasts and the Strait of Hormuz is reopened, World Bank President Ajay Banga said Wednesday. "It'll still take a…...
White House budget chief Russell Vought won't estimate Iran war cost in testimony
17+ hour, 2+ min ago (243+ words) White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought told lawmakers he could not estimate the total cost of the Iran war and that the Trump administration hadn't yet come up with a supplemental funding request to send to…...
UK finance minister Rachel Reeves blasts Trump administration over economic impact of Iran war
18+ hour, 47+ min ago (333+ words) U. K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves'on Wednesday called for an immediate de-escalation of the war in the Middle East, and sharply criticized the U. S. administration's handling of it. Speaking to CNBC's Sara Eisen at the Invest In America Forum in Washington, D. C. , Reeves warned…...
Tax Day proposal to exempt Election Day poll worker pay floated by House Democrats
18+ hour, 56+ min ago (468+ words) House Democrats on Wednesday are introducing a proposal that would give tax relief to election poll workers. Under the legislation, led by Reps. Joe Morelle and George Latimer, both New York Democrats, the stipend poll workers receive for working elections…...
Earned Income Tax Credit would rise to $5, 500 per child under new Democratic measure
20+ hour, 56+ min ago (302+ words) Rep. Kristen Mc Donald Rivet, D-Mich. , will introduce a new bill to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit to provide up to a $5, 500 credit to parents per child under age four. It comes as Democrats campaign across the country on…...
Trump threatens to fire Powell if the Fed chair doesn't leave office on his own
22+ hour, 28+ min ago (329+ words) President Donald Trump on Wednesday again threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and said the probe into the renovation of the central bank's headquarters needs to continue. If Powell stays on as a Fed governor after his successor…...