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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The number of available jobs in the US unexpectedly increased in April, new data showed Tuesday, a potential indicator that the labor market isn’t yet buckling amid broader economic concerns. Job openings totaled an estimated 7.39 million at the end of April, up from 7.2 million in March, according

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Most US retailers are struggling from President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Dollar General could actually benefit. The company said Tuesday that sales at stores open for at least a year had increased 2.4% last quarter. The discount chain also raised its profit forecast for the year. “We are

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s trade war will wreak greater economic damage than previously expected, both in the United States and everywhere else, according to new forecasts by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. In a report Tuesday, the group of 38 mostly wealthy nations sharply downgraded its 2025

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Kevin and Jessica Cellura had just 48 hours in December to make an enormous family decision. The couple, who both work as teachers, had to decide if they should take a job offer to teach in Morocco and leave Asheville, North Carolina, with their two youngest children. But

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The US trade war with China has a major sticking point: rare earths minerals. Last month, President Donald Trump said the United States needed Greenland “very badly,” renewing his threat to annex the Danish territory. Greenland is a resource-rich island with a plentiful supply of critical minerals,

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The Trump administration has asked for a pause in a second court ruling challenging its sweeping tariffs invoked under emergency powers. The administration asked a US appeals court to stay a preliminary injunction from last week in a case that affected two US toymakers. The filing Monday

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Snack brand giant Mondelez is suing grocery chain Aldi, alleging that the grocer’s store-brand snack packaging “blatantly copies” Mondelez. The maker of Oreo, Triscuit and Chips Ahoy filed the lawsuit on May 27 against the German grocer, which has US headquarters in Illinois, in the federal court for the

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is using his love of tariffs to threaten high-profile American companies. Over the past month, Trump has said he’d like to target two specific and very different companies — Apple and Mattel — with tariffs aimed at their key products over comments by their CEOs. Company-specific

By Anna Cooban and John Towfighi, CNN London/New York (CNN) — US stocks gained Monday as investors digested President Donald Trump’s doubling of tariffs on America’s steel and aluminum imports while trade tensions with China flare up once again. The Dow closed higher by 35 points. The S&P 500 gained 0.41% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — For the last several years, Pride Month was a splashy marketing event for big brands. Stores adorned windows with rainbow flags, displayed LGBTQ-themed t-shirts and coffee mugs at their entrances, changed their logos on social media accounts, and spotlighted donations to LGBTQ rights groups. But this Pride

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has accused the United States of “provoking new economic and trade frictions” as it responded to US President Donald Trump’s claims that Beijing had violated a trade truce agreed by the two nations last month, which paused their blistering tariff war. China was “strictly implementing” the

CNN By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN New York (CNN) — For some small businesses, the last week brought even more twists and turns to the past two months of President Donald Trump’s chaotic tariffs. The situation was already confusing, with stops and starts of tariffs at different levels. Then on Wednesday, a US court said Trump

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday that “tariffs are not going away” after a federal appeals court last week paused a block on many of the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs. President Donald Trump “has so many other authorities that even in the weird and unusual circumstance where this was

By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN New York (CNN) — For some small businesses, the last week brought even more twists and turns to the past two months of President Donald Trump’s chaotic tariffs. The situation was already confusing, with stops and starts of tariffs at different levels. Then on Wednesday, a US court said Trump overstepped

By Alicia Wallace and Soph Warnes, CNN (CNN) — The lingering effects of high inflation coupled with high interest rates have made it harder in recent years for many Americans to get ahead financially. The hits just keep coming. A raft of policy moves from the Trump administration, including particularly steep tariffs that could cause

By Elisabeth Buchwald, Rachel Wilson, Amy O’Kruk and Eleanor Stubbs, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the word “tariffs” is one of his favorite and one of the most beautiful. He’s made that abundantly clear over the past few months by enacting sweeping tariffs on all America’s trading partners, levying higher import

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Gabrielle Cuccia criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s crackdown on press access at the Pentagon. And then, she said, she was fired. Cuccia was briefly the chief Pentagon correspondent for the small and staunchly pro-Trump TV channel One America News, OAN for short. A self-proclaimed “MAGA girl,” Cuccia positioned herself

By Elisabeth Buchwald and Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) — No matter the outcome of a major legal case on President Donald Trump’s tariffs, his import taxes are likely here to stay — in one form or another. Even before a Wednesday ruling that Trump overstepped his authority by using a national emergency to impose most

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — The 10-second video begins with a close-up on the abs of a sweaty, shirtless man wearing low-slung, gray sweatpants. But three seconds in, it cuts to a panoramic video of Havasu Falls in Arizona, with its striking turquoise water cascading down from red rocks. Welcome to ParkTok.

By John Towfighi and Marc Stewart, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s swipes at Apple aren’t just bruising the company’s bottom line — they may also be taking a bite out of your 401(k). The president’s chaotic trade war continues to threaten Apple’s business model, which relies extensively on international supply chains. Apple’s stock has

By David Goldman and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that he would set tariffs on steel imported into the United States at 50%, double their current rate. At a US Steel facility in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, Trump said he had a “major announcement.” To an applauding crowd of US Steel

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — PBS and one of its member stations in northern Minnesota sued President Trump and several cabinet officials on Friday over Trump’s executive order targeting the public broadcasting system. PBS alleges that the president’s May 1 order violated the First Amendment of the Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act. The

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon sounded a warning Friday on the fractious US relationship with China — and on “the enemy within.” “China is a potential adversary — they’re doing a lot of things well, they have a lot of problems,” Dimon said at the Reagan National Economic Forum

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Justice has decided to drop its criminal case against Boeing despite the company agreeing to plead guilty last year to its role in two fatal 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people. The decision to drop the case against Boeing is another sign the Trump administration

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump traveled to Pittsburgh Friday to celebrate a deal he once vowed to oppose – Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel’s long-announced plans to buy iconic American steelmaker US Steel. “We’re going to be so successful. You have just, you have just started, you watch, we’re here today to

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Americans didn’t feel any sense of optimism about the US economy this month, despite tensions easing somewhat in President Donald Trump’s ever-evolving trade war. Consumer sentiment held steady in May compared to the prior month at a final reading of 52.2, the University of Michigan said in its

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — US stocks closed out a wild month with a whimper as tariff jitters returned to Wall Street. Stocks bounced around in a choppy trading session on Friday after President Donald Trump said China has “totally violated” its trade agreement with the United States — without specifying details

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — American consumers reined in their spending and socked away their money in April following a tariff-fueled buying binge the month before, according to new data released Friday that also showed inflation cooled off again. Friday’s report from the Commerce Department showed that consumer spending rose 0.2% last month, a

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Haribo is recalling bags of its fizzy cola bottles in the Netherlands after cannabis was found in some of them. Authorities began investigating when several people, including children, became unwell after eating candy from one-kilo (2.2-pound) bags of Haribo Happy Cola F!ZZ, the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety

By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — US ports have been seeing pandemic-level declines in imports, so good news on tariffs was just what port officials were hoping for. For awhile on Wednesday, it looked like retailers and ports got exactly that, with a court blocking many of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. But a federal appeals

CNN, POOL, TRUTH SOCIAL, @REALDONALDTRUMP, Truth Social/@realDonaldTrump By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — US ports have been seeing pandemic-level declines in imports, so good news on tariffs was just what port officials were hoping for. For awhile on Wednesday, it looked like retailers and ports got exactly that, with a court blocking many of President

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN CNN (CNN) — Academics and economists have long warned that rapidly advancing artificial intelligence will wipe out jobs and upend the global economy. Now that call is coming from inside the house. On Thursday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned on CNN that the technology will spike unemployment sooner than political leaders

CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN CNN (CNN) — Academics and economists have long warned that rapidly advancing artificial intelligence will wipe out jobs and upend the global economy. Now that call is coming from inside the house. On Thursday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned on CNN that the technology will spike unemployment sooner than political

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — The chief executive of one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence labs is warning that the technology could cause a dramatic spike in unemployment in the very near future. He says policymakers and corporate leaders aren’t ready for it. “AI is starting to get better than humans

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Tariffs are slamming Gap. Gap said Thursday that if President Donald Trump’s 30% tariffs on China and 10% duties on most imports from other countries remain at current levels, it could cost the company $100 million to $150 million this year. Gap (GAP) stock plunged 15% during

By Dan Berman and Ramishah Maruf, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court has paused Wednesday night’s ruling from the Court of International Trade that blocked President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s ruling restores Trump’s ability to levy tariffs using the emergency powers he declared earlier this

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — After a series of air traffic control outages, short staffing, and runway construction caused repeated days of delays and cancelations at Newark Liberty International Airport it’ll be the cheapest summer to fly there in United Airlines’ history, according to the airline’s CEO. “Because we lost a lot of

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs — both those he has threatened and those he has already enacted — have led many economists and American consumers to predict that the US economy could enter a recession while also pushing up inflation. But a federal court’s ruling late Wednesday that found

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday met with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for the first time in his second term, scolding him for not lowering borrowing costs. Powell maintained that any decisions won’t be based on the president’s demands. The meeting, which comes after months of unrelenting attacks

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — The New York Times on Thursday announced that it will license content from across its newsroom to train Amazon AI models. Under the multi-year deal, Amazon’s AI services like Alexa will be able to use Times content, including from NYT Cooking and sports website The Athletic, to produce summaries

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Starbucks is changing one of the most generous parts of its loyalty program, marking the latest effort by CEO Brian Niccol to boost profits. Beginning June 24, the coffee chain is eliminating the 25-star bonus for customers that bring in a personal, reusable cup for drink orders.

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US economy shrank slightly less in the beginning of the year than previously reported, new data shows, but it was still the first quarterly decline since 2022, in a sign of how President Donald Trump’s chaotic and aggressive tariff regime is affecting American consumers and businesses. Gross

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — After years of bidding wars and climbing home prices, the balance of power in the housing market may finally be shifting. Home sellers now vastly outnumber buyers in the US, according to an analysis released Thursday from real estate company Redfin. The report found that there were nearly 500,000

By David Goldman, John Towfighi and Alicia Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — Stocks edged higher on Thursday as Wall Street assessed the outlook for President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda, which remains in limbo as federal courts deliberate its legality. The Dow closed higher by 117 points, or 0.28%, after fluctuating throughout the day. The

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Behind the monumental court ruling that blocked most of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs is a small wine company run by a father-and-daughter duo. VOS Selections – a small, New York-based wine company – was the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit which prompted a three-judge panel at the US

By Ramishah Maruf and David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — A federal court on Wednesday ruled that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority to impose sweeping tariffs that have raised the cost of imports for everyone from giant businesses to everyday Americans. But the administration immediately appealed the decision on Wednesday night, leaving the

By Samantha Delouya and Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — A group of Tesla investors is urging Elon Musk to commit at least 40 hours a week to running the electric vehicle company, arguing his undivided attention is needed to repair Tesla’s faltering sales and stock price volatility. “Mr. Musk’s outside endeavors appear to have diverted

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Hailey Bieber’s beauty brand rhode sold to budget makeup powerhouse e.l.f. Beauty for $1 billion on Wednesday. It’s e.l.f.’s largest acquisition to date, eclipsing its $355 million purchase of skin care brand Naturium in 2023. Founded in 2022 along with Michael D. and Lauren Ratner, Bieber’s brand

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Nvidia missed out on $2.5 billion in additional revenue during the first quarter of this year because it had to stop shipping its H20 artificial intelligence chips to China after the Trump administration instituted fresh export restrictions last month. Despite those unearned sales — revealed in the

By Elisabeth Buchwald and John Liu, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has effectively cut off some American companies from selling software used to design semiconductors to China, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Impacted companies include Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens EDA, according to the FT’s reporting, which cited people familiar with the matter. CNN

CNN By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — Wall Street has been riding a historic roller coaster the past few months due to President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff threats. Now, investors are learning to take his words with a grain of salt — and a bit of salsa, too. That’s because there’s a new type

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — An inaccurate AI-produced reading list recently published by two newspapers demonstrates just how easy it still is for publishers to circulate AI slop. The Chicago Sun-Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer last week published a summer reading insert produced by King Features, a Hearst Newspapers subsidiary that provides the pair

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The website for Victoria’s Secret was back online Friday after a prolonged “security incident” caused the lingerie company to take down the site for several days. The retailer said in an emailed statement Friday it was “back online” and appreciated “our customers’ patience.” It did not immediately

By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — John Laurinaitis, a former World Wrestling Entertainment executive, has reached a settlement with a former WWE employee who accused him of sexual assault and has agreed to provide evidence in her ongoing lawsuit against embattled former WWE CEO Vince McMahon. Laurinaitis, who was the co-defendant in a lawsuit against

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — Wall Street has been riding a historic roller coaster the past few months due to President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff threats. Now, investors are learning to take his words with a grain of salt — and a bit of salsa, too. That’s because there’s a new type of

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Economists and top policymakers at the Federal Reserve see a growing risk of America’s job market weakening because of President Donald Trump’s erratic trade war, according to minutes from the central bank’s latest policy released Wednesday. “The labor market was expected to weaken substantially,” the minutes said, adding

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The United Nations expects that millions of potential jobs will vanish this year because of an economic slowdown triggered by US President Donald Trump’s trade war. The International Labour Organization (ILO), a UN agency, predicts in a report released Wednesday that 53 million jobs will be created worldwide

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Google and Apple will soon be required to verify app store users’ ages in Texas, after Gov. Greg Abbott signed the rule into law on Tuesday. The Texas App Store Accountability Act follows similar legislation that passed in Utah earlier this year, although it requires the app

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Companies are warning investors about the risks of becoming the next target of angry customers. Corporate America is required to disclose risks to their businesses in their annual regulatory filings. This year, Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Corona-parent Constellation Brands join an increasing number of companies advising investors

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — With beer sales flatlining, Anheuser-Busch is looking beyond hops and toward Ultimate Fighting Championship’s controversial boss Dana White to help them crack the growing energy drink category. Launching nationwide Wednesday is Phorm Energy, the company’s newest energy drink. The non-alcoholic caffeinated beverage marks the first product stemming

By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — In 2011, then-President Barack Obama pressed Apple CEO Steve Jobs on what it would take to bring iPhone production to the United States, according to The New York Times. Fourteen years later, President Donald Trump is resurfacing that question to current Apple CEO Tim Cook – and the stakes

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — A divergence is taking hold in markets: While Wall Street is sending money abroad, Main Street is leaning in to America, doubling down on a “buy-the-dip” strategy that has, for now, paid off. Wall Street heavyweights continue to warn that the trade war could hurt the economy,

Reuters (Reuters) — Brazilian labor prosecutors filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Chinese carmaker BYD, holding it responsible for human trafficking and “slavery-like conditions” for workers building a factory in its biggest market outside China. The lawsuit seeks 257 million reais ($45 million) in moral damages from BYD and two contractors, JinJiang and Tecmonta, according

By Phil Mattingly and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump stunned European officials and caught some of his own senior advisers off guard with his snap decision Friday to reignite his market-rattling trade war with the European Union. Three days later, he got exactly what he wanted. “I have just been informed that

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The European Commission has launched an investigation into four major adult websites on Tuesday, accusing them of not complying with regulations that protect minors from accessing pornography. Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos – the websites at the subject of the investigation – are accused of not doing enough to

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — It’s been a little while since Americans had an inkling of optimism about the economy. Consumer confidence rose 12.3 points this month to a reading of 98, the Conference Board said in its latest survey released Tuesday, the first monthly gain since November and the biggest monthly increase

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — National Public Radio filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the Trump administration on Tuesday, alleging that President Trump’s attempt to defund NPR is a “clear violation of the Constitution.” Several NPR member stations from Colorado joined the national network in filing the suit, highlighting the local impacts of taxpayer-funded

By David Goldman and John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Rinse, repeat. Stocks rose Tuesday after President Donald Trump did a 180-degree turn on his threat to place a massive 50% tariff on goods imported from the European Union. The Dow closed higher by 741 points, or 1.78%. The broader S&P 500 rose 2.05%

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Tesla’s sales plummeted by more than half across the European Union last month even as the bloc’s overall electric car market grew. New registrations for Tesla (TSLA) vehicles fell nearly 53% across the EU in April compared with the same month in 2024, according to data released Tuesday

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — By week’s end, it’ll be much clearer how the US economy is holding up amid President Donald Trump’s sweeping policy changes. Trump’s erratic trade war has already unsettled consumers and taken a toll on economic growth — mostly due to American businesses rushing to stock up on imports.

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Memorial Day marks the unofficial start to summer, but this year, it may also kick off a season of higher prices. Small businesses that sell beer, fireworks and other summer staples told CNN they are grappling with higher costs amid new tariffs that the Trump administration placed on nearly

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Gas prices are holding steady for the nearly 40 million Americans expected to hit the road on Memorial Day. The average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded in the United States on Sunday was $3.18, according to AAA, the lowest over a Memorial Day weekend since 2021, when

By Kit Maher and Robert Ilich, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has agreed to delay a 50% tariff on European Union imports until July 9, the latest instance of Trump declaring an impending tariff and throwing markets into confusion only to later walk back the threatened levies. Trump said he

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Being an honest public servant will always be a rewarding choice, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday in a speech at a pre-graduation ceremony at Princeton University amid months of unrelenting personal attacks from President Donald Trump. “As you navigate the world of bright possibilities that awaits

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — After a slow start to 2025, the Hollywood box office has pulled off a “Stitchpossible” comeback buoyed by a huge holiday weekend. Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” and the eighth installment of “Mission: Impossible” helped spark a record $325 million estimated box office haul for Memorial Day weekend. “Lilo &

By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — First lady Melania Trump released an audiobook version in her voice of her memoir on Thursday — but she won’t actually be the one narrating it. “I am honored to bring you Melania – The AI Audiobook – narrated entirely using artificial intelligence in my own voice,” she wrote

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — The American penny isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. The US Treasury Department announced Thursday that it plans to start winding down production of the one-cent coin it has been minting for more than 230 years. But the penny will still remain legal tender, and will still be in use

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The unofficial start of summer is here, which means people will be hosting barbeques and pool parties — and finally bringing out the all-white outfits. But Memorial Day, the federal holiday falling on the last Monday of May, honors members of the US armed forces who died

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Journalists who cover the US military say they are extremely concerned by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s constraints on press access at the Pentagon. They say the newest restrictions, outlined Friday night, appear to be “a direct attack on the freedom of the press and America’s right to know what

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, was briefly inaccessible for thousands of US users early Saturday, according to Downdetector.com, which tracks internet disruptions. The site appears to have resolved the outage, as DownDetector reports are down to 690 as of 11:30 a.m. ET. Users in the United

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs have given many Americans whiplash. The list of companies announcing price changes as a result is equally daunting. Among the levies Trump has imposed is a 10% baseline tariff for most imports and a 30% tariff on most Chinese goods. Some goods, such as

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — McDonald’s is pulling the plug on its CosMc’s spinoff just two years after the alien-themed spinoff took off. The chain announced Friday that it’s closing all five locations next month. CosMc’s, named after a little-known alien McDonald’s character, opened in 2023 in response to fast-growing specialty coffee

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Mike Keech, the CEO of Liquid I.V., thinks you have a problem that you might not even be aware of. “A majority of consumers, Americans and people around the world are chronically dehydrated,” he told CNN. “They just don’t know it.” Even if consumers don’t know if

By Kit Maher, Ramishah Maruf and Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced a partnership between U.S. Steel and Japanese steelmaker Nippon that he says will keep the headquarters in Pittsburgh and draw $14 billion in investment toward the US economy. “This will be a planned partnership between United States Steel

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — RedBird Capital Partners announced on Friday that it has purchased Telegraph Media Group for £500 million (nearly $675 million), concluding a protracted bid to acquire the news company. The deal makes US-based RedBird the sole controlling owner of The Telegraph, the right-leaning British news outlet founded in 1855. Per

By Olivia Kemp, CNN London (CNN) — Labubu, a palm-sized plush toy with sharp teeth and a cult following, has become a toy too popular to sell. After chaotic scenes of queueing, crowd surges and reported fights, distributor Pop Mart has suspended all in-store sales of the collectible across the United Kingdom. “Due to the

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Denmark is set to have the highest retirement age in Europe, after lawmakers voted to raise it to 70. Parliamentarians passed a bill mandating the rise on Thursday, with 81 votes in favor and 21 against. The new law will apply to people born after December 31, 1970. The

CNN By John Liu and Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump boasted “jobs and factories will come roaring back” when he unleashed unprecedented tariffs around the world during his “Liberation Day” address last month. But there’s one product the president is particularly eager to produce in the US: iPhones. “I have long

By Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — A record number of Americans applied for British citizenship between January and March, according to the first set of data covering the start of Donald Trump’s second presidential term. Some 1,931 Americans put in an application, the most since records began in 2004 and a jump of 12%

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Markets thought they had a serious debt problem. Now they have a trade war problem to worry about again. Stocks and the dollar fell Friday after President Donald Trump brought the trade war back to the forefront with threats of massive tariffs against one of America’s most

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union, citing a lack of progress in current trade negotiations. “Their powerful Trade Barriers, Vat Taxes, ridiculous Corporate Penalties, Non-Monetary Trade Barriers, Monetary Manipulations, unfair and unjustified lawsuits against Americans Companies, and more, have led

By David Goldman and Clare Duffy, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday demanded Apple and other smartphone makers like Samsung make their phones in the United States or face a 25% tariff. “I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s that will be sold in the United

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is giving businesses a free pass from a wide variety of enforcement actions. Boeing, Capital One, Southwest Airlines and Coinbase all faced legal action from the Biden administration, which accused the companies of cheating their customers, the government or otherwise acting improperly. But multiple federal agencies

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — America’s highest-profile retail chains are walking a difficult tightrope — trying to blunt the financial hit from tariffs by raising prices for consumers without angering them or President Donald Trump. Walmart, Target and Home Depot are recent examples of how companies are struggling to navigate raising prices

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Minutes after Louisiana State Police got word on Friday morning that 10 inmates had escaped a New Orleans jail, two of them were spotted on facial recognition cameras in the city’s French Quarter. Police arrested one of the escapees shortly after; the other, days later. The cameras

By John Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese consumer electronics giant Xiaomi has launched a new electric SUV and debuted a self-designed smartphone chip, in a push to expand beyond its roots in budget devices. The company’s CEO and founder Lei Jun introduced the YU7, Xiaomi’s first SUV, and the Xring O1, a 3-nanometer

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday sent Media Matters for America a letter demanding communications between the progressive media watchdog and advertising entities as the commission probes whether the watchdog colluded with advertisers to pull funding from Elon Musk’s X. Media Matters was notified in a letter dated May

By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic says its new AI model can work for nearly seven hours in a row, in another sign that AI could soon handle full shifts of work now done by humans. The new model could bring AI one step closer to replacing jobs as tech giants

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — OpenAI and Nvidia will join other companies to build Stargate UAE, an artificial intelligence infrastructure cluster, in a sister project to the recently unveiled push to expand AI infrastructure in the United States. Appearing alongside President Donald Trump in January, the CEOs of OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle said they

By Veronica Miracle and Gregg Canes, CNN (CNN) — When Yaani King Mondschein stepped onto the set of NBC’s “Quantum Leap” in February 2023, she had no idea it would be her last acting gig for several years. Mondschein had been called back to play “Frankie Cahill,” a recurring guest star featured in two episodes