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By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump says he will impose his tariffs over the weekend, gambling that taxing American companies for imported goods will ultimately punish the countries that make stuff Americans want — and bring those nations to the negotiating table. But it’s a risky bet that could easily backfire on

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Brendan Carr, the Federal Communications Commission’s new chairman, on Wednesday ordered an investigation into the sponsorship practices of NPR and PBS member stations. In a letter obtained by CNN, Carr said he was “concerned that NPR and PBS broadcasts could be violating federal law by airing commercials.” “In particular,

CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — US airlines had gone 16 years without a fatal crash until Wednesday night. But as impressive as that safety record had been, there have been warning signs in recent years of a significant risk of a collision like the one that just killed 67 people. A

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — US airlines had gone 16 years without a fatal crash until Wednesday night. But as impressive as that safety record had been, there have been warning signs in recent years of a significant risk of a collision like the one that just killed 67 people. A regional

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — As AI has made fake content much easier to produce, a growing number of American teenagers say they are being misled by AI-generated photos, videos or other content on the internet, a new study shows. The study, published Wednesday by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit advocacy group, asked 1,000

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Another year of robust economic growth is in the books, underscoring how the Biden administration handed President Donald Trump what many consider a solid economy. The US economy grew 2.5% over the past year, according to new Commerce Department figures released Thursday, comparing the fourth quarter in 2024

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Chili’s is on fire. Chili’s sales at restaurants open for at least a year increased a whopping 31% last quarter. It was Chili’s third-straight quarter of double-digit sales growth, and the results drove parent company Brinker International’s (EAT) stock up 16% on Wednesday. The restaurant chain’s growth

By Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — President Trump signed a settlement agreement at the White House Wednesday to end the lawsuit he brought against Meta after the company suspended his account in the aftermath of the January 6 attack on the Capitol, according to a person familiar with the matter. Trump signed the agreement that,

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla posted a rare earnings miss for the last quarter of 2024, coupled with disappointing results amid weak sales and revenue leading to thinning profit margins. Shares of Tesla (TSLA), which had gotten a lift since the election on hopes that the company would benefit from the

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Fox, the broadcaster of this year’s Super Bowl matchup, originally sought about $7 million for 30 seconds of ad time during the game, the highest-rated event in the United States. But corporate demand has surpassed even Fox’s expensive ambitions. The network has sold at least 10 of its Super

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk used his new government efficiency role to stop by the operations of his competitor Boeing to look into the long-delayed efforts to renovate two 747 jets into the next generation of Air Force One jets, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said Tuesday. In an interview with

By Matt Egan, CNN Washington (CNN) — Truth Social owner Trump Media & Technology Group announced Wednesday it plans to expand into financial services and potentially buy bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Shares of Trump Media (DJT) climbed 8% on the news. Trump Media said it plans to launch a fintech brand called Truth.Fi and to

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Save the Music, the nonprofit foundation that grew in popularity on cable TV in the late 1990s through the 2000s, is going indie. Paramount Global is ending its financial support for the nearly 30-year-old program that promotes music education in public schools, the foundation announced Wednesday. As

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The US government has many ways to funnel financial support to businesses, both large and small, helping them to do research and development, expand operations, hire and pay staff, and compete in the global market place. Just about all of those means of financial support were up

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Frontier Airlines is making another offer to merge with bankrupt Spirit Airlines, less than two years after a previous plan fell through. Frontier said in a statement Wednesday that the transaction “would provide meaningful value to Spirit financial stakeholders” and create a “stronger low-cost carrier” that would

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Starbucks is set to eliminate a significant number of drinks and food options in the coming months as part of the company’s plan to simplify its offerings, reduce wait times and improve its customer experience. CEO Brian Niccol outlined the plan on Starbucks’ earnings call Tuesday, saying

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday hit pause on interest rate cuts in its first key decision of President Donald Trump’s second term. It’s a move that’s likely to stoke tensions between the central bank and the new president, who has argued that he should have some say in

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Silicon Valley is coming to grips this week with the realization that creating an advanced artificial intelligence model may no longer be as specialized a task as was once believed. The wakeup call came in the form of DeepSeek, a year-old Chinese start-up whose free, open-source AI

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — On Sunday, an undersea cable ferrying data between Sweden and Latvia was damaged, most likely as a result of an external force, Latvia said. This is just the latest in a string of incidents since late 2022 leading to damage to Europe’s infrastructure that crisscrosses the bottom of

By Vanessa Yurkevich and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — At her first White House briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made an unusual claim about the inflation that has stung American shoppers for years: Leavitt said egg prices have continued to surge because “the Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass

By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Coffee prices hit a new high Monday, the day after President Donald Trump threatened – and then reversed course on – a 25% tariff on Colombia during a spat about deportation flights from the US. And the price is still rising. Even though the tariff never went

By David Goldman and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has been talking about tariffs for so long that it feels like we know exactly what’s coming. But we kind of have no idea. Trump has repeatedly thrown out some now-familiar numbers: 25% tariffs on all imports from Mexico and Canada, anywhere from

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — The “swicy” trend is far from over. In fact, a spice that combines both the sweet and spicy trends is about to have a breakthrough year. McCormick, the top-selling maker of seasonings and spices, has named ají amarillo as its 2025 “Flavor of the Year.” The 25th

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Google is complying with President Donald Trump’s executive action that renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Soon, the name change will appear on Google Maps. In a post on X, Google explained that it has a “longstanding practice of applying name changes when

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla will likely report thinner profit margins in its quarterly and full-year results Wednesday, a result of its first drop in annual sales in its history last year and a price war in the EV sector from increased competition. But the company’s large swaths of investors seem

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — General Motors reported a record adjusted net income for 2024 on Tuesday, just a year after the costly strike by the United Auto Workers union, and said it expects even better operating results in the year ahead. But the company admitted a number of policy headwinds from

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — In August 2024, then-candidate former President Donald Trump delivered a press conference surrounded by packaged foods, meats, produce, condiments, milk and eggs. “When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One,” he said at the time. It was a pledge he repeated on the campaign

By Jessie Yeung and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — Workers at a Pennsylvania Whole Foods store voted on Monday to unionize, forming the first union in the organic grocery chain owned by Amazon. A majority of the employees at the flagship store in Philadelphia’s Center City neighborhood voted to join a local chapter of the

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — The Pulitzer Prize board is asking a judge to hit pause on a defamation case President Donald Trump filed against it until his presidency is over, using Trump’s own legal arguments against him. Trump sued the Pulitzer Board in 2022 after it released a statement standing by awarding the

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Natural disasters like wildfires, floods and hurricanes can have devastating financial consequences for homeowners, yet many are still expected to pay their mortgages — even if their homes are uninhabitable. These tips and resources may help if you find yourself in that daunting situation. Here’s what else you

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A French-language artificial intelligence chatbot backed by the French government has been taken offline after providing nonsensical answers to simple mathematical equations, and even recommending that one user eat cow’s eggs. In a statement Saturday, the Linagora Group, a company that is part of a consortium developing the model,

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — A surprisingly efficient and powerful Chinese AI model has taken the technology industry by storm. It’s called DeepSeek R1, and it’s rattling nerves on Wall Street. The new AI model was developed by DeepSeek, a startup that was born just a year ago and has somehow managed a breakthrough

CNN By David Goldman and Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — US stocks dropped sharply Monday — and chipmaker Nvidia lost nearly $600 billion in market value — after a surprise advancement from a Chinese artificial intelligence company, DeepSeek, threatened the aura of invincibility surrounding America’s technology industry. DeepSeek, a one-year-old startup, revealed a stunning capability

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Changes at Starbucks might remind customers of the chain of the old. Beginning Monday, several policies are returning to Starbucks’ locations in United States and Canada — part of CEO Brian Niccol’s Herculean task of reversing sales and traffic declines at the struggling institution. The chain is

By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Celebrating football’s biggest game can bring big appetites. Buying Super Bowl fixings this year will cost about the same as last year, but the prices of individual products may seesaw, according to a Wells Fargo report. This year, store-bought Super Bowl snacks will cost just 0.1% more

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The Trump administration is threatening a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico as soon as Saturday — a move that would almost immediately impact car dealerships and factories in the United States. The tariffs would add a minimum of thousands of dollars to the

By David Goldman and Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — US stocks dropped sharply Monday — and chipmaker Nvidia lost nearly $600 billion in market value — after a surprise advancement from a Chinese artificial intelligence company, DeepSeek, threatened the aura of invincibility surrounding America’s technology industry. DeepSeek, a one-year-old startup, revealed a stunning capability last

By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — A new CEO took the reins at Kohl’s this month, hoping to reverse a long losing streak at America’s largest department store chain. But after years of declining sales, a sharp drop in stock value and waning customer trust, Ashley Buchanan could find the chain’s problems hard to

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — Wildfires, raging floods, tornadoes and hurricanes can obliterate your home, but not your mortgage. The hard reality is that even when you live in a federally declared disaster area — like those ravaged by wildfires in Los Angeles County or battered by hurricanes in North Carolina and other states

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — Monday marks the first day that the IRS will start accepting and processing 2024 income tax returns. So whether you’re in a rush to get your refund or just wondering how long you can postpone sending your return in, here’s what you need to know and some tips to

By Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN (CNN) — Madia Bellebuono, a University of Vermont graduate, spends her days in a Boston coffee shop scrolling through job openings on LinkedIn. Since earning her degree in strategic marketing and public communications in May 2024, she has applied for more than 300 jobs. Despite two internships, a strong GPA and

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Federal economic data is one of the purest forms of infrastructure, says Erica Groshen, a former commissioner at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “These data keep our economy running as much as roads and bridges do,” she said. Policymakers, businesses, organizations and other entities rely heavily on the vast

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Ben & Jerry’s on Friday amended a censorship lawsuit from November against parent company Unilever, claiming the consumer goods giant had suppressed a social media statement that mentioned President Donald Trump. The Vermont-based ice cream maker alleged in the complaint that its management and board sought to release the

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Americans can continue to expect high prices for eggs this year, new estimates show, due to the ongoing avian flu outbreak and inflation. Egg prices are estimated to increase about 20% in 2025, compared to about 2.2% for food prices in general, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday batted down the national security concerns surrounding TikTok, saying, “Is it that important for China to be spying on young people? On young kids watching crazy videos?” It was a surprising comment coming from the guy who first tried to ban TikTok

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Some of the biggest brands in America, including Amazon, Meta, Walmart and McDonald’s, have recently changed or ended their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. But e.l.f. Beauty, a popular cosmetics brand, is a rare company vocally touting its diversity efforts and inclusive marketing like its “So

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Coca-Cola lovers for more than a decade were forced to wash down their $1.50 hot dogs at Costco’s food courts with Pepsi. But Costco plans to bring back Coca-Coca at its food court soda fountains this summer and ditch its archrival. “We will be converting our food

CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has a new target to cut down costs: the US penny. DOGE said on X that the penny costs over 3 cents to make and cost US taxpayers over $179 million in the 2023 fiscal year. “The Mint produced over

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Target is joining a wave of US companies pulling back on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, as right-wing pressure leads companies to alter their commitment to hiring diverse candidates and expanding access. Target said in a statement Friday that it will end its three-year diversity, equity

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Sales of existing homes in the US fell last year to the lowest level in almost three decades, as sky-high home prices and elevated mortgage rates squeezed home buyers. Sales of previously owned homes, which make up the vast majority of the market, totaled 4.06 million in 2024,

CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has a new target to cut down costs: the US penny. DOGE said on X that the penny costs over 3 cents to make and cost US taxpayers over $179 million in the 2023 fiscal year. “The Mint produced over

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has a new target to cut down costs: the US penny. DOGE said on X that the penny costs over 3 cents to make and cost US taxpayers over $179 million in the 2023 fiscal year. “The Mint produced over 4.5

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — On the outskirts of Altadena, where one of the most destructive firestorms in Los Angeles history had just receded, a group of volunteers worked last week to gather fallen tree branches and leaves — removing fuel for potential future fires, bagging them up and taking them away. One of

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday shrugged off an ugly back-and-forth between tech CEOs Elon Musk and Sam Altman that pitted one of Trump’s most visible lieutenants against a key participant in a massive $500 billion AI project Trump announced Tuesday. Musk had undercut Trump’s Tuesday Oval Office AI announcement,

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — UnitedHealthcare announced a new CEO on Thursday, filling in the spot after Brian Thompson was shot and killed in midtown Manhattan in a targeted attack. Company veteran Tim Noel is the new UnitedHealthcare CEO, the company said in an emailed statement. Noel has been the head of

By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — A cute cartoon duck can be the bearer of bad news. Stripe is laying off 300 people, or about 3.5% of its global workforce — and in emails to some terminated employees, the company accidentally sent an image of a yellow cartoon duck, a spokesperson confirmed to CNN. Some

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump this week rescinded a nearly 60-year-old executive order that prohibited government contractors from discriminating in their hiring, firing, promotion or pay practices. Replacing it is a new requirement that those employers certify that they do not have what he termed “illegal” diversity, equity, and

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — It was no surprise when President Donald Trump this week issued a memorandum to the heads of federal departments and agencies, essentially directing them to get their employees back to the office full-time. Among other things, soon after the presidential election, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who at the

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Today’s chief executives are the last generation to manage all-human workforces as companies increasingly adopt artificial intelligence, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said Thursday. “From this point forward… we will be managing not only human workers but also digital workers,” he said on a panel at the annual meeting

CNN By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Shortly after President Donald Trump announced a new massive AI infrastructure investment from the White House, “First Buddy” Elon Musk tried to tear it down. “They don’t actually have the money,” Musk wrote on his social media platform X. “SoftBank has well under $10B secured. I have that

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — A board member at TikTok’s parent company said that a deal to save the app from disappearing in the United States will be done soon. General Atlantic CEO Bill Ford, a ByteDance board member, said Wednesday that it’s in “everyone’s interest” to keep the app active. Ford

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Oreo is partnering with singer Post Malone for its next limited edition cookie, featuring a first-of-its-kind filling for the brand. For a limited time, Oreo is selling a cookie created with Malone that has a swirled creme filling, which mixes salted caramel and shortbread flavor creme and

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Shortly after President Donald Trump announced a new massive AI infrastructure investment from the White House, “First Buddy” Elon Musk tried to tear it down. “They don’t actually have the money,” Musk wrote on his social media platform X. “SoftBank has well under $10B secured. I have that on

By Hadas Gold and Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — One of President Donald Trump’s first actions as he returned to the Oval Office on Monday was signing an executive order aimed at “restoring freedom of speech and ending federal censorship” of US citizens. The order bans federal officials from any conduct that “would

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Businesses worldwide and mainstream economists are fretting about higher prices as President Donald Trump unveils his tariff-heavy economic strategy. But Jamie Dimon, CEO of the world’s largest bank, believes there’s perhaps too much worrying and not enough faith in Trump’s plan. Tariffs are “an economic tool” or

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Need a new computer, television or phone? You might want to consider getting one now. That’s because President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that a new 10% across-the-board tariff on Chinese goods could be enacted as soon as February 1. Unlike Mexico and Canada, which largely avoid

CNN By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Businesses worldwide and mainstream economists are fretting about higher prices as President Donald Trump unveils his tariff-heavy economic strategy. But Jamie Dimon, CEO of the world’s largest bank, believes there’s perhaps too much worrying and not enough faith in Trump’s plan. Tariffs are “an economic tool”

CNN, KABC, KCAL, KCBS, ROSA OLVERA, KCAL/KCBS By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The wildfires in Southern California this month, and the hurricanes in the Southeast United States late last year, could end up raising homeowners insurance rates in the near future, even for people who live thousands of miles from the natural

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The wildfires in Southern California this month, and the hurricanes in the Southeast United States late last year, could end up raising homeowners insurance rates in the near future, even for people who live thousands of miles from the natural disasters. Regulators in many states are allowing

By Lauren Kent and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Harry has called for police to launch a fresh investigation into Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper group after securing a “monumental victory” by settling his case over allegations of unlawful information gathering. The Duke of Sussex’s yearslong legal battle took an unexpected turn Wednesday, just

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Shoppers can’t stand when toothpaste, deodorant and other items are locked up behind glass display cabinets at stores. Customers, accustomed to taking whatever they want off a shelf, don’t like to push a button on the display case and impatiently wait for an employee to come open

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump took aim at federal and state support for electric vehicles on his first day in office. But it’s not clear he has the power he’s claimed on the topic. In his executive order, Trump said he was eliminating the “electric vehicle mandate.” But there

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — After officially taking office earlier this week, President Donald Trump ordered “emergency price relief” for Americans on housing costs and other living expenses. “Many Americans are unable to purchase homes due to historically high prices, in part due to regulatory requirements that alone account for 25 percent of the

CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Three top tech firms on Tuesday announced that they will create a new company, called Stargate, to grow artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison appeared at the White House Tuesday afternoon alongside

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned that even more tariffs could be coming as soon as next week: This time China was his target, as Trump threatened to unleash a wave of higher taxes on imports from America’s second-biggest trading partner. In an Oval Office press conference that echoed

By Maria Sole Campinoti and Clare Duffy, CNN YouTube and TikTok star MrBeast is looking to buy TikTok as part of a group of investors, as a 75-day time limit ticks down for the social media company to find a non-Chinese owner or risk being permanently banned. “Okay fine, I’ll buy Tik Tok so it

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Three top tech firms on Tuesday announced that they will create a new company, called Stargate, to grow artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison appeared at the White House Tuesday afternoon alongside President

By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — JetBlue now accepts Venmo payments for flights, in what it called a first for airlines on Tuesday. Venmo payment options are available on the airline’s website and will roll out on their mobile app “in the coming months,” the carrier announced. Venmo payment options are the latest announcement

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Monday he still intends to move forward with an across-the-board tariff of 25% on Mexican and Canadian goods, though he said those levies would come on February 1 rather than his previous day-one threat, Trump said in an Oval Office signing ceremony. The

By Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — “Kevin and I have come into your homes for decades — nearly 37 years for me,” Patrece Dayton, a news anchor in Terre Haute, Indiana, told viewers on Friday in front of a box of tissues. “And more than 40 for me,” added Kevin Orpurt, the TV

By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — The extraordinary developments for one of America’s most popular social media apps over this weekend will be one for the history books. The banning — and unbanning — of TikTok involved actions from a former president, a sitting president and a future president and gripped 170 million Americans

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Terry Hodge would have a tough time caring for the 150 or so elderly women at Bethany Health Care Center without the dozens of immigrant nursing assistants, housekeepers, dietary aides and other staffers at the Framingham, Massachusetts, facility. More than 40% of her employees were born abroad, hailing from

By Kayla Tausche, Kevin Liptak, David Goldman and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said in an Oval Office signing ceremony Monday evening that his administration will impose 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada on February 1, an extraordinary change in North American trade policy that could raise prices for American consumers. Trump

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Champagne sales have lost their pop as people around the world aren’t in the mood to say “cheers.” The total number of Champagne shipments from France sank nearly 10% last year to 271 million bottles, marking the second consecutive year of declines as inflation-weary consumers cut back

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Members of the Teamsters union have authorized a strike against Costco on February 1 unless they reach a deal with the warehouse retailer before the current contract expires on January 31. The union said 18,000 Costco workers are set to go on strike at 56 of the

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — When Keith Bussey first opened his Nothing Bundt Cakes location in Northern California in 2019, he exhausted his 401(k) savings, excited to invest in an up-and-coming franchise. And it really helped that the company had a long-standing tradition of offering its franchisees the option to close on

By Clare Duffy and David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — As he promised Sunday, President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive action that delays enforcement of the TikTok ban for 75 days. The action directs the US Justice Department not to enforce the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which passed with broad bipartisan

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — If US Immigration and Customs Enforcement visits a Chicago restaurant in the coming days, Sam Toia wants to know. With the incoming Trump administration planning to kick off an immigration crackdown in major cities, possibly including Chicago, Toia, CEO of the Illinois Restaurant Association, has been fielding calls from

By Lex Harvey, Auzinea Bacon and Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — The incoming first couple have launched a pair of meme coins in the leadup to president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration that are already worth billions of dollars on paper. But the timing of the Trump cryptocurrency launch, just days before taking office and promising to

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Move over billionaires. The first trillionaires are on their way. Five people are expected to amass at least $1 trillion in wealth within the next decade, if current trends continue, according to Oxfam’s annual inequality report, released Sunday. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, currently the world’s richest person

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Instagram has rolled out a number of updates in recent days that appear to be aimed at attracting TikTok users while the short-video app’s future remains in limbo. And on Sunday, Instagram parent company Meta went one step further and announced the launch of a new video

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Federal Reserve officials have worked hard to set interest rates at levels that minimize inflation and maximize employment over the past couple of years. And they’ve been remarkably successful, a historically rare feat to pull off. But central bankers’ jobs could get a lot harder in just

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Monday, January 20, commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. This year, the holiday coincides with President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, though the majority of business closures will be for MLK Day. King’s actual birthday is on January 15, but the federal holiday always falls

CNN By Clare Duffy and David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Around 12 hours after shutting itself down in the United States, TikTok is back for many users almost like it never left, attributing its return to a move by President-elect Donald Trump to save the app. TikTok welcomed users back with a notification

By Clare Duffy and David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Around 12 hours after shutting itself down in the United States, TikTok is back for many users almost like it never left, attributing its return to a move by President-elect Donald Trump to save the app. TikTok welcomed users back with a notification that

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden will leave the White House with a strong economy, historic gains in the job market, a foundation for future manufacturing growth, and having brought down decades-high inflation without triggering a recession. Those feats, economists say, are even more impressive considering the nation was deep in the