U.S. deploys additional military forces to Middle East amid intensifying regional tensions: Pentagon

U.S. deploys additional military forces to Middle East amid intensifying regional tensions: Pentagon

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered additional bomber aircraft and Navy warships to the Middle East, U.S. officials confirmed to Fox News on Friday.  Austin is sending several B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft, tanker aircraft and Navy destroyers to the Middle East, two U.S. defense officials confirmed to Fox News.  This comes as reports Iran may … Read more

Watch CNBC’s full interview with Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves

Watch CNBC’s full interview with Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Cleveland-Cliffs Chairman and CEO Lourenco Goncalves joins CNBC’s Morgan Brennan to discuss the company’s newly closed $2.8 billion acquisition of Canadian steelmaker Stelco, the strategic importance of North American manufacturing, and his views on steel tariffs and Chinese competition. Goncalves also shares … Read more

AI chatbots aren’t reliable for voting questions: Government officials

AI chatbots aren’t reliable for voting questions: Government officials

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference at the Office of the Attorney General in New York on February 16, 2024.  Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images With four days until the presidential election, U.S. government officials are cautioning against reliance on artificial intelligence chatbots for voting-related information. In … Read more

Why this Bitcoin bar wants to turn Donald Trump and Kamala Harris into crypto fans

Why this Bitcoin bar wants to turn Donald Trump and Kamala Harris into crypto fans

CNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what’s ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry. New York City bar PubKey made a name for itself within the crypto community as a meeting place … Read more

Brazilian state law overturns soy moratorium that helped curb Amazon deforestation

Brazilian state law overturns soy moratorium that helped curb Amazon deforestation

AGUA CLARA, Brazil — A historic agreement that’s helped curb deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon for nearly two decades suffered a major blow after Mato Grosso, the country´s largest soybean-producing state, passed a law ending incentives for participating processing and trade companies. The law passed last week was designed to void the Soy Moratorium — a … Read more

Trump targets Washington Post, CBS over Harris coverage, ads

Trump targets Washington Post, CBS over Harris coverage, ads

The Washington Post office in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 27, 2024.  Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Days before the presidential election, former President Donald Trump and his campaign have launched legal actions against two major media outlets, claiming that they are illegally helping Vice President Kamala Harris through their news coverage … Read more

Court Vision: 11 things to know about 2024-25 NCAA men’s college basketball season before tipoff

Court Vision: 11 things to know about 2024-25 NCAA men’s college basketball season before tipoff

It’s a long wait from the first weekend in April until the first week of November, but at last, the men’s college basketball season is upon us. We’ve already shared The Athletic’s preseason conference rankings, full of stats and analysis. We’ve rolled out our preseason All-America teams and Top 25. And there’s plenty more to … Read more