Politics

Bessent’s Political Turn in GOP Speech Tests His Bond-Market Credibility

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's Republican convention speech in Dallas is raising questions about how politics could affect market confidence in him.

Republicans to tout congressional stock-trading ban at midterm convention as Trump trades

Trump disclosed more than 21,000 trades in 2025, while the House-passed restrictions Republicans are promoting apply only to Congress.

‘Ever Grateful for the Prize’

“Prize giving, if it does not degenerate into indecency, is a legitimate form of advertising.”

CNBC Daily Open: The Trump 'Dividend': $5,000 for control of Congress

The promise of a payment, and a claim oil will "come tumbling down" are the key takeaways from President Trump's speech at the Republican's convention.

Three ‘narco-terrorists’ killed in the Caribbean by US military forces

United States military forces “executed a kinetic strike” on a suspected drug-trafficking boat operating in the Caribbean Sea on Wednesday. Three “narco-terrorists” were killed in the strike, according to a release issued by forces with the U.S. Southern Command. It is the first known strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel that killed the occupants aboard in September.

Ridiculed by the press – and now King Charles is joining in. Sorry, Harry, but what did you expect?

The Sussexes must have hoped for a warm welcome. Then they read the king’s delicately savage letter about ‘private citizens’

As the midterms loom, Trump returns to his happy place: on stage in the theatre of the absurd

President’s quest in self-mythology stops off in Dallas for a Republican convention where fans indulged his lies and revelled in his jokes

Wall Street Journal publisher convicted in Hong Kong of deterring reporter from union role

Dow Jones convicted of one count of deterring Selina Cheng from role at Hong Kong Journalist Association but cleared of second charge

New Mexico GOP executive director brushes off Trump's floating name change to ‘New America’

DALLAS — The Republican Party of New Mexico’s executive Director, Leticia Munoz, brushed off President Donald Trump’s floated renaming of the border state to “New America.”

US citizens will receive $5,000 if Republicans win midterms, Trump claims in lengthy convention speech

President makes offer that would cost US over $1tn and asks voters to ‘pretend that I’m on the ballot’ despite being deeply unpopular among electorate

North Korea has built new uranium facility to expand nuclear arsenal, UN agency says

The International Atomic Energy Agency voices ‘serious concerns’ over expansion of Yongbyon facility to enrich uranium

The Disappointing Legacies of the Agencies Created After 9/11

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