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Two former FBI officials have been taken into custody after being charged with lying to Congress about their roles in the Hunter Biden investigation, Justice Department officials announced Friday.Former employees Nikki Floris, 46, and Bradley Benavidez, 56, turned themselves in on Friday morning pursuant to arrest warrants, Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, told X-Post.”Mr. Floris and Mr. Benavidez allegedly lied to Congress about their roles in the FBI’s Hunter Biden investigation, despite evidence that they helped shape public discourse about Hunter Biden’s laptop just before the election, with some claiming they only knew about it…
Would you trust an AI agent with your bank account information to move your money without asking you first? Gerald Cassidy, a top banking analyst who has been in banking for nearly 40 years, frequently poses that question to his customers, investors, and consumers. He told CNBC that almost everyone would give the same answer. No, “that’s too risky,” said RBC Capital Markets’ Cassidy. Still, the potential for artificial intelligence to transform the banking industry is at the center of growing concerns on Wall Street. Financial stocks have been hurt by the recent proliferation of agents and their ability to…
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan during a campaign event in Wasilla, Alaska, U.S., Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Nathaniel Wilder Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Justice Department has filed an unusual lawsuit seeking to prevent the state of Alaska from certifying a winner in the upcoming U.S. Senate election if incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses.The lawsuit, filed Thursday, suggests that voters were likely confused by the inclusion of another Republican candidate, Daniel Sullivan, on the race ballot.“If the State of Alaska were to find that the election results were tainted by the inclusion of Daniel…
US President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath during the discovery phase of his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC, a federal judge has ruled, warning that failure to cooperate could lead to the case being dismissed.The controversy centers on a BBC documentary that combines individual excerpts from speeches he gave before the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe network apologized for the edits but denied there was any basis for defamation claims against Trump. Here’s what this ruling means and how the case got to this point.What did the…
A staff member was spotted at a Taco Bell restaurant in London.Mae James | Sopa Images | Light Rocket | Getty Imagespepsico Food and beverage company Taco Bell announced Thursday that it has renewed its long-term partnership through 2036.This announcement comes a week after Taco Bell’s sister chain, KFC, announced that Taco Bell’s operating format would change to: coca cola As a beverage supplier in the United States. While it’s unusual for a major restaurant chain to change drink providers, the move is not unprecedented, as Coke and Pepsi try to win contracts through perks and other inducements. Coke’s victory…
Washington Post reporter Heidi Levin, who was brutally attacked by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank last week, said the horrifying ordeal has only strengthened her resolve to continue reporting on the plight of Palestinians. “What hurt me the most is that I can now really understand what other people have been through, what Palestinian women, children and men have been through,” she told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Thursday from Israel, where she was recovering after being released from the hospital the day before. “I’m American and I work for the Washington Post. My story has gotten a lot…
Get CNBC Sports newsletters straight to your inboxBy Alex Sherman The CNBC Sports newsletter delivers the biggest news and exclusive interviews from the world of sports business and media to your inbox every week.Get access now by subscribing here.The Disney+ and ESPN+ logos can be seen on the Super Bowl LXI poster.Gabby Jones Bloomberg | Matthew Huang | Icon Getty ImagesDisney knows that business, like soccer, is a contact sport. In some cases, feuds between management teams can create hits within a company. A dispute with the Federal Communications Commission may also lead to a court appearance. And Disney, which…
This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Is it what you see? You can subscribe here.Jensen fans are busy.Nvidia’s GTC in Berlin was the grand finale of a week and a half long European tour. Huang met with world leaders including British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, unveiled new products and spent time conversing with a small robot duck on stage.The head of Nvidia must be tired. During a media Q&A Thursday morning, he gave reporters some insight into his beliefs. “Try sleeping less, that’s what I’m doing,” Huang…
Russia and Ukraine continued heavy attacks on civilian and energy infrastructure overnight, less than a day after both sides signaled that U.S.-brokered peace talks were making progress.Ukraine’s Energy Ministry announced on Friday that Russia has launched a major attack on energy facilities in Ukraine, leaving more than 500,000 people without power after attacks on energy facilities in the Zhytomyr, Volyn, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Khmelnitsky and Rivne regions.The ministry added that emergency recovery work has begun once the security situation allows.DTEK, one of Ukraine’s largest private energy companies, announced that unspecified thermal power plants had ceased generating electricity due to Russian shelling.DTEK’s…
As the Starshield issue, which began during the conflict between President Trump and President Zelensky, continues, Ukraine plans to partner with a Finnish company.Published October 23, 2026October 23, 2026Ukraine has announced plans to build an independent satellite communications system amid reported continuing problems affecting the US-operated StarShield system.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced on Friday that his country had agreed to partner with a Finnish company to develop the system. On the same day, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense complained of lingering problems in Starshield’s military service.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listU.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that tech…