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Wall Street flocked into these names because they believe their business models can not only weather this downturn, but thrive in it.

If it were possible to transport the Supreme Court's tax rulings back to the most fiery days of the confirmation battle over Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018, it's likely that Trump would not be the only person surprised.

Trump blamed China for not stopping the spread of the coronavirus, according to reporters who were traveling with the president on Air Force One.

A new projection from the University of Washington found that at the current rate, the U.S. could reach 100,000 Covid-19 infections a day by late September, topping out at nearly 168,000 projected new infections on a single day on Nov. 1. But if 95% of people wear a face mask, it could prevent tens of thousands of those infections and more 45,000 total deaths between now and November. "It is hard to imagine any health intervention that would be more cost-effective," says professor Theo Vos.

Former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya on Friday laid out his bearish case for the social media giant as well as Google parent Alphabet.

"Dr. Fauci's a nice man, but he's made a lot of mistakes," Trump said in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity on Thursday.

American Airlines executives have told Boeing they will not take delivery of 17 Boeing 737 Max airplanes unless the airline can secure financing to pay for the aircraft, people familiar with the discussions told CNBC.

HBO Max has given a series commitment to a DC drama set in the Gotham City police department that will be tied to Matt Reeves' "The Batman."

The Trump administration has agreed to invest more than half a billion in ApiJect Systems America, a young company whose injector is not approved by federal health authorities and that hasn't yet set up a factory to manufacture the devices.

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.

Rivian is expected to be among the first, if not the first, to bring an all-electric pickup to market early next year – months, potentially years, ahead of those key competitors.

Stone has asked a federal appeals court to delay the start of his 40-month prison sentence for lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction.

In a series of tweets, Trump said too many universities and school systems are about "Radical Left Indoctrination, not Education."

"If we all wore a mask, it would substantially mute the transmission of this disease and we would grow faster," he added.

The Trump administration's Department of Labor and its workplace safety arm OSHA are in an escalating battle with the powerful union AFL-CIO over protecting employees from coronavirus.

Michael Cohen was taken into custody as he prepared to release in coming months a book about working as lawyer and fixer for President Trump.

Millions of Americans went back to work in May and June. Rising coronavirus caseloads could threaten their jobs again. But there's a silver lining: they can resume their unemployment benefits.

Satellite internet company OneWeb is back in the space broadband race against SpaceX's Starlink network.

Connecticut recently announced it would offer a tuition-free community college program for 2020, however, other states have had to table such plans due to budget shortfalls.

Markets aren't in the all-clear, says Ascent Wealth Partners' Todd Gordon, who lays out a hedge against any more market downside.