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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said a post by President Donald Trump in which he says "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" does not violate the company's policies and will remain online.

The "Mad Money" host said "history tells me that you've gotta buy them when they're weak."

Michael Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. at the time, Sergey Kislyak. Earlier this month, the Department of Justice moved to drop its case against Flynn.

"Right now, our economy's struggling and any kind of retaliation from China will make it even more difficult for us to recover," the "Mad Money" host said.

Some Americans who are eager to receive their stimulus money are wondering why the payments were less than they expected. Others have received checks that seemed to be too large. Here's what we know now about how the IRS plans to handle those situations.

Last month, CEO Sundar Pichai told employees hiring and investments would slow during the uncertainty created by the coronavirus pandemic.

United Airlines is cutting 13 of its 67 officer positions in an effort to save money as the coronavirus continues to hurt travel demand.

While signing an executive order cracking down on "censorship" by social media platforms, President Donald Trump said the government would reconsider spending "billions of dollars" on those platforms. But research suggests the government's ad spending on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter is far smaller.

Republican National Convention organizers appear to have hit an impasse with the state of North Carolina over whether they will be required to practice social distancing at the party's nominating convention, scheduled to be held in Charlotte in late August.

The shift in Hong Kong's status immediately jeopardizes several aspects of the former British colony's relationship with the United States.

The National Basketball Association has targeted July 31 as its date to resume games, a league source has confirmed to CNBC.

President Donald Trump says the WHO "failed to make the requested greatly needed reform" and the U.S. "will be today terminating our relationship."

Stocks recovered from earlier losses as traders breathed a sigh of relief after President Donald Trump's much-awaited news conference on China.

Walt Disney World received approval from the state of Florida to reopen its four Orlando-based theme parks starting July 11.

Trump did not indicate the U.S. would pull out of the phase one trade agreement reached with China earlier this year, easing trader concerns for the time being.

New York City, closed down due to the coronavirus pandemic, is expected to begin a "phase one" reopening on June 8, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday.

"Sometimes it takes a decade to make a week of progress. Sometimes a week gives you a decade of progress," VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger told CNBC.

West Texas Intermediate gained more than 80% in May for its best month on record, but some are warning that the rally may be overdone.

Joe Biden is angry about President Donald Trump's tweet in response to protests in Minneapolis in connection with death of George Floyd in policy custody. "When the looting starts, the shooting starts," Trump wrote.

Barack Obama cited the deaths of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery in a tweet calling the disparate treatment of racial minorities in the United States "maddeningly 'normal.'"