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It was not immediately clear what Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley would be tasked with.

Cuomo said he believe the New York Police Department should have enough personnel, but if it's an issue he will call in the National Guard. Some of the violent actions taken by the NYPD have exacerbated the problem, he said.

U.S. stocks rose on Monday to start June trading as investors hoped to extend gains seen across both May and April.

Through fiscal 2030, the virus will reduce real economic output — nominal GDP adjusted for inflation — by 3% from initial economic estimates in January before the pandemic hit, the Congressional Budget Office said.

"Now is the time to go big" to keep America from dividing into two separate and unequal societies, Robert Johnson said in a CNBC interview.

As protests continued to roil U.S. cities in the week after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Wall Street CEOs expressed horror, anger and empathy in staff emails and messages posted to social media.

The company's CEO said that he pulling out of a deal with Facebook that would have been potentially lucrative. But he said he can't move forward until the company moderates post that incite violence.

A global pandemic, racial strife, political upheaval — and a rising stock market amid the chaos. While it sounds a lot like 2020 it also has echoes all the way from 1968.

Facebook employees on Monday staged a "virtual walkout" in protest of the company's policies regarding recent posts by President Donald Trump.

The World Health Organization cautioned world leaders about reports that the coronavirus is "losing potency," saying "this is still a killer virus" and thousands of people are still dying daily.

"It is WHO's wish for this collaborations to continue," WHO's top official says.

Companies are not issuing financial guidance, but CFOs of major corporations are increasingly certain of a coronavirus negative impact in 2020, according to the Q2 CNBC CFO Council Survey.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has angered several members of his team by failing to remove Trump post on George Floyd.

Farmville creator Zynga has bought gaming start-up Peak for $1.8 billion.

China has asked its state-owned firms to halt purchases of soybeans and pork from the United States, two people familiar with the matter said, after Washington said it would eliminate special U.S. treatment for Hong Kong to punish Beijing.

Since his inauguration, Trump has espoused the need for his administration to take an "America First" approach to foreign policy.

The recycling of lithium-ion batteries will become important in the years ahead.

Merck CEO Ken Frazier said business leaders can be a "unifying force" in helping to calm a nation convulsed by protests over police brutality and economic destruction.

The U.K. is still at coronavirus alert level 4, meaning transmission is high or rising exponentially, but the country — which has been in lockdown since late March — eased some of its lockdown restrictions on Monday.

Mayors of major cities imposed curfews and governors mobilized state National Guard in an effort to keep the peace overnight but tensions boiled over.