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The cyberattack knocked out a majority of gas stations across Iran, leading to long lines of cars and angry crowds.

Trump said that immigrants are "poisoning the blood" of the United States at a New Hampshire rally.

President Joe Biden has struggled to find an economic message that resonates with voters, who polls show trust ex-President Donald Trump more on the economy.

Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, already had been held liable for defaming two Georgia election workers before the federal civil trial began.

Candidates running in the Feb. 13 special election to replace Santos could spend $20 million in the coming weeks.

Philip Esformes escaped a long prison term when Donald Trump commuted his criminal sentence. But the Department of Justice wants to retry him on other charges.

A donor pitch linked to the impeachment vote was the top performing ask of the 2024 cycle for VP Kamala Harris, a Biden campaign source told CNBC.

Meta, the parent of social media giant Facebook, cooperated with the fraud investigation of former DEI strategist Barbara Furlow-Smiles.

Ukraine has seemingly moved one step closer to EU membership after leaders in Brussels agreed to open membership negotiations with the war-torn nation.

It was not known how a bull ended up on the train tracks near Penn Station in Newark, New Jersey, disrupting commuter service to and from New York.

Cryptocurrency investor Mike Novogratz is officially switching sides and backing Dean Phillips over Joe Biden after spending millions helping the president.

Internal divisions within the EU are threatening any significant action toward Kyiv.

The ruling pausing the election interference case in U.S. district court does not suspend Donald Trump's gag order, Judge Tanya Chutkan noted.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a final plea for Congress to pass an aid package in a series of high-profile meetings in Washington D.C.

Hunter Biden lashed out at Republicans pursuing an impeachment inquiry as he defied a congressional subpoena for a closed-door deposition.

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel cast the deciding vote to ban cable and satellite companies from issuing early termination fees.

The case centers on Donald Trump's claim in 2019 that the writer E. Jean Carroll made up an allegation that he raped her.

The billionaire Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone, who was also on CNBC's program, expressed fear about how Trump might wield government power if elected again.

Inflation grew more slowly in November than October, according to the Fed's Consumer Price Index.