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The Biden administration has pushed to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, with Russia for five years, which is set to expire on Feb. 5. The nuclear agreement regulates and limits how many nuclear weapons each country can have. Russian officials on Friday said they welcome the news.  Michael McFaul told

President Donald Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, waves as he boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., January 20, 2021. Carlos Barria | Reuters Since former President Donald Trump launched his campaign in 2015, Trump and Twitter enjoyed a symbiotic relationship. Trump used the app to broadcast outlandish comments to

President Joe Biden signs an executive order after speaking during an event on his administration’s Covid-19 response with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, left, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Joe Biden will sign two executive orders

Johnson & Johnson board member Dr. Mark McClellan told CNBC that “if the clinical trial works out,” the company could significantly increase the nation’s Covid vaccine supply availability within the coming weeks.  “I do know that J&J is making a very large supply, going all out with its production, both here in the U.S. and

Wide angle, ultra wide angle and new Lidar sensor on the iPad Pro. Todd Haselton | CNBC Last year, Apple started including advanced 3D sensors that can accurately measure how far away objects are in its high-end iPhones and iPad, and now millions are out in the world. The iPhone 12 Pro cameras use 3D

President Joe Biden signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, after his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, U.S., January 20, 2021. Tom Brenner | Reuters On his first full day in office, President Joe Biden released the details of his sweeping plan to combat the

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) blamed Walgreens and the federal government for the Garden State’s sluggish vaccine rollout during a Wednesday evening interview on CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith.” “The big reason is the federal program with CVS and Walgreens,” Murphy said. “They basically amassed these doses, they schedule visits to long-term care nursing

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference at the Great Hall of the People on June 14, 2018 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang | Getty Images WASHINGTON – The Chinese government slapped sanctions on former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien and former trade adviser Peter

President-elect Joe Biden will in the first few hours of his presidency sign more than a dozen executive orders to address a litany of challenges ranging from the Covid-19 pandemic to the student debt crisis. Biden’s orders will also work to reverse many of those issued by President Donald Trump, including the so-called Muslim travel

Former Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano told CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith” that the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6 was “incited” by President Donald Trump, and criticized him for fueling the “Big Lie” that the Nov. 3 election was stolen from him. “He hasn’t said what would be the most helpful, which

Clean energy could be the ETF theme of the year. That’s what two market analysts predict as the group builds on its gains since Election Day with the prospects of President-elect Joe Biden’s green infrastructure plan on the horizon. The combination of supportive policy changes and technological advancements should continue to fuel the space, Anna

U.S. Treasury yields climbed on Tuesday morning, as traders watched for comments from Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen, who is expected to speak in front of the Senate Finance Committee later in the day. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 1.11% at 3:40 a.m. ET, while the yield on the 30-year

A traveler exits a testing center at Heathrow Airport on January 17, 2021 in London. Hollie Adams | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday lifted a Covid-19 ban on most foreigners from from Europe, the U.K. and Brazil from entering the U.S., effective Jan. 26. The White House put the

National Guard members unload weapons and supplies outside of the U.S. Capitol building on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images A “small fire” under a nearby bridge prompted the temporary shutdown of the U.S. Capitol complex and the evacuation of the west front of the

Rohit Chopra testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing on February 14, 2018. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Rohit Chopra to be the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, two sources told NBC News. Chopra, a member of the Federal

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden pauses at the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and CNN’s presidential town hall focused on LGBTQ issues on October 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office facing more crisis than any other president in

President Donald Trump retains overwhelming support from Republican voters in the final days of his term, an NBC News poll conducted after a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol shows. Nearly nine in 10 Republicans approve of Trump’s job performance, according to the survey, a figure virtually unchanged from just ahead of the

Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services. CNBC Getting kicked off Amazon Web Services is rare, but it has enormous consequences. It happened this week, when Amazon dropped Parler, a social network that gained traction from conservatives after Twitter banned President Donald Trump and housed content that encouraged violence. Parler filed suit against Amazon in

Several Democratic governors are criticizing the Trump administration for apparently misleading public health officials about holding a stockpile of Covid-19 vaccines in reserve. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Tuesday that the government would begin releasing doses of vaccine that were being held in “physical reserve” to ensure enough supply for second

After a record year in 2020, the exchange-traded fund space is set to continue its rapid growth, Invesco says. The industry’s ability to accrue over $500 billion in new assets last year “proves a couple of things,” Anna Paglia, the company’s head of ETFs and indexed securities, told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. “First of

Health and Human Services Secretary, Alex Azar at the White House on August 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. Pete Marovich | Getty Images Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is resigning on Jan 20, NBC News reported on Friday. In his resignation letter dated Jan. 12, Azar took a parting shot at President Donald

A TSA officer checks a man’s ID at a screening checkpoint at Orlando International Airport. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | Getty Images The Transportation Security Administration on Friday said it is assessing hundreds of people to determine whether they should be barred from flights as it steps up security ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s

This Jan. 6, 2021 photo made available by the United States Capitol Police in a complaint and arrest warrant shows Rocky Mount Police Department Sgt. Thomas “T.J.” Robertson and officer Jacob Fracker in the Capitol in front of a statute of John Stark, a Revolutionary War officer famous for writing the state motto of New

Dr. Scott Gottlieb emphasized the importance of getting as many people vaccinated as possible, and warned of a potentially dire spring and summer without protective immunity as new Covid variants appear across the globe.  “If we can’t get more protective immunity into the population, we could be facing a situation where we have, sort of,

Donald Trump speaking from the Oval Office from a White House video, January 13, 2021. Source: The White House Voters are divided, largely along partisan lines, over whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office, a new NBC News poll shows. Nearly 9 in 10 Democrats say Trump, who was impeached by the House

A car dealer shows a vehicle to customers at a dealership in Jersey City, New Jersey. Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. automakers are suffering from the deepest sales decline in decades, the country is still politically divided and it’s in the middle of a pandemic. But if U.S. officials can quickly rollout

Chobani’s four new coffee drinks Chobani In 2019, Chobani began branching out into oat milk and coffee creamers as it tried to expand its reputation beyond its signature Greek yogurt. It’s kicking off 2021 with another bold category entry: coffee. Starting in January, Chobani customers will be able to buy ready-to-drink coffee beverages in U.S.

Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft Unity reaches space for the first time. Source: Virgin Galactic Ark Invest, which operates the largest actively managed exchange-traded fund, plans to add a “Space Exploration ETF” under the ticker ARKX, according to a securities filing on Wednesday. While the ETF’s constituents have yet to be announced, shares of space companies Virgin

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Democrat of Maryland, walks past members of the National Guard as he arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 13, 2021, ahead of an expected House vote impeaching U.S. President Donald Trump. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images There’s no Confederate flag there now. National Guard troops

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith” that lawmakers from both sides of the aisle “need to be realistic” that President Donald Trump will not try to discourage violent protesters in the days leading to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.   “This President’s not going to do that,” said Panetta, who served