Politics

Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis celebrates onstage during his 2022 U.S. midterm elections night party in Tampa, Florida, November 8, 2022. Marco Bello | Reuters Gov. Ron DeSantis has assembled a team of wealthy business leaders to help raise money for his presidential campaign, according to a partial list of …

Albert Bryan Jr., governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, speaks during the SelectUSA Investment Summit in National Harbor, Maryland, on May 2, 2023. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands is scheduled to be deposed next month in a civil lawsuit by that …

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to the media as he leaves a meeting on the debt ceiling with US President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2023.  Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — A significant group of House Republicans …

Vadym Boychenko, mayor of Mariupol, at his office in the city hall of Mariupol, Ukraine, on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Christopher Occhicone | Bloomberg | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The exiled Ukrainian mayor of Mariupol has vowed to rebuild his decimated former city as he marked one year since it fell to …

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives remarks at the Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Leadership Summit at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on April 21, 2023 in National Harbor, Maryland. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis moved Friday to disqualify the federal judge overseeing Disney‘s political retaliation …

Mark Gorton, Founder of LimeWire, a peer-to-peer file sharing client for the Java Platform, sits for a photograph in the firm’s offices in New York. Ramin Talaie | Corbis Historical | Getty Images A veteran Wall Street executive told CNBC that he has been helping bankroll Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s …

The US Treasury Department building is seen in Washington, DC, January 19, 2023. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The June 1 “X date” is approaching, the earliest the U.S. government could run out of money to pay its bills if leaders do not reach a deal to …

Andy Warhol paints the Statue of Liberty in Paris, France on April 22nd, 1986. Francois Lochon | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the Andy Warhol Foundation in a copyright dispute over the use of a celebrity photographer’s image of the musician Prince. The court ruled 7-2 …

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., greets Martin Gruenberg, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, during the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Dirksen Building on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking federal financial …

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday highlighted sharp differences with his former boss, rejecting ex-President Donald Trump’s stances on the debt ceiling and Ukraine while stoking more speculation about his 2024 presidential ambitions. “When it comes to the debt ceiling, failure is not an option,” Pence said on CNBC’s …