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A mugshot of Jeffrey Epstein released by the U.S. Justice Department. Source: U.S. Justice Department Google founder Sergey Brin, former Disney executive Michael Ovitz, Hyatt Hotels executive chairman Thomas Pritzker and a fourth billionaire, real estate investor Mort Zuckerman, will be subpoenaed in a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase by the …

TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew looks on as he testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing entitled “TikTok: How Congress can Safeguard American Data Privacy and Protect Children from Online Harms,” as lawmakers scrutinize the Chinese-owned video-sharing app, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 23, 2023. Evelyn …

Chinese companies will continue to face intense scrutiny as U.S.-China tensions and competition won’t be easing anytime soon, one analyst told CNBC. “There is this intense geopolitical competition. Chinese companies are getting a ton of scrutiny in part because of their ties to the Chinese Communist Party,” said Lindsay Gorman, …

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that there has been “no progress” in debt ceiling negotiations between House Republicans and the White House, as the U.S. inches closer to risking a first-ever default. “We’ve made no progress,” the California Republican told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “I’m always an optimist. I’m not …

US President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping (L) shake hands as they meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 14, 2022. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Relations between the U.S. and China are …

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) speaks during Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington, DC, February 22, 2021. Al Drago | Pool | Reuters WASHINGTON — Sens. Cory Booker and Raphael Warnock have urged the CEOs of 10 major banks to waive overdraft and nonsufficient …

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a reception celebrating Nowruz in the East Room at the White House in Washington, March 20, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Fees on concert tickets, air fares, hotels and other so-called junk fees cost Americans tens of billions of dollars every year, often …

Heidi Heitkamp is a former Democratic senator from North Dakota, and currently serves as director of the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics. She is also the founder of the One Country Project, an organization dedicated to advancing rural America, and a CNBC contributor. Within hours of the Silicon Valley …

People inside the offices of JP Morgan Chase in New York City. Getty Images A New York federal judge on Monday ruled that the U.S. Virgin Islands and women who accuse the late investor Jeffrey Epstein of sex trafficking can proceed with some of their claims in a lawsuit against …

Greg Becker, President and CEO of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference on May 3, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Before Silicon Valley Bank’s failure, its former CEO Greg Becker backed two tech industry lobbying groups that …