Economy

TikTok logo displayed on a cellphone.Hyoung Chang | Denver Post | Getty ImagesMontana legislators approved a bill on Friday that would ban TikTok from being offered in the state in a 54-43 vote. The bill, SB 419, now goes to Montana Republican Governor Greg Gianforte for approval. TikTok, which is owned by China’s ByteDance, is… […]

A Starship prototype is seen stacked on top of a Super Heavy booster at the company’s launch facility near Brownsville, Texas.SpaceXThe Federal Aviation Administration issued a Starship launch license to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, a crucial final regulatory step that clears the company to attempt an orbital launch of its towering rocket for the first time.”After… […]

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily blocked lower court rulings that imposed tighter restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone.U.S. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the U.S. Northern District of Texas suspended the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone last week.The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked that part of Kacsmaryk’s order… […]

U.S. abortion pill providers are scrambling to make backup plans as the Supreme Court decides whether to keep restrictions on the key drug mifepristone. Some in-person clinics in New York, California and Kansas will offer mifepristone for now, but are preparing to provide an alternative abortion pill if a subsequent decision essentially bans the drug. Several… […]

Collect Trump CardsSource: Collecttrumpcards.comFormer President Donald Trump made at least six figures of income selling NFTs last year, his new financial disclosure showed Friday.NFTs, short for nonfungible tokens, are unique digital assets that have their ownership recorded on a digital ledger called a blockchain.Trump has made between $100,001 and $1 million in income from NFTs,… […]

India isn’t overly dependent on anyone for oil — not even Russia, India’s Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas told CNBC, adding that his country has diversified its sources.”India doesn’t get over dependent on anyone,” Hardeep Singh Puri told CNBC’s Tanvir Gill when asked if his country was too dependent on the Kremlin.Since Russia’s invasion… […]

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the House Committee on Financial Services June 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. Powell testified on the Federal Reserve’s Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report during the hearing. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesSince he took over the chair’s position at the Federal Reserve in 2018, Jerome Powell has… […]

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said he knows it’s been a “brutal month” for the market, but on Thursday he listed five stocks he thinks investors could consider buying during “any bout of weakness.””Whenever the market gets hit, you know what, there are almost always buying opportunities,” Cramer said.”Even if you think that we’re looking at more… […]

The Atlanta jail processing the co-defendants of former President Donald Trump in his Georgia election interference case is releasing mugshots after each of them is booked.Trump had his photograph taken at the Fulton County Jail when he surrendered Thursday to face criminal charges that he conspired with others named in the case to interfere in… […]