This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are in Eastern time. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 118,101, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Global deaths: At least 4,262, according to data compiled by […]
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Trump floats payroll tax cut, other financial relief amid coronavirus outbreak
President Donald Trump on Monday said he will be meeting with Senate and House Republicans on Tuesday to discuss “a possible tax relief measure” that would provide “a timely and effective response to the coronavirus.” “We are to be meeting with House Republicans, Mitch McConnell, and discussing a possible payroll tax cut or relief, substantial […]
Trump had contact with Collins, Gaetz
The White House declined to comment to CNBC. There is no need for Trump to self-quarantine because of his contact with Gaetz and Collins, according to Dr. Ali Khan, a professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the College of Public Health of the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Khan told CNBC that people need […]
Coke, Clorox, other brands urge attorney general Barr to fight price gouging
William Barr, U.S. attorney general, listens during a roundtable discussion with law enforcement in Wichita, Kansas, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. Nick Oxford | Bloomberg | Getty Images A lobbying group representing some of America’s largest consumer brands wants the Justice Department to stop retailers from jacking up prices on hand sanitizer, masks and […]
Trump downplays oil plunge and coronavirus as markets drop
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at the National Institutes of Health Vaccine Research Center in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Yuri Gripas | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump sought to downplay the plunging price of oil and the global spread of the new coronavirus as markets fell […]
Washington state weighs mandatory measures
In this image from video, provided by the California National Guard, a helicopter carrying airmen with the 129th Rescue Wing flies over the Grand Princess cruise ship off the coast of California Thursday, March 5, 2020. California National Guard | AP This is CNBC’s 24-hour live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus […]
New York declares emergency; Italy to close Milan
A traveler wears a medical mask at Grand Central station on March 5, 2020 in New York City. David Dee Delgado This is CNBC’s 24-hour live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are in U.S. eastern time. This will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. […]
Climate change could upend New York’s maple syrup industry
Farmer Dana Putnam tries to tap a maple tree for sap, but is unsuccessful. His trees are producing less sap as the climate changes. Emma Newburger | CNBC ORANGE COUNTY, NY — Dana Putnam drilled into a maple tree, added a plastic tube and waited for the sap to flow. Nothing happened. It’s the end […]
Rep. Ken Buck dares Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke to take AR-15 rifle
U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, a Colorado Republican, wielded an AR-15 rifle in his office and dared former Vice President Joe Biden and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke to “come and take it” in a jaw-dropping video posted online Friday. “I have a message for Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke, if you want to take everyone’s AR-15s […]
Trump 2020 campaign sues CNN for libel over opinion article
President Donald Trump gets into an exchange with CNN reporter Jim Acosta during a news conference a day after the midterm elections on November 7, 2018 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Al Drago | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign sued CNN on Friday for libel, following similar […]
