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CNN, BFMTV By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — France’s unprecedented wave of student protests has laid bare the country’s growing financial pressures, which will only become more difficult to tackle as Europe’s second-largest economy tries to rein in a ballooning budget deficit. The country’s finances are in a precarious state. Public debt was more

By Andrew Kirell, Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — ABC argued in federal court Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s FCC has “chilled” the network’s free speech by using its “enormous regulatory power to coerce, threaten, punish” coverage the administration doesn’t like. The Disney-owned network is seeking a preliminary injunction to block the FCC’s order requiring early

By Brian Stelter, Andrew Kirell, CNN (CNN) — CNN’s new owner, David Ellison, says he supports CNN’s legal action against the Trump administration over White House access, and will not interfere in the news organization’s coverage. “We believe in editorial independence, and we will never interfere,” Ellison said, reiterating the reassurances he made while seeking

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — The Emmy Awards are headed to Amazon Prime Video, ending the ceremony’s decades-long rotation among the broadcast television networks. Under a six-year deal announced Tuesday morning, the Emmys will exclusively stream on Prime Video beginning in September 2027. Viewers will be able to watch for free, without a subscription.

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — The artificial intelligence boom keeps rolling, sending stocks climbing: The S&P 500 rose 0.58% on Tuesday and closed at 7,819 points, a record high. The S&P 500 clinched its first record high since mid-August and closed above 7,800 points for the first time ever. Wall Street is

By Brian Stelter, Clare Duffy, CNN (CNN) — The mega-merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, which took effect on Tuesday, symbolizes Big Tech’s ascendance in Hollywood. It also represents an opportunity for the newly combined company, Skydance, to take cues from tech companies and transform the entertainment industry. Tech is a big part of

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Starbucks is on a mission to recapture its roots as a place to sit down for a cup of coffee. But it doesn’t think it needs a big footprint to deliver on that promise. A new café prototype that opened last month in San Antonio has all

By Natasha Chen, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Disney raised prices on many of its theme park offerings today, coinciding with the start of the company’s new fiscal year. But consumers aren’t pushing back the way they did a few years ago. Disney’s price hikes are an annual October ritual for the company, and it’s

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Wall Street rolled into 2026 on a hot streak and continued with a booming first half. Profits surged, fueled by massive spending on artificial intelligence, elevated trading activity in a volatile market and dealmaking that has benefited from a relaxed regulatory environment under the Trump administration. Wall

By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Monday aimed at bringing down near-record diesel prices by waiving restrictions on cheaper red-dyed diesel. The order, unveiled at a campaign event in Nebraska, a state hit hard by the spike in diesel prices, amounts to a pre-election tax holiday. Red-dyed

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — The White House is refusing to allow Politico on Air Force One on Monday, which means the news organization cannot fulfill its press corps pool responsibilities. A Politico spokesperson confirmed that the publication was excluded from the out-of-town travel pool, a small group of reporters who travel with the

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Mark Thompson, who has led CNN for the past three years, will remain at the helm as the Ellison family acquires the news network’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery. With the merger of Paramount and Warner set to take effect Tuesday, the combined company, named Skydance, announced its leadership

By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — In 2024, software engineer Laura Housh began using AI as a helper for coding and other tasks. Two years later, Housh says she has a love-hate relationship with AI. “I’ve tried to use it for coding, and I just can’t get behind it,” she said. AI can provide direction

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Wall Street is gearing up for Anthropic’s expected mega initial public offering, a major test of investors’ appetite for one of the AI industry’s leading firms. Just weeks ago, its CEO called for an industry-wide slowdown over growing safety concerns. The IPO could take place as soon

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — American railroads were once the envy of the world and the engine of its industrial age. But that hasn’t been the case for more than half a century. Brightline, founded in 2012, wanted to change all that. The Florida private rail company ran yellow trains at near high speed

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — Milwaukee-based couple Mariza and Geffrey Gordon have been living paycheck to paycheck, saddled with a number of debts. They want to break out of that cycle. They were a dual-income couple when they signed up for CNN’s Savings Challenge, but soon after Mariza learned she was getting laid off

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — Figuring out how to strategize paying down your debts while also saving for emergencies and big goals is a common dilemma for many. Douglas Boneparth, a certified financial planner and founder of Bone Fide Wealth, tackles that quandary head on in this week’s Ask the Expert for CNN’s Savings

By Stephanie Yang, CNN (CNN) — Seven years after founding a robotics startup in San Francisco, Rajat Bhageria is confronting a daunting new task: building robots without any help from China. Like most US-based robotics firms, Chef Robotics has come to rely heavily on Chinese components to make the robot arms it sells to food

By David Goldman, Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Cherry-picking one data point from a monthly economic report is neither fair nor necessarily telling. But one statistic stood out in September’s mostly “meh” jobs report like a sore thumb. The unemployment rate for Black Americans rose from 6% to 7%, according to the Bureau of Labor

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — The combined Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery will be named Skydance, CEO David Ellison announced Friday, a few days before the merger’s completion. Ellison said Skydance will be a “creative-first home for bold, quality storytelling.” Skydance was the name of the production company that Ellison founded in 2006. The name originally