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CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s media allies are demanding retribution in the wake of his conviction. Following weeks of attacks targeting the historic hush money case against the former president, prominent right-wing media figures immediately flooded the public discourse Thursday with extreme and disturbing rhetoric after Trump was found guilty on 34 felony

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s media allies are demanding retribution in the wake of his conviction. Following weeks of attacks targeting the historic hush money case against the former president, prominent right-wing media figures immediately flooded the public discourse Thursday with extreme and disturbing rhetoric after Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts.

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — US economic data released Thursday was broadly disappointing. America’s economy expanded at a weaker pace earlier this year than initially reported. The decline in home sales based on contract signings last month was much steeper than economists expected. And mortgage rates inched higher this week, thrusting the average

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Jeep, widely known for making rugged off-road vehicles, has unveiled its first fully electric SUV for the North American market. Jeep already offers the small Avenger EV in Europe but the Wagnoneer S, unveiled Thursday night, will be available in the US and Canada later this year before being

Analysis by Bryan Mena and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN (CNN) — It’s becoming tougher and tougher for Americans to carry on with their spending spree. Years of elevated inflation and the highest interest rates in almost a quarter century are wearing out the US consumer. Savings accumulated during the Covid-19 pandemic are drying up, borrowers continue

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — The articles on a local news site popping up around the country appear to cover what any community outlet would focus on: crime, local politics, weather and happenings. “In-depth reporting about your home area,” the outlet’s slogan proudly declares. But a closer look at the bylines populating the local site and a national network of others — Sarah Kim, Jake Rodriguez,

By Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk has sought to accumulate political capital commensurate with his extravagant wealth. In the past year, Musk has publicly opined on global conflicts, met with numerous world leaders and US senators to discuss artificial intelligence and his space and satellite technologies. And he has courted

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — US markets have had a rough week. The Dow has fallen by around 1,000 points over the last three days alone — and the negative momentum didn’t let up Thursday. The Dow closed 331 points lower, or 0.9%. The S&P 500 was down 0.6% and the Nasdaq

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Johnny Wactor, an actor who formerly starred in “General Hospital,” caught people in the act of stealing the catalytic converter from his car Saturday. Tragically, one of the thieves, according to witnesses and Los Angeles police, then shot and killed Wactor. It’s rare for someone to be murdered over

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — One of the most eagerly anticipated items ever made by Taco Bell is finally getting a nationwide release. Two years ago, Taco Bell and Cheez-It created two new menu items that used a massive cheese cracker — 16-times bigger than normal — for a test sold at

By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The most important carmaker in the world right now is the Chinese-owned, Warren Buffett-backed company that has Elon Musk in a pickle. BYD, a carmaker Musk once laughed at, overtook Tesla at the end of last year as the top seller of electric vehicles on the planet

By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — Many Americans would love to buy a home, but they don’t have tens of thousands of dollars to cover a down payment. That massive roadblock is being removed by a new zero-percent down mortgage program launched two weeks ago by one of the nation’s largest mortgage lenders. However, the new program,

By Gregory Wallace, CNN Washington (CNN) — Boeing executives presented sweeping changes to the company’s production process and safety systems in a three-hour meeting with the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday. The plan is meant to reassure the public, airline customers and regulators that the troubled company’s planes are safe to fly. “This is a guide

By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and nearly two dozen Democrats pressed the Justice Department on Thursday to launch an industry-wide investigation into Big Oil for alleged collusion and price fixing. In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Schumer and his colleagues expressed “serious concern” about “alarming” allegations from

By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China plans to invest around 6 billion yuan ($845 million) to develop next-generation battery technology powering electrical vehicles (EVs), even as its industrial policy has sparked overcapacity concerns and become a key target of US and European complaints. A total of six companies — including CATL, the

By Reuters (Sydney) — China has lifted bans on imports from five major Australian beef processing facilities, the Australian government said on Thursday, in the latest sign of improving relations between the two nations. Beijing has now removed restrictions from eight abattoirs but two remain subject to import bans, the government said. China imposed the

By Isabel Rosales and Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — In yet another twist in the bizarre story of the dubious foreclosure threat against Elvis Presley’s iconic Memphis home, a person purporting to be involved in a scheme to steal Graceland responded to an email from CNN, claiming responsibility for the scam. “I didn’t win this

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — McDonald’s has a message for America: Rumors of Big Mac inflation are greatly exaggerated. “Recently, we have seen viral social posts and poorly sourced reports that McDonald’s has raised prices significantly beyond inflationary rates. This is inaccurate,” Joe Erlinger, president of McDonald’s USA, wrote in an open letter

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Rest easy, America: Subway’s footlong cookie is back. Following a four-month long disappearance, Subway announced Wednesday the “triumphant return” of the oversized chocolate chip cookie, which was pulled from many restaurants less than two weeks after its January debut because of massive demand. The giant cookie was

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A ransomware attack on a major US hospital network that began three weeks ago is endangering patients’ health as nurses are forced to manually enter prescription information and work without electronic health records, nurses at two hospitals affected by the cyberattack told CNN. “It’s putting patients’ lives in danger,”