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By Ramishah Maruf and Alexandra Skores, CNN New York (CNN) — Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner is stepping down from his position to “to ensure that Amtrak continues to enjoy the full faith and confidence of this administration,” he announced in a statement. The decision comes as Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk said

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla’s display at this week’s Vancouver International Auto Show was removed by event organizers because of safety issues revolving around the Elon Musk-led company. An auto show spokesperson said in a statement to CNN that Tesla was “removed” following “multiple opportunities to voluntarily withdraw” from the event,

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Ben & Jerry’s is accusing its parent company Unilever of breaching its merger agreement by ousting the ice cream company’s CEO for the brand’s repeated public comments on progressive issues, removing its chief executive without the board’s approval. It’s the latest escalation of an increasingly ugly dispute

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept interest rates unchanged as central bank officials weigh the impact of President Donald Trump’s aggressive economic agenda. Wednesday’s decision, which comes at the conclusion of the Fed’s two-day monetary policy meeting, shows that central bankers are waiting for evidence that inflation is

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump fired two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, with both commissioners saying they were ”illegally fired.” Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya posted a scathing critique of the Trump administration on X after the firing. “I’m a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. The

By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN New York (CNN) — Nvidia on Tuesday revealed more details about its next artificial intelligence chip platform, Blackwell Ultra, which it says will help apps reason and act on a user’s behalf – two capabilities that would take AI beyond chatbots further into real life. Blackwell Ultra, which the company detailed

By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — The Trump administration is declaring victory for defeating a massive pain point for inflation-weary Americans: Egg prices are plunging. “When I took it over, eggs were through the roof, and now eggs are down,” President Donald Trump said Sunday aboard Air Force One. White House Press Secretary

By Sebastian Shukla and Nadine Schmidt, CNN Berlin (CNN) — The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing that is set to super-charge the country’s military spending. The victory completes a Damascene conversion in German politics – using the outgoing parliamentary arithmetic. After a

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Is a recession brewing in the US? The answer to that question will vary depending on whom you ask in the Trump administration — and when. Wall Street plunged last week after President Donald Trump said he was not ruling out a recession and that Americans should

By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — Google announced a deal Tuesday to buy rapidly growing cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion. It would be the tech giant’s biggest-ever acquisition. The all-cash takeover of privately held Wiz represents a big bet by Google on cloud security and cybersecurity in this period of explosive growth for artificial

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — March has been a dizzying month for US markets. The S&P 500 just posted two days of back-to-back gains, but the benchmark index is still down almost 5% this month. President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements have roiled markets and sent US stocks bouncing all over the place.

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Volkswagen’s Audi luxury brand has announced it will cut thousands of jobs over the next few years, in the latest sign of trouble in Germany’s auto sector. The automaker said in a statement Monday that it would slash up to 7,500 jobs at its German sites by 2029

By Brian Stelter and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — One of the US-funded international networks in President Trump’s crosshairs is going to court to contest his shutdown order. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which broadcasts news and information in 27 languages across Eastern Europe, Asia and the Middle East, said in a statement last weekend’s grant

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Americans are cutting back on Doritos, Goldfish and Hostess cakes. It’s not for their health, however – it’s a sign that even small indulgences have gotten too expensive for many to afford. “Consumers are cutting back on non-essentials and stretching the value they get out of every

By Juliana Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Officials in Beijing and Hong Kong spoke out Tuesday against a proposal to sell ports in the Panama Canal to a consortium led by BlackRock, sending shares in the Hong Kong-based conglomerate that owns the ports plummeting. It’s unclear how regulators could interfere with the plan, which

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Markets are on the fritz and investor sentiment has slumped into “extreme fear” territory. Consumer confidence readings have cratered and surveys show a sharp turnabout in Americans’ feelings about their future financial well-being. Any positive reports are described by economists as the “calm before the storm.” The common denominator

By John Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Electric vehicle giant BYD unveiled a new charging system in China on Monday, intensifying already fierce competition in the world’s largest auto market and propelling it further ahead of rivals such as Tesla. The Shenzhen-based automaker touted its system, dubbed “Super E-Platform,” as being able to charge

By Jordan Valinsky and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — PepsiCo is buying Poppi, the popular prebiotic soda brand, in a $1.65 billion deal. The move marks PepsiCo’s further shift into the “better for you” category as consumers shy away from sugar-filled drinks and unhealthy snacks. In January, the company bought Siete Foods, which

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Spending at US retailers last month was much weaker than expected, in a troubling sign that the American shopper could be starting to tap out. Retail sales rose 0.2% in February from the prior month, the Commerce Department said Monday, up from January’s downwardly revised 1.2% decline. That

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s tariff policies are slowing economic growth in the United States and around the world while sending prices higher again, creating a toxic stew for the global economy that could grow even worse if tensions escalate, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said Monday. The quarterly