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U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a multilateral lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House July 9, 2025 in Washington, DC.Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump, facing growing pressure to release Justice Department files related to Jeffrey Epstein, said on Thursday night that he had asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to release grand jury testimony related to the criminal prosecution of the notorious pedophile.Bondi replied in a social media post, writing, “President Trump — we are ready to move the court tomorrow to unseal the grand jury transcripts.”Trump’s announcement…

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A customer visits a store at Togoshi Ginza shopping street in Tokyo on January 23, 2025. Philip Fong | Afp | Getty ImagesJapan’s core inflation cooled to 3.3% in June, coming down from a 29-month high of 3.7% as rice inflation showed signs of easing. The figure — which strips out costs for fresh food — was in line with the 3.3% expected by economists polled by Reuters.The headline inflation rate in the country dropped to 3.3%, coming down from 3.5% in May, but marking the 39th straight month that inflation has run above the Bank of Japan’s 2% target.The so-called…

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert during Thursday’s July 25, 2019 show.CBS Photo Archive | CBS | Getty Images”The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” will broadcast its final show next May, CBS said Thursday.The network, which has aired “The Late Show” with Colbert as its host since 2015, said it is ending the franchise after a “historic run.””We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire ‘THE LATE SHOW’ franchise at that time,” CBS executives said in a joint statement. “We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that…

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Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein, left, and Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1997.Davidoff Studios Photography | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesA “bawdy” letter to Jeffrey Epstein bearing President Donald Trump’s signature was included in an album of letters Epstein received for his 50th birthday in 2003, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday evening, citing documents reviewed by the newspaper.The letter, which the Journal said Trump sent at the request of Epstein’s friend Ghislaine Maxwell, would have been written 16 years before the Justice Department charged the now-dead Epstein…

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Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesElon Musk’s health tech company Neuralink labeled itself a “small disadvantaged business” in a federal filing with the U.S. Small Business Administration, shortly before a financing round valued the company at $9 billion.Neuralink is developing a brain-computer interface (BCI) system, with an initial aim to help people with severe paralysis regain some independence. BCI technology broadly can translate a person’s brain signals into commands that allow them to manipulate external technologies just by thinking.Neuralink’s filing, dated April 24, would have reached the SBA at a time when Musk was leading the Trump administration’s Department of…

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Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV’s producers were watching as the S & P 500 posted a record close Thursday, and what’s on the radar for the next session. Netflix Lights, camera… CNBC’s coverage of Netflix continues Friday morning. The stock wasn’t moving much in the after hours. The company reported an earnings beat after the bell and hiked full-year revenue guidance. Shares are up about 97% in the…

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Here are the opening calls for the dayHappy Friday from Singapore! Asia markets were poised to open higher heading into the weekends.Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 was set to open higher, with the futures contract in Chicago at 40,105 while its counterpart in Osaka last traded at 40,060, against the index’s last close at 39,901.19.Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was also on track to start the day higher with futures tied to the benchmark at 8,650, compared with its last close of 8,639.Futures for Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index stood at 24,674, pointing to a stronger open compared with the HSI’s last close of 24,498.95.— Lee Ying ShanMajor stock…

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday formally replied to a set of pointed questions from the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget about the renovation of the Fed’s Washington headquarters.Powell pointed to a newly launched page on the Fed’s public website dedicated to answering questions about the project, which is over budget. He also batted down accusations by OMB director Russell Vought that the renovated buildings will feature luxurious amenities like a private elevator, VIP lunch rooms or a rooftop garden.”The Board believes it is of the utmost importance to provide transparency for our decisions and…

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