Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks to reporters as he leaves the Senate floor in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, March 13, 2025. Bill Clark | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesRepublican Sen. Thom Tillis, N.C., will not run for re-election when his term is up, he announced Sunday, hours after he voted against President Donald Trump’s tax bill and drew the president’s ire.”As many of my colleagues have noticed over the last year, and at times even joked about, I haven’t exactly been excited about running for another term,” Tillis said in a statement.”That is true since the choice is between spending another…
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ZHEJIANG, CHINA – MARCH 16 2023: A view of the logo of ERNIE Bot, an AI chatbot service developed by Chinese search engine Baidu.Long Wei | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesOn Monday, Chinese technology giant Baidu plans to make its Ernie generative AI large language model open source, a move by China’s tech sector that could be its biggest in the AI race since the emergence of DeepSeek. A Baidu spokesman confirmed the plan and said the open sourcing will be a gradual roll-out. Will it be a shock to the market on the order of DeepSeek? That’s a question which divides…
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the NVIDIA GTC Paris keynote, part of the 9th edition of the VivaTech technology startup and innovation fair, held at the Dôme de Paris in the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 11, 2025.Mustafa Yalcin | Anadolu | Getty ImagesInsiders at artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia have dumped more than $1 billion in stock over the last year, according to a report from the Financial Times.About $500 million worth of sales occurred over the last month as the market notched new highs and shook off geopolitical tensions that had rattled…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner (not pictured) and Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington D.C., June 27, 2025. Ken Cedeno | ReutersPresident Donald Trump said that Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani has “to do the right thing” if he is elected mayor of New York City, or he could see federal funding dry up.”Let’s say this, if he does get in, I’m going to be president and he’s going to have to do the right thing, or…
After years of living in San Francisco, California natives Malana Moberg, 59, and Roland Salvato, 64, were ready for a change.Salvato had spent approximately 30 years working as a project manager, while Moberg worked as a marketing consultant. After a stint running their own company, The RoMa Group, they decided to the countryside to start a bed and breakfast.”We had lived in San Francisco and experienced everything that the wonderful city has to offer and we wanted to change,” Moberg tells CNBC Make It. “We love traveling and entertaining so we thought this could be an interesting second career for…
Jobs data and policy updates will take center stage in the week ahead. Coming off a record-breaking week for the market , here’s a closer look at what we’ll be looking for in the holiday-shortened stretch of trading. 1. Jobs, jobs, jobs: The labor market will command center stage over the next four trading days. It has been losing steam, but not fallen apart. Recurring filings for unemployment insurance, known as continuing claims, is one indicator of the softening. Those totaled 1.97 million in the week ending June 14, their highest level since November 2021, and have been trending higher…
When Priyanka Jain, co-founder and CEO of vaginal microbiome test and care company Evvy, is hiring, she knows what she wants to see in a candidate.She’s looking for someone “who goes above and beyond just what your job title tells you to do,” she says. That could mean including an “Interests” section on your resume that lists volunteering or outside projects, or just illustrating your passion for your field with accomplishments on the job.She also knows what she doesn’t want to see in a candidate: Someone who’s only interested in doing strategy. When execution is “outside of their zone of…
Donald Trump, as both a citizen and president, has railed against modern dishwashers, washing machines, light bulbs, showerheads and toilets, claiming that onerous government regulations render them less effective and more expensive.Since returning to the White House in January, he’s turned his ire into an edict.On April 9, Trump issued an executive order directing certain federal agencies “to incorporate a sunset provision” into a laundry list of energy production regulations, including those covering appliances. A month later, he issued a memorandum, entitled “Rescission of Useless Water Pressure Standards.”Following that, on May 12, the Department of Energy announced that it was…
A mining machine is seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China.China Stringer Network | ReutersIn April 2025, China imposed new export controls on seven rare earth elements and the permanent magnets derived from them — materials that form the foundation of modern life and modern warfare. Fighter jets, missiles, electric vehicles, drones, wind turbines, and even data centers rely on high-performance magnets made from these critical minerals. By restricting their flow, Beijing did not just flex its industrial muscle, it revealed America’s and the rest of the world’s dangerous vulnerability. China’s latest actions…
Many of us already know the components of a healthy relationship — things like strong communication, total honesty, and unwavering commitment. But most people don’t actually know what these qualities look like in practice.As a result, couples may find themselves in a miserable situation. Even worse, they don’t recognize it due to unhealthy habits like emotional numbing, suppression, or normalizing issues. When you’re stuck in familiarity and routine, it’s hard to stop and assess your feelings.As a psychologist who studies couples, I often recommend a quick survey to couples. If you find yourself answering “no” to all the questions, there’s…
