Air travelers, are you ready for it? The official kickoff for summer this weekend is going to get even busier, thanks in part to Taylor Swift. United Airlines revealed that demand for flights to Lisbon, Portugal, where Swift is performing for her “Eras Tour,” shot up 25% for this weekend…

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester spoke at “Central Banking in the Post-Pandemic Financial System” on Wednesday. Mester said that keeping rates restrictive is not that concerning right now, given the strength of the jobs market. Fed policymakers stick to cautious script after April CPI inflation sparked rate cut hopes…

The Trump campaign announced Tuesday it will start accepting cryptocurrency donations, casting the move as one of solidarity with opponents of “socialistic government control” over the U.S. financial markets.Supporters of former President Donald Trump can donate using “any cryptocurrency accepted through the Coinbase Commerce product,” his campaign said in a…

Six artificial intelligence-related stocks tend to react positively to Nvidia ‘s quarterly results, according to CNBC Pro analysis. It comes ahead of Nvidia’s first-quarter earnings this year, which will be released Wednesday after the market close. Five U.S.-listed stocks — Super Micro Computer , AMD , Marvell Technology , Vertiv…

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By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump said on Tuesday he does not support a ban on birth control, after coming under fire for comments he made earlier in the day that political opponents said suggested he would consider restricting contraceptives. “I HAVE NEVER, AND WILL NEVER ADVOCATE IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS ON BIRTH CONTROL,” the Republican presidential candidate said on his social media site, Truth Social. Earlier on Tuesday, he was asked in an interview with KDKA News in Pittsburgh if he supported any restrictions on the right of people to use contraception. “We’re looking at that,” he responded, “and…

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Key Republican senators sharply criticized Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after news reports showed an upside-down American flag – a symbol used by some supporters of former President Donald Trump who challenged the legitimacy of…

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Inflation may have slowed last year, but it continued to deal heavy blows — some devastating — on Americans’ livelihoods: Nearly two-thirds of US adults were worse off because of it, and roughly 1 in 6 couldn’t pay all their monthly bills, new Federal Reserve data shows. The Fed on…