Trump's various lawsuits against media companies netted him $86.5m last year. The largest payout came from Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram. The filing shows that the company gave the president $24.5m to settle a lawsuit over Trump's accounts being suspended in the wake of the riots in the Washington DC on 6 January 2021. Suits against Paramount, owner of the CBS news channel, and ABC News resulted in payouts of $16m apiece.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier made an emergency water landing in the Arabian Sea early Wednesday, leaving one crew member missing. The incident happened at about 3:30 a.m. ET, according to the U.S. 5th Fleet. Three of the helicopter's four crew members were successfully recovered and are currently in stable condition aboard the George H.W.

The mother of a politician from Greece's ruling New Democracy party has died of injuries sustained in one of a series of suspected arson attacks targeting party officials. Vagia Nestora, 72, suffered extensive burns and multiple organ failure, according to the hospital where she was taken in the northern city of Thessaloniki. She was wounded in an explosion and fire at the apartment building where her daughter, Afroditi Nestora, lives.

Berlin law firm Menaker, which represents the Ukrainian man, told Reuters news agency that an indictment had been served on Wednesday. It gave no details of the charges. Federal prosecutors confirmed for another news agency, AFP, that a man had been charged over the explosion. According to German public broadcaster DW, which cited German media reports, the suspect is accused of leading a team of seven accomplices in an operation to destroy three of the four Nord Stream gas pipelines.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The city of Columbus, Ohio, home to one of the largest Somali populations in the United States, is facing backlash on social media over a post celebrating the raising of the Somali flag. "Happy Somali Independence Day!" The Columbus Rec & Parks department posted on X on Wednesday. "As we celebrate the unification of the Trust Territory of Somaliland and the State of Somaliland into the Somali Republic in 1960, City Hall will be raising the flag of Somalia.

Angel Moms give emotional testimony at House hearing on sanctuary city policies Angel Moms delivered powerful and emotional testimony at a House hearing on sanctuary city policies, with Jessica Gorman and Tammy Nobles sharing their daughters' tragic stories. Gorman, mother of murdered student Sheridan Gorman, and Nobles, whose daughter Kayla was killed by an alleged MS-13 member, questioned lawmakers' priorities, demanding action against policies that shield illegal immigrants.

FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump arrives to deliver a statement along with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on the signing of a new free trade agreement in Buenos Aires, on November 30, 2018, on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The Trump administration has decided not to renew its trilateral trade pact with Canada and Mexico, instead opting to conduct annual reviews of the treaty that President…

A Maltese businessman has gone on trial on the island over the 2017 car bomb assassination of prominent investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, whose death shocked the nation. Yorgen Fenech, 44, is accused of complicity in her murder. He has denied all the charges. In 2022, brothers George and Alfred Degiorgio were jailed for 40 years for the killing of Caruana Galizia, a harsh critic of the government who had uncovered networks of corruption in Malta and abroad.

Syria's Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has appointed the final 70 members of the country's new parliament, paving the way for it to hold its first session next week. Fifteen of the new lawmakers are women and 13 were imprisoned during the rule of Bashar al-Assad, who was overthrown in 2024. It is not clear how many are members of religious and ethnic minorities.

The split is not just about SSPX's desire to conduct Mass only in Latin. The Society, founded by controversial French archbishop Marcel Lefebre in 1970, has always wanted to preserve a kind of medieval mystique in which priests, bishops, cardinals, and the Mass itself are seen as somehow closer to God, and therefore separate from ordinary people. SSPX has consistently defied the Vatican over multiple policies designed to make the Church more accessible and egalitarian, including establishing ties with other religions, recognising the right to religious freedom, and participating in debates over big social and political questions.

Writer E Jean Carroll has asked a judge to order Donald Trump to pay the $5m (£3.7m) in damages awarded by a jury that found the president liable for sexually abusing and defaming her in a civil case three years ago. The request comes a day after the US Supreme Court declined Trump's request to review the case. In May 2023, a New York jury awarded Carroll the damages over her civil claim that Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s, and then branded the incident a hoax on social media.

A 52-year-old man has been found guilty of the attempted murder of three children and assaulting four other people in Dublin's Parnell Square in November 2023. Riad Bouchaker, of no fixed address, was also found guilty of assault causing serious harm to crèche worker Leanne Flynn, and of assaulting two other children and a teenager. The Central Criminal Court heard that a five-year-old girl has been left with a life-long brain injury after Bouchaker stabbed her in the heart.

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Vanilla Ice is all about sharing his patriotism with his fans. During an interview with Fox News Digital, the 58-year-old rapper once again defended his decision to perform at America 250's Great American State Fair, explaining "it's kinda shocking to me that we can't celebrate the birthday of our country" without backlash, saying he is "honored" to have been asked to perform and that "it's not about politics."

The New York Stock Exchange welcomes executives and guests of Coupang on March 11, 2021, in celebration of the company's initial public offering. NYSE The South Korean government has used its regulatory authority to discriminate against U.S. companies and has waged an unprecedented campaign against online retailer Coupang, according to a House Judiciary Committee report released Wednesday. The report is the result of an…

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, is seen in the U.S. Capitol after a meeting in the office of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., March 26, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Shares of Meta popped 8% on Wednesday on news that the company is building out a new cloud business that could help recoup some of the billions of dollars it's poured into…

Supreme Court upholds state bans on biological boys in girls' sports Fox News reports on the Supreme Court's decision to uphold Idaho and West Virginia laws, effectively banning biological males from participating in girls' sports. Constitutional law attorney Jonathan Turley and chief legal correspondent Shannon Bream explain that the ruling aligns with the view that transgender status is not a protected class like race or religion, leaving the decision to individual states.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Mississippians haven’t elected a Democrat to the Senate in nearly four decades, but powerful backers of the Magnolia State’s underdog candidate believe that by dumping money into the race they can overcome the hump. Scott Colom, a district attorney, is squaring off against incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., in deep-red Mississippi, and some of his top backers, including billionaire philanthropist George Soros’ top advisor, believe that he is primed to flip the seat.

A man makes final checks prior to the unveiling of a model of a new fighter jet, a part of Team Tempest. TOLGA AKMEN | AFP | Getty Images British defense stocks are marching higher once again after the U.K. confirmed a near-$20 billion military spending boost on Tuesday — but the country's fiscal woes could ultimately slam the brakes on investment, analysts say.

Companies added slightly fewer workers than expected in June, with hiring targeted heavily toward healthcare-related sectors, ADP reported Wednesday. Private sector employment grew by a seasonally adjusted 98,000 for the month, down from an unrevised 122,000 in May and a bit below the Dow Jones consensus forecast for 110,000, the payrolls processing firm reported. The ADP report serves as a precursor to the more widely watched nonfarm payrolls count due Thursday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Canada is far from the first non-European country to join the contest; Israel and Australia regularly compete, and Morocco competed in 1980. The Carney government said in November that it was working with the CBC, Canada's public broadcaster, "to explore participation in Eurovision". His government's budget included C$150m (£80m) in funding for the broadcaster. Eurovision's rules state that participation in the contest is open to countries with broadcasting organisations that are members of the EBU.

Homes in Daly City, California, US, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. Jason Henry | Bloomberg | Getty Images Overall mortgage demand flattened last week, as interest rates continue to hover in a narrow range. Borrowers are also pulling back from riskier loans, as they are offering smaller advantages. Total mortgage application volume increased 0.04% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's seasonally adjusted index.

Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on June 26, 2026. NYSE The tech sector emerged as a clear winner in the first half of 2026. But while U.S. Big Tech stocks enjoyed strong gains — despite a sharp sell-off at the end of June — they were largely outperformed by their international counterparts.   Of MSCI's sector-specific indexes, the index covering large and mid-cap emerging markets technology stocks was the best performer in the first six months of the year, with a gain of more than 90%.

Amnesty believes RSF fighters committed grave human rights violations in and around el-Fasher during its 18-month siege of the city. "Children were not collateral damage of this violence – often, they were deliberately targeted and have suffered immensely. They have been killed, injured, raped, abducted, and forcibly recruited on a massive scale," said Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International's secretary general. In its report that details dozens of accounts of more than 200 survivors, Amnesty said evidence gathered "may be relevant to the crime of genocide".

A number of people have died and others have been injured in a fire that broke out in a 10-storey block of flats in Antwerp, Belgian police say. Thick smoke was seen billowing from the eighth floor of the building in the Linkeroever district, after the fire broke out just before 10:00 (08:00 GMT) on Wednesday. Dramatic video showed a man clambering from his balcony through a neighbour's window to escape the black smoke.

A 19-year-old woman is among three people to have died from suffocation during World Cup celebrations in Mexico City on Tuesday. A 48-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man were also killed after crowds descended on Mexico City following the country's 2-0 victory over Ecuador, the capital's health authority said on Wednesday. More than one million people took to the streets of Mexico City, mainly around the Angel of Independence monument in downtown, to mark the country's first World Cup knockout win since 1986, the city government said.

The Lamborghini Urus SE Performante. Courtesy Lamborghini Lamborghini on Wednesday revealed a new hybrid performance model of its Urus SUV, as the Italian auto manufacturer continues to lean into gas-electric vehicles after abandoning plans for pure EVs. The Urus SE Performante features a more aggressive exterior design, including a larger grille and hood scoops, as well as interior improvements compared with current models of the SUV.

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh conducts a news conference after a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images U.S. Treasury yields rose on Wednesday, as investors awaited more data and clues on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy path. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note — the main benchmark for mortgages, auto loans and credit card debt — was 4 basis points higher at 4.461% at 4:45 a.m.

Gold prices fell further on Wednesday, after the precious metal closed its worst quarter in 13 years in three months to the end of June. Gold futures began the second half of 2026 on the backfoot, sliding 1.24% in early trade to $3,989.00. Spot prices were also lower, falling 0.82% at $3,974.51. Having spiked at an all-time high of $5,586.20 on Jan.

Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund MGX on Wednesday announced it has closed a $49 billion fund to back AI companies, making it one of the biggest ever investment vehicles focusing on the sector. Investors are racing to throw money behind AI companies, as they bet big on the transformational potential of the tech across enterprise. AI companies have raised a record $416.6 billion so far this year, according to Dealroom, already nearly doubling the figure raised in 2025.

A traditional dhow boat is seen at sea, with towering skyscrapers on the Doha Corniche in the background in Doha, Qatar, on June 29, 2026. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Oil prices were slightly lower on Wednesday, after Iran said it would not meet with U.S. delegates for talks in Qatar, amplifying concern about the peace process. International benchmark…

Police dashcam captures moment child is ejected from truck during crash Gwinnett County Police dashcam footage shows a horrific three-vehicle collision on May 23, where a 7-year-old boy was miraculously ejected from a truck onto a police cruiser. Officer Arianna James, who witnessed the crash, describes rushing to the child's aid, comforting him as he feared being left by his father.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are taking their political playbook nationwide.  One week after DSA-aligned candidates scored ballot-box victories over establishment-backed contenders in two congressional primaries in New York City that grabbed outsized national attention, the group scored another major upset in a deep-blue U.S. House district in Denver, Colorado.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's likely successor, Andy Burnham, could face an immediate test in office: whether to expand drilling for North Sea oil or double down on renewables, amid a global energy shock. U.S. President Donald Trump has poured gasoline on the debate, blaming Starmer's resignation this month on his "failed" energy policy. Trump's intervention comes as the Iran war has disrupted oil flows through the critically important Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most important oil chokepoints.

After years of surging military budgets, emergency Ukraine spending and soaring defense stocks, Europe's rearmament push must now prove it can turn hundreds of billions of euros into weapons, factories and usable military capability. The question for investors no longer seems to be one of defense demand or political ambition, but whether valuations have run ahead of the industry's ability to execute.

Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on July 1, 2026, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to commemorate the 105th anniversary of the ruling Chinese Communist Party. Eunice Yoon | CNBC BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday emphasized the global influence of the ruling Communist Party of China as he marked its 105th anniversary, striking a more outward-looking tone than in previous speeches.

A bundle of Indonesian rupiah and US dollar banknotes arranged at a currency exchange office in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Monday, June 8, 2026. Indonesia's finance and central bank officials said over the weekend they will boost efforts to stabilize the currency and attract inflows after the nation's stocks tumbled at the fastest pace worldwide last week. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images…

AI data center solutions at the SK Telecom Co. booth in the World IT Show in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. private equity giant KKR will take management control of a new $1.3 billion renewable energy platform in South Korea, deepening its bet on growing demand for clean power from chipmakers and artificial intelligence data centers.

A worker at a Thames Water repair site in London, U.K. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from this week's CNBC's UK Exchange newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The dispatch Should Andy Burnham become Britain's next prime minister, as seems likely, he could quickly find himself in a showdown with some of the world's biggest — and most feared — investors.

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Federal authorities have dismantled an alleged firearms trafficking ring that prosecutors say funneled dozens of guns from Georgia to Chicago street gangs, with some of the weapons later linked to a juvenile murder and other violent crimes. Five people were charged in a 23-count federal indictment unsealed this month in the Middle District of Georgia following a Homeland Security Task Force investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

A mechanical hand is on display at the Robot Mall, world's first embodied intelligent robot 4S store, on August 13, 2025 in Beijing, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Companies are rapidly changing their minds that artificial intelligence can "do it all" by rehiring employees to propel their businesses forward, as investors fret over the longevity of the ongoing AI boom happening in the financial markets.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., a 30-year incumbent, lost to a Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)-backed challenger in a high-profile primary on Tuesday evening. Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old socialist, defeated DeGette in a Democratic primary for a deep-blue House seat anchored in Denver, according to The Associated Press, scoring a major victory for the socialist left on Tuesday evening.

Qatar's Energy Minister and CEO of QatarEnergy Saad Sherida al-Kaabi speaks during a press conference in Doha on June 22, 2026. Karim Jaafar | Afp | Getty Images Supply trouble at one of the world's biggest liquefied natural gas exporters signals that disruptions to the market may continue for months. Edison SpA, the Italian unit of French utility EDF, said QatarEnergy extended a force majeure notice, withholding four additional LNG cargoes scheduled for Italy's Adriatic LNG terminal until early September.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Human remains were found in the chimney of a public school in Queens, New York, on Tuesday morning while officials were investigating a foul odor, according to police. The remains were discovered at P.S./I.S. 113 Anthony J. Pranzo shortly before 9 a.m. Police were called to the elementary and middle school, and authorities are now…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Emergency workers in Venezuela on Tuesday rescued a 2-year-old boy who had been trapped beneath the rubble for six days, marking the only reported rescue of a survivor on the sixth day of operations following last week's devastating earthquakes. Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez said in a Telegram post that Jordanian emergency workers pulled the child from a…

An interactive display featuring artificial intelligence at the iRootech Technology Co. offices in Guangzhou, China, on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hello, this is Justina Lee writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open. Artificial intelligence remains the market's favorite, with investors continuing to rotate into semiconductor and technology names as companies race to build the next phase of the AI ecosystem.

A cargo ship is pictured off coast of the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal, the only natural deep-sea port in the region and one of the major container ports in Sharjah Emirate, along the Gulf of Oman on June 28, 2026. - | Afp | Getty Images Iran has exported more than 40 million barrels of crude oil since the U.S. removed its naval blockade of Iranian ports, and is now selling oil at prices roughly 20% higher than before the war, parliament speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Tuesday.

Pierre Yared, acting chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, speaks to members of the media during the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) economic policy conference in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pierre Yared is leaving his role as the acting chairman of the White House's Council of Economic Advisers…

Screens showing surging stock shares at the Taiwan Stock Exchange office, following U.S. President Donald Trump's surprise decision to pause the global tariffs, in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 10, 2025.  Daniel Ceng | Anadolu | Getty Images Asia has no shortage of entrepreneurs, engineers or giant domestic markets. Yet when it comes to producing the kind of blockbuster listings seen in the U.S., the region continues to lag.