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A sign for the CDC sits outside of their facility at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Roybal campus in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., May 30, 2025. Megan Varner | ReutersMore than a dozen pages on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website related to sexual and gender identity, health equity, and other topics have been taken down, CNBC has learned. The CDC received a directive from the Health and Human Services Department, which oversees the agency, to remove certain webpages by the end of the day Sept. 19, according to an internal CDC email viewed by CNBC, which was…

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesA looming government shutdown could leave hundreds of thousands of federal employees without a paycheck and put key economic data — including the closely watched Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report — on ice.Congress has just four days left to agree on a stopgap bill to keep the federal government fully funded past Tuesday. But as the clock winds down, Republican and Democratic leaders are digging in their heels against one another, making a shutdown much more likely.Republicans, who hold narrow majorities in the House and Senate,…

Former Meta global affairs chief Nick Clegg said Friday that tech companies should keep a distance from politics and people should feel “uneasy” about those firms intervening in the public space.”I generally don’t think that politics and tech innovation mixes very well,” Clegg told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “I think it’s quite good when they kind of keep each other at a certain, respectful distance.”President Donald Trump’s deal with China this week to keep TikTok alive in the U.S. includes heavy doses of both elements, and the balance between the technology and political interests will be closely watched.Clegg said two details should…

The markets could be in for some choppiness if the government shutdown next week, according to Bank of America. While outcomes can vary widely, the bank found that the S & P 500 averages a loss of 5% between the week before and the week after a shutdown, based on data going back to 1990. That said, when looking at the same period for the shutdown that ran from the end of 2018 in 2019, the broad index rallied 6%. Here’s BofA’s breakdown of market performance around government shutdowns: Congress has not yet reached a deal to fund the government…

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim admits he doesn’t know what he will get from his squad each week.Amorim’s side travel to Brentford in search of his first back-to-back wins in the Premier League since his appointment in November 2024. United recorded successive home wins in the league for the first time under Amorim with a win against Chelsea at Old Trafford last weekend, following a late victory over Burnley before the international break.However, lodged in between the two games was a harrowing defeat away at Manchester City as consistency continues to elude Amorim’s side. The last time United won in…

Sam MarsdenMoises LlorensSep 26, 2025, 11:24 AM ETBarcelona have been dealt another setback on the injury front with confirmation that Raphinha and Joan García are both set for spells on the sidelines.Raphinha will be out of action for three weeks with a hamstring injury, while goalkeeper García will miss up to six weeks due to a meniscus problem in his knee.The news comes after Gavi was ruled out for five months earlier this week at the same time as Fermín López picked up a muscle problem which will prevent him from playing for three weeks.All four players will be out…

Palmeiras knocked River Plate out of the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals this week. NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP via Getty ImagesThe crunch year was 2019. It was when the two Lionels — coach Scaloni and star player Messi — began to put together a project that would give Argentina arguably their most successful national team of all time.In 2019, they were eliminated in the semifinals of the Copa América at the hands of eventual champions Brazil, but the side was starting to come together, and the signs were promising. Messi was integrated into the team as never before, and after going without a senior title…

When Hou Yujie isn’t convincing customers to rent traditional Chinese clothing for photos at the country’s famous Forbidden City, she and her friends are checking stocks.Hou recently put 10% of her money in the market. In just a few days, she earned one month’s salary — and she’s thrilled. “Interest rates for bank deposits are so low I don’t even want to bother,” Hou said at her shop outside the Beijing tourist site. “Stocks are a hot topic right now.”Chinese stocks, once deemed univestable by many, are luring both local and foreign investors impressed by recent returns. The Shanghai Composite hit…

Howie RubinJonathon Ziegler | Patrick McMullan | Getty ImagesFamed money manager Howard Rubin and his former personal assistant were arrested Friday morning on charges of sex trafficking and transporting women across state lines for commercial sex acts over the course of a decade.Prosecutors alleged a litany of stomach-churning, abusive acts against women by the 70-year-old Rubin, who first gained infamy in the 1980s with an unauthorized trade that cost his then-firm tens of millions in losses.A federal magistrate judge in Brooklyn, New York, ordered Rubin detained without bail, for now, after prosecutors argued the former Salomon Brothers bond trader was…

Anthropic is stepping up its global enterprise ambitions.The $183 billion artificial intelligence startup has grown its business customer base from under 1,000 to more than 300,000 in just two years, as demand for Claude’s models accelerates across industries and regions.On Friday, the company announced it will triple its international workforce and expand its applied AI team fivefold in 2025, as it scales beyond the U.S. and intensifies competition with OpenAI, Microsoft and Google.That expansion comes as international demand increasingly drives the company’s momentum.Claude’s global usage has reached an inflection point: nearly 80% of activity now comes from outside the United…