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Intrusions into NATO’s airspace blamed on Russia reached an unprecedented scale this month, raising questions about whether the Kremlin is trying to test the alliance’s willingness and ability to respond to a direct attack or divert its attention and resources from the war in Ukraine.Russia has been encroaching on its NATO neighbors’ airspace for decades, then either denying it happened or brushing it off as unintentional. But since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, such incursions have carried a bigger threat, none more so than when drones swarmed into Poland two weeks ago and caused NATO to scramble jets to shoot…

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Virginia on charges of making a false statement and obstruction related to testimony he gave to Congress five years ago.Comey, a frequent target of President Donald Trump’s ire, is accused of lying during testimony at the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 30, 2020.”The charges as alleged in this case represent a breach of the public trust at an extraordinary level,” said interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan of the Eastern District of Virginia, whose office will prosecute Comey on the two criminal counts.Comey posted a video response…

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 on Thursday and what’s on the radar for Friday’s session. Oklo’s big decline CNBC will keep watching nuclear power start-up Oklo on Friday. The stock’s big run has powered down . Shares fell more than 9% on Thursday. In two days, shares are down around 15%. This comes after Goldman Sachs initiated coverage on the stock and was less than…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday reviewed recent earnings reports from major homebuilders Lennar and KB Home, expressing concern that the Federal Reserve’s rate cuts won’t help bring down mortgage rates.”I think it’s better to take a wait-and-see approach to the homebuilders, just in case we see a repeat of last fall, where the Fed started cutting and it didn’t make a difference,” he said. “If anything, it drove the bond market in the wrong direction and mortgage rates higher.”The Fed lowered its benchmark borrowing rate by 0.25% last week. A cut from the Fed is usually expected to bring down…

Robert Lewandowski said Barcelona will be fresher when the big games come around this season after coming off the bench to spur his side on to a 3-1 win against Real Oviedo in LaLiga on Thursday.Oviedo led 1-0 at the break but Barça flexed their muscles in the second half, bringing on Lewandowski and Frenkie de Jong to highlight the depth coach Hansi Flick has at his disposal.Lewandowski, 37, scored Barça’s second goal as they kept within two points of leaders Real Madrid. It was the Poland striker’s LaLiga-leading third goal off the bench this season and he says he’s…

Spain coach Luis de la Fuente said he neither remembered nor is interested in Hansi Flick’s complaints about the national team’s handling of Lamine Yamal.Barcelona star Yamal returned from Spain duty this month with a groin injury after playing over 70 minutes in World Cup qualifying wins against both Bulgaria and Turkey.The 18-year-old has subsequently missed Barça’s games against Valencia, Newcastle United, Getafe and Real Oviedo, with Barça coach Flick accusing Spain of not taking care of the player.- Flick slams Spain’s handling of Yamal injury- Flick on Yamal’s Ballon d’Or hopes: ‘One day’- Mark your calendars: First Clasico date…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSEStock futures were hovering near the flatline night ahead of crucial inflation data.Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 18 points, or 0.04%. S&P futures rose 0.06%, while the Nasdaq 100 futures ticked up 0.05%.Investors are awaiting the release of August’s personal consumption expenditures price index out Friday, as the release is widely known to be the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure. Economists expect the print to reflect an uptick in inflation and markets continue to price in two quarter-point rate cuts at the Fed’s upcoming meetings,…

Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the World Economic Forum in 2025.Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA federal judge on Thursday preliminarily approved Anthropic’s offer to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class action lawsuit with a group of authors, in what will be the largest publicly reported copyright recovery in history.The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, was brought last year by authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson. It alleged that Anthropic illegally downloaded books from pirated databases like Library Genesis and Pirate Library…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters on Sept. 23, 2025 in New York City.Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesShale oil executives say President Donald Trump is hurting investment in the oil patch, and are giving a grim outlook for the future of the industry that turned the U.S. into the largest crude producer in the world.The executives’ anonymous comments were published in a quarterly survey of oil and gas companies by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas this week. The 139 companies that responded operate predominantly in…

The US and Turkey have signed an agreement to begin cooperation on strategic civil nuclear energy development, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced after leaving the White House on Thursday. US President Donald Trump had earlier teased a “major announcement” after meeting with his Turkish counterpart. The move is a win for Ankara, given President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was not a popular figure in Washington under the previous Democratic administration.  Two former US officials told Middle East Eye earlier this week that Trump planned to discuss nuclear power and mineral deals with Erdogan. “We have started a new process that will…