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NY Attorney General Letitia and Former FBI Director James Comey.Michael M. Santiago | Cheriss May | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesA federal judge on Monday dismissed criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that Lindsey Halligan, the interim U.S. attorney who brought both indictments, was invalidly appointed.Halligan, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, had been installed as prosecutor in violation of the Appointments Clause of the Constitution, senior U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie ruled in both cases in U.S. District Court in Eastern Virginia.”I conclude that all actions flowing from Ms. Halligan’s…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday that Amazon ‘s AI-powered retail business is a vertical that “can’t be challenged,” heading into the long Thanksgiving shopping weekend. “I don’t see OpenAI challenging Amazon retail,” Cramer said on ” Squawk on the Street .” “They’re not going to stop these guys when it comes to retail.” While OpenAI’s ChatGPT is shaping how consumers search for gift ideas, Amazon’s built-in assistant Rufus gives the e-commerce giant an advantage. Rufus creates a conversational shopping experience that keeps customers within Amazon’s ecosystem. That’s a key differentiator as a growing number of consumers plan to use artificial…

Father expresses his happiness at being reunited with his daughter after all these years A girl who went missing from Islamabad 17 years ago has been found at the Edhi Centre in Karachi. Kiran, now 27 years old, was reunited with her father on Monday (today). Kiran recounted that she had gone out to get ice cream all those years ago, but got lost. She said someone took her to the Edhi Centre in Islamabad before she was brought to the Karachi centre by Bilquis Edhi. Sabah Faisal Edhi, wife of the foundation’s chairperson, said that several trips had been…

A Broadcom circuit board for chip testing is pictured during a lab tour as Broadcom prepares to launch new optical chip tech to fend off Nvidia in San Jose, California, U.S., September 5, 2025. Brittany Hosea-small | ReutersBroadcom shares rallied 10.3% on Monday, as investors poured back into several high-flying tech companies tied to the artificial intelligence trade. Wall Street is also taking notice of the chipmaker as a derivate play of Alphabet’s growing AI dominance. Broadcom — one of the biggest suppliers of high-performance, application-specific chips, or ASICs, for hyperscalers — has been on a tear this year, rallying…

An Obamacare sign is displayed outside an insurance agency on Nov. 12, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesWith enhanced Obamacare tax credits set to expire at the end of the year, Republicans are proposing new alternatives aimed at lowering the cost of health care. Their window for doing so is rapidly closing — and leaving middle-class Americans uncertain in the balance. The White House is expected to make an announcement this week addressing efforts to either renew or replace the Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. However, MS Now late…

Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of artificial intelligence startup Anthropic.Chesnot | Getty ImagesAnthropic on Monday announced Claude Opus 4.5, its latest artificial intelligence model that the startup says excels at coding, using computers and assisting users with complex enterprise tasks. Claude Opus 4.5 marks Anthropic’s third major model launch in two months, and it serves as the latest example of the nonstop pace of development within the AI industry. The startup unveiled its Claude Sonnet 4.5 model in late September, followed by its Claude Haiku 4.5 model in October. “The amount that we’re releasing to the market and the feedback loops that…

Saudi Chief of General Staff calls upon PM Shehbaz, DPM Dar, COAS Asim Munir during visit to IslamabadSaudi Chief of General Staff General Fayyad bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili meets PM Shehbaz, DPM Ishaq Dar, Field Marshal Asim Munir during his visit to Islamabad on November 24. PHOTO: APP Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signalled a renewed strategic alignment as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Saudi Chief of General Staff General Fayyadh bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili in Islamabad to review defence cooperation, counterterrorism coordination and regional stability. At the centre of the discussion was the recent historic strategic bilateral defence agreement signed during the…

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersPresident Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday morning, a White House official confirmed to CNBC.Specifics about the call, including why it was scheduled or who requested it, were not immediately clear. The White House did not provide details about what was discussed, but Trump on Monday later confirmed the call in a…

Tesla sales in China dropped to a three-year low in October, raising concerns the electric vehicle maker could see its first full-year sales decline in the country this year. Fierce competition from local rivals such as NIO and Li Auto — both reporting this week — and a bruising price war in the face of a down economy pushed Tesla’s China sales to 26,006 last month. The U.S. automaker’s share in the Chinese EV market shrank to 3.2% in October from 8.7% in September. “Tesla is getting surrounded by a swarm of Chinese automakers — from above, below, left and…

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., talks with reporters in Dirksen building on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesThe Pentagon on Monday said that it was reviewing what it called “serious allegations of misconduct against” Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, who was among six Democratic lawmakers harshly criticized by President Donald Trump for urging members of the military to refuse to follow unlawful orders.The Defense Department did not detail the claims against Kelly, who is a retired captain in the U.S. Navy. The department also did not say who made the allegations.But in a statement…