White House won’t say yet whether Trump will try to block Comey testimony

White House officials said on Friday they did not know yet whether President Donald Trump will seek to block former FBI Director James Comey from testifying to Congress next week, a move that could spark a political backlash. “I have not spoken to counsel yet. I...

C.I.A. Names the ‘Dark Prince’ to Run Iran Operations, Signaling a Tougher Stance

By MATTHEW ROSENBERG and ADAM GOLDMAN June 2, 2017 WASHINGTON — He is known as the Dark Prince or Ayatollah Mike, nicknames he earned as the Central Intelligence Agency officer who oversaw the hunt for Osama bin Laden and the American drone...

Five must-watch videos: Amazon’s road to $1,000 and fact-checking Trump’s climate decision

CNBC fact-checked some of the reasons President Donald Trump presented for why the U.S. should abandon the Paris climate accord. Here’s what we found. Amazon’s road to riches began when it went public in 1997. Twenty years later, Amazon shares briefly...