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Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin founder and Amazon executive chair, joined CNBC’s "Squawk Box" to discuss the wealth disparity in America, the U.S. tax code, New York’s pied-à-terre tax proposal, and more.

Here are 5 highlights from the interview. Tap the link in bio to watch more.

Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin founder and Amazon executive chair, joined CNBC’s "Squawk Box" to discuss the wealth disparity in America, the U.S. tax code, New York’s pied-à-terre tax proposal, and more.

Here are 5 highlights from the interview. Tap the link in bio to watch more.

Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin founder and Amazon executive chair, joined CNBC’s "Squawk Box" to discuss the wealth disparity in America, the U.S. tax code, New York’s pied-à-terre tax proposal, and more.

Here are 5 highlights from the interview. Tap the link in bio to watch more.

Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin founder and Amazon executive chair, joined CNBC’s "Squawk Box" to discuss the wealth disparity in America, the U.S. tax code, New York’s pied-à-terre tax proposal, and more.

Here are 5 highlights from the interview. Tap the link in bio to watch more.

Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin founder and Amazon executive chair, joined CNBC’s "Squawk Box" to discuss the wealth disparity in America, the U.S. tax code, New York’s pied-à-terre tax proposal, and more.

Here are 5 highlights from the interview. Tap the link in bio to watch more.

Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin founder and Amazon executive chair, joined CNBC’s "Squawk Box" to discuss the wealth disparity in America, the U.S. tax code, New York’s pied-à-terre tax proposal, and more.

Here are 5 highlights from the interview. Tap the link in bio to watch more.

Two police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot sued President Donald Trump on Wednesday, seeking to block the $1.8 billion “lawfare” fund set up by the Department of Justice to compensate Trump allies who claim they were victims of prosecutorial overreach.

Full details: Link in bio.

Amazon executive chairman Jeff Bezos on Wednesday called for zero federal income taxes on the bottom half of earners.

The top 1% of taxpayers pay 40% of all the tax revenue, and the bottom half pay 3%, Bezos told CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin on “Squawk Box.”

“I don’t think it should be 3%,” Bezos said. “I think it should be zero.”

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Moms First & Girls Who Code Founder Reshma Saujani talks with CNBC’s Julia Boorstin about the growing “power gap” for women in AI.

Listen to the full episode on the CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast, at the link in bio.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday urged world leaders at a G7 conference to help the U.S. combat Iranian terrorism by “rooting out the financing that sustains it,” while laying out a new rubric for imposing “aggressive and targeted” sanctions.

“Crushing the threat of terrorism compels all of you to step up and join us,” Bessent said in a speech to the “No Money for Terror” conference in Paris, after claiming that the U.S. often fights alone.

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday would not rule out allowing people convicted of assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot to seek payments from a new Department of Justice fund created to compensate people who claim they were politically targeted by the Biden administration.

Pressed at a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing, Blanche said, “anybody in this country can apply” to a new $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” and said a commission would decide the rules for who can receive compensation.

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Federal tax returns filed by President Donald Trump, his two eldest sons, and the Trump Organization before this week are protected from potential Internal Revenue Service enforcement actions under a controversial $1.8 billion settlement with the Justice Department, a new document posted Tuesday shows.

The Justice Department, as part of the settlement, barred the federal government from prosecuting or pursuing “any and all claims” that could have been made by the IRS, which included “tax returns filed before” the effective date of the settlement, according to the document, signed by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.

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The rapid spread of AI across corporate America is creating a crisis for young adults with college degrees who are finding a slowdown in hiring for entry-level positions in AI-exposed industries.

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Alphabet's stock is up 140% over the past year, with a cloud business that is growing faster than Amazon’s and Microsoft’s.

But 18 months ago, the Google parent looked like it had spent a decade preparing for the artificial intelligence era, only to watch OpenAI define the market.

CNBC's MacKenzie Sigalos breaks down Google's AI comeback.

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Yields on U.S. Treasurys advanced Tuesday as investors continued to dump bonds on fears inflation is reigniting. The 30-year Treasury yield hit the highest level in nearly 19 years.

The longer-dated 30-year Treasury bond yield rose 4 basis points higher to 5.189%, its highest level since July 2007.

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There’s a big change at the top of the CNBC Disruptor 50 with Anthropic rising to No. 1 in 2026.

Companies across the economy raced to embrace AI over the past year rather than risk being left behind by it, and that’s put the generative AI enterprise leader on the verge of surpassing OpenAI in valuation and above its rival on our annual list.

See the full list of companies and rankings at the link in bio.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett hinted in March that Berkshire Hathaway had made a small addition to its portfolio. A new regulatory filing may have just revealed what he was referring to.

When asked in March whether Berkshire was still putting money to work, Buffett said the conglomerate had made “one tiny purchase” but was still struggling to find attractive opportunities.

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