CNBC: Senate, White House start to coalesce around ending DHS shutdown amid TSA delays

The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down since February over Democratic concerns about its immigration enforcement policies.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/dhs-homeland-shutdown-tsa-delays-senate-white-house-funding-deal.html

CNBC: Arm releases first in-house chip, with Meta as debut customer

Arm is making its first CPU, pivoting from only licensing its architecture to giants like Apple, Nvidia, Amazon and Google. CNBC got an exclusive first look.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/arm-launches-its-own-cpu-with-meta-as-first-customer.html

CNBC: Home Depot makes another pro deal — plus, what's behind Corning's big rally

Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/home-depot-makes-another-pro-deal-plus-whats-behind-cornings-big-rally.html

CNBC: Strait of Hormuz tanker traffic won't return to normal for months, Kalshi bettors predict

Prediction market bettors aren't confident that the vital Middle Eastern oil passageway will reopen anytime soon.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/kalshi-polymarket-strait-of-hormuz-traffic-trump-iran.html

CNBC: Kuwait says Strait of Hormuz closure is beyond catastrophic, will trigger domino effect across global economy

Iran is holding the world economy hostage by blockading the Strait of Hormuz, said Shaikh Nawaf Al-Sabah, the CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/iran-war-oil-strait-hormuz-kuwait-gulf.html

CNBC: Baltimore is first U.S. city to sue over Grok deepfake porn as legal pressure mounts on Musk's xAI

Following international regulatory probes, lawsuits are piling up in the U.S. against Elon Musk's xAI and its Grok chatbot.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/musk-xai-sued-baltimore-grok-deepfake-porn.html

CNBC: More than 7 million student loan borrowers are in a defunct payment plan — what that means for their money

Here's what student loan borrowers should know about the consequences of remaining in the SAVE forbearance — and what their other options are.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/student-loan-save-forbearance.html

CNBC: Google partners with Agile Robots, growing its AI robotics footprint

Google's DeepMind division has been partnering with more robotics companies in recent months.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/google-agile-robots-ai-robotics.html

CNBC: Trump says U.S. and Iran are 'in negotiations right now,' Tehran is 'talking sense'

"Operation Epic Fury continues unabated" to achieve President Donald Trump's military objectives, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/trump-iran-war-negotiations.html

CNBC: World has 'never experienced' soaring refining margins like this, TotalEnergies CEO tells CNBC

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné on the Iran war, the $1 billion deal with the White House, investment in the U.S., and more.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/totalenergies-ceo-world-has-never-experienced-refining-margins-like-this-.html

CNBC: Investors hold $4.8 trillion in these retirement funds—how to choose one for yourself

Target-date funds are a popular option for retirement investors, but pros say you need to look under the hood before investing.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/how-to-choose-target-date-fund.html

CNBC: OpenAI shutters short-form video app Sora as company reels in costs

OpenAI said it's closing Sora, the short-form video app that went viral after its launch six months ago

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/openai-shutters-short-form-video-app-sora-as-company-reels-in-costs.html

CNBC: Jury finds Meta violated New Mexico law in child sex exploitation case

Jury reaches a verdict in New Mexico trial in which the state's attorney general alleged that Meta failed to safeguard its family of apps from child predators.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/jury-reaches-verdict-in-meta-child-safety-trial-in-new-mexico.html

CNBC: Amazon acquires 'approachable' humanoid maker Fauna Robotics

Fauna's first product, called Sprout, is a $50,000 bipedal robot that's 3.5 feet tall and designed to be "approachable and human-friendly."

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/amazon-humanoid-maker-fauna-robotics-sprout.html

CNBC: Watch Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado address oil and gas executives in Houston

Machado's remarks come as the oil industry remains hesitant to invest in Venezuela after the U.S. ousted former President Nicolas Maduro.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/venezuela-oil-machado-maduro-trump.html

CNBC: OpenAI raises additional money to bring record funding round to $120 billion, CFO tells Cramer

The fresh capital brings OpenAI's historic fundraise to $120 billion, exceeding the ChatGPT creator's initial target of $100 billion.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/openai-secures-an-extra-10-billion-in-record-funding-round-cfo-friar-says.html

CNBC: Arm stock pops 6% as CEO Haas issues $15 billion revenue expectation for new chip

Arm unveiled its first in-house chip on Tuesday at an event in San Francisco, with Meta as the initial customer.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/arm-stock-pops-haas-chip-cpu.html

CNBC: Asia-Pacific markets open higher as Trump comments signal Iran war de-escalation

Trump said he decided to back off from his recent threat to order strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure "based on the fact we're negotiating."

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/25/asia-markets-today-nikkei-225-kospi-hang-seng-index.html

CNBC: Democrat Emily Gregory projected to win Florida House seat representing Trump, Mar-a-Lago

President Donald Trump had endorsed fellow Republican Jon Maples in the special election against Emily Gregory, the Democratic nominee.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/trump-emily-gregory-special-election-democrat-mar-a-lago.html

CNBC: Oil drops more than 5% as Trump signals Iran talks despite Tehran denial

Oil prices fell 5% after Donald Trump that Washington and Tehran are "in negotiations right now" and indicated Iran is keen to reach a peace agreement.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/25/oil-price-wti-brent-gas-lng-trump-iran-talks-hormuz.html

CNBC: SK Hynix files confidentially for U.S. listing as it rides 'unprecedented growth' in memory market

SK Hynix has made a confidential filing for a potential listing in the U.S. this year, as the company looks to expand production.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/25/sk-hynix-confidential-us-listing-adr-ai-memory.html