Top News - CNBC

1. Bezos defends billionaires, hypes AI, talks taxes and praises Trump in major CNBC interview

2. U.S. crude oil falls below $100 per barrel after Trump says Iran talks in final stages

3. Intuit plans to cut workforce by about 17% as tax software maker reckons with slowing growth

4. E.l.f. Beauty to walk back some tariff price increases amid high gas prices and consumer 'suffering'

5. OpenAI takes the lead in AI IPO horse race: 'Getting to public markets first is very important'

6. Mamdani fires back at Bezos over Queens teacher tax remark

7. Ram unveils lineup of Hemi V-8 engine-powered 'muscle trucks' despite high gas prices

8. Jeff Bezos says there is ‘no truth’ to the ‘buy borrow die’ tax strategy

9. Bezos brushes off concerns of an AI bubble: 'You shouldn't worry about it'

10. UAE says new pipeline that will bypass Strait of Hormuz is nearly 50% complete

11. DOJ charges ex-prosecutor with stealing Trump documents case report prepared by Jack Smith

12. OpenAI to confidentially file for IPO as soon as Friday: Source

13. Fed officials see rate hike ahead if inflation stays elevated, minutes show

14. House approves breakthrough housing bill in a win for investors

15. Zuckerberg's Meta layoffs memo: 'Success isn't a given' in the AI era

16. Cheap AI could derail OpenAI and Anthropic's IPOs

17. Stocks rally and oil falls. Plus, the implications of Samsung averting a strike

18. Airbnb adds hotels, car rentals. Chesky says app can become an 'Amazon for services'

19. Crypto companies are trying to leave the hype cycle for a more disciplined phase, earnings show

20. Jeff Bezos says bottom half of earners should pay zero in income taxes