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Secretary of Defense Mark Esper urged states "to dominate the battle space" when dealing with nationwide protests.

"As of right now, Secretary Esper is still Secretary Esper, and should the president lose faith, we will all learn about that in the future," White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said.

Hydroxychloroquine, the drug backed by President Donald Trump to combat Covid-19, is no better than a placebo in preventing infection of the coronavirus, according to a new study.

Several companies have issued statements in the past week regarding the protests and in support of the black community, but Ursula Burns said people must understand that there's still so much progress to be made, especially in the board room.

Former President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday addressed the death of unarmed black man George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, expressing sympathy for the Floyd family and condemning racial discrimination.

ZoomInfo is aiming to price its IPO $1 ahead of its already-buoyed price range, two sources familiar with the matter told CNBC.

Some of the posts feature a screenshot of a tweet by a fake antifa Twitter account that Twitter said was created by the white nationalist group Identity Evropa.

Finding good news in the loss of another 3 million jobs isn't easy, but the steep drop in private payrolls for May could be a sign that the worst over.

Former UAW President Gary Jones' guilty plea marks a major milestone in a yearslong case into corruption in one of America's most prominent unions.

Facebook's Oversight Board, an independent body that can overturn the company's own content moderation decisions, announced on Wednesday that it is not yet operational, so won't review a controversial post from President Donald Trump that the company has refused to take down or moderate.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announces criminal charges against four cops involved in the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in Minneapolis.

The department said 159 million Economic Impact Payments have been made in the two months since Congress appropriated the money

Defense Secretary Mark Esper's opposition to using the Insurrection Act to have military forces deal with George Floyd protests has angered President Donald Trump, Bloomberg News reported.

Rather than deliver end-to-end call encryption for every user, Zoom plans to provide that protection for certain paying customers.

"It's not in the virus' interest to do too much damage to the host," said Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO's emergencies program. "It wants to survive."

Irene Triplett received a pension of $73.13 a month from the Department of Veterans Affairs for her father's service, which began more than 155 years ago.

President Donald Trump denied that he took refuge in an underground White House bunker during intense protests outside the building over George Floyd's death.

SpaceX launched astronauts to space for first time on Saturday, heralded by NASA leaders as beginning a new chapter in human spaceflight.

Pilgrim's Pride CEO Jayson Penn is among four current and former chicken industry executives indicted for price fixing.

"We simply cannot promote accounts in America that are linked to people who incite racial violence, whether they do so on or off our platform," CEO Evan Spiegel said in a memo.