After the hosts of the All In Podcast invited tech and government leaders to an AI summit in DC, President Trump signed three executive orders on artificial intelligence . White House AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks discusses the President’s AI agenda and the roles regulation and energy infrastructure play in American AI dominance. Plus, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is running for NYC Mayor as an Independent. In an extended conversation, Cuomo admits his mistakes in the primary, discusse...
Jul 24, 2025•58 min
Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin remember the late Larry Bossidy, a longtime friend of Squawk Box. The former Chairman and CEO of Honeywell was a key leader at three Fortune 100 companies. In his 90 years, he made a lasting impact on the CNBC audience and the Squawk Box anchor team. Hear his last interview on Squawk Box, in 2021, here . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Jul 23, 2025•7 min
Thanks to a $112 million acquisition, prediction market Polymarket is one step closer to operating in the U.S. Founder Shayne Coplan discusses the betting markets and his vision for the global financial ecosystem and its regulation . CEO of Beast Industries Jeff Housenbold joins Beast Games Champion Jeffrey Allen to discuss the Beast empire–YouTube, chocolates, and all. The two discuss the brand’s success as the most subscribed YouTube channel. Plus, the Trump administration has struck a trade d...
Jul 23, 2025•41 min
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Shares of Texas Instruments are down sharply pre-market, Elon Musk’s xAI wants to raise money to access Nvidia chips, sales of Teslas in California are down, Hershey deals with the high price of cocoa, and Jeff Bezos’ made a visit to the White House Squawk Box is hosted by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Follow Squawk Pod for the best moments, interviews and analysis from our TV show in an audio-first format. Host...
Jul 23, 2025•2 min
The only person to have held both the Treasury Secretary and the Fed Chair positions, Janet Yellen weighs in on America’s economy and the pressure President Trump is putting on sitting Fed chair Powell . She also discusses stablecoins and the inflation risks of politically-driven monetary policy. Plus, OpenAI and Oracle are expanding their Stargate project , and a report on the report about Berkshire Hathaway-owned railroad BNSF asking Goldman Sachs for counsel on a transaction. Janet Yellen - 1...
Jul 22, 2025•35 min
Less than two weeks out from the August 1 tariff deadline , Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discusses progress on trade deals with the EU, Japan, and Indonesia. Sec. Bessent also comments on monetary policy, including reports that he tried to talk President Trump out of firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell. He calls for an examination of the entire Federal Reserve institution. Robert Frank reports on the latest in the private jet business: an investment group led by LVMH’s private equity arm is buyin...
Jul 21, 2025•35 min
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Block is heading into the S&P 500, Alaska Airlines is back in the air after an IT outage, China’s exports of rare earth magnets to the U.S. jumped in June, Trump administration officials are planning to tour renovations at the headquarters of the Federal Reserve, and the viral “Coldplay kiss-cam” moment that broke the internet. Squawk Box is hosted by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Follow Squawk Pod for the b...
Jul 21, 2025•3 min
Once the Housing and Urban Development Secretary under President Obama, Shaun Donovan now runs a nonprofit devoted to increasing housing supply and advancing equity. In a conversation about America’s housing affordability crisis , Sec. Donovan explains how the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit in President Trump’s spending bill incentivizes private investment. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) touts his wins in the spending bill and shares his perspective on monetary policy. Speaker Johnson also wei...
Jul 18, 2025•34 min
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Chevron has prevailed in its mediation with Exxon over oil assets in Guyana, Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell has officially responded to White House concerns about Fed building renovations, Amazon is laying off some cloud computing staffers, and the Commerce Department will impose anti-dumping duties on graphite imported from China and used in EVs. Squawk Box is hosted by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Follow Sq...
Jul 18, 2025•2 min
President Trump has said he won’t attempt to fire sitting Fed Chair Jerome Powell , but change is coming to the central bank regardless. On Wall Street and in Washington, names floated for the next Federal Reserve chair have included current NEC director Kevin Hassett and former Fed governor Kevin Warsh. In an extended interview, Kevin Warsh calls for a regime change at the bank, positing a revised theory of inflation and sharing lessons from his own history in finance. Plus, President Trump ann...
Jul 17, 2025•44 min
Gary Cohn was National Economic Council Director in the first Trump administration, and now he’s weighing in on U.S. inflation data and the nation’s future monetary policy. If it were up to him, Cohn says he’d try cutting rates–just a little. Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal are hosts of Acquired, a podcast boasting interviews with guests like Nvidia’s Jensen Huang , Mark Zuckerberg, and Howard Schultz, as well as a million listeners per episode. Ten years into the project, Gilbert and Rosentha...
Jul 16, 2025•41 min
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Federal investigations into prediction betting site Polymarket have been closed, a procedural vote on the $9 rescissions package passed in the Senate, SpaceX is planning an insider share sale, Tesla’s top North American sales executive has left the company, and a robot calls balls and strikes at baseball’s midsummer classic. Squawk Box is hosted by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Follow Squawk Pod for the best mom...
Jul 16, 2025•3 min
Billionaire philanthropist, Home Depot co-founder, and donor to Andrew Cuomo’s NYC mayoral bid Ken Langone sits for an extended conversation about local politics and the national economy. Langone explains his faith in Cuomo and his perspective on Democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani. GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen made his name on social media at the height of the meme-stock craze; now, he’s auctioning off an infamous stapler (and his underwear) on eBay. In a very rare interview, Cohen discuss...
Jul 15, 2025•45 min
President Trump is threatening more tariffs on Mexico and the EU , in addition to last week’s threats to Canada. CNBC’s Megan Cassella reports on the likelihood of those tariffs taking effect and the impact the threats have on economic alliances, and National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett discusses the tariffs’ impact on the U.S. economy. One of the potential contenders for next Federal Reserve Chair , Hassett discusses the White House’s frustration with sitting Fed Chair Jay Powell, a...
Jul 14, 2025•39 min
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: “Superman” tops the weekend box office, online spending surged thanks to Amazon Prime Days, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is traveling in China, exports from China grew last month, and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is warning about the dangers of private credit – while he wants to up the firm’s investment in private credit markets. Squawk Box is hosted by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Follow Squawk Pod for the best m...
Jul 14, 2025•4 min
100 days on the job, FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary discusses HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s complicated stance on vaccines and the future of public trust in American health care agencies. The White House is mounting pressure on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell ; Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought explains that he’s pushing the central bank on its monetary policy and, more recently, on its building renovations. Plus, President Trump is threatening a 35% tariff o...
Jul 11, 2025•46 min
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: President Trump announces new tariffs on Canada, Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels in Asia, Google will provide cloud-computing services for the U.S. government, Apple is prepping a new range of product releases, and Flutter comes closer to buying FanDuel. Squawk Box is hosted by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Follow Squawk Pod for the best moments, interviews and analysis from our TV show in an audio-first ...
Jul 11, 2025•2 min
Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) stood firm on his “no” vote on President Trump’s megabill. He explains why the legislation’s additions to the deficit were too high for him to change his vote, and why he proposed a spending “leash” as a compromise. Rockefeller Capital Management CEO Greg Fleming digs into market performance in 2025. We were due for an adjustment, he says, but the U.S. stock market is resilient, and American exceptionalism is not over yet. Plus, X CEO Linda Yaccarino is stepping do...
Jul 10, 2025•44 min
In another leadership change, Apple’s COO and presumed Tim Cook successor Jeff Williams has announced his retirement. CNBC’s Steve Kovach discusses Apple’s recent turnover and its strategy to rise to investor and innovator expectations in the AI race. Ripple has selected BNY to be custodian of its stablecoin; CEO Brad Garlinghouse explains his vision for crypto and institutional finance ahead of his testimony in crypto hearings on Capitol Hill. Plus, Philadelphia has ended the worker strike that...
Jul 09, 2025•25 min
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: SpaceX is preparing to sell insider shares, the China unit of Starbucks has attracted offers for a potential stake sale, valuing that business at up to $10 billion, Boeing completed delivery of the most planes since December 2023, the TSA has officially changed shoe policy at airports, and Philadelphia workers have reached a deal with the city, nearing an end to a labor strike that halted garbage collection. Squawk Box is hosted ...
Jul 09, 2025•3 min
CEO and President of Atlantic Council Fred Kempe discusses how the Trump administration’s renewed push for trade deals with foreign partners are being factored into the markets–or not. Meta has lured another AI executive to its team with a multi-million dollar compensation package–this time, it’s Ruoming Pang from Apple. Wired Senior Writer Lauren Goode discusses the ongoing tech battle for top AI talent. Plus, the TSA may be changing shoe requirements at the airport, Elon Musk is releasing a ne...
Jul 08, 2025•42 min
In the latest phase of the Trump administration’s tariff strategy, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that the foreign nations without deals by August 1st would end up with the tariffs enacted in April. Sec. Bessent then announced that the administration will make “several” trade-related announcements within the next 48 hours, signaling imminent progress even as U.S. tariff deadlines remain in flux. Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Eric Adams discusses his independent bid in the city's mayora...
Jul 07, 2025•41 min
AMERICA’S DEFICIT RECKONING: What happens if the U.S. doesn’t rein in the budget deficit? CNBC Senior Finance & Banking Reporter Leslie Picker interviewed a dozen experts, investors and former government officials over the course of five months to explore the consequences of America’s fiscal path – not how to solve it, but what’s at stake if we don’t. This special report unpacks how rising debt threatens markets, hinders economic growth, and fractures international relations. From trillion-d...
Jul 07, 2025•50 min
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said over the weekend that countries who don’t make a trade deal with the U.S. before August 1st will see their tariff rates revert to what they were in April. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with President Trump at the White House today, Oracle is offering the U.S. government a 75% discount on some of its software, and Rep. Mark Green (R-Tennessee) will resign from Congress t...
Jul 07, 2025•2 min
The House of Representatives began debate on President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending bill following a late-night shift as key Republican holdouts threw their support behind the measure. Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) stepped out of an hours long speech from Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to fill CNBC’s audience in on the broader implications of the legislation. Microsoft will lay off about 9,000 employees , just under 4% of its global workforce. CNBC’s Steve Kovach and fellow tec...
Jul 03, 2025•28 min
In an extended interview, SEC Chair Paul Atkins discusses his vision for the agency. From cutting red tape and rebooting IPOs to expanding retail investors' access to private markets, Atkins outlines what a “new day at the SEC” really means. He addresses his push for a rational crypto framework and his top priorities since taking the helm of the agency in April. Plus, CNBC’s Emily Wilkins joins with the latest developments from Capitol Hill , Sam Altman is calling out Mark Zuckerberg, and Paramo...
Jul 02, 2025•33 min
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: the ADP releases its monthly metrics for private sector hiring later this morning, Tesla will release its own second quarter delivery numbers, health insurer Centene has pulled its 2025 earnings guidance, beverage conglomerate Constellation Brands missed quarterly estimates in its latest report, and Netflix and Spotify could be teaming up on a screen near you. Squawk Box is hosted by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin...
Jul 02, 2025•2 min
Senators worked through the night Monday as President Trump’s sweeping legislative package struggled to gain passing support in the Senate. CNBC’s Emily Wilkins reports on the record-setting vote-a-rama and what’s at stake for the President’s second-term agenda. RXR chairman and CEO Scott Rechler shares his perspective on the NYC mayoral race, candidate Zohran Mamdani’s campaign promises, and solutions to the city’s housing shortage. Republic is launching a SpaceX token that offers unaccredited ...
Jul 01, 2025•45 min
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Circle applies for a national bank charter, Boeing CFO Brian West prepares to step down, Robinhood launches tokenized shares of OpenAI and SpaceX for users in Europe, NASA strikes a deal to stream live missions on Netflix, and President Trump nears a settlement with Paramount. Squawk Box is hosted by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Follow Squawk Pod for the best moments, interviews and analysis from our TV show in...
Jul 01, 2025•2 min
Senators will begin offering amendments to President Donald Trump’s legislative package after a weekend of tense negotiations aimed at advancing his second-term domestic agenda. CNBC’s Emily Wilkins breaks down the so-called “vote-a-rama.” Then, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg reflects on 25 years since the company formed from the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE. Meanwhile, Apple’s new film ‘F1,’ produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Brad Pitt, opened in theaters with a strong box office performa...
Jun 30, 2025•39 min
