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The midterm elections are just a few days away and the financial media is starting to warn about what could happen if Democrats win big on Tuesday.

The Trump economy is doing so well that even one-in-five Democrats say they are happy.

Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney in an appearance Thursday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” said President Donald Trump was telling the truth when he claimed the government would stay open despite the lack of border wall funding in the

The United States has a huge advantage in the still-escalating global trade fights: it is the only major economy to score an ‘improving’ score in CNBC’s latest survey of corporate executives. The U.S. economy is viewed as “improving,” according to the

“Some of you probably love them and a couple of you probably don’t because you’re on the wrong side of the border,” Trump said. “But if you’re from this country, you’re loving what’s happening.”

And tariffs will barely be felt by the American economy.

Former General Motors Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz on Wednesday told CNBC that President Donald Trump’s trade policies will make the United States a “winner,” on trade.

“I don’t necessarily agree with it, because he’s raising interest rates … I don’t necessarily agree with it, and I must tell you I don’t, I’m not thrilled,” Trump said.

“Getting along with Russia is a positive not a negative,” Trump said. “Now with that being said, if that doesn’t work out, I’ll be the worst enemy he’s ever had.”

White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow predicted Wednesday at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha conference in New York that economic growth could reach as high as four percent for “a quarter or two.” Kudlow told CNBC’s Jim Cramer that the Trump administration plans

China would like to turn America’s heartland against President Trump and has aimed its tariffs to maximize damage to American farmers and Midwestern industrial workers.

Lots of people around the world say that no one wins in a trade war. But trade wars are like workers’ strikes, according to CNBC’s Rick Santelli. They have costs but they also have winners.

A surge in popularity of tariffs and an accelerating economy has made President Donald Trump’s economic stewardship much more popular.

Stocks tumbled Tuesday after President Trump promised hundreds of billions in new tariffs in response to China trade retaliation.

Former presidential candidate Jeb Bush attacked President Trump Thursday because Trump attacks others. Yes, this actually happened.

CNBC published an article recently criticising Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s most recent hearing before the EU Parliament.

Left-wing journalists conceded on Thursday that President Donald Trump had referred to MS-13, not immigrants in general, as “animals,” but still argued that Trump was racist — or that he was to blame for their own failures to provide accurate context.

Friday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” network CME Group floor reporter Rick Santelli reacted the unveiling of the first quarter of 2018 gross domestic product number, which came in at 2.3 percent and beat expectations. “Holy cow, better than expected —

Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk Alley,” network host and contributor Jim Cramer said his former “Kudlow & Cramer” co-host and current CNBC colleague Larry Kudlow was the leading candidate to replace outgoing White House chief economic advisor Gary Cohn. “I have

“We are extremely worried about the consequences of a trade war and are urging the WH to not advance with this plan,” Ryan said according to Politico’s Rachael Bade. “The new tax reform law has boosted the economy and we certainly don’t want to jeopardize those gains.”

Jim Cramer spoke in defense of Dick’s Sporting Goods’ unilateral “assault rifle” ban by suggesting that people who hunt with AR-15s are hunting humans.

In an interview with CNBC’s Suzy Welch, New York Mets minor leaguer Tim Tebow shrugged off doubters, saying he is not worried about what other people have to say about his attempt at making a Major League Baseball roster after a short career in the National

The heads of six major intelligence organizations including the FBI, the CIA, and the NSA have warned Americans not to use Huawei and ZTE phones

New York Times CEO Mark Thompson stated that print journalism only has another 10 years of life left, during an interview with CNBC on Monday.

“When I decided to come to Davos, I didn’t think in terms of elitist or globalist. I thought in terms of lots of people that want to invest lots of money,” Trump said in an interview with CNBC on Thursday.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross defended Donald Trump’s tough stance on trade, warning the world that he was ready to fight.

Police detained nine TV crew members for allegedly trying to sneak a fake bomb through a security checkpoint at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport as part of a CNBC reality show, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) revealed, noting that the forged item “had all of the makings” of a pipe bomb.

“Gary, hopefully, will be staying for a long time,” Trump said when reporters asked if Cohn would stay.

Longtime CNBC director Dan Switzen stands accused of placing a hidden camera in a bathroom as an alleged means to spy on his teenage au pair.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders had some fun with NBC reporters who questioned her on the tax plan and the government funding agreement.

Thanks to a rapidly expanding economy, a booming stock market, real job growth, and the optimism that comes with all of that, President Trump’s approval rating jumped to 42 percent, according to CNBC.

American optimism about the economy is soaring. For the first time on record, more than half the respondents to CNBC’s All-American Economic Survey rate the economy as good or excellent. Nearly 41 percent say they expect the economy to be better a year from now, near a record high.

While government forecasters say tax cuts will barely generate economic growth, private forecasters are much more bullish.

Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell shot down the notion that free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick is the victim of a blackballing by owners around the NFL due to his polarizing National Anthem protests. Goodell said that Kaepernick “is

ESPN seems to have found a working solution their well-publicized revenue problem: If more money is needed, buy some profitable networks.

Donald Trump’s trade and immigration policies got a big endorsement Thursday from Liberty Media chairman John Malone.