Nathan Hager

Les Wexner has long denied any knowledge of Epstein's crimes.

lawmakers don't appear to be in a rush to resolve their standoff over the Department of Homeland Security.

The agency's shutdown is now into a fifth day.

Democrats in the White House have been trading offers on reining in immigration enforcement, but the details are under wraps.

Lawmakers are out of town for the week, and the effects of the shutdown are still negligible.

Stephen Colbert says it's the interview CBS wouldn't let him air.

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The late show host's interview with the Democrat who's locked in a tight U.S.

Senate race with Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett has racked up more than 5 million views since it went online just yesterday.

The James Tallarico campaign says it's raised $2.5 million since the video's release.

Colbert says CBS lawyers barred him from airing the interview due to federal fairness rules.

The network says it advised Colbert he might have to give equal time to other candidates.

On Wall Street, stocks are soaring after some solid economic data with a bounce in big tech.

Raquel Oden is head of wealth and private banking at HSBC.

Raquel Oden with HSBC.

Right now, tech shares are leading the gains.

The Nasdaq composite is up 1.2 percent, the S&P 500's eight-tenths of one percent higher, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up six-tenths of one percent, and the 10-year Treasury yield is up two basis points to 4.07 percent.

White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett is blasting a recent report from the New York Federal Reserve Bank that shows Americans are paying the bulk of the burden from tariffs.

The report found U.S.

households and businesses paid for nearly 90 percent of the import duties last year.