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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia May 8, 2026. Mikhail Metzel | Via Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin on Saturday for talks to try to revive a stalled push to end the Russia-Ukraine war. Putin, Kushner and Witkoff spoke for more than three hours in closed-door talks that come as both sides continue to escalate aerial attacks. Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy both agreed to pause strikes on each other's capitals while the talks took place. Washington's push to end the fighting has lost momentum as U.S. attention has been focused for the past six months on  the Iran war . The last known visit to Moscow by Witkoff and Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, was in January, when they also held talks with Putin at the Kremlin. A first trip to Kyiv for the American emissaries Both U.S. envoys will also visit Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, for the first time as part of the peace process on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said. At the start of the meeting in Moscow, Putin asked Kushner and Witkoff to pass on his warm wishes and gratitude to Trump, and described the situation in Ukraine as "not simple." Russian forces launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. "(Russian President Vladimir) Putin has ordered that no strikes be carried out against Kyiv for three days, starting at midnight today," presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Russia's Tass news agency. Zelenskyy said that Ukraine was prepared to halt strikes on Moscow until Monday. He said he spoke on Saturday afternoon with the U.S. delegation after their arrival in Moscow. "From now through the end of Saturday, as well as on Sunday and Monday, Ukraine is ready to refrain from strikes on Moscow, and we expect the Russians to do the same regarding Kyiv," he said. The U.S. envoys were met at the airport in Moscow by Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev, Tass reported. Dmitriev shared photos of him meeting with the U.S. delegation as they disembarked, alongside the caption, "Welcome to Moscow Peacemakers." Peace process has been at a standstill With peace efforts stalled, Russia has intensified its attacks on Kyiv and other cities with relentless bombardments stretching into daylight hours, taking advantage of Ukraine's shortage of air defense systems. On Friday, a Russian drone hit one of the most important government buildings in Kyiv — the headquarters of Ukraine's Security Service, known as the SBU, which is one of the agencies involved in carrying out deep-strike operations inside Russia. The long-range strikes by Ukraine have hit Russian military facilities, oil refineries and e-commerce hubs, seeking to undermine the Kremlin's war effort and economy, as well as make ordinary citizens feel the consequences of the war. Zelenskyy links Russian strikes to envoys' visit The air war between Russia and Ukraine has intensified as troops have struggled to make progress along the 1,250-kilometer (775-mile) front line. Russia has recently been using fast-flying, jet-powered drones, and the recurring wail of air-raid sirens has become part of daily life in Kyiv. In a social media post on Saturday, Zelenskyy said that Russia had carried out overnight strikes on Kyiv and Boryspil international airports, and linked the attack to the planned U.S. visit. "Clearly, these Russian strikes on the airports are a reaction to the discussions and preparations for the possibility of the U.S. side using an aircraft to travel to Ukraine," he said. "We have taken note of this Russian move, and next week we will adjust our operation accordingly regarding Russian airspace, which has become dangerous because of our drones and missiles in the sky. Of course, there are and will be no threats to diplomacy from our side." Strikes kill 5 at Ukrainian industrial site Russian attacks killed five people and wounded five others at an industrial facility in Ukraine's southern Dnipropetrovsk region, local military administration head Oleksandr Hanzha said. He described those killed as employees at the site. "A locksmith, an electrician, a plumber and a machinist. People of peaceful professions. They were simply working their shift. They were doing their job when enemy missiles cut off their lives," he said. A 62-year-old man was wounded, and several homes and an apartment building were damaged, in a separate attack on the region's Nikopol district, Hanzha said. In a statement on Saturday, Russia's Ministry of Defense said that it had carried out strikes on two metallurgical plants in the region, describing them as "major suppliers of metal products for Ukraine's military production." A further two people were wounded in an overnight Russian attack on Ukraine's Kyiv region, said Tymur Tkachenko, head of the regional military administration. In the Boryspil district, a fire sparked by a strike partially destroyed a nine-story residential building. Russian forces also repeatedly struck a shopping center in the southern Mykolaiv region with drones overnight, damaging retail premises and sparking fires, Ukraine's state emergency services said. A 72-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl were wounded. Emergency crews responding to the attack were repeatedly forced to withdraw to safety because of the threat of further strikes, returning whenever conditions allowed, the emergency services said. Russia launched ballistic missiles from its Rostov and Voronezh regions and deployed 167 attack drones overnight, Ukraine's air force said. The drones included Shahed-type aircraft — around half of them jet-powered — as well as Geran and decoy drones. Ukrainian air defenses shot down or suppressed 128 drones, according to the air force. Elsewhere, Ukrainian attacks wounded three people, including a 14-year-old girl, in Russia's border region of Belgorod, local officials said. Russia's Defense Ministry said in statement that its forces had shot down 53 Ukrainian drones overnight. Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.

Sports legend LeBron James speaking at the CNBC Game Plan Summit in New York City on July 16, 2026. Shea Kastriner | CNBC Superstar athlete LeBron James teased an upcoming partnership with prediction market platform Polymarket in a social media post on Saturday. James posted a 14-second video on social media platform X that appeared to be an advertisement for Polymarket . "Welcome to Polymarket HQ. Coming soon. In partnership with @Polymarket ," James wrote. In the video, the basketball legend appears in the elevator of Polymarket's headquarters and heads to the company's sports floor. The post teases a larger campaign between James and Polymarket focused on football, according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke to CNBC on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly. Further details are expected in the week ahead, the person added. The terms of James' deal with Polymarket have not been disclosed. NBA rules restrict players' financial interests in companies that offer league-related wagering or similar products, including limits on ownership stakes. Representatives for James and Polymarket declined to comment beyond James' Saturday post. James, who is the NBA's all-time scorer, announced in July he would join the Philadelphia 76ers for his record-extending 24th season — and final chapter of his career. While James didn't disclose terms of the deal, ESPN previously reported he signed a two-year, $8 million contract with a player option — a significant pay cut from the more than $50 million he made with the Los Angeles Lakers last season. The 2026-2027 NBA season is set to begin in mid-October. The four-time NBA champion will join a growing list of star athletes and sports leagues teaming up with prediction market platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi . Prediction markets allow users to trade contracts tied to whether future events occur, including sports outcomes. Earlier this year, Miami Heat star player Giannis Antetokounmpo became a shareholder in Kalshi and agreed to participate in marketing and live events. Kalshi has said his stake is passive, and its rules prohibit him from trading on NBA-related markets. Athletes, teams and leagues have also inked deals with Kalshi. Meanwhile, Polymarket has inked partnerships with top leagues including Major League Soccer , Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League , as well as pro teams like MLB's New York Yankees and NHL's New York Rangers . Polymarket is restructuring its marketing operation under new leadership ahead of a busy fall sports calendar, CNBC previously reported. The company recently hired Travis VanderZanden — formerly of Uber Technologies and Lyft , and the founder of  E-Scooter startup Bird — as its chief growth officer. He is expected to oversee Polymarket's marketing, CNBC reported. Disclosure: CNBC and Kalshi have a commercial relationship that includes customer acquisition and a minority investment. WATCH: Josh Harris on signing LeBron James and rebuilding the Commanders watch now VIDEO 26:28 26:28 CNBC Sport: Josh Harris on signing LeBron James, rebuilding the Commanders CNBC Sport Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.

In this article HSW-GB LUV GRPN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Fg Trade | E+ | Getty Images On a recent weekend, Jami Hagerman embarked on the budget- vacation equivalent of a blind date. The hairstylist and her husband spent about $400 on Groupon "mystery vacation" vouchers that promised accommodations and airfare for the pair — but no say in the destination. The Oklahoma City residents were sent to New Orleans , where they visited museums, took walking tours and ate the city's famous beignet dessert. "I feel like the value was great for the trip," said Hagerman, 29. "It was fun." Hagerman isn't the only one balancing an inclination to see the world with the pinch of higher prices. Travel costs are surging amid the U.S. war with Iran and many companies in the industry are homing in on premium offerings to fetch higher prices and margins. Conventional wisdom might suggest that affordability-minded vacationers in the U.S would buckle in this environment, but data shows that they aren't allowing themselves to get left behind. Lower-income clients, or those with annual earnings under $36,675, spent more monthly on travel earlier this year than at any point since at least 2019, according to PNC card data analyzed exclusively for CNBC. Spending in July for this cohort rose 7% from the same month a year ago. Price pressures Groupon expanded what started as an initial "mystery vacation" offering for North America to a full portfolio. That portfolio recorded around 5,500 orders in the second quarter of 2026, a more than five-fold increase compared with when it had only a flagship product in the first quarter of 2025, according to data shared with CNBC by Groupon. Groupon advertises the flagship package — which ranges from $199 to $299 in per-person price, depending on the departing airport — as having a 50% discount. A small percentage of buyers end up at far-flung destinations such as Singapore or Paris, though the majority are sent to domestic locations like Las Vegas, Atlanta or Orlando. Participants are typically told their destinations within a few days of filling out the necessary paperwork. "Orlando probably wouldn't have been in my top 10 pick of places," said Tammy Wales, a Georgia-based travel agent whose mystery vacation led her to the central Florida city. But, "as long as I'm gone, I don't really care. The biggest thing was being able to take a trip and have the element of surprise." Gas prices are pacing for a record high on Labor Day and have jumped roughly 30% on an annual basis, according to AAA . Airline fares surged more than 25% year over year as of July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At the same time, some parts of the travel industry have centered attention on the luxury segment. Airlines ranging from Delta to Southwest have raced to add offerings like expanded first-class cabins and lounges to woo first-class fliers. But the outlook for value travel may not be as dire as it seems. Industry data provider OAG found that low-cost airlines have gained market share in 2025 compared with prepandemic, though that could take a hit after Spirit Airlines shut down in May. Despite a recent pickup in luxury hotel production, the majority of new rooms are still in relatively affordable tiers, said Jay Morrow, head of hospitality advisory at Walker & Dunlop. Travel in 'good times and bad' Groupon's mystery package isn't the only value-centric travel product receiving attention as prices rise. Hostelworld , a booking platform for hostels and other low-cost stays, said transactions from U.S. and Canadian consumers increased 10% in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period a year prior. Across regions, the Ireland-based company said its net average transaction value also climbed versus the year-ago period. Ewout Steenbergen, finance chief at Booking Holdings , told analysts in April that average daily rates for the Booking.com parent's lower-end segment came in flat. He described that as an improvement following a streak of negative readings. At budget-friendly Carnival Corp. , demand for its cruises in the remainder of 2026 and beyond is stronger than the respective prior-year comparison periods. Revenue in a segment of the business that includes on-board spending jumped more than 7% year over year in its fiscal second quarter. "We're somewhat recession-resilient," David Bernstein, Carnival's finance chief, told CNBC. "We do very well in good times and bad." Alexander Shapovalov | Istock Editorial | Getty Images Bernstein said that about half of the U.S. population lives within a five-hour drive of a Carnival cruise departure port, meaning they can choose not to pay for airfares when vacationing. Each year, Kenny Wilson and her husband pile their two kids into the car and drive hours from her Texas home to a cruise port in Galveston. The stay-at-home mom said she caps the total cruise cost at $1,000 by taking advantage of deals allowing children to sail free with paying adults. "In this economy for the middle class, it's very, very hard to get vacations in there," the 27-year-old said. "I'm just so grateful that I figured out a way out that I could still give my kids a beautiful childhood and memories for cheap." From luxury to necessity  More than one out of every 10 of the nearly 1,400 "credit-challenged" consumers surveyed by Snap Finance in March said they spent at least $300 on vacation or travel expenses in the last six months. That's despite just over 40% of this group reporting feeling some degree of financial instability. Bigger tax refunds as a result of President Donald Trump 's "big beautiful bill" could be helping them keep their wallets open. Lower-income consumers should collectively spend half a billion dollars from their heftier returns on travel this year, according to a report from the U.S. Travel Association. To be sure, there are signs that consumers are looking for ways to cut costs. Expedia said in June that searches using budget filters have climbed more than 1,200% compared with 12 months ago. Vrbo reported also in June that the number of users booking stays within two weeks rose 16% year over year, a sign that buyers are hunting for last-minute deals. Dining outdoors at the Capsule Hostel, Ericeira, Portugal, July 5, 2026. Elena Chertovskikh | Istock Editorial | Getty Images Even if vacationers continue shelling out, higher costs for a discretionary experience like travel could weigh on their psyche, according to Brian LeBlanc, PNC's senior economist. The University of Michigan's closely followed consumer sentiment survey came in 11% lower in August than a year ago, with respondents citing expectations for higher fuel prices as a drag on confidence. "They're going on Expedia, they're putting in the airline, they're seeing the eye-popping number, and they're feeling bad about it, but they're still paying for it," LeBlanc said. "People are still swiping the cards, but that doesn't mean they're feeling good about it." To be sure, PNC's analysis found higher earners were spending more compared with 2019 than other income groups. LeBlanc said it's another indicator of the uneven postpandemic recovery that has become known as the "K"-shaped economy . An unwavering propensity to spend on jetsetting across income classes may also reflect its emergence as a larger priority exiting Covid lockdowns, according to Tarik Dogru, an associate professor at Florida State University's hospitality school. Now, Dogru said the postpandemic "revenge travel" phenomenon should be viewed as a new normal instead of a fad. Travel is "not a luxury anymore," Dogru said. "It became a necessity." Travelers at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, US, on Friday, May 22, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hagerman, the hair stylist in Oklahoma City, finds that explanation applicable to her life. After years staying in her home state during the pandemic, Hagerman has resisted the urge to upsize her house to keep rent costs down. The working mom has used those savings to finance recent trips to places like Hawaii and Washington. Hagerman said she's considering buying another Groupon mystery vacation, as she felt like it allowed her to get out of town without breaking the bank. The Oklahoma resident said she's just hoping not to be sent back to New Orleans, a city that she has now visited twice. "I'm really not that picky," Hagerman said. "I just feel fortunate that we got to go anywhere." watch now VIDEO 6:21 06:21 Chase Travel CEO Jason Wynn: The consumer has been remarkably resilient in spite of the price Squawk Box Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.

President Donald Trump speaks with the new chairman of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, after a swearing-in ceremony in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, May 22, 2026. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Ten days ahead of a meeting in which the Federal Reserve will likely consider raising interest rates , the Trump administration looks to be in a full-court press to halt the hike in its tracks. In the past week, the president, vice president, Treasury secretary and one of the president's senior economic counselors have all urged the Fed not to raise rates and, in some cases, to cut them — an unusually broad public pressure campaign even by the standards of Trump's long-running criticism of the central bank. While President Donald Trump has avoided directly criticizing his new Fed chairman Kevin Warsh , as he did former chair Jay Powell , he escalated the pressure Friday by threatening to halt trade with countries that run trade surpluses with the U.S. unless the Fed cuts interest rates. Trump had never before directly threatened tariffs if the Fed didn't lower rates. The president's post was followed by an interview that senior economic counselor Peter Navarro gave to former Trump advisor Steve Bannon on Friday in which he warned that a rate hike would be "careless" and "would hit precisely the sectors America needs to prosper most." He called the members of the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee "clowns" and said Warsh is trying to "do the right thing." Earlier in the week, Vice President JD Vance said, "We believe that the Fed should be lowering interest rates." He added, "We're doing a lot of things to try to keep those interest rates down, but it would be nice to have some help from the Federal Reserve." And Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in a CNBC interview , noted that the Fed typically doesn't raise rates during a supply shock until there are second- or third-order inflationary effects. watch now VIDEO 13:21 13:21 Watch CNBC's full interview with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Squawk on the Street The administration's pressure comes at a difficult time for Warsh. Markets are barely pricing in a rate hike for the Sept. 15-16 meeting, at about 60% probability , bolstered somewhat by a strong jobs report Friday. The meeting comes just two months before the November midterm elections , in which polls show the administration faces widespread voter dissatisfaction with higher prices and interest rates. But questions also remain about the effect the Trump administration's pressure campaign will have on Warsh. The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Trump talked to Warsh repeatedly, a report publicly backed by several of his aides. However, the president himself denied it, saying he had spoken only once to Warsh while in office. Warsh himself has said the president has had no impact on his decisions and, in July congressional testimony, cited the Fed holding rates steady and not cutting as evidence of the central bank's independence. At the same time, Warsh has said that the president and other politicians have a right to comment on Fed policy. In May 2019, during Trump's first term, Vice President Mike Pence, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and economic advisor Larry Kudlow all weighed in on the need for the Fed to consider cutting rates. The Fed did not immediately respond to that pressure but did end up cutting rates two months later. The administration's argument was similar: Growth itself does not cause inflation, and additions to the supply side of the economy through tax cuts and strong capital investment expand the economy's capacity to grow without causing inflation. On Friday, Trump said in a post on Truth Social that because the economy is growing so much, the U.S. should have the lowest interest rates in the world. Administration officials have emphasized the recent three-month annualized rate of the cor Consumer Price Index (CPI) running at 1.6%. That compares with the three-month annualized rate of the core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index , the Fed's preferred indicator, at just over 3%. But several Fed officials have expressed concern that inflation has run substantially above the Fed's 2% target for five years, and that there are signs of inflation beyond Trump's tariffs and rising energy costs due to the U.S. war with Iran. Three dissented — Beth Hammack, Neel Kashkari and Lorie Logan — in favor of a quarter-point hike at the July meeting, where interest rates were left unchanged. Warsh, in his speech in Jackson Hole , said the Fed's focus needs to be squarely on inflation, noting that 54% of the 199 components in the PCE price measure had risen more than 3% over the previous 12 months. By rejecting the connection between growth and inflation, the administration is challenging a central concept in economics: that an economy growing beyond its productive capacity risks generating inflation. The most famous of these ideas, the Phillips Curve , sees tight labor markets and rising wages as the major conduit for inflation. That's likely why markets raised the probability of a Fed rate hike after Friday's strong jobs report . Yet wages were well contained in the report: Average hourly earnings rose 0.3% in August and 3.1% from a year earlier, while the unemployment rate remained at 4.1%. watch now VIDEO 6:36 06:36 U.S. payrolls rose 162,000 in August, much more than expected; unemployment rate at 4.1% Squawk Box The administration's argument that increasing the supply side of the economy raises capacity and offsets inflationary pressures could be accurate, but it has a timing problem. The flood of investment into artificial intelligence is projected to eventually increase productivity. But current data shows demand for the equipment needed to build out AI infrastructure is raising prices. Markets will be focused on the Friday CPI report, which Fed officials have said will be a critical gauge of whether inflation is easing or still accelerating — and it could decide whether the Fed hikes or holds. No FOMC member has recently discussed rate cuts publicly. 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