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Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie previews the U.S. and China trade talks. He speaks on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia." (Source: Bloomberg)

A jury’s verdict sent a warning to Washington’s political intelligence industry and funds that rely on it: Trading on government secrets is as risky as using insider corporate information.

John Bercow was accused of bullying by a former top official in the U.K. House of Lords, who said the House of Commons Speaker doesn’t meet the standard of behavior expected in the role.

Defaced bank notes featuring the image of jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have dragged Brazil’s central bank into the country’s polarized pre-election debate.

The public face of negotiations might be David Davis and Michel Barnier, but this pair is making the process work.

Argentina stepped up the fight against the collapse of its currency with a third interest rate increase in one week and the announcement of tighter government spending targets.

The Brexit transition period will need to be extended potentially for years because any new customs regime will not be ready to come into force in time, according to senior British officials.

The U.S. House chaplain rescinded his resignation Thursday, and Speaker Paul Ryan said he’ll let the chaplain stay.

Nina Schick, Rasmussen Global’s director of data and polling, discusses Brexit negotiations over an EU customs union and the Irish border, and Italy's attempt to form a government. He speaks with

By admitting that President Donald Trump reimbursed a hush payment to a porn actress, Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani have spawned a fresh crop of questions about possible campaign-finance

A Manhattan jury convicted a Washington consultant of stealing government secrets as part of a scheme to pass insider tips to hedge funds.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said President Donald Trump "didn't know at the time" that his lawyer Michael Cohen paid former adult film actress Stormy Daniels but "eventually

Young Malaysians are being left behind in the nation’s economic recovery, a key challenge for an incoming leader needing to push the country out of its middle-income trap.

The group is bolstering its presence in fragile Afghanistan.

President Donald Trump made it sound like the nondisclosure agreement his lawyer struck with an adult-film star was nothing special. Don’t try telling that to Hollywood lawyers.

Donald Trump’s attempt to stem China’s technological advance could already be backfiring.

President Donald Trump and his lawyers face a new set of legal challenges after revelations that he reimbursed one of his attorneys for a $130,000 hush money payment to an adult film actress.

The White House is scaling back its plan to seek cuts from already-passed spending bills in the face of resistance from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and spending panel Republicans, two GOP

Regulators have begun moving almost $9 billion collected to subsidize phone and broadband service from a Bank of America account to what auditors call safer ground at the U.S. Treasury.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said in a Twitter post that he tried marijuana “literally once or twice many years ago” and has no desire to toke again.