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President Donald Trump told a group of farmers on Monday that recent tax cuts and deregulation will revitalize the U.S. rural economy.

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said that he’s open to negotiating some drug prices for Medicare, while backing a largely dormant proposal to

The White House’s plan to bail out America’s coal country has been shot down -- by the very energy regulators that President Donald Trump appointed last year.

Brazil has been adopting fiscal austerity measures for the better part of four years. Yet its fiscal situation is even more prickly than before.

Bloomberg's Marty Schenker discusses the talk of a White House run by Oprah Winfrey in 2020, spurred by her speech at the Golden Globes. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power." (Source:

Antonio Garza, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico, discusses the fate of DACA with David Westin and Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)

As tax season approaches, some consumers are waiting for their refund checks to spend on a long-delayed purchase -- a visit to the doctor or dentist.

Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, was treated for prostate cancer last year, an aide said.

Kurt Bardella, former Breitbart spokesman, discusses Steve Bannon and the future of Breitbart News. He talks to David Westin and Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)

The partisan fight over the Trump dossier is intensifying on Capitol Hill.

Democratic Party operatives and some Republicans say that Oprah Winfrey could mount a formidable 2020 presidential campaign, after an impassioned speech at the Golden Globes on Sunday that was

Republican Congressman Scott Taylor of Virginia discusses immigration, border security and a potential government shutdown on "Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)

At 10 a.m. Seoul time on Tuesday, North Korean and South Korean officials will open their first high-level meeting in more than two years.

President Trump's allies are coming to his defense after the release of a disparaging book about the current administration, Michael Wolff's "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House." Bloomberg's

The sons of the chairman of Saudi Arabia’s biggest dairy company were among 11 princes detained last week for what authorities said was an unlawful protest over the government’s decision to stop

High-tax states are receiving a welcomed, if temporary, financial boost thanks to Washington.

At a news conference on Monday, billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer, founder of NextGen America, said he won’t run for office this year and pledged $30 million to fight Republicans. (Source:

Britain should be granted the “Canada plus plus plus” trade deal that Brexit Secretary David Davis has called for, Italian Economic Development Minister Carlo Calenda said in an interview.

Billionaire Tom Steyer pledged on Monday to spend $30 million through his NextGen America organization to help Democrats win congressional seats in the 2018 midterms.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is poised to report a huge increase in book value, the yardstick that Warren Buffett uses to measure progress at his conglomerate, thanks to the recent changes in U.S. tax law.