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City of London Policy Chair Catherine McGuinness discusses the deadlock in Brexit talks and her hopes for progress after U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May met with EU President Donald Tusk and other

The White House may ban its employees from using personal mobile phones while at work, raising concerns among some staffers including that they’ll be cut off from family and friends, according to

Jose Antonio Meade threw his hat in the ring to become the presidential candidate of Mexico’s ruling party in the July 2018 election, hours after resigning his post as finance minister.

Senator Al Franken apologized again for his behavior and said he was “embarrassed” and “ashamed” after several women accused him of inappropriate kissing and touching.

Leandra English’s battle to temporarily head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will be decided by Washington U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump nominee.

Theresa May’s chances of getting a Brexit breakthrough in the coming days hinge on the prime minister convincing the Northern Ireland party that props up her government to accept the U.K. position on

Gun ownership should be subsidized, right-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro told a gathering of business executives and reporters on Monday.

He succeeds Jose Antonio Meade, who announced plans to run for president. Carlos Trevino, Pemex’s chief administration officer, will become CEO.

Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello said the island has agreed to give the Federal Emergency Management Agency unprecedented power to oversee disaster-relief spending, a step that may mollify

Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla will be the only defendant in a U.S. trial over Iranian sanctions violations, the judge overseeing the case told potential jurors.

Executives from the U.S.-based automakers are set to meet with Vice President Mike Pence Monday amid tension over the Trump administration’s efforts to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement.

U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled Monday they are divided over a review system that has invalidated hundreds of patents, hearing arguments in a case being closely watched by the technology and drug

Washington lawmakers are pushing to get a vote on proposed tax overhaul legislation by Thursday. Bloomberg's Sahil Kapur reports on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas." (Source: Bloomberg)

Salvador Nasralla, Patriotic Alliance Party (Alianza) 2017 Honduran presidential candidate, center, casts a ballot at a polling station during the presidential election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on

As Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and other overseers of the $14.3 trillion U.S. government bond market gather Tuesday for a conference on the industry’s evolution, one key question looms large:

The U.S. Supreme Court steered clear of the intensifying gun debate after the mass shootings in Nevada and Texas, turning away two appeals from firearms advocates, including one that sought a

Ballerinas leaping to the strains of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" helped to launch this year's Christmas at the White House, featuring a traditional decor that Melania Trump chose for her family's

As it girds for the possibility that Britain and the EU won’t reach a Brexit deal before the end of the year, Norway wants Europe’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, to acknowledge the special status

Migrant workers in southern Beijing worry about where they’ll sleep after being evicted. In middle-class areas, abuse allegations have parents wondering if kindergartens are safe. They all blame the

The slaughter in Egypt’s northern Sinai region is the most deadly example of how Islamic State-inspired militants are switching to more mass-casualty assaults on civilians.