4+ hour, 39+ min ago   (820+ words) Last September, Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait got a call from US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The secretary had been a regular on Bloomberg’s TV programming and in its reporting for years, first as the founder of a hedge fund,…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (144+ words) 25 years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Western societies face resurgent terrorism threats from drones and AI. The global jihadi movement is fractured 25 years after the Sept 11 attacks and lacks the capacity to launch similarly sophisticated operations, analysts said, but societies face…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (249+ words) Ukraine is also angling to increase exports to Europe this winter, the CEO of the country’s top private energy company said. Despite attacks by Russia on its natural gas production fields, Ukraine has moved to a gas surplus and is…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (71+ words) Trump’s unpopularity has weighed heavily on his party’s chances of retaining a majority. Trump pledges $5,000 voter payout if Republicans win the midterms Beyond broad rejection of the war in the Middle East, voters have soured on the Trump administration over…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (314+ words) An anti-data center bus tour traversing key midterm states will add another complication for Republican candidates in tight races who are trying to navigate Trump’s support of the AI infrastructure with growing voter opposition — and it’s being spearheaded by a…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (743+ words) The White House is shrugging off the internal Republican tension kicked up by its still-unreleased proposal to divert federal childcare aid to stay-at-home parents. The plan, which would route some money from the government’s $12 billion childcare fund to help married…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (149+ words) Singapore's first prime minister argued in 1955 that low pay meant top candidates rarely joined politics and faced temptation when they did. Singapore increased its prime minister’s salary to $2.8 million, part of its longstanding strategy to boost talent and reduce corruption…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (154+ words) France and Canada joined the UK in announcing trade sanctions on Israel’s West Bank settlements, widening a geopolitical rift between Israel and its allies. France and Canada joined the UK in announcing trade sanctions on Israel’s West Bank settlements…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (337+ words) The last time US President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations, he mocked the body for its “empty words,” and his administration has since exited 31 UN entities covering climate, gender, peacebuilding, and science. That won’t happen anytime soon. But Chinese…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (140+ words) Republican senators are warning that the Senate’s bipartisan cryptocurrency regulatory bill is likely to fail next week when the chamber returns. There’s been little movement on the key Democratic demand, an ethics component governing the president and his family, according…...