Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg’s campaign hired a contractor that used prison labor to make phone calls for the former New York mayor’s White House bid. The Intercept first reported that ProCom, a New Jersey-based company hired by the Bloomberg campaign through a third-party vendor, operates two call centers out of state prisons in Oklahoma. […] Read more
House Democrats on Tuesday announced that they will vote on whether to impeach President Donald Trump on two specific articles — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., flanked by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the chairs of four other panels involved in the impeachment inquiry, made the announcement “charging […] Read more
President Donald Trump is revoking press credentials for Bloomberg News employees in response to its decision to refrain from investigating Mike Bloomberg or his Democratic rivals during the presidential primaries, a campaign spokesman said Monday. The announcement highlights the precarious situation the news organization faces as the billionaire owner of its parent company runs for […] Read more
Mike Bloomberg’s announcement to run for president didn’t deliver full details of his platform, but his 12-year run as mayor and his philanthropy in political causes provide good clues. Here are some issues Bloomberg cares about and the industries they would affect. Guns Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety, which he helped found in 2014, has […] Read more
Roger Stone, a longtime friend and confidant of President Donald Trump, was convicted Friday of lying to Congress and witness tampering as part of an effort to hide his contacts with WikiLeaks during the 2016 presidential election. Stone, a self-described political trickster, was convicted of all seven criminal counts that he faced at his trial […] Read more
President Donald Trump’s top economic advisor, Larry Kudlow, hinted at a middle-class tax cut Tuesday as the president searches for an edge in his 2020 reelection bid. With just under a year until voters decide whether Trump gets a second term in the White House, the National Economic Council Director said “the president has asked […] Read more
Apple announced Monday with California governor Gavin Newsom that it will donate $2.5 billion toward building affordable housing in California. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is skeptical. In a statement on Monday, Sanders said Apple is not fixing the affordable housing problem — it’s becoming a real estate lender. He criticized Apple for not […] Read more
The leader of the U.K. Brexit Party and Donald Trump-ally Nigel Farage kicked off his election campaign on Friday with both an offer and a warning to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The starting gun has been fired on campaigning toward a U.K. general election on December 12 in a bid by different parties to […] Read more
Goldman Sachs has closed its bullish position on sterling with the U.K. set for a general election on December 12. The Wall Street giant had maintained a recommendation to buy sterling throughout a recent period of uncertainty, projecting that the pound could pass $1.30 in the event of a Brexit deal before the October 31 […] Read more
Lawyers for former national security advisor John Bolton have been in touch with officials working on House committees about possibly testifying in the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump, a person close to Bolton told NBC News on Friday. The news comes more than a week after the White House’s former top Europe expert, Fiona […] Read more
