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Trump issues first veto on bill to block border emergency

Bloomberg President Donald Trump issued his first veto, rejecting Congress’s effort to cancel his declaration of a national emergency to pay for a wall on the US-Mexico border, a centerpiece of his 2016 campaign. “Congress passed a dangerous resolution that, if signed into law, would put countless Americans in danger,” Trump said just before signing the veto in the Oval ...

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Europe’s populists set for slap in Slovak vote

Bloomberg An election in the heart of the European Union’s increasing populist eastern wing is poised to deliver a different kind of anti-establishment triumph. Sandwiched between Poland and Hungary — perennial thorns in the side of Brussels officials —Slovakia is set to pick as president an NGO lawyer who backs EU integration, vows to fight nationalism and wants to rebuild ...

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Democratic hopefuls push past Iowa with early primaries in mind

Bloomberg Democratic presidential contenders are already making strategic decisions about where to dedicate campaign resources, putting heavy focus on select states because of a compressed primary calendar and an unusually crowded field. A cross-country sprint through 14 states to sort out winners and losers earlier than in past years. Democrats are making the first four states their top priority and ...

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