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Trump blames secret service for cancelled trip to French cemetery

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he suggested driving to a French cemetery for a World War I commemoration that he skipped over the weekend but he blamed the Secret Service for blocking that idea after his helicopter was unable to fly due to weather conditions. “By the way, when the helicopter couldn’t fly to the first cemetery in France because ...

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As Brexit enters endgame, Romania takes EU presidency

Bloomberg No stranger to gaffes, Romania’s prime minister is perhaps best known for one particularly glaring slip of the tongue not long into her tenure. Addressing colleagues at a government meeting in May — as well as a live online audience — Viorica Dancila proudly declared that “we’re reducing democracy.” Despite quickly correcting that last word to “bureaucracy,” the Internet ...

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Trump-Pelosi feud over immigration deepens

Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s hardening line on immigration sets him on a collision course with House Democrats that is likely to shape the next presidential campaign. Trump’s first move following midterm elections in which he stoked fears of undocumented immigrants was to restrict asylum claims by people who illegally cross the US-Mexico border. He has also promised to try to ...

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