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House Dems pass high-water mark in fights against Trump

Bloomberg Democrats scored a series of damaging revelations about Donald Trump when they launched their impeachment investigation, but now they’ll begin a crucial election year with the challenge that the most dramatic moments are likely behind them. Even by the time Nancy Pelosi banged her speaker’s gavel on Trump’s impeachment — once for abuse of power, again for obstruction of ...

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Macron vows to follow same pension rules amid strikes

Bloomberg Emmanuel Macron’s pledge to give up presidential privileges and follow the same pension rule he’s proposing for all French isn’t doing much to appease striking workers. In response to a question about his own pension rights from French daily Le Parisien, Macron said he too would respect the same rules he was seeking to introduce for workers in France. ...

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Army chief’s death deepens Algeria crisis

Bloomberg The powerful Algerian army chief who played a key role in the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika died aged 79, injecting fresh drama into the OPEC member’s simmering political crisis. Ahmed Gaid Salah suffered a heart attack at 6 a.m local time, Algerian state media reported on Monday. Three days of mourning were declared. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who was ...

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