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Merkel faces crunch time in showdown on migrant policy

Bloomberg German Chancellor Angela Merkel is about to find out whether party rebels against her migration policy are ready to back off or will push ahead with a political crisis that could deprive her of a parliamentary majority. After weeks of tension stoked by a Bavarian regional party that’s threatening to send back more asylum seekers at the border, its ...

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Trump does deep dive on high court finalists

Bloomberg President Donald Trump spent June 30 engaged in a deep dive into the backgrounds of the top prospects to fill an opening on the US Supreme Court but hasn’t begun interviews with the finalists. Trump is at his Bedminster, New Jersey, private golf club. He’s been studying the rulings, judicial philosophies and temperaments of his short list, said an ...

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Pressure on May grows as cabinet meets over ‘Brexit’

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Theresa May is under mounting pressure as she prepares for a crunch meeting this week aimed at ending the war inside her cabinet over Brexit. May, facing criticism from both the pro- and anti-Brexit wings of her ruling Conservative party, is planning talks with ministers at her countryside retreat on July 6 to thrash out an ...

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