Bloomberg Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged — after prodding by lawmakers — that he backs the finding by US intelligence agencies that Russia meddled in the US presidential campaign to hurt Hillary Clinton and ultimately help Donald Trump. Pompeo, who previously was Trump’s CIA director, was pressed by Democrats on whether he accepted that finding during testimony on Wednesday ...

Bloomberg Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said he’s expelling the top two US diplomats in the country after America imposed sanctions in the wake of a disputed election, saying that the men had meddled in internal politics. Charge d’Affaires Todd Robinson and Consul General Brian Naranjo were declared persona non grata and must leave Venezuela in 48 hours, Maduro said. The ...

Bloomberg Britain isn’t the only place where Roman Abramovich is having residency issues. While the Russian billionaire grapples with delays to his UK visa, a Swiss newspaper’s appeal to report on why Abramovich’s bid for residency in the ski resort of Verbier was scuppered last year has reached the country’s Supreme Court. A spokesman for the Lausanne-based court wouldn’t say ...