Bloomberg Gina Haspel spent three decades working in secret. Now the lifelong spy is preparing for a bruising public debut as she fights to become President Donald Trump’s CIA chief amid criticism of her involvement in alleged torture programs and role in destroying videotapes of interrogations. Haspel testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee for her confirmation hearing on Wednesday. She’s ...

Bloomberg Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan was elected prime minister by the country’s parliament, completing a remarkable rise to power backed by massive street protests that he’s termed a “velvet revolution.” Lawmakers voted by 59 to 42 to name Pashinyan as premier, a week after the ruling Republican Party, which holds a majority of seats, had refused to back his ...

Bloomberg The House of Lords inflicted another defeat on the UK government over its key piece of Brexit legislation, voting to strip out the fixed timing for Britain to leave the EU. The government in November inserted 11 pm on March 29, 2020 into its own bill to “remove any confusion or concern about what ‘exit day’ means,” Brexit Secretary ...