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Pence says Trump was wrong to say he could overturn election

  Bloomberg Mike Pence rejected Donald Trump’s claims that as vice president he had the power to void the 2020 election result and refuse to certify President Joe Biden’s victory, breaking from his old boss as both men weigh possible White House bids in 2024. “I heard this week that President Trump said I had the right to ‘overturn the ...

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Australia PM Morrison’s discomfort mounts after damaging text leak

  Bloomberg Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison, lagging in the polls before an election later this year, is dealing with the fallout from a leaked text message from his deputy Barnaby Joyce branding the premier “a hypocrite and a liar.” Joyce has apologized for the texts, which were sent in March last year before he took the deputy prime minister ...

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Johnson’s brave face can’t hide his fading grip on power

  Bloomberg Hours after one of Boris Johnson’s longest-standing allies quit — with a stinging rebuke of his judgment — the UK prime minister gathered shell-shocked staff in Downing Street to tell them “change is good.” But while Johnson has tried to put his trademark optimistic spin on yet another week of turmoil, the ebullient persona that carried him to ...

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