Bloomberg Contractors who run US detention centres for migrant children employed people who hadn’t completed background checks or didn’t meet educational requirements, potentially putting kids “at risk,” the health department’s internal watchdog said. More than half of shelters supervised by the Department of Health and Human Services allowed new employees to begin work without completing an FBI background check, a ...

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson began moves to trigger a snap general election after suffering a humiliating defeat for his Brexit strategy that left his ruling party in tatters. A fresh poll to choose a new government would mark the climax of the political chaos that has engulfed Britain for the past three years since the country voted narrowly ...

A 15% tariff that went into effect September 1 on about $112 billion of goods imported from China will start pushing up prices of clothing, shoes and other consumer goods arriving at US ports this week. That should start taking a serious toll on shopping in the US. While 82% of intermediate inputs are already affected by tariffs, just 29% ...