Bloomberg Theresa May is facing pressure to abandon her Brexit deal and quit as British prime minister within days, according to people familiar with the matter. Several senior government officials said they were shocked that the premier’s new offer intended to win votes in parliament for her European Union divorce agreement had been so badly received so quickly. Speaking on ...

Bloomberg Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing new pressure from House Democrats to open impeachment proceedings as she planned to meet with her party behind closed doors on Wednesday to discuss President Donald Trump’s defiance of congressional investigations. Several influential Democratic lawmakers, including a few top Pelosi lieutenants, in recent days joined calls to begin an impeachment inquiry, spurred by Trump’s ...

Bloomberg On a cool Delhi evening in November 2016, Narendra Modi hastily called a national address to make the most consequential decision of his premiership: Effective at midnight, some 86 percent of India’s cash would no longer be valid in a bid to stamp out corruption. Panic quickly ensued as India’s 1.3 billion people—many with no bank accounts or credit ...