Recent Posts

Senate set to acquit Trump as Dems vow to continue probes

Bloomberg A momentous, if anticlimactic, few days lie ahead in Washington as the Senate hears closing arguments in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, then holds two days of debate before voting for an all-but-guaranteed acquittal. In between, Democrats in Iowa’s caucuses took the first step on Monday towards choosing the candidate who’ll run against Trump in November. And on Tuesday ...

Read More »

Uganda, Rwanda leaders pledge prisoner release

Bloomberg Ugandan and Rwandan leaders pledged a mutual release of prisoners as a step in easing a diplomatic dispute that hit a low with the closing of their busiest border last year. President Yoweri Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, committed to refrain from actions that could be perceived as “supporting, financing and infiltration of destabilising forces in their ...

Read More »

After Brexit, Trump sets himself up to be disruptor again

Bloomberg Donald Trump has spent the past four years lobbing unsolicited advice at British prime ministers on the best path forward for an exit from the European Union and holding out promises of a grand new trans-Atlantic trade alliance. Now that Brexit is official, though, Trump gets to really double down on a role he relishes: that of the geopolitical ...

Read More »
Send this to a friend