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Artificial-intelligence regulation, along with government spending on healthcare and defense are emerging as equity investors’ chief points of focus as the final month of the US midterm campaign...
US equity futures were edging lower pre-bell Thursday as oil prices rose after President Donald Trum
Russia’s oil product shipments climbed to a three-month high in September, even as diesel flows slumped because of a government export ban.
Edward Yardeni, president at Yardeni Research, discusses the factors pushing bond yields higher globally as he sees a “spectrum” of yield scenarios for the market. Yardeni finds US fiscal policy,...
The former president told voters he is “proud to be on board” the Democrats’ campaign to oust Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
Investors are shunning its government bonds in favor of corporate debt.
Germany more than doubled its growth forecast for this year after a stronger-than-expected first half, as robust exports and a surge in government spending outweighed weak consumer activity.
Fourteen of the 20 biggest donor groups CNBC analyzed are Republican-aligned as crypto, AI and betting money reshapes 2026 midterm spending.
NatWest Group Plc is pulling back from the US and European government bond markets, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
The idea of one news story remaking an entire election in the final weeks of the campaign might be from a bygone era.
France is bracing for another day of high school protests after Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said his policy response would only come at the end of the month.
A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.
Alaskans will decide in November whether to ditch a system that allows four primary candidates, regardless of party, to advance to the general election.
A statue of the explorer installed at the White House has a long back story, and the president is banking on it resonating with Italian American voters.
Everyone’s talking about the economy, but Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on what other issues will mobilize midterm voters.
Lawmakers in the capital were forcibly removed for a second consecutive day as police cracked down on demonstrations against the removal of voter names.
Students are taking to the streets over underfunding in education as the government seeks to find budget cuts to appease bond markets.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni needs to win a confidence vote on Thursday to avoid further bond-market tensions, according to a Citigroup Inc. analyst.
Greece is preparing draft legislation to impose a 10% capital gains tax on cryptocurrencies, as it moves towards the country’s first digital asset taxation framework.
In so many conversations, there’s a widespread view that Europe is falling behind. Or it’s in trouble. It has been two years since the publication of the Draghi report and the problems the report...
Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim hosted Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing for talks Thursday, though his government was careful to underscore it still doesn’t recognize the regime.
Nearly €215 billion ($241 billion) of France’s corporate bonds now trade as if they were safer than the government’s, an almost 18-fold increase since the start of 2026, after a punishing...
“Bloomberg: The China Show” is your definitive source for news and analysis on the world's second-biggest economy. From politics and policy to tech and trends, Yvonne Man and David Ingles give...
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo urged the crypto industry to balance its support for Democrats and Republicans if they want federal crypto legislation passed.
Supporters of the law say it would bring stability to a country with a long history of short-lived governments, but critics see the measure as a threat to democracy.
Far-left leaders are cheering on the students. Government officials accuse them of stirring up the unrest for political gain.
In a top Senate battleground, Representative Ashley Hinson, the Republican nominee, sparred with Josh Turek, her Democratic rival, on policy issues ranging from Medicaid to term limits.
Vietnam’s new Long Thanh International Airport faces significant challenges to meet its December opening deadline, prompting the government to order round-the-clock construction to get the project...
Japan’s 30-year government bond auction drew stronger demand than its 12-month average as elevated yields attracted investors.
The U.S. president and his national security team have discussed possibly resuming large-scale U.S. military operations in the coming weeks, NBC News reported.
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R) and state Rep. Josh Turek (D), who are running for an open Senate seat in Iowa, clashed during their first encounter.
President Donald Trump and his national security team have talked about possibly restarting large-scale U.S. military operations in Iran in the coming weeks, NBC News reported.
The government is now 5-0 in its efforts to admit the so-called clean team confessions to the capital cases at Guantánamo Bay.
Peru unexpectedly left borrowing costs unchanged for a 13th straight month as policymakers expect a recent acceleration in inflation to prove temporary.
Trump is in Texas tonight to stump for the Senate candidate.
Halo: Campaign Evolved might be getting a horde mode as a skeleton crew works on one last update before Activision takes over the franchise
The lawsuit claims the administration broke multiple laws by using government money to air campaign-style ads.
Yemen’s internationally-recognized government, backed by Saudi Arabia, claimed to have regained territory from the Houthis, as fighting in the region near the Bab el-Mandeb strait intensifies. The...
President Trump is giving awards to a number of top tech executives at a summit on Thursday.
The Saudi government said the dead included two women and a Sudanese man, and that its capital’s airport was hit. A Houthi spokesman said the militia had attacked the airports.
Republicans are spending heavily to defend a state the president won comfortably two years ago.
SpaceX and Amazon have moved to expand providing direct-to-device services with networks of satellites.
The US midterm elections are a test of investor sentiment in the rapidly growing defense sector, market watchers said.
María del Carmen Abascal, aged and ailing, became a symbol of the country’s housing crisis when she was evicted two weeks ago, prompting mass protests and triggering nation elections.
A proposal would designate Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, as a presidential retreat.
How much is too much?
The president’s misinterpreted comments about Los Angeles and San Diego created opportunities for his foes and confusion for his allies.
Senator Patty Murray, a former chair of the Senate health committee, is forming a group of experts to examine how to insulate the C.D.C. from political interference.