Three words that got Boris Johnson the UK election victory he craved
The Conservative Party will form the next U.K. government with the largest majority since Tony Blair’s Labour party retained power in 2001. Source link: Click here for more
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Mike Bloomberg will push Wall Street executives, other megadonors to back fundraising effort for DNC in 2020
Mike Bloomberg is slated to meet with several influential business executives Thursday as he looks to encourage them to back Democratic causes on a national and state level. Source link: Click here for more
Supreme Court will hear three cases over Trump’s financial records
The Supreme Court said on Friday that it will hear three cases over President Donald Trump’s financial records next year. Source link: Click here for more
US markets could see a ‘significant correction’ if Democrats sweep 2020 elections, Goldman Sachs says
Markets stateside could be in for a “significant correction” if the Democrats make a clean sweep in next year’s U.S. elections, according to Goldman Sachs’ Timothy Moe. Source link: Click here for more
What the UK election result means for Brexit
Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson has secured a five-year term as prime minister with a comfortable parliamentary majority. Source link: Click here for more
Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party wins UK election with commanding majority, Sky News reports
Johnson said earlier it seems his “Conservative government has been given a powerful new mandate, to get Brexit done.” Source link: Click here for more
Scottish National Party leader says Boris Johnson has no mandate to take Scotland out of the EU and demands independence vote
Nicola Sturgeon wants a new independence vote for Scotland after British elections appear to have handed the Conservatives a clear parliamentary majority. Source link: Click here for more
Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party set to win UK election with a clear majority, exit poll shows
The result of the election will have a decisive effect on the direction that Brexit takes. Source link: Click here for more
Jeffrey Epstein spent over $500,000 to fund unaired episodes of science TV show a year before sex trafficking charges
Jeffrey Epstein quietly funded a TV science series a year before he was arrested for sex trafficking. He made a guarantee of funding episodes for “Closer to Truth,” it’s show creator told CNBC. Source link: Click here for more
Elizabeth Warren targets Buttigieg and Biden as she seeks to regain momentum in Iowa
Elizabeth Warren is doubling down on her critiques of Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden as she seeks to regain momentum after losing speed in the polls. Source link: Click here for more
UK voters head to the polls as Brexit’s destiny hangs in the balance
Voters across the U.K. are heading to the polls Thursday for a general election that is likely to shape the country for decades to come. Source link: Click here for more
Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax would raise $1 trillion less than she estimates, Wharton study shows
Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax, if implemented in 2021, would raise $1 trillion to $1.4 trillion less the campaign says, Wharton finds. Source link: Click here for more
Britain’s Brexit election has become plagued by fears of online manipulation
With U.K. voters set to head to polls on Thursday, the role played by technology couldn’t be more significant. Source link: Click here for more
AG Barr defends antitrust law, as Elizabeth Warren looks to reinvent it
Barr sought to unify a room that convened just a few hours after the Democrats announced their articles of impeachment. He focused on the power of big technology, while defending the ability of current U.S. law to regulate those companeis. Source link: Click here for more
Trump target Lisa Page sues Justice Department, FBI over ‘unlawful’ disclosure of texts with Peter Strzok
Lisa Page’s lawsuit alleging violation of the Privacy Act came a day after the Justice Department’s internal watchdog in a new report said she “did not play a role in the decision” to open a probe into the Trump’s 2016 campaign or related cases. Source link: Click here for more
Brexit might one day be seen as ‘democracy in action,’ former UK finance minister says
The vote is likely to decide whether the world’s fifth-largest economy leaves the bloc next month or moves toward another EU referendum. Source link: Click here for more
Scaramucci says Bloomberg would beat Trump in 2020 election if he clinches the Democratic nomination
Bloomberg would appeal to moderate voters and those with “Trump fatigue,” the former White House communications director says. Source link: Click here for more
Democrats to announce articles of impeachment against Trump on Tuesday
Announcement of the articles of impeachment would follow a marathon day of hearings on President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, NBC News reports. Source link: Click here for more
Former lobbyist and Biden’s current campaign chairman is helping raise cash for the former VP
Former lobbyist turned Biden campaign chairman Steve Ricchetti is hosting a fundraising event for the former vice president in Washington D.C. Multiple lobbyists were invited to attend. Source link: Click here for more
Pete Buttigieg vows to open up fundraisers to reporters and name bundlers after Warren attacks
Pete Buttigieg will open up his fundraisers to reporters and name his campaign’s top money-raisers following days of criticism by Elizabeth Warren. Source link: Click here for more