published Oct 11th 2016, 9:14 am, by Netty Ismail and Lilian Karunungan (Bloomberg) —The dollar advanced for a second day as traders increased bets the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year and as a jump in oil prices Monday helped push up Treasury yields. The U.S. currency strengthened

published Oct 10th 2016, 3:35 pm, by Arit John (Bloomberg) —Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence offered a full-throated defense of Donald Trump days after the release of a video last week that captured Trump making lewd comments about women, citing his running mate’s dedication and his own Christian faith. “It’s been an interesting

As if the 2016 United States presidential election isn’t already enough of a joke,  now the Russians are accused of tampering with the process.  The Obama administration said Friday it was “confident” that Russia was behind recent hackings of emails about upcoming US elections in an attempt to interfere with

published Sep 26th 2016, 6:17 am, by Suzanne Woolley (Bloomberg) — Listen closely tonight. It’s your money and your life. At 9 p.m. ET, in the first presidential debate of the season, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be pressed, to a degree, for details of their various proposals. Jobs,

published Sep 26th 2016, 10:45 am, by Paula Dwyer (Bloomberg View) — Donald Trump can thank me later. Drawing from a new study on the economic effects of immigration, I’m going to make the best possible case for the positions he’s taking as the Republican nominee for president. Do immigrants

published Sep 6th 2016, 8:51 am, by Jennifer Jacobs and Kevin Cirilli (Bloomberg) —Nearly three weeks ago, Donald Trump began a blunt appeal to Hispanics and blacks. With his “what the hell do you have to lose?” line, his talk of softening his stance on immigrants residing in the country illegally,

published Aug 24th 2016, 8:12 am, by Sahil Kapur and Jennifer Jacobs (Bloomberg) — Donald Trump is backing away from his call for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, and even some of his rally-going supporters say they’re fine with it. If he wins the November election, the Republican presidential nominee

published Aug 14th 2016, 1:29 pm, by Nour Al Ali (Bloomberg) — The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group cited Donald Trump in accusing the U.S. and President Barack Obama of creating Islamic State, becoming the latest American adversary to quote or praise the Republican nominee. Echoing Trump, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

published Aug 1st 2016, 5:09 pm, by Jennifer Jacobs (Bloomberg) — Some influential conservative donors are trying to broker a détente between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Charles Koch, the billionaire industrialist whose political network is poised to spend $750 million on 2016 political contests. Dallas investor Doug Deason, whose

published Jun 5th 2016, 9:58 am, by Albert R. Hunt (Bloomberg View) — It’s rare that President Barack Obama and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus agree. In recent weeks, they both have said that the presidential nominating process is not rigged. They are right. That hasn’t stopped those displeased