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Trump Cabinet Messaging Breach Confirms Fears of European Allies The exposure of private texts between top US officials offered unique insight into their planning for strikes against Houthi militants earlier this month. The messages also laid bare the full extent o...

Texts from top Trump administration officials as they discussed planned attacks on Yemen makes plain their contempt for European allies www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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EU to Propose Allowing ‘Return Hubs’ for Rejected Asylum Seekers The European Union plans to allow countries to return people without the right to stay in the EU to so-called return hubs in third countries, as the rise of anti-immigration parties is pushing the blo...

The EU plans to allow countries to return people without the right to stay in the EU to so-called return hubs in third countries, as the rise of anti-immigration parties is pushing the bloc to take an increasingly tough stance www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Putin Ready to Agree Ukraine Truce With Conditions Russia is willing to discuss a temporary truce in Ukraine provided there is progress toward a final peace settlement, according to people familiar with the matter in Moscow.

NEW: Russia is willing to discuss a temporary truce in Ukraine provided there is progress toward a final peace settlement, sources say www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Musk and Milei’s Chainsaw Maker Is Crafting Another for Trump Mariano ‘Tute’ Di Tella, a fan of the Argentine president, crafts custom power saws in Buenos Aires. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was his childhood inspiration.

Bloomberg speaks with the man behind Javier Milei and Elon Musk's chainsaws. He's making another for Donald Trump. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Germany Urges EU to Ease Fiscal Rules to Boost Defense Spending Germany called for the European Union to reform its fiscal rules to allow countries to make bigger defense expenditures, a massive shift for a country known for its spending restraint.

Germany called for the EU to reform its fiscal rules to allow countries to make bigger defense expenditures without running afoul of the bloc’s budget rules, sources say www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Europe’s EV Market Gets a Surprising Boost From Company Cars Belgium’s changes to company-car taxes is charting a path for the EU’s transition to cleaner transport.

Belgium is charting a path for the EU’s EV transition by tweaking taxes on company cars, a change that has turned the former laggard into a leader www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Trump Free Speech Attack on Europe Sets Up Big Tech Fight Donald Trump’s administration is using freedom of speech as the latest line of attack on the European Union in a campaign that’s shaking the foundations of an alliance that stretches back to the dawn ...

Donald Trump’s administration is using freedom of speech as the latest line of attack on the EU in a campaign that’s shaking the foundations of an alliance that stretches back to the dawn of the Cold War www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

EU’s Top Envoy Says Common Bonds for Defense Are on the Table The European Union’s top diplomat touted joint bonds as an option to massively rebuild the bloc’s military might, while criticizing the Trump administration’s early negotiating tactics on resolving Ru...

EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas on Trump's team's Russia negotiations:
“What we see from the media, it seems to us that many things have been already taken off the table before the negotiations have even started and I don’t think it’s a very good negotiation tactic.”
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Poland Urges EU Solidarity on Defense Spending After US Shock Polish Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said the European Union needs to show more solidarity on defense spending in the face of “mixed signals” from the US.

Polish Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said the EU needs to show more solidarity on defense spending in the face of “mixed signals” from the US. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump’s Ukraine Plans Mean a $3 Trillion Bill for European Allies Whatever the US president decides is his goal for Ukraine, one thing is clear: Europe isn’t ready to shoulder its huge share of the burden.

Donald Trump is expected to unveil his new plan to settle the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. These new demands might just break the EU. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Europe Teeters Toward Energy Crisis as Gas Reaches Two-Year High Europe is teetering on the edge of its next energy crisis after natural gas prices soared to the highest in two years.

European natural gas prices rose to a two-year high as colder temperatures accelerate the depletion of the region’s storage facilities and US tariff threats risk upending global supplies www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Musk DOGE Pick Led Cybersecurity Cuts at Citrix. Hacks Followed Tech CEO Tom Krause dismissed engineers and slashed expenses after the remote-work company’s leveraged buyout. His company says defenses improved. Now he’s consulting at the US Treasury.

Hacks followed deep cost-cutting from the private equity buyout of tech company Citrix. Now the strategy's architect is working on Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

USAID Cuts in Kenya Reveal Risks to Lives and American Influence Worldwide Freezing aid funds jeopardizes critical healthcare programs and security cooperation with important US allies around the world

On his first day in office in January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order putting a 90-day hold on all US overseas assistance. The decision could be fatal for some who rely on US medical programs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Smuggled Grand Pianos Show Trump’s Challenge in Pressuring Putin While US-led export controls on Russia have primarily targeted weapons components and high-end chips, a less threatening product shows just how hard it will be for Donald Trump to squeeze Vladimir Put...

While US-led export controls on Russia have primarily targeted weapons components and high-end chips, a less threatening product shows just how hard it will be for Donald Trump to squeeze Vladimir Putin’s economy: Japanese grand pianos. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump and Musk’s USAID ‘Shut Down’ Threat Opens Door for China Charities, diplomats and foreign officials around the world are frantically trying to figure out what will happen to the US agency that doles out over $40 billion in aid for everything from life-savin...

Donald Trump's crackdown on foreign aid has ground an engine of US geopolitical influence to a halt, creating an opening for rivals like China www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Threats Risk Stretching Europe’s Fragile Unity to Breaking Point The EU sees a trade clash as inevitable and has prepared a list of US goods to hit with duties in retaliation.

European officials are trying to rally support from member states as they brace for President Donald Trump to play on their divisions to force through his “America First” agenda www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Musk’s Election Interference Is Rattling German Political Class Elon Musk’s planned revolution in Germany may already be under way.

Elon Musk’s planned revolution in Germany may already be under way www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

EU Financial Chief Open to Small Blocs in Push for Capital Union The EU could consider moving forward with a “coalition of the willing” and not wait for all 27 members to agree on a capital markets union as it tries to break a deadlock in its decade-old plan and fi...

The EU's financial services chief Maria Luis Albuquerque is open to a "coalition of the willing" to move forward with a capital markets union, rather than waiting for all 27 member states to agree www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

EU to Bet on AI, Advanced Research and Clean Tech in Bid to Compete The European Union will propose establishing an advanced research project agency modeled on US government entities to invest in strategic technologies as part of a broader drive to boost the bloc’s co...

The EU plans to focus on AI, clean technology and advanced research as part of a broader drive to boost the bloc’s competitiveness, according to a draft report
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Zelenskiy Says US Must Be Part of Any Peacekeeping Force President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said any effective peacekeeping force deployed in Ukraine will need to include US troops, as he appealed to Donald Trump ahead of talks with Russia.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukraine needs US troops on the ground to secure peace, in an appeal to Donald Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

EU Risks Letting Russia Sanctions Expire as Orban Stalls Renewal The European Union is facing another potential showdown with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over his refusal to sign off on an extension of sanctions on Russia over its war against Ukraine.

The EU is facing another potential showdown with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over his refusal to sign off on an extension of sanctions on Russia www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Billionaires Worth $1.3 Trillion Embrace Trump at Inauguration A who’s who of the world’s wealthiest people surrounded President Donald Trump as he took the oath of office — gathering a combined net worth exceeding $1.3 trillion for the occasion.

A who’s who of the world’s wealthiest people surrounded President Donald Trump as he took the oath of office — gathering a combined net worth exceeding $1.3 trillion for the occasion www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Again Calls for EU to Buy More US Energy to Avoid Tariffs US President Donald Trump reiterated a call for the European Union to buy more American oil and gas if the bloc wants to avoid tariffs.

President Donald Trump reiterated a call for the EU to buy more American oil and gas if the bloc wants to avoid tariffs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Hedge Funds Kept $1.8 Trillion as Fees, Half Their Total Gains Hedge funds have long been regarded as notoriously expensive. New research reveals just how costly they truly are for their clients.

Nearly half of the hedge fund industry's $3.7 trillion in profits earned since 1969 was gobbled up as fees, new research reveals www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

EU’s Von Der Leyen Trying to Clinch Meeting With Trump European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is trying to schedule a meeting with Donald Trump in Florida ahead of the president-elect’s inauguration, according to two people familiar with the m...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is trying to schedule a meeting with Donald Trump in Florida ahead of the president-elect’s inauguration www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

EU Can’t Risk Complacency Ahead of Trump, Industry Chief Says The European Union must be ready to defend itself against protectionist trade measures by other countries, including any new steps taken by Donald Trump when he returns to the White House later this m...

The EU must be ready to defend itself against protectionist trade measures by other countries, including any new steps taken by Donald Trump when he returns to the White House later this month, the bloc’s industry chief said www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Is Europe Already at War With Putin’s Russia? Call it shadow or hybrid, everything points to war and the reluctance to call it that comes from decades of complacency on security.

Call it hybrid warfare. Call it terrorism. Whatever you call it, everything points to Europe being at war with Putin’s Russia in everything but name www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Russia’s Military Found a Surprisingly Simple Way to Buy US Chips A cache of internal Russian documents reviewed by Bloomberg reveals how Putin’s forces have been able to keep purchasing American semiconductors.

A cache of Russian internal documents reveals how Putin’s forces have found a surprisingly simple way to evade Western sanctions and buy US chips www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Europe on Collision Course with Trump on Big Tech Crackdown The European Union’s multiyear clampdown on some of the largest American companies is set to force President-elect Donald Trump to decide which bothers him more: Europe or Big Tech.

The EU's multiyear clampdown on some of the largest American companies is set to force Donald Trump to decide which bothers him more: Europe or Big Tech www.bloomberg.com/news/article...