Schroders: congressional gridlock may prove costly this time City Talk This year’s US midterms look set to produce a divided government in Washington. Investors have historically viewed congressional gridlock as market-friendly, but that assumption may no longer hold, says George Brown Midterm elections are often a painful reckoning for the party in power, with current polling suggesting the Republicans are unlikely to escape that fate. [...]
Trump could gain £2.4bn in Truth Social public float US Politics Former US President Donald Trump could be in the money to the tune of £2.4bn after investors approved his plan to launch online platform Truth Social on the stock market.
Super Tuesday has ‘never mattered less’: Donald Trump to seal Republican presidential nomination US Politics Donald Trump will likely secure the Republican nomination in the weeks after a major day of primaries - Super Tuesday - being dubbed a “formality”.
‘Had enough of experts?’ Record level of Brits now want them in charge April 6, 2023 Record levels of Britons now want experts to run the country, a global democracy survey has found. Almost two thirds of the British public – 61 per cent – in 2022, said having experts, not politicians, make decisions according to what they think best, was a good way of governing. The finding comes six years [...]
US Democrats want more EV charging point funding to lower emissions in $1 trillion spending bill August 10, 2021 A group of 28 US House Democrats says the $1 trillion (£725bn) infrastructure bill poised for vote in the Senate falls short in electric vehicle (EV) funding. The current one trillion dollar bipartisan bill includes $7.5bn in electric vehicle infrastructure funding. The 28 Representatives have asked congressional leaders to add $85 billion towards an EV [...]