Special Report:As one of the top private landlords on U.S. Army bases, real estate magnate John Picerne has secured iron-clad assurances of profit. His company stands to earn $1 billion in fees, Reuters found, while some of his warrior-tenants clamor for repairs in unsafe base housing. Read the investigation.
A partial U.S. government shutdownwas widely expected to continue after Congress reconvenes, with lawmakers split over President Donald Trump’s demand for $5 billion in taxpayer funding for a proposed Mexican border wall. Here is a look at how the partial shutdown of U.S. government could play out.
Commentary:Will impeachment lead to Donald Trump’s removal from office in 2019? There will be plenty of talk about it, writes political scientist Lincoln Mitchell, but given how unlikely it is that the Republican-controlled Senate will approve, expect Trump to make it through another year as president – and the Democrats to be prevented from passing any meaningful legislation.
Oil prices fell after rebounding 8 percent in the previous session, as worries over a glut in crude supply and concerns over a faltering global economy pressured prices even as a stock market rally offered support.
Apple will begin assembling its top-end iPhones in India through the local unit of Foxconn as early as 2019, the first time the Taiwanese contract manufacturer will have made the product in the country, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Venezuela cocoa trader Freddy Galindo has battled highway robberies, kidnappings of family members and declining quality in his 19 years exporting the nation’s legendary beans. This year’s harvest brought a new worry: meddling by the socialist government.
