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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Recently, while I was catching up with a friend who works in social and religious services in the American south, I asked what she was doing to stay hopeful these days. As she told … Read more
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It is time for me to eat some humble pie. Just the one slice, mind you. This also involves a doff of the cap to Graham from Portadown. I don’t know Graham personally, but our … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world In the seaside town where my parents had a weekend place, having a shiny car was risky. Wild turkeys lived in the marsh. If they wandered into your driveway, one might see its … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Dying just got cheaper for wealthy Americans. Following the passing of Donald Trump’s landmark tax bill last week, only those with assets of more than $15mn will be subject to the federal estate … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world So Donald Trump’s July 9 deadline to reimpose his so-called “reciprocal tariffs” turned out to be a deferral, though whether to August 1 or September 1 isn’t clear. Very possibly they get postponed … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Technology myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Techworld is abuzz with how artificial intelligence agents are going to augment, if not replace, humans in the workplace. But the present-day reality of agentic AI falls well short of the future promise. What happened when … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sitting in his Oasis-themed bar, surrounded by merchandise and memorabilia, Paul Gallagher ponders Manchester’s relationship with one of its most famous musical exports. “There’s not actually that much to see in Manchester, Oasis-wise,” he muses, … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world In the late 1960s, after the discovery of natural gas deposits in the North Sea, the Dutch economy changed dramatically over a relatively short period. In 1964, the country had exported almost no … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The writer is an FT contributing editor, chief economist at American Compass and writes the Understanding America newsletter The Trump administration’s immigration policy has assumed the “will they, won’t they” character of a mediocre … Read more