Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Coming, ready or not. The battle plans drawn up by the US’s trade antagonists — ie everyone — are being tested. Donald Trump’s trade war has begun. How can trading partners respond? Canada … Read more
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer is chief executive of the New America think-tank and an FT contributing editor As the Trump administration threatens to refuse compliance with judicial decisions and interferes with the federal government’s prosecutorial … Read more
As winter gives way to spring, the changes show most clearly in gardens at ground level. Persistent wet weather has induced another superb display from Britain’s snowdrops. Crocuses began well but their flowers have been hit by repeated storms. Now it is the turn of small irises, scillas and narcissi, and those mountain plants which … Read more
A teenager who boarded a commercial flight in Australia armed with a shotgun and ammunition was overpowered by passengers and crew, the police said on Friday. The teenager, a 17-year-old boy whose identity was not released, had entered the aircraft with the firearm, the department said. Officers from the Victoria Police were called to Avalon … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Boots meal deal is a UK cultural phenomenon. The customer pays one price, and gets items that, sold separately, would cost a fair bit more. Private equity firm Sycamore Partners presumably thinks it can … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writers are professors at MIT and winners of the Nobel Prize in economics On Wednesday last week, the Trump administration cancelled 90 per cent of the contracts signed by USAID. A few days earlier, … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Recent weeks have brought multiple examples of companies reversing course — on diversity policy, green energy targets and flexible working — as the corporate world adapts, sometimes shamelessly and self-interestedly, to the fast-changing political landscape. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US industrialist J Paul Getty is said to have remarked that “if you owe the bank $100, that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100mn, that’s the bank’s problem.” Although Thames Water may … Read more
This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Good morning. Tired of uncertainty? Too bad: the Trump administration backtracked again on its tariffs on Canada and Mexico, giving … Read more