Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Tim Walz has dropped his bid for re-election as Minnesota governor amid mounting pressure over allegations of sprawling state welfare fraud, after rising to national prominence as Kamala Harris’s running mate in 2024. … 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 Sir Keir Starmer has suffered fierce criticism over his refusal to label the US assault on Venezuela as a breach of international law, in a row which has derailed his attempt to start … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Latvian authorities have searched a ship suspected of damaging an undersea optic cable in the Baltic, the sixth outage or damage to an underwater cable in the region in as many days, as western allies … 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 Nicolás Maduro told a New York court he was “innocent” and “a decent man” as he and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty to US charges after being captured in Caracas on … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has removed Ukraine’s popular security service chief, deepening a reshuffle of the country’s security services at a sensitive moment in efforts to end the war with Russia. Vasyl Malyuk, who oversees the … Read more
The price of Venezuela’s defaulted debts surged by 24 per cent on Monday following the US apprehension of Nicolás Maduro, delivering a windfall to hedge funds and other investors who had snapped up the bonds for cents on the dollar. Venezuela’s government bonds, in default since 2017, jumped to 41 cents on the dollar on … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Novo Nordisk is launching a weight-loss pill price war as it seeks to keep pace with arch-rival Eli Lilly in the market for GLP-1 drugs. The Danish drugmaker announced on Monday that patients could purchase … 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 President Donald Trump likes the idea of “very large” US oil companies going into Venezuela, investing billions of dollars and getting the oil flowing again. The companies themselves have reason to be less … 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 Monroe Doctrine is a big deal, but we’ve superseded it by a lot, by a real lot. They now call it the ‘Donroe Doctrine.” So said Donald Trump, a few hours after … Read more
After decapitating Venezuela’s government, President Donald Trump is betting that the US can bend Caracas to its will, secure lucrative oil contracts for American companies, eject hostile powers and end drug trafficking. But other scenarios for the South American nation also beckon, such as internal strife and conflict with Washington, after Saturday’s unprecedented strike by … Read more