Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world A top Federal Reserve official has accused the White House of escalating its attack on the central bank after the Trump administration lashed out at a study that suggested tariffs were hurting Americans. … 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 UK government signalled reluctance about allowing the US to use British bases to launch strikes against Iran before Donald Trump lashed out at London’s deal to cede ownership of the Chagos Islands … 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 teaches at Dartmouth College and served as senior director for counterterrorism and, later, the Middle East and north Africa at the US National Security Council When I worked in Bill Clinton’s … Read more
As oil prices surge and Donald Trump orders one of the largest American military build-ups in the Middle East in years, time appeared to be running out to avert a new conflict between the US and Iran. Both sides met for a second round of nuclear talks this week, with Tehran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Global Counsel, the advisory firm founded by Lord Peter Mandelson, is set to go into administration as soon as Friday in the wake of revelations about the former peer and Jeffrey Epstein, its staff have … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Massacres committed by Sudanese paramilitaries during their 18-month siege and subsequent capture of the city of El Fasher last year bear the hallmarks of genocide, according to a report from UN investigators. The report found … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government on Thursday condemned Iran’s sentencing of a British couple to 10 years’ imprisonment for alleged spying. UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper said the conviction of Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who were arrested … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Private credit group Blue Owl will permanently restrict investors from withdrawing their cash from its inaugural private retail debt fund, backtracking from an earlier plan to reopen to redemptions this quarter. The New York investment … Read more
Several people with knowledge of the past investigation into alleged bullying by Dame Antonia Romeo, who was named on Thursday as the country’s top civil servant, raised concerns about her with the Cabinet Office this month. Three individuals contacted the department after Romeo emerged as the frontrunner to succeed Sir Chris Wormald as cabinet secretary, … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Bill Gates has pulled out of a keynote speech at a high-profile global AI summit in India, as the Gates Foundation continues to manage the fallout from its chair’s interactions with Jeffrey Epstein. The philanthropic … Read more