Béla Fleck has canceled his appearance at the Kennedy Center after Donald Trump‘s name was attached to the institution following a board vote, which the former Apprentice show host controls. In a statement on social media, the Grammy-winning musician explained why he withdrew from appearing at the venue. “I have withdrawn from my upcoming performance … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer is putting a new minister in charge of rolling out digital IDs as the prime minister seeks to improve public sentiment towards the contentious scheme. Labour MP Josh Simons, who is currently … Read more
After the administration promised to “bring manufacturing home”, the city has seen obstacle after obstacle. Those on the ground think 2026 could be a turning point for local production.
US President Donald Trump told Republicans on Tuesday he could be impeached if the party loses the US midterm elections this year. “You got to win the midterms, because if we don’t win the midterms, it’s just going to be — I mean — they’ll find a reason to impeach me,” Trump said in a … Read more
As Hollywood prepares for a new round of potentially sweeping labor deals over the next few months, the Animation Guild has seen 2025 end with some solid and long sought unionization votes. In the past few weeks, feature teams at Netflix Animation Studios, DreamWorks Animation remote works and comparable staff from NBCU’s Ted series have … Read more
“They’re pretty broad, experience-based auctions that we’ve been doing for a little while, and it’s been successful. This time we probably raised over $100,000,” says Hanazawa, who co-founded the organization alongside Julie Gilhart, Miki Higasa, and Tomoko Ogura in 2011 in response to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Since then, they’ve raised funds for a … Read more
Gold and silver briefly reclaimed their spot as the two biggest assets by market capitalization as the new year rolled in with uncertainty. According to data from analytics platform CompaniesMarketCap, gold currently has a market cap of $31.1 trillion, sitting at the top spot. Silver, which has been trading places with Nvidia for second place … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chevron and private equity group Quantum Energy Partners are teaming up on a bid to buy the international assets of sanctioned Russian oil company Lukoil. If a deal is clinched, Chevron and Quantum plan to … Read more
A year on from the fires that devastated Los Angeles, Vogue Business takes stock of fashion’s recovery and rebuilding efforts as part of our series, Refashioning LA, assessing where the city’s fashion and apparel industry is headed in 2026. For the next few weeks, Hollywood will briefly feel like Hollywood again. Awards season has kicked … Read more
Ripple’s payment token, XRP, has just been labelled by CNBC as the “new cryptocurrency darling” after gaining 25% in the first week of the new year. “The hottest crypto trade of the year is not Bitcoin, it is not Ether, it is XRP,” said CNBC;s Power Lunch host Brian Sullivan on Tuesday. XRP price surges … Read more