Swamp Notes: Trump redefines America’s global role
American foreign aid supports everything from arms sales to HIV treatment. But this week, with the stroke of a pen, Donald Trump suspended nearly all of that aid for 90 days. The FT’s Africa editor Da...
1 Feb 202514min
SoftBank wants a piece of the AI pie
Apple revealed quarterly results that slightly exceeded Wall Street expectations, SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $25bn into OpenAI, and the European Central Bank cut interest rates as it wa...
31 Jan 202512min
The Fed ignores Trump’s calls to cut rates
Big Tech earnings season is in full swing, the US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady despite pressure from President Donald Trump, and Syria’s new government pressed Moscow about reparations. ...
30 Jan 202510min
Inside the Trump tariff debate
Advances in artificial intelligence by Chinese start-up DeepSeek caused a frantic sell-off of energy and infrastructure shares, and Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary is pushing for new universal tarif...
29 Jan 202510min
China’s DeepSeek AI triggers tech sell-off
US tech stocks tumbled after advances by Chinese start-up DeepSeek ignited worries over whether America could sustain its lead in artificial intelligence. Latin American leaders will hold an emergency...
28 Jan 202510min
Can US oil afford to ‘drill, baby, drill’?
Pressure is piling on the European Union to cut back its sustainability agenda, Wall Street may thwart President Donald Trump’s call for a new oil boom, and the US president unleashes retaliatory tari...
27 Jan 202510min
Swamp Notes: Donald Trump’s ‘vendetta agenda’
Donald Trump has made a lot of enemies over the years. He spent his first week back in the White House going after them — and is reshaping the federal government in the process. The FT’s Washington bu...
25 Jan 202515min
Trump steers the world toward a tax war
A federal judge has blocked US President Donald Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship, and shares in the leading makers of anti-obesity drugs have dipped. Trump has ordered officials to draw u...
24 Jan 202512min
