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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 Romania has banned the far-right frontrunner in the country’s presidential vote from taking part in the election, in a move he denounced as “tyranny” and which came despite Trump administration warnings to respect…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump has declined to rule out either a recession or higher inflation while dismissing the concerns of business over a lack of clarity on tariffs, after a tumultuous week in which he…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Elon Musk has asked to meet Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella, amid growing doubts in Rome about a potential $1.5bn deal with Starlink, the multi-billionaire’s internet satellite provider. Musk wrote on X late on Saturday that…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump’s record-breaking 100-minute speech on Tuesday to a rowdy joint session of Congress made for a curious and cringeworthy spectacle — and I am not even referring to the (largely predictable) braggadocio…

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Ukraine’s first days of fighting without US support have seen its troops forced to give up more of the Russian territory they seized last year in the Kursk region. Russia intensified its offensive in…

This article is an on-site version of Free Lunch newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Thursday and Sunday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Happy Sunday. This week I return to the US economy. The odds of a recession in America rose…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hundreds of people have been killed in Syria after clashes between pro-government and pro-Assad forces escalated into sectarian violence, with interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa calling for calm in what has become the greatest challenge for…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Japan’s trade minister is heading to Washington in a last-minute attempt to seek tariff exemptions after President Donald Trump openly questioned a long-standing security pact between the US and one of its closest…

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China’s consumer prices fell in February for the first time in 13 months, in data that was distorted by seasonal factors but suggests deflationary pressures continue to weigh on the world’s second-largest economy. The consumer…

Wealthy Chinese investors are quietly funnelling tens of millions of dollars into private companies controlled by Elon Musk using an arrangement that shields their identities from public view, according to asset managers and investors involved in the transactions. Since Musk was named a key figure in US President Donald Trump’s drive to remake the US…