The most interesting thing for you
Argument Efficiency Isn’t Everything Successful delivery of state services requires judgment, not chainsaws. April 7, 2025, 6:00 AM Comment icon View Comments () By Yamini Aiyar, a senior visiting fellow at Brown University’s Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia and Watson Institute, and Dan Honig, an associate professor at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public…
Argument An expert’s point of view on a current event. Another Anti-Corruption Pillar Crumbles Not enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act makes life harder for U.S. businesses—and easier for drug traffickers. By Jodi Vittori, a professor of the practice and co-chair of global politics and security at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. A man enters…
Analysis Big Money in American Politics Started Here How a 1976 Supreme Court decision paved the way for Elon Musk’s campaign in Wisconsin. A pencil drawing of a man smiling and wearing glassesJulian E. Zelizer By Julian E. Zelizer, a columnist at Foreign Policy and a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University….
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. You might have missed it, but April is “Financial Literacy Month” in the US. On April 1 (yes, really!) the White House released the following statement from Donald Trump: During this National Financial Literacy Month,…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Last week, said the head of trading at one brokerage in Tokyo, markets were unsure what they were seeing. Was Donald Trump serious about tariffs or was it brinkmanship? Would there be a sudden…
<!–> Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays agreed to a $500 million, 14-year contract that starts in 2026, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press, a deal that removes what would have been the biggest star from next offseason’s free-agent market. The person spoke on condition of anonymity early Monday…
<!–> Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has agreed to a 14-year, $500 million contract extension with the Toronto Blue Jays, per multiple reports. The extension for the 26-year-old is pending a physical. Guerrero was set to be a free agent after the 2025 season, but will instead likely spend the entirety of his career with the Blue…
China could further ratchet up pressure on American companies in retaliation for US President Donald Trump’s tariffs as it holds back some firepower for negotiations between the world’s two biggest economies in an escalating trade war. Beijing has already hit back, increasing levies on US goods by 34 per cent and taking a raft of…
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is chair of Rockefeller International. His latest book is ‘What Went Wrong With Capitalism’ After Donald Trump chose the nuclear option for delivering on his tariff threats, adding to fears of global stagflation, US…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs risk triggering a large “negative demand shock” in the Eurozone, a senior European Central Bank policymaker said as the ECB weighs an interest rate decision later this…
