2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (696+ words) Aime Williams in Washington Welcome to White House Watch. Here’s what we’re looking at today: Bessent continues crusade against rising bond yields Trump vows $5,000 ‘dividend’ to US voters if Republicans win midterms US spy chief prepares for greater role in…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (504+ words) Financial Times There is a reason why Marco Rubio runs from the sound of gunfire Though he is America’s secretary of state and national security adviser — the first to combine those roles since Henry Kissinger — Rubio can…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (462+ words) man Financial Times Is it possible that Kevin Warsh will prove to be the central banker the US and the world needs?...

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1+ week, 2+ day ago   (814+ words) Stephanie Findlay in Houston Hello from Houston, where we have kicked off September with announcements on Venezuelan oil deals from the Trump administration and Chevron. The oil major’s $7bn plan is the first significant investment from a US major since the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (402+ words) George Hammond in San Francisco and Joe Miller in Washington The Trump administration has made an extraordinary intervention in a legal battle between The New York Times and OpenAI, siding with the $852bn AI group to reject the newspaper’s claims of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1045+ words) Steff Chávez and James Politi in Washington US Army secretary Dan Driscoll handed his resignation to Donald Trump on Monday with a blunt message about Pete Hegseth’s interference with the largest branch of America’s military. The departure of the army’s…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (525+ words) Abigail Hauslohner and Ella Lee in Washington The Trump administration has paused immigrant visa applications worldwide to accommodate “in-depth training” for consular officers as it seeks to screen out individuals deemed likely to need US assistance. Immigrant visa applicants with…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (317+ words) Make no mistake, the US is suffering a debt crisis. It is, of course, not an acute emergency like Argentina’s multiple defaults this century or Greece’s woes in the 2010s, but it has the characteristics of a chronic disaster that everyone…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (761+ words) Steff Chávez in Washington The Trump administration’s attacks on Canada have sparked a backlash among former US national security officials and Republicans, including claims Washington is “embarrassing” the US and demeaning a long-term ally. Donald Trump and lieutenants have repeatedly…...