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One of the president’s most recent executive orders paved the way for American retirement accounts to invest in cryptocurrencies and private equity. It’s a seismic change for savers and investors both. The FT’s Sujeet Indap and Duke University professor Elisabeth de Fontenay break down what it means for you and for Washington.
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Donald Trump exposes US retirees to new world of risk with 401k order
Trump opens US retirement plans to crypto and private equity investments
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Six months after the Trump administration gutted the US Agency for International Development, experts are tracking the impact of its absence. The FT’s David Pilling and the Brookings Institution’s George Ingram describe the surprising ways countries are adapting to a world with less resources for the poor, sick and starving.
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What the closure of USAID is really costing the world
USAID cuts threaten 14mn extra deaths by 2030, warns study
The shifting future of foreign aid
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On a visit to the UK this week, Trump broke from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stance on the war in Gaza. The FT’s Edward Luce and US foreign affairs correspondent Abigail Hauslohner unpack how the situation in the region became so dire, and why world leaders are pressuring Trump to act.
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Has Gaza tested the limits of Donald Trump’s support for Benjamin Netanyahu?
‘Worst-case scenario’ of famine unfolding in Gaza, says global hunger monitor
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CREDIT: CNN, Times News, France24
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The US president is angry with the chair of the Federal Reserve over interest rates. He’s applying a lot of pressure on Jay Powell to lower them or leave his job. The FT’s Claire Jones and Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, break down what will happen if Trump succeeds in either of those goals.
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Donald Trump and Jay Powell spar as US president visits Federal Reserve
Why a $2.5bn refurbishment of the Federal Reserve could be Jay Powell’s undoing
Donald Trump brings war against the Fed to Jay Powell’s home turf
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CREDIT: CNBC
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Zohran Mamdani shocked a city, and his own political party, when he soundly defeated his influential rival in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary election. Now, as the second leg of the race reveals itself, Mamdani has a chance to redefine how the party talks about its critical issues. The FT’s Rana Foroohar and the American Enterprise Institute’s Michael Strain discuss what the party can learn from its nominee and what it would mean if he won.
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New York’s Zohran Mamdani wins over some of the city’s business elite
Zohran Mamdani is wrong — of course billionaires should exist
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CREDIT: Zohran Mamdani For NYC, NBC News, NPR, NY1, CNBC
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When US President Donald Trump threatened 200 per cent tariffs on foreign-made pharmaceuticals, investors responded like it was a placebo. It’s the latest spat between drugmakers and an administration that share a complicated relationship. The FT’s Hannah Kuchler and Patrick Temple-West explain why Trump and Big Pharma aren’t getting along, and what that prescribes for the future of the industry.
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Investors shrug off Donald Trump’s 200% tariff on pharma
The looming ‘patent cliff’ facing Big Pharma
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Swamp Notes is produced by Henry Larson. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s acting co-head of audio is Topher Forhecz. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson.
CREDIT: The White House, Roll Call
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US President Donald Trump’s approach to the economy has left investors on edge and markets unsure how to react. But his tariffs, trade deals and Truth Social posts have left some corporations better off than others. The FT’s Derek Brower and Gregory Meyer break down who is coming out on top, and who is getting left behind.
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Triumphing under Trump: the corporate winners and losers
Is Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ a political curse for Republicans?
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CREDIT: The White House, LiveNOW from Fox, Forbes
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After more than a week of fighting between Israel and Iran, US President Donald Trump bombed the Islamic republic and then announced a ceasefire. Former national security adviser John Bolton and the FT’s chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman share their views on what America’s relationship with Iran should look like next and what will happen to the embattled regime.
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How Israel inadvertently reawakened Iranian nationalism
Early intelligence suggests Iran’s uranium largely intact, European officials say
Trump’s fragile peace in the Middle East
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As the conflict between Israel and Iran enters its second week, US President Donald Trump is openly considering bombing the Islamic republic. If he does, he runs the risk of angering a faction in his coalition that has long derided US military intervention overseas. The FT’s Edward Luce and Guy Chazan unpack the conservative power players and Maga influencers who now find themselves on opposite sides.
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Donald Trump’s anti-war pledge tested as Israel’s attack on Iran splits Maga base
Maga’s battle with Israel for Trump’s mind
How Trump can offer Iran a way out
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CREDIT: Tucker Carlson, OANN, Christian Science Monitor, Fox News
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US President Donald Trump deployed federal troops to quell protests in Los Angeles the same week of a massive military parade in Washington, DC. How might this change the relationship between the country and its military? James Politi, the FT’s Washington bureau chief, and Chris Mirasola, law professor at the University of Houston, break down how the administration is defending its growing comfort with displays of armed force.
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Donald Trump tests limits of presidential authority by sending troops into Los Angeles
US court halts order demanding Donald Trump return control of California’s National Guard
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US President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on steel to 50 per cent this week. He’s also allowing Japan’s Nippon to buy the US Steel Corporation. The moves are meant to bring back manufacturing to America’s steel industry. But will they? FT senior trade writer Alan Beattie and Zehra Munir, the FT’s industrial reporter, discuss whether Trump can make good on a popular promise.
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It’s always steel — tariffs provide Trump with a familiar trade weapon
Donald Trump’s US Steel gamble: Pennsylvania workers warm to Nippon tie-up
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CREDIT: The White House YouTube channel
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In a special six-part series of The Economics Show, Martin Wolf, the FT’s chief economics commentator, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman discuss the economic events reshaping the world in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s election.
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Republicans are often known as the party of fiscal responsibility. This week, Swamp Notes unravels the US House of Representatives’ “big, beautiful” bill and its uncertain path forward in the Senate. Edward Luce, US national editor and columnist, and James Politi, Washington bureau chief, explain what made congressional Republicans go all in on big spending, tax cuts and more debt.
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US House passes Donald Trump’s showpiece tax bill
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This week, Swamp Notes goes to London for a live recording. Katie Martin, host of the Unhedged podcast, and Chris Giles, author of the FT’s Central Banks newsletter, discuss what Trump’s next few months might be like. Have markets truly recovered from the “liberation day” shock? What happens after the 90-day tariff pause is over? Our guests weigh in.
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Within the space of one week, US President Donald Trump endorsed tax increases for America’s top earners and promised to slash drug prices by up to 70 per cent. It’s a platform that echoes former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and others on the political left. So why are we hearing it from Trump, and why now? FT’s Washington bureau chief James Politi and global business columnist Rana Foroohar are on the show to discuss.
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Trump leans left in bid to revive flagging poll numbers
Why ‘Make Hollywood Great Again’ makes sense
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CREDIT: clip from Forbes
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Introducing Swamp Notes, the FT's US politics chat show. Every Saturday, host Marc Filippino talks to reporters in Washington as well as the FT's veteran US political commentators and a cast of expert guests to explain what the latest moves in the Capitol mean for the economy, business and for people in America — and beyond. Subscribe and listen for incisive analysis, on-the-ground insights and a uniquely global perspective.
Swamp Notes launches May 17.
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