Congress of the United States

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April 23, 2024

Joe Biden

Special counsel who cited Joe Biden’s memory lapses defends report in Congress

...the president’s state of mind”....

March 12, 2024

FT Live

Future of the Car

The technology and new business models shaping the next decade in automotive

TikTok Inc

TikTok ban bill put on faster track through US Congress

...It would also give the president authority to issue a one-time extension of 90 days....

April 17, 2024

News in-depthMike Johnson

Inside House Speaker Mike Johnson’s conversion on aid for Ukraine

...Johnson also received briefings from top Pentagon officials, including those from United States European Command. The intelligence was persuasive....

April 24, 2024

Edward Luce

America’s ‘do-harm’ Congress

...The only way for Biden to overcome that disadvantage is by laying out the consequences of the “do-harm Congress” again and again in different parts of the country....

February 7, 2024

Israel-Hamas war

Republican House Speaker set to invite Benjamin Netanyahu to address US Congress

...The senator’s statement added that Israel had “no stronger ally than the United States and our relationship transcends any one president or any one prime minister”....

March 21, 2024

FT Live

Bank of the Year Awards 2024

Recognising the best in banking globally

Federal Trade Commission US

Employee non-compete ban challenged in court by US business groups

...Dozens of US states have already imposed some form of limitations on non-competes, but only four have banned them entirely....

April 24, 2024

War in Ukraine

US aid for Ukraine: a new chance for $60bn to get through Congress?

...Biden cannot force the hand of Congress. But the president has a bully pulpit — and he is using it....

February 14, 2024

Letter

Letter: Trumpian parallels in the annals of Ancient China

...The “Guoyu”, or “Discourses of the States”, an ancient text from the fourth century BC, describes “when the state is about to perish its ruler is greedy, reckless, depraved and perverted....

March 25, 2024

Sovereign bonds

The looming New York sovereign debt bills debacle

...Under the US Constitution, bankruptcy laws are to be enacted only by the US Congress, and only federal courts handle bankruptcy cases....

April 22, 2024

News updates from March 8: US adds 275,000 jobs in February; Bitcoin and gold touch new highs

Biden tells Congress to ‘stand up’ to Putin in State of the Union speech

...Joe Biden called on Congress to “stand up” to Russian President Vladimir Putin as he opened his annual speech to Congress with a plea to support Ukraine and criticism of Donald Trump for undermining the...

March 8, 2024

Person in the News

Mike Johnson, another House Speaker under attack from his own side

...Johnson was born in Shreveport, a small city in the north-west corner of the state, in 1972 to a 17-year-old mother....

April 12, 2024

War in Ukraine

Biden tells Zelenskyy US weapons will arrive ‘quickly’

...Ukraine’s president also added: “Everything has been decided in the ATACMS negotiations for Ukraine. I am grateful to President Biden, Congress, and the entire United States.”...

April 22, 2024

How To Spend It In...

Louis Sarkozy’s guide to Washington DC

...If I could buy one building in DC it would be the Library of Congress; I would close it to the public and install a pool table and whisky bar in place of the research desks....

April 24, 2024

Hunter Biden

US House Republicans move to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress

...House Republicans have recommended holding President Joe Biden’s son Hunter in contempt of US Congress, an admonishment for defying their subpoena to privately testify before their impeachment inquiry....

January 10, 2024

FT Live

Business Book of the Year Award 2024

The search for the best business book is under way

US politics & policy

US Congress passes spending bill to avert government shutdown

...Speaking on Thursday before a trip to North Carolina, Biden warned of a “disaster” if no deal was reached. “I think the vast majority of members of Congress support aid to Ukraine....

January 18, 2024

News in-depthDonald Trump

Trump masks his rage as ‘hush money’ trial starts

...to previous testimony before Congress, sought reimbursement from his boss for “legal services”....

April 23, 2024

News in-depthWar in Ukraine

Ukraine hurries to fill US funding gap

...Months of political deadlock in the US Congress over a $60bn aid package for Ukraine has left Kyiv desperately looking for alternative donors to fund its war effort against Russia and avert swingeing cuts...

March 10, 2024

US budget

US Congress leaders reach $1.66tn spending deal ahead of feared shutdown

...Republicans control the House by a razor-thin margin after the departure in recent weeks of several members of Congress, including former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy....

January 7, 2024

Bankruptcy

The US scourge of venue shopping

...That’s not the way the system ought to work. Congress has considered many fixes over the years....

March 28, 2024

ReviewAlbums

St Vincent balances rawness and artifice on All Born Screaming

...Subsequent songs also take pleasure in extreme states of mind. “Reckless” treats sex as an all-consuming experience, the flipside of death....

April 24, 2024

News updates from March 12: US inflation rises to 3.2%; White House warns Israel against ‘smashing into Rafah’

Special counsel who cited Joe Biden’s memory lapses defends report in Congress

...Biden’s state of mind”....

March 12, 2024

US foreign policy

Joe Biden vows to keep pushing for release of US reporter held in Russia

...“Forty-five years ago, Evan’s parents, Ella and Mikhail Gershkovich, found refuge in the United States after fleeing the Soviet Union....

March 29, 2024

US society

Columbia University’s ‘Gaza encampment’ becomes centre of US stand-off

...“Today, in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, we are in high spirits. We are united in our cause. We are building community. We are eating together. We are keeping each other safe and warm....

April 24, 2024

FT Schools

US High School Economics class: Argentina’s Javier Milei says he doesn’t need congress to save the economy

...Specification: Fiscal Policy Click to read the article below and then answer the questions: Argentina’s Javier Milei says he doesn’t need congress to save the economy Describe the current state of Argentina...

March 4, 2024

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