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Letter: When ‘Minnesota nice’ can cause workplace confusion

...As a Minnesotan, I’m of course familiar with the “Minnesota nice” cultural stereotype, which implies that residents of my state are unusually courteous compared with people from other places....

March 21, 2024

Super Tuesday: How the night unfolded

Minnesota’s ‘uncommitted’ movement expects to send at least one delegate to DNC

...The protest vote against President Joe Biden in the state’s Democratic primary has reached 19.7 per cent of the total with 67 per cent of precincts reporting, according to the Minnesota secretary of state...

March 6, 2024

FT Live

Business Book of the Year Award 2024

The search for the best business book is under way

Super Tuesday: How the night unfolded

Progressives do well in Minnesota but Biden still beat Sanders last time

...Minnesota has a history of high turnout and progressive politics, as one might guess of a state where the official moniker of one of the parties is the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party....

March 5, 2024

Super Tuesday: How the night unfolded

Trump picks up 11th victory in Minnesota — AP

...Donald Trump claimed his 11th victory of the night by winning the Minnesota Republican primary, according to the Associated Press....

March 6, 2024

Super Tuesday: How the night unfolded

Minnesota progressives ask voters to stay ‘uncommitted’ on Biden

...Minnesota is also home to a relatively high proportion of Muslims because it is a hub for Somali immigrants....

March 5, 2024

Super Tuesday: How the night unfolded

Gaza protest vote strong in Minnesota with 15% of ballots uncommitted

...Biden had 73 per cent of the vote with about 21 per cent of ballots counted. Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips had 9 per cent of the vote....

March 6, 2024

FT Live

Future of the Car

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

Letter

Letter: Don’t keep voters in the dark over Big Tech’s role

...Peter CalowProfessor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota,Minneapolis, MN, US...

April 15, 2024

Super Tuesday: How the night unfolded

Polls for seven states shut in spurt of Super Tuesday closings

...Voting booths in seven states have closed, marking the end of polling in almost half of the states taking part in Super Tuesday....

March 6, 2024

UK politics opinion polls

UK general election poll tracker

...The Financial Times’ UK poll tracker combines voting intention surveys published by major British pollsters ahead of the general election expected this year....

April 23, 2024

Super Tuesday: How the night unfolded

Five things you should know from Super Tuesday

...Her campaign’s statement on Tuesday night gave no clues on the future of her campaign. Biden swept the states in play for Democrats but lost two delegates in Minnesota that were “uncommitted”....

March 6, 2024

Super Tuesday: How the night unfolded

Five things to watch on Super Tuesday

...Minnesota: The North Star State will be another test of voter sentiment around Biden’s support for Israel amid mounting civilian deaths in Gaza....

March 5, 2024

US Election Countdown

Opening salvos in Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial

...And today, the president will visit Trump’s adopted home state of Florida, one week before its new six-week abortion ban goes into effect....

April 23, 2024

FT readers respond

FT readers respond: UK ‘pothole crisis’

...A range of these responses are published below. Join the conversation by sharing your views in the comment section. *Comments have been edited for length and style...

April 24, 2024

Super Tuesday: How the night unfolded

How high is the share of uncommitted Democratic voters on Super Tuesday?

...As of 10pm Eastern time, here are the shares of such voters in participating US states on Super Tuesday....

March 6, 2024

Inside BusinessSujeet Indap

Delaware, Inc agonises about Musk backlash as its lawyers seek changes

...The lawyers are members of the Delaware state bar association that customarily makes such proposals to update the state’s corporate law....

April 23, 2024

FT Live

Bank of the Year Awards 2024

Recognising the best in banking globally

US Election Countdown

The next phase in the US election

...But Minnesota proved a pesky state for Biden for other reasons. Nineteen per cent of Democrats there voted “uncommitted”, mainly to protest against his stance on the war in Gaza....

March 7, 2024

ReviewFiction

Caledonian Road — Andrew O’Hagan’s state-of-Britain novel

...If this is a state-of-the-nation novel, O’Hagan paints a bleak portrait....

March 28, 2024

UK local elections

UK ‘pothole crisis’ threatens Conservative party ahead of local elections

...For a party that is “proudly pro-car”, in the words of transport secretary Mark Harper, the state of Britain’s roads is a serious problem, reflecting on years of constraints on the local councils charged...

April 16, 2024

US presidential election 2024

Highlights from Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech

...Here are the key takeaways from Biden’s 2024 State of the Union speech. Did Biden dispel doubts about his age?...

March 8, 2024

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Swamp Notes: Did Biden's State of the Union hit the mark?

...Joe Biden was in the spotlight this week as he made his annual State of the Union address....

March 9, 2024

Super Tuesday: How the night unfolded

Biden poised to take big leap towards securing Democratic nomination

...On Tuesday all eyes will be on Minnesota, another state in the upper Midwest with a significant share of Arab-American voters, to see if Biden suffers significant defections....

March 5, 2024

FirstFT

FirstFT: The main takeaways from Biden’s State of the Union speech

...The US will set up a port on the Gaza coast for large ships carrying humanitarian supplies, the president confirmed in his State of the Union speech last night....

March 8, 2024

Letter

Letter: We can beat the baby bust — with the right policies

...in the network of aid used by the Italian province of Alto Adige (South Tyrol), whose birth rate has held steady over decades, as The New York Times recently reported on....

April 5, 2024

Transcript

Transcript: Swamp Notes — Did Biden’s State of the Union hit the mark?

...We’ve talked about this a little bit, but I think one of the most revealing things came during the response to the State of the Union, when the party not in power has a chance to rebut the State of the Union...

March 10, 2024

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Nigeria’s kidnapping racket is a symptom of a failing state

...The deeper problem is the failure of the Nigerian state. The country had a challenging start....

March 12, 2024

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