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...Smith requested the trial start on July 8. The DoJ has a general policy against launching politically sensitive prosecutions within 60 days of an election....
...That string of dramatic U-turns has turned some of Trump’s most high-profile allies, including former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell, into potential liabilities for the ex-president....
...From Alabama to Wyoming, the FT’s Joshua Franklin completed the quest to visit all of America’s 50 states — part of a rising phenomenon of “completist” travel....
...It is the second set of charges brought by Smith, who was appointed by US attorney-general Merrick Garland to oversee probes involving the ex-president....
...The justice department also accused the ex-president of seeking to avoid compliance with a subpoena that requested he hand over classified documents....
...He did not look at his nemesis, Jack Smith, the special counsel, who was seated across the aisle behind a trio of federal prosecutors....
...And some concrete investment has been announced: $50mn from the New York State pension fund; £4mn from insurance technology company Frontline; a Bank of America-funded skills scheme for students from disadvantaged...
...Because there are lots of Conservative ex-ministers out there looking to be placed in work....
...And living as I do in the United States, where the presidential election has a year and half run-up, one of the best temperature-takers on what might lie ahead is Edward Luce’s rumbustious lunch with Donald...
...“When we talk about mainstream publications in America and the UK, the general line being pushed is the Israeli state line with little dissent. That’s very disturbing,” she says....
...In other war news: US secretary of state Antony Blinken and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov met for the first time since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 2....
...It announced last week that the six largest US banks — Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo — will participate in a pilot programme that will allow regulators...
...Separately, former Bloomberg Media chief executive Justin Smith and ex-New York Times media columnist Ben Smith have raised about $25mn for another high-end digital news start-up called Semafor....
...he had given it to an ex-wife in a divorce....
...In the intervening weeks, he had concluded that his only pathway to becoming Speaker was with the blessings of the disgraced ex-president....
...1MDB trial testimony shines light on fraud Testimony in the long-awaited trial of ex-Goldman banker Roger Ng has provided a unique window into one of the key players in an embezzlement scheme that US officials...
...“It takes a very strong-willed person to be able to resist getting beat up by the president of the United States....
...Moscow published its hardline demands on the foreign ministry’s website ahead of the meeting, including Nato removing all its forces from Bulgaria, Romania and other ex-communist states in eastern Europe...
...This FT Weekend read calls its balmy shores “the most important city in America” and details how it has been transformed from a haven of drugs, jai alai gambling and nightclubs into the world’s fastest-growing...
...Thanks for reading FirstFT Americas. Here’s the rest of today’s news — Gordon Five more stories in the news 1....
...‘Three amigos’ summit Joe Biden will meet the leaders of Mexico and Canada at the White House later today, the first trilateral meeting between the three heads of state since 2016....
...The new president of the United States Conference of Mayors, Suarez, who was re-elected mayor of Miami last year with 79 per cent of the vote, is a Republican....
...One of the big questions for this century is whether China can keep growing until it’s as rich as Japan, or even the United States. How China tackles Evergrande will offer clues to the answer....
...as the United States, Europe or Japan....
...Email me at gordon.smith@ft.com. Thanks for reading and here’s the rest of today’s news — Gordon Five more stories in the news 1....
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