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Now what?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mark Mazower on the long history and troubled present of the transatlantic relationship]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/4f11cdfb-ff57-49e4-a2af-f9fcaf278940</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4f11cdfb-ff57-49e4-a2af-f9fcaf278940</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2025 04:00:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chinese students shaken by US visa crackdown look for Plan B]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prospective scholars think twice about Trump’s America and consider applying to universities elsewhere]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/518bb034-7eaf-43d2-a735-e77b66ca1299</link><guid isPermaLink="false">518bb034-7eaf-43d2-a735-e77b66ca1299</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2025 04:00:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The court of King Donald]]></title><description><![CDATA[People are willing to tolerate transparent conflicts of interest but they won’t stand for hypocrisy]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/7b53bd79-a236-4334-abc5-30ce57f4ad5b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">7b53bd79-a236-4334-abc5-30ce57f4ad5b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2025 04:00:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Republicans still care about debt?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The House of Representatives voted to spend more and cut less. Many Republicans don’t mind]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/b6b7b8a4-9feb-4fa5-b0ca-d7a739d6fc05</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b6b7b8a4-9feb-4fa5-b0ca-d7a739d6fc05</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US warns Brazilian judge over order to block rightwing video platform user]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump administration steps up campaign against Alexandre de Moraes for alleged free speech clampdown]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3edc46ad-d23e-460b-ab40-b2401dc9d7c3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3edc46ad-d23e-460b-ab40-b2401dc9d7c3</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 21:22:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dimon warns US bond market will ‘crack’ under pressure from rising debt]]></title><description><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase chief calls on Trump administration to set country on better fiscal path]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8c3628f3-477f-4124-8b3f-2bb76bf567cd</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8c3628f3-477f-4124-8b3f-2bb76bf567cd</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 20:25:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk ‘not really leaving’ the US government, says Trump ]]></title><description><![CDATA[President praises his billionaire backer as he steps down from heading the Doge cost-cutting initiative]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f611a566-ef73-4033-a5c6-f2d458fb33e2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f611a566-ef73-4033-a5c6-f2d458fb33e2</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 19:58:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump accuses China of violating US tariff truce]]></title><description><![CDATA[Washington warns talks with Beijing are ‘stalled’ two weeks after reaching deal that temporarily lowered duties]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/51e80ce8-2969-4552-8565-aac56453e6a1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">51e80ce8-2969-4552-8565-aac56453e6a1</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 19:04:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US goods imports tumble 20% in April as Trump’s tariffs disrupt trade]]></title><description><![CDATA[President’s sweeping levies have increased cost of foreign goods]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e5184049-62a4-4ee0-8919-5d06c4e9c70c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e5184049-62a4-4ee0-8919-5d06c4e9c70c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 18:10:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why doesn’t government work in the US?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most Americans used to think of it as a force for good — not any longer]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/44a69ce3-7398-40f4-9fff-5c89e04b6d38</link><guid isPermaLink="false">44a69ce3-7398-40f4-9fff-5c89e04b6d38</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 17:00:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Macron calls for European and Asian ‘coalition’ during US-China tension]]></title><description><![CDATA[French leader says grouping could help shield international order rather than choosing sides among superpowers]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/291eaf47-b291-4fc3-897b-b6619ec335bf</link><guid isPermaLink="false">291eaf47-b291-4fc3-897b-b6619ec335bf</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 16:38:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[America’s courts versus Donald Trump]]></title><description><![CDATA[US judges are a vital restraint on the president’s attempts to rule by decree]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/4e7d214c-4b3e-40d4-a81c-a61a31d4ba83</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4e7d214c-4b3e-40d4-a81c-a61a31d4ba83</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 16:24:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk counts the cost of his ‘government efficiency’ blitz]]></title><description><![CDATA[The billionaire achieved a fraction of the savings he promised while damaging his business brands]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/63ace933-c2ce-4395-8e51-4b7e3cbf1cd3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63ace933-c2ce-4395-8e51-4b7e3cbf1cd3</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 04:00:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[There’s a ticking time bomb in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Investors are fretting about a clause that would penalise foreign holders of US assets]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/96e9d529-32d0-424e-8024-d62235df0efd</link><guid isPermaLink="false">96e9d529-32d0-424e-8024-d62235df0efd</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 04:00:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US appeals court gives temporary reprieve to Trump’s tariffs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Decision comes less than 24 hours after trade court ruled president’s global levies to be illegal]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9c5f1108-6733-4333-86a5-eb5cfe6cf4e0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">9c5f1108-6733-4333-86a5-eb5cfe6cf4e0</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 02:01:40 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>