FT's senior US columnists Rana Foroohar and Edward Luce discuss the biggest themes driving US politics, business and markets from Washington, New York and beyond.
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Trying to cover Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in the same way leads to a real cognitive disconnect
Trump pays no price for pouring frequent scorn on the very idea of serving one’s country
How the vice-president would handle Beijing is of acute relevance to America’s voters and the world
Conservative justices have curbed regulators’ ability to impose new rules
How the vice-president presents herself to the American public this week will determine the remainder of the campaign
America’s allies want to know what her victory would change, if anything
He may be the very best thing to happen to the Harris campaign
Kamala Harris wanted a running mate who could appeal to moderates. Is Tim Walz the right choice?
What, if anything, can democracies do to address the danger posed by online disinformation
Harris is best advised to distance herself from the digital currency charlatans
The former president has been inept in responding to Kamala Harris’s rapid elevation
The Democrat needs to reassure international allies, without alienating the US working class
JD Vance would not like to face the transportation secretary in a vice-presidential debate
The Democrats need to keep backing, refining and owning the long-term shift towards a post-neoliberal world
The addition of JD Vance to the ticket was Silicon Valley’s triumphal moment
There’s a growing fear over excessive regulation and overconcentration of corporate power
The idea that mass tourism is creating knock-on effects like price rises is causing tension in the countries most-visited
Stepping down would be the patriotic thing for Biden to do
Bipartisanship is not a good thing in itself. We should not mistake process for substance
Its lesson shouldn’t have been to outsource your entire industrial base
The Biden administration has passed massive climate legislation. Lots of voters haven’t heard.
The paper’s owner is losing his appetite for red ink
We would likely get a harder edged, more insular, xenophobic and paranoid version in the White House second time around
‘We are locked into a battle of ideas with Beijing — our democratic values versus their authoritarian mindset,’ says Nicholas Burns
The concept seems to have become bifurcated