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    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Tracking Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia in maps

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    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      US interest rates
      Fed signals fresh rate rise this year and fewer cuts in 2024

      Two-year Treasury yield hits highest level since 2006 after hawkish projections from US central bank

      The Federal Reserve building in Washington
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Visual story
      Can Europe go green without China’s critical minerals?

      The EU’s increasing demand for rare earths is causing problems for policymakers

    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Visual story
      How generative AI really works

      The technology has resulted in a host of cutting-edge AI applications — but its real power lies beyond text generation

      A composite image of letters, words and shapes
    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
      Donald Trump
      How Trump’s criminal charges are defining his White House race

      Indictments are galvanising former president’s Republican base but leaving the wider public cold

      Montage of Donald Trump, rising and falling poll ratings and an excerpt of the charges against him in Georgia
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      US presidential election 2024
      Top Republican donors plough money into effort to stop Donald Trump

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      US presidential election 2024
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      US presidential election 2024
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      Small donations indicate dwindling grassroots support for Florida governor’s Republican bid

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    • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
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    • Saturday, 8 July, 2023
      News in-depthUS employment
      US manufacturing jobs at highest levels since 2008 but growth is slowing

      Data shows mixed picture for President Joe Biden as he hangs re-election prospects on industrial boom

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    • Saturday, 1 July, 2023
      US presidential election 2024
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      Longer and more difficult searches for affordable housing are hampering mobility — even within local areas

      FT montage of young people moving boxes of their possessions, with the lines of a chart falling around them
    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
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      Companies around the world are closing in on the dream: a battery-powered aircraft for short trips. Yet the journey to build, certify and fly remains uncertain and competitive

    • Saturday, 10 June, 2023
      US interest rates
      Economists forecast at least two more US rate rises to quell inflation

      Experts polled by the FT say Fed will need to take tougher action than markets expect to cool economy

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      Prices are finally coming down but ‘core’ price pressures remain stubbornly high

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      Visual story
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      We don’t know when. We don’t know who will get there first. But Q-day will happen — and it will change the world as we know it

    • Friday, 28 April, 2023
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      ‘India’s century’: can the most populous nation unlock the potential of its youth?

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    • Saturday, 15 April, 2023
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    • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
      US politics & policy
      Wisconsin’s highest court shifts to the left in closely watched election

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      Janet Protasiewicz waits to vote
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    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      US inflation
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    • Saturday, 4 March, 2023
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      Far-right US Republicans receive millions from new class of debt hardliners

      Diverse group dissatisfied with the party establishment are wielding increasing leverage over key issues

      Montage of Kevin McCarthy in front of the capitol
    • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
      InterviewClub for Growth
      Trump ‘ends up hurting’ Republicans, says head of conservative group

      Club for Growth further distances itself from former president

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