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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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
If there are any Indian auguries for America’s November 5 election, they might even be negative
Does anyone now look to a political system that tolerates a convicted felon as a model?
It is not as if the likely incoming Labour government will be able to reverse the bulk of the damage wrought
If the Big Tech company is found to be breaking the law, it could change corporate behaviour in a profound way
