Wall Street is hoping for a less tough approach but the reality could be more complex
Outgoing president makes last push on Ukraine and seeks new judicial appointments and manufacturing subsidies
House ethics panel debates release of secret report into president-elect’s pick to run justice department
Larry Hogan fears the party’s candidates for Congress could lose because of Trump’s divisive rhetoric
His performance offers a clue to the future of the Republican party
Vice-presidential candidates also spar on national security, democracy, abortion and border issues
Also in today’s newsletter, the fight to register new voters in Pennsylvania
A myth about migrants eating pets masks a calculated political bet
Donald Trump’s running mate recycles conspiracy theories about Haitians and pets in Ohio
Republican vice-presidential nominee also says Google ought to be broken up in FT interview
A vice-president’s job is not to look good, but to send a message
JD Vance’s attack on people without kids flies in the face of demographic reality
A strange new alliance is growing between those who want to restrict abortion and those asking their compatriots to have more children
The former president’s running mate lacks charisma, charm and a sense of humour
Contentious comments by vice-presidential pick lead to a barrage of criticism
Trump’s genius, which is to be rightwing but not pious, is lost on his election running mate
Bipartisan realignment of antitrust stance shakes up corporate expectations of Republicans and Democrats
The Democrats still have the problem of how to lock in the working-class vote
Also in this newsletter: the largest IT outage in history, transatlantic travel boom, science round-up
It is not too late to stop the descent of the American political order into tyranny, oligarchy or anarchy
The addition of JD Vance to the ticket was Silicon Valley’s triumphal moment
Plus, updates on bitcoin mining and spot ether ETFs
JD Vance’s speech was unlike anything heard from the podium of a Republican National Convention in a generation
Donald Trump’s running mate lashes out at Wall Street in speech espousing protectionism
Plus, how Peter Thiel helped fund JD Vance’s rise and hype brand Supreme’s unexpected buyer
