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Start your day with the top stories from the United States
 
 
 

Politics

 
 
 
‘Capitalism’s not working’: why Democrats are turning to socialism
 
Democratic socialist candidates are winning primary battles in the US as voters turn to progressive policies
 
 
Lindsey Graham’s sister wins South Carolina primary with Trump backing
 
Victory for sibling of late senator reinforces US president’s hold on the Republican Party ahead of November’s midterm elections
 
 
Deloitte to pay Trump administration $21.5mn to settle ‘discriminatory’ practices investigation
 
Firm one of several professional services businesses targeted by the American Alliance for Equal Rights
 
 
Trump administration pauses immigrant visa applications
 
State department wants consular officers to screen out people likely to need public benefits
 
 
 

Economy and markets

 
 
 
Scott Bessent’s bond intervention puts US Treasury on collision course with Fed
 
Increased purchases of debt threaten to undermine central bank chief Kevin Warsh’s bid to tame inflation
 
 
Foot Locker owner plunges after warning nervous consumers are cutting spending
 
Dick’s Sporting Goods shares slide after telling analysts that shoppers are cautious ‘due to the geopolitical environment’ 
 
 
Canada announces $20bn retaliatory tariffs as US trade war escalates
 
Hundreds of US goods will face increased levies from September 8
 
 
‘Embarrassing’: Republicans and ex-military leaders recoil at Trump officials’ Canada attacks
 
Deepening trade war between two long-term allies descends into insults and recrimination
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Bill Gates calls for ‘human reserved’ jobs to protect labour force from AI
 
Tech billionaire publishes 6,000-word essay warning the technology will usher in ‘one of the most turbulent times in human history’
 
 
Insurers pile into deals allowing banks to offload default risk
 
Market for synthetic risk transfers has boomed in recent years, with insurers now offering banks unfunded structures
 
 
The multiplying risks of financing data centres
 
Wall Street players extending themselves to underwrite this colossal new asset class are looking to limit exposure
 
 
Institutional investors back Blackstone and KKR funds for wealthy individuals
 
Shift by private equity’s traditional backers could threaten traditional 10-year fund model
 
 
 

Tech

 
 
 
Launch date for London robotaxis slips amid TfL uncertainty
 
Operators play down chance of starting this year
 
 
‘It seems crazy’: SpaceX’s orbital data centre bet tests physics and finance
 
Elon Musk’s company faces formidable challenges in launching millions of satellites into orbit to power AI
 
 
AI to fuel global growth as investment spreads beyond US, IMF says
 
Managing director Kristalina Georgieva expects world economy to weather energy crisis ignited by Iran war
 
 
Boss of Trump Jr-backed start-up donated to Republicans after winning US contract
 
Companies connected to investment firm of US president’s son have benefited from lucrative government business deals
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
Life inside an American coal mine
 
Operators are trying to make familiar an industry that seems consigned to another era
 
 
The end of Trumpsplaining
 
The pretence that America’s leader is a grand strategist will not survive the Iran fiasco
 
 
America’s economic war on Iran has a China problem
 
The US cannot fully isolate Tehran unless other trade partners co-operate
 
 
How First Brands’ billion-dollar rescue hit the skids
 
Hedge funds that funded the bankruptcy have been left with a ‘clunker’ as this was no ordinary debt-induced collapse
 
 
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