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    Courtney Weaver

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    Courtney Weaver is the Financial Times’ US Political Correspondent in Washington, where she covers Donald Trump, Congress, and US domestic affairs. She has worked for the FT since 2009 and spent more than half-a-decade as the paper’s Moscow correspondent.

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    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      Wagner Group
      US designates Wagner a ‘transnational criminal organisation’

      International pressure grows to crack down on Russian paramilitary group aiding Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Transatlantic ‘growing pains’: how Scholz made Biden shift on tanks for Ukraine

      German chancellor’s insistence ‘not to go it alone’ forced a policy U-turn in Washington

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      US-China relations
      Yellen to meet Chinese economic tsar in Switzerland this week

      Talks come ahead of US Treasury secretary’s 10-day trip to Africa

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      Lunch with the FT
      Annie Proulx: ‘You’ve got to keep moving!’

      The Pulitzer-winning author on writing the climate crisis — and why she never rereads her own books

    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      Republican Party US
      Peter Thiel brands US midterms a ‘depressing disaster’ for Republicans

      Billionaire venture capitalist ploughed more than $30mn into backing GOP candidates

    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      FT Magazine
      The many mysteries behind the fall of the house of Sergei Leontiev

      He said he was an entrepreneur and a refugee from Putin’s autocracy. Why did he really leave?

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      US politics & policy
      Biden signs bill to avoid US rail strike

      President says move had averted ‘economic catastrophe’ but pledges to keep fighting for additional worker benefits

    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
      News in-depthUS politics & policy
      Megadonors tighten grip on Republican fundraising

      Influence of handful of rich benefactors are blamed for US party’s poor midterms performance

    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
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      ‘She was Trump’s biggest problem’: Pelosi’s exit marks end of an era

      House Speaker hailed as an icon across the political spectrum after she announced she was stepping down

    • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
      Donald Trump
      Blackstone’s Schwarzman says he will not support Trump’s presidential bid

      Private equity chief follows Wall St megadonor Ken Griffin in abandoning former president

    • Sunday, 13 November, 2022
      US midterm elections
      US election deniers routed as Republicans rue absence of ‘red wave’

      Candidates who backed Trump’s unfounded claims of electoral fraud rejected by voters

    • Sunday, 13 November, 2022
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      Bankman-Fried’s fall cuts off big source of funds for Democrats

      FTX entrepreneur has emerged as the second-biggest donor to liberal groups after George Soros

    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
      US midterm elections
      ‘It’s all about abortion’: how women clawed back ground for the Democrats

      Concerns over Roe vs Wade proved more salient in midterms than many pollsters had anticipated

    • Monday, 7 November, 2022
      OutlookUS politics & policy
      Donald Trump’s future looms over the US midterms

      The former president appears unchanged despite legal troubles and the Capitol insurrection

    • Sunday, 6 November, 2022
      US midterm elections
      Democrats pin hopes on turnout to avoid midterm rout

      Americans are voting early in large numbers as control of Congress hangs in the balance

    • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
      US midterm elections
      Trump provides last-minute cash injection for Republican Senate hopefuls

      Former US president’s Pacs have recently poured millions into important races after largely sitting out the 2022 cycle

    • Friday, 21 October, 2022
      US midterm elections
      Peter Thiel’s venture capital-style political strategy yields low returns

      Tech investor’s quest to become Republican party political kingmaker has faltered as US midterm elections loom

    • Sunday, 2 October, 2022
      Natural disasters
      Biden to visit Florida and Puerto Rico after storms lash US

      Rescue workers survey extensive damage after hurricane kills more than 50 in southern states

    • Sunday, 2 October, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Nato warns Russia of ‘severe consequences’ if it uses nuclear weapons

      Secretary-general attacks ‘dangerous’ rhetoric as Putin’s forces are pushed back in Ukraine

    • Saturday, 1 October, 2022
      Venezuela
      Venezuela frees 7 Americans in prisoner swap with US

      Biden administration in turn released members of ruling family in Caracas arrested on drugs charges

    • Saturday, 1 October, 2022
      Natural disasters
      Weakened storm Ian sweeps north while death toll mounts in Florida

      At least 45 people have died after powerful hurricane struck southern US states

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      Hurricanes
      Death toll hits 21 in Florida as Hurricane Ian hits South Carolina

      Millions of homes without power because of storm Biden calls ‘an American crisis’

    • Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
      US midterm elections
      Trump super Pac raised just $40 in August in sign of weakness

      Donations to former president’s vehicle have slowed significantly in recent months

    • Friday, 16 September, 2022
      US politics & policy
      Ron DeSantis breaks fundraising record for US governor’s campaign

      Florida Republican has raised $175.8mn as he eyes possible 2024 White House run

    • Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
      Republican Party US
      Mitch McConnell-linked super Pac takes control of Republican ad spending

      Shift comes as party’s Senate campaign arm has already disbursed more than it has raised this year

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