Alex Rogers
@arogDC
@FT US business and politics correspondent
Another big crypto scoop from team FT. Cantor's second Spac $CEPO is in talks to take a multi-billion dollar bitcoin investment from crypto pioneer Adam Back and Blockstream Capital as part of a $4bn+ deal. ft.com/content/a4a362…
In 2007 Ted Seides made a $1mn bet with Warren Buffett that hedge funds would beat an S&P 500 index fund over a decade. He lost. @tseides is now proposing a new bet — pitting an S&P index fund against the American private equity industry. on.ft.com/4lHAJYB
Tony Blair Institute staff worked alongside BCG on a project for postwar Gaza that ended up proposing a 'Trump Riviera', 'MBS ring' road and 'Elon Musk smart manufacturing zone'. Latest scoop from @stephenfoley and @PickardJE ft.com/content/0b1bc7…
Very nice to see some appreciation for Charlie Kravitz, one of the best producers around
‘The Domonique Foxworth Show’ summer slate is exactly what an ESPN podcast should be ow.ly/qpv3106f7BY
‘Elon has finally woken up’: Musk battles to save Tesla from Trump via @FT Scoopy piece from @sjhmorris and @arogDC on.ft.com/45VKiPg
Love them(?) or hate them, NYC has too many rats. I went for a walk with the city's ‘rat tsar’ to find out what is being done about them. ft.com/content/aec064… via @ft
📢In job news📢I'll be staying put in DC in a new role as the FT's US economics correspondent. Looking forward to getting stuck in and working with @senoj_erialc @JamesPoliti and the FT's crack DC team.
Delighted to announce that ace reporter @mylesmccormick_ has joined the DC economics team. Expect to read some great pieces digging into the latest data and trends impacting the US economy at a time of momentous change. Welcome Myles!
US dollar suffers worst start to year since 1973 on.ft.com/4lwkcGQ
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, international edition, Saturday June 28 on.ft.com/4kb7ufG
"I think I could do it,” Eric Trump told @arogDC “And by the way, I think other members of our family could do it too.” ft.com/content/4fdac3… via @ft
Trump ally seeks to snap up DR Congo mine as US brokers peace deal on.ft.com/3Te8KDL
NEW: After each U.S. election, we match respondents from our nationally representative American Trends panel to official state voting records to verify who actually turned out to vote (or didn’t) to produce a comprehensive analysis of precisely who voted and how they voted. A few…
Kathrin Hille, myself, and our visual storytelling team just won a Society of Publishers in Asia award for our piece on the battlegrounds that could decide a #USChinaWar Take a look ➡️ ig.ft.com/taiwan-battleg…
In pictures: St Paul’s marks 350th anniversary with rare glimpse of its inner sanctum on.ft.com/3GbB6vw
Donald Trump with Nato ‘all the way’ after questioning mutual defence pact ft.com/content/e55f27… via @HenryJFoy @ChassNews
"Combined, outside fundraising groups spent more than $20 million. Mamdani’s campaign relied on small contributions, with more than 21,000 donors, roughly 75 per cent of whom gave less than $100." ft.com/content/e4b862…
Wild chart in @FT
Read @MalcolmMoore, George Steer & @JamieSmythF:
As Iran started firing missiles at a US air base in Qatar on Monday, oil traders responded with remarkable speed — not by buying, but by selling. Here's why: on.ft.com/4eizs7X
Can an American bunker-buster destroy Iran’s nuclear mountain? on.ft.com/4lfAJPu
Trump Card investor visa attracts almost 70,000 sign-ups on.ft.com/4nmVJpt