John Reed
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Explainers editor at the Financial Times. Usual caveats apply. Clips: https://www.ft.com/john-reed Explainers: https://www.ft.com/ft-explains
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Explainer: What’s ahead for stock markets in 2026?
Explainer: What’s ahead for stock markets in 2026?
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High drama: he was pushed, then he jumped - FT pod this week was recorded simultaneously with developments on the Jenrick front - have a listen - me @pickardje.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social and @robertshrimsley.bsky.social tried to make sense of it here www.ft.com/content/0ae1...
Disloyalty and defection: the Tory-Reform psychodrama
Robert Jenrick's accelerated leap to Team Farage. Plus, Labour's U-turns fuel cabinet discontent.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:46 PM
High drama: he was pushed, then he jumped - FT pod this week was recorded simultaneously with developments on the Jenrick front - have a listen - me @pickardje.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social and @robertshrimsley.bsky.social tried to make sense of it here www.ft.com/content/0ae1...
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Once upon a time, a President of the United States saying "fuck you" and raising his middle finger to an American factory worker would be front page news around the world. Now it's a "colour lede" on a business analysis. www.ft.com/content/36ab...
January 16, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Once upon a time, a President of the United States saying "fuck you" and raising his middle finger to an American factory worker would be front page news around the world. Now it's a "colour lede" on a business analysis. www.ft.com/content/36ab...
as.ft.com/r/0efce29d-8... “The first US sale of Venezuelan crude was to a company whose senior oil trader donated to Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and attended a White House meeting with the president last week.”
Donald Trump’s first Venezuela oil sale deal goes to megadonor’s company
[FREE TO READ] Senior Vitol trader met US president at White House last week and gave millions of dollars to his re-election campaign
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January 16, 2026 at 11:04 AM
as.ft.com/r/0efce29d-8... “The first US sale of Venezuelan crude was to a company whose senior oil trader donated to Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and attended a White House meeting with the president last week.”
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Trump threatens to deploy military to Minnesota after ICE shooting
Tensions remain high in the state following last week’s killing of a protester by a federal immigration agent
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January 15, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Trump threatens to deploy military to Minnesota after ICE shooting ft.trib.al/WV6jf8W
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Explainer: What’s ahead for stock markets in 2026?
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as.ft.com/r/8cf45482-8... Second person shot by US federal agent in Minneapolis (following a “targeted traffic stop”)
Second person shot by US federal agent in Minneapolis
[FREE TO READ] Venezuelan immigrant injured after attempting to flee officers, authorities say
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January 15, 2026 at 9:26 AM
as.ft.com/r/8cf45482-8... Second person shot by US federal agent in Minneapolis (following a “targeted traffic stop”)
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Donald Trump’s ‘unpredictable’ policies to fuel multiyear shift from US, Pimco says - as.ft.com/r/90bd1db1-5...
Donald Trump’s ‘unpredictable’ policies to fuel multiyear shift from US, Pimco says
[FREE TO READ] Cautious stance comes amid Wall St concerns over president’s attack on the Federal Reserve
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January 15, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Donald Trump’s ‘unpredictable’ policies to fuel multiyear shift from US, Pimco says - as.ft.com/r/90bd1db1-5...
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“Targeting a reporter in their own home as part of a federal law enforcement action is an extraordinary escalation that strikes at the heart of press freedom."
Read PEN America's statement on FBI’s search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home here: pen.org/press-releas...
Read PEN America's statement on FBI’s search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home here: pen.org/press-releas...
FBI Search of Washington Post Reporter's Home Strikes at Heart of Press Freedom
PEN America expressed alarm today over the FBI’s search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home, saying it “strikes at the heart of press freedom.” The Post reported that federal agents sei...
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January 14, 2026 at 4:19 PM
“Targeting a reporter in their own home as part of a federal law enforcement action is an extraordinary escalation that strikes at the heart of press freedom."
Read PEN America's statement on FBI’s search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home here: pen.org/press-releas...
Read PEN America's statement on FBI’s search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home here: pen.org/press-releas...
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“This raid should disturb all Americans. The US is at a critical juncture as the Trump administration continues to roll back civil liberties.” — CPJ U.S., Canada, and Caribbean Program Coordinator Katherine Jacobsen
Read about the FBI's search of a Washington Post reporter's home ⤵️
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Read about the FBI's search of a Washington Post reporter's home ⤵️
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In highly unusual move, FBI searches Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home, seizes devices - Committee to Protect Journalists
Washington, D.C., January 14, 2025– Federal agents with the FBI have made a highly unusual move of searching the Virginia home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson, and seizing her electronic d...
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January 14, 2026 at 9:13 PM
“This raid should disturb all Americans. The US is at a critical juncture as the Trump administration continues to roll back civil liberties.” — CPJ U.S., Canada, and Caribbean Program Coordinator Katherine Jacobsen
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Read about the FBI's search of a Washington Post reporter's home ⤵️
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This is fine: Unsettling @financialtimes.com Big Read on how countries from Norway and Sweden to India are building up food stockpiles "as insurance against a world they increasingly view as unstable". as.ft.com/r/b936d232-c...
Why the world has started stockpiling food again
[FREE TO READ] Governments are hoarding rice and grain as insurance against a world they increasingly view as unstable. But many economists believe it could be counter-productive
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January 14, 2026 at 10:10 AM
This is fine: Unsettling @financialtimes.com Big Read on how countries from Norway and Sweden to India are building up food stockpiles "as insurance against a world they increasingly view as unstable". as.ft.com/r/b936d232-c...
"FedEx is one of a growing number of US businesses that have faced a surge of anti-Indian racism amid the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict foreign skilled labour." @taylornrogers.ft.com
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US businesses hit by anti-Indian backlash as Trump restricts foreign labour
[FREE TO READ] Increase in racist rhetoric against south Asians follows the White House’s overhaul of visas for skilled workers
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January 13, 2026 at 4:52 PM
"FedEx is one of a growing number of US businesses that have faced a surge of anti-Indian racism amid the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict foreign skilled labour." @taylornrogers.ft.com
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Europe needs to think the unthinkable on Nato as.ft.com/r/951eccb4-a... @gideonrachman.bsky.social
Europe needs to think the unthinkable on Nato
[FREE TO READ] Conflict over Greenland could destroy the transatlantic alliance, requiring a new European security treaty to replace it
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January 13, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Europe needs to think the unthinkable on Nato as.ft.com/r/951eccb4-a... @gideonrachman.bsky.social
as.ft.com/r/873ee720-e... Top Republicans denounce justice department’s criminal probe into Fed chair Jay Powell: “The stakes are too high to look the other way: if the Federal Reserve loses its independence, the stability of our markets and the broader economy will suffer.”
Top Republicans denounce justice department’s criminal probe into Fed chair Jay Powell
[FREE TO READ] Backlash builds as Trump administration’s prosecutors target head of US central bank
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January 13, 2026 at 9:28 AM
as.ft.com/r/873ee720-e... Top Republicans denounce justice department’s criminal probe into Fed chair Jay Powell: “The stakes are too high to look the other way: if the Federal Reserve loses its independence, the stability of our markets and the broader economy will suffer.”
as.ft.com/r/ac373a6e-3... The country at the heart of the global scam industry: report by the @financialtimes.com ‘s V Anantha Lakshmi on Cambodia’s cancerous and exploitative scam compounds
January 13, 2026 at 7:24 AM
as.ft.com/r/ac373a6e-3... The country at the heart of the global scam industry: report by the @financialtimes.com ‘s V Anantha Lakshmi on Cambodia’s cancerous and exploitative scam compounds
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Someone should get this guy to do something about it!
January 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Someone should get this guy to do something about it!
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1939 Italian prediction markets were gamified in the newspapers. Trying my hand at a 2026 version. Better than Wordle!
January 12, 2026 at 4:27 PM
1939 Italian prediction markets were gamified in the newspapers. Trying my hand at a 2026 version. Better than Wordle!
Nadim Zahawi defects to Reform UK as.ft.com/r/fe5af1e2-2...
January 12, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Nadim Zahawi defects to Reform UK as.ft.com/r/fe5af1e2-2...
'Anger, grief and tear gas:' outrage in Minnesota after ICE shooting as.ft.com/r/cec0171c-a... "It's Dollar Store Nazism" @guychazan.bsky.social
‘Anger, grief and tear gas:’ outrage in Minnesota after ICE shooting
[FREE TO READ] The death of Renée Nicole Good has galvanised opposition to Trump’s militarised immigration crackdown
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January 12, 2026 at 10:13 AM
'Anger, grief and tear gas:' outrage in Minnesota after ICE shooting as.ft.com/r/cec0171c-a... "It's Dollar Store Nazism" @guychazan.bsky.social
as.ft.com/r/e64be67c-1... US prosecutors launch criminal investigation into Federal Reserve’s Jay Powell
US prosecutors launch criminal investigation into Federal Reserve’s Jay Powell
[FREE TO READ] Central bank chair says grand jury subpoenas are retaliation for refusal to bow to demand to cut interest rates
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January 12, 2026 at 6:23 AM
as.ft.com/r/e64be67c-1... US prosecutors launch criminal investigation into Federal Reserve’s Jay Powell
as.ft.com/r/a8fa80ec-9... Iran tightens crackdown as it tackles biggest protests in years
Iran tightens crackdown as it tackles biggest protests in years
[FREE TO READ] Scores arrested as authorities step up warnings to protesters
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January 10, 2026 at 7:36 PM
as.ft.com/r/a8fa80ec-9... Iran tightens crackdown as it tackles biggest protests in years
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WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
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* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
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Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
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January 10, 2026 at 3:44 PM
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
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Why does Trump want Greenland? (In maps)
Why does Trump want Greenland? (In maps)
Financial Times on Instagram: "Donald Trump has issued new threats to take over Greenland from Denmark. But does America actually need to annex the vast Arctic territory from its Nato ally?
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3,612 likes, 82 comments - financialtimes on January 9, 2026: "Donald Trump has issued new threats to take over Greenland from Denmark. But does America actually need to annex the vast Arctic territor...
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Why does Trump want Greenland? (In maps)
Why does Trump want Greenland? (In maps)
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Why does Trump want Greenland? (In maps)
Why does Trump want Greenland? (In maps)
Financial Times on Instagram: "Donald Trump has issued new threats to take over Greenland from Denmark. But does America actually need to annex the vast Arctic territory from its Nato ally?
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3,612 likes, 82 comments - financialtimes on January 9, 2026: "Donald Trump has issued new threats to take over Greenland from Denmark. But does America actually need to annex the vast Arctic territor...
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January 9, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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Why does Trump want Greenland? (In maps)
Why does Trump want Greenland? (In maps)
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I register your earnest post about the evils of Grok, posted on your X account.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:33 PM
I register your earnest post about the evils of Grok, posted on your X account.
as.ft.com/r/d4f4e801-e... Russia uses hypersonic missile against Ukraine @fabricedeprez.bsky.social
Russia uses hypersonic missile against Ukraine
[FREE TO READ] Kyiv confirms projectile flying up to 13,000km an hour hit infrastructure near western city of Lviv
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January 9, 2026 at 9:06 AM
as.ft.com/r/d4f4e801-e... Russia uses hypersonic missile against Ukraine @fabricedeprez.bsky.social