Oren Cass

The party should be concentrating on developing a new agenda not theatrics

Long-term frameworks are necessary to lock in the desired effects of the US administration’s most controversial policies

There is a position between the old Republican guard and budget fairyland

Innovation has stalled in a globalised era dominated by state-sponsored national champions

In a multi-polar world, old certainties about the US security guarantee and access to markets no longer hold

From infrastructure spending to relations with China, uncertainty reigns

I've shied away from commenting on artificial intelligence, but I think it's finally fair to say that AI isn't all that interesting

America appears on the cusp of an era of large-scale domestic investment in areas from semiconductors to energy

The Harris campaign failed to engage with these voters as citizens with agency

Data suggests Americans can handle the truth if politicians are willing to tell it

Political elites are pulling Republicans and Democrats away from the voters they need to win over

JD Vance’s speech was unlike anything heard from the podium of a Republican National Convention in a generation

A growing body on the right now believe that Medicare and other programmes must not be cut at all

New research bears little resemblance to assumptions about how the US population feels about China and the economy

The writer is an FT contributing editor and executive director of American Compass In the US House of Representatives, when Republicans are in the majority, the chair of the House financial services committee is among the most coveted. The HFSC’s arcane yet vital task of regulating Wall Street makes political controversy infrequent and fundraising a breeze. It’s a role Congressman Patrick McHenry relished until recently. But, still in his first year as chair, McHenry has abruptly announced his…

Reheating stale free-market dogma does nothing to address the challenges facing today’s American right

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News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication