The shutdown, which began just after midnight Washington time, came after Republicans and Democrats failed to strike an agreement to fund the federal government into the new fiscal year.

Meta used the example of a user chatting with its AI about hiking; the person might then start seeing recommendations for hiking groups, posts from friends about trails or ads for hiking boots. This ...

Order issued in September comes after Trump administration said London had backed down in fight over encryption ...

Private employers in the US shed the largest number of jobs in two-and-a-half years in September, raising fresh concerns about the labour market as the Federal Reserve weighs its next decision on ...

President Donald Trump has said his administration “may” fire “a lot” of federal workers if the US government shuts down this week, raising the stakes as lawmakers appeared unable to break an impasse ...

The UK accountancy regulator has set out plans to ease investigations of auditors as part of a wider shift sparked by sustained complaints from firms about disproportionate and lengthy probes.

Stablecoins could be critical in cutting reliance on bank lending, Andrew Bailey has said, a softening of stance from the Bank of England governor towards the digital assets.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. PPE Medpro has been ordered to repay £122mn to the government after the High Court in London found that the ...

When I talk to Touria El Glaoui, founder of the 1-54 contemporary African art fairs, she has just returned from Brazil, glowing from the trip. “The experience of the artists of African descent there ...

David Beckham is set for another multimillion-dollar windfall after his media and marketing group paid out more than $80mn in dividends on the back of lucrative brand tie-ups. DRJB Holdings, the ...

Georg Friedrich Haas’s microtonal work brings an astonishing palette of colours and sounds to the Park Avenue Armory ...

Bain Capital’s Special Situations unit joins auction as owner Coca-Cola seeks £2bn for UK’s largest coffee chain ...