Today’s FT News Briefing was produced by Sonja Hutson, Ethan Plotkin, Kasia Broussalian, Fiona Symon, Mischa Frankl-Duval, ...

But today we’re in the United States, where President Donald Trump has said he is working on plans to privatise the home mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. My colleague Amelia Pollard is ...

Privatization of Fannie and Freddie has been on Trump’s to-do list since his first term. FHFA Director Bill Pulte could make ...

Shares are higher in Asia after U.S. stock indexes drifted closer to records. Beijing and Washington dialed back trade ...