Alex Rogers

So happy to share I'm the next editor of @POLITICOMag! Excited does not begin to cover it. politico.com/blogs/politico…

@KLF 😂

but did you do all six in one day, @arogDC? ft.com/content/c43a4a…

Delightful @arogDC romp through the D.C. cocktails beloved by the people who know them best: bartenders. ft.com/content/c43a4a…

When @AsiaLens & @mylesmccormick_ heard that I went to six bars for a story, they asked if I went in one day. (No, I did not.)

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Thank you to @lilahrap for the best assignment ever

New: This is the inside story of how The Line — the 500-metre-tall, mirror-glass centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream — unravelled. @alisonkilling spoke to 20+ insiders to reveal how MBS’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance. ft.com/saudi-neom-line

#China ‘made a real mistake’ by ‘firing shots’ on rare earths, #ScottBessent tells me in an #interview in South Korea just hours after Trump flew back to Washington ft.com/content/399ad4…

Just in: Nvidia has become the world’s first $5tn company after the US chip giant’s stock was propelled by strong sales of its AI systems and the prospect of expanded access to the Chinese market. on.ft.com/4o7iWvA

Frank Bisignano’s great(ish) escape on.ft.com/3KMETRW

I asked Jensen Huang about OpenAI. He said he wouldn’t be surprised if they IPO’d next year and wished Nvidia had invested “a lot more” earlier. “I think this is going to be one of the most successful public offerings in history,” said Huang. on.ft.com/48QK5yc -@FT

IS THIS THE BEST KICK WE’VE EVER SEEN ON GAMEDAY??? A $750k kick!!! 😱😱😱

I WOULD LIKE TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW… THIS PLACE HAS A LOT OF GRIT AND THEY LOVE FOOTBALL.. 🗣🗣ANCHOR DAHN I LOVE THIS CITY AND I LOVE THESE PEOPLE.. GIVE ME VANDERBILT #CollegeGameDay

NEW: A little-known drone company backed by Donald Trump Jr has won its largest-ever contract from the Pentagon. w/ @arogDC, Steff Chávez and George Steer on.ft.com/47w7JxM

Inside Oklo: the $20bn nuclear start-up without any revenue on.ft.com/47kBIIS excellent deep dive from @JamieSmythF @marthamuir25 @arogDC and George Steer

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, international edition, Friday October 17 on.ft.com/495IuEC

FT Investigation: At least 30 individuals or companies that have collectively donated more than $116mn to Donald Trump’s causes have received benefits or advantages from White House moves. Read more here: on.ft.com/4o1FsGm

FT Investigation: The heart of Trump’s wealth is a rapidly growing cryptocurrency empire, which has already reaped more than $1bn in pre-tax profits, in part thanks to a crypto boom fuelled by the US administration’s own industry-friendly policies on.ft.com/4naXvZ7

FT Investigation: How Trump companies made *at least* $1bn from crypto. Product of a great FT team effort on.ft.com/4onVfim

Over the past year, Trump crypto businesses have reaped over $1 billion in profit. on.ft.com/4n6UGZe -@FT