Callum Jones

6 days ago | theguardian.com | Callum Jones

Every now and then, Conner Mantz allows his mind to drift back to the same stretch of last November’s New York City Marathon. Around 16 miles in, coming off the Queensborough Bridge into Manhattan, the lead pack accelerated. Mantz, starting to feel uncomfortable, let the other runners go. But grinding through to the end, he finished strong – with the fastest final mile in the top 10 – and crossed the line with enough in the tank to leave that dangerous question, as old as time itself. What if?

6 days ago | theguardian.com | Callum Jones |Joanna Partridge

Donald Trump’s fledgling media firm has urged market regulators to investigate “suspicious activity” after a London-based hedge fund disclosed a vast bet against its stock. Trump Media & Technology Group, owner of the US president’s Truth Social platform, raised questions over trading by Qube Research & Technologies. Earlier this week, Qube revealed a significant short position in Trump Media via filings with Germany’s federal Gazette Bundesanzeiger.

1 week ago | msn.com | Callum Jones

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1 week ago | theguardian.com | Callum Jones

Minutes after Donald Trump unveiled a climbdown on tariffs, softening an extraordinary US attack on trade from much of the world, his press secretary scolded reporters at the White House. “Many of you in the media clearly missed The Art of the Deal,” said Karoline Leavitt, referring to the 1987 bestseller which laid the foundations of the president’s reputation as a consummate dealmaker.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Callum Jones |Helen Davidson

Donald Trump insisted his trade war with much of the world was “doing really well” despite mounting fears of recession and as Beijing hit back and again hiked tariffs on US exports to China. As the US president said his aggressive tariffs strategy was “moving along quickly”, a close-watched economic survey revealed that US consumer expectations for price growth had soared to a four-decade high.