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Joe Miller

@joemillerjr.ft.com
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Correspondent for the Financial Times. In Washington DC, with eyes on the 🌎. Previously in NYC, various cities in Germany, New Delhi and London. Ex BBC. 💬 Signal @joemillerjr.48

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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 24/09/2026
Are there any companies / brands you deliberately avoid because their ads are irritating? I will NEVER use Wonder (food delivery app) again because their podcast spot is so loud, intrusive and annoying.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 23/09/2026
Opinion: I was 10 minutes into my first trip in a driverless car when I realised my vehicle was potentially obstructing the US president. ft.trib.al/UWNALC5
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 23/09/2026
I was 10 minutes into my first trip in a driverless car when I realised my vehicle was potentially obstructing the president of the United States. as.ft.com/r/e29b46f6-d...
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What to do when your Waymo holds up a Secret Service motorcade
Stranded in six-lane traffic, surrounded by agents, my autonomous vehicle refused to budge
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 31/08/2026
Trump's "basket of deplorables" moment? as.ft.com/r/a5b5c172-5...
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Trump says data centre critics ‘want to end up backwards and poor’
US president urges voters to ‘let Data Reign’ as unpopular building boom roils midterm campaigns
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 13/08/2026
Age of Sail privateering is making a comeback. as.ft.com/r/2066d36c-4...
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Donald Trump enlists corporate America in fight against cyber crime
Privateering push echoes US revolutionary war-era strategy of employing civilians to battle adversaries
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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · 16/07/2026
Can a man fighting looted art be *too* successful? It's a good question Joe tackles in this deep dive
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 16/07/2026
I wrote about Matthew Bogdanos, the scourge of NYC’s oh-so-respectable art world, for @joshspero.ft.com’s FT Wealth magazine.
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The Manhattan prosecutor fighting the trade in stolen antiquities
After witnessing mass looting in Baghdad in 2003, Matthew Bogdanos now recovers illegally trafficked artefacts
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 08/07/2026
I wrote about JD Vance’s focus-grouped Catholicism. as.ft.com/r/c0646a3d-6...
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JD Vance and Mike Pence: two very different views on faith, Republicanism — and Trump
In ‘Communion’ and ‘What Conservatives Believe’, the vice-presidents past and present take opposing sides in the battle for the soul of their party
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 08/07/2026
WATCH: @dangarrahan.bsky.social ’s brilliant, insightful film on Palantir’s current troubles. youtu.be/kJ5XRl7PWxM?...
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Palantir: profits, procurement and power | FT Film
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Laura Hughes @laurahughesft.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Our latest @financialtimes.com film looks at the rise of Palantir and the mounting scrutiny the company is facing on both sides of the Atlantic. @dangarrahan.bsky.social @joemillerjr.ft.com @cynthiao.bsky.social #palantir #nhs #technology #data www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ5X...
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Palantir: profits, procurement and power | FT Film
YouTube video by Financial Times
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 06/07/2026
In which I discover, and reluctantly share, the wonder of Virginia wine. 🍇 as.ft.com/r/5320ab31-4...
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Virginia wine is very good, actually
Some of the world’s most exciting vineyards are less than two hours’ drive from Washington DC
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 02/07/2026
Which grammatically correct words nonetheless sound wrong to you? I can never get past “prided”. (As in, X prided himself on…)
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 23/06/2026
It's a big day for us "AI money in politics" nerds.
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AI’s money machine faces first real test in Manhattan primary
Industry spends millions to target candidate who supports greater regulation of the technology
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Do it to me, I beg you
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 14/06/2026
Sometimes your intro writes itself… as.ft.com/r/ff367904-8... Trump stages show of political domination with UFC bout on White House lawn
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 13/05/2026
FT Exclusive: Donald Trump's son is joining the US president on a state visit to Beijing while a family-linked group explores a deal with a Chinese chipmaker that the US Congress has warned is connected to the Communist Party. ft.trib.al/xSNgcVG
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 08/05/2026
Doug Wilson was once a fringe figure on the evangelical Right. Now he preaches at the Pentagon and his adherents are dotted throughout the Trump administration. My Lunch with the patriarch of America's growing Christian Nationalist movement, in this week's @ftweekend.com as.ft.com/r/a37925a9-9...
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Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson: ‘I’m starting a fight’
The influential church leader on his ties to Pete Hegseth, dismantling the fences of liberal democracy — and why Trump is ‘like chemo’
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FT Weekend @ftweekend.com · 08/05/2026
Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson: ‘I’m starting a fight’ ft.trib.al/vnitPOZ
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Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson: ‘I’m starting a fight’
The influential church leader on his ties to Pete Hegseth, dismantling the fences of liberal democracy — and why Trump is ‘like chemo’
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 06/05/2026
A group pushing Republicans to restore foreign aid slashed by Doge is targeting key swing districts with a multimillion-dollar ad spree ahead of the midterms. “America is strongest when we help our farmers stop starvation,” runs one ad in Iowa. as.ft.com/r/05fec6f0-f...
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Republican-led group mounts $8mn midterms push to undo Musk aid cuts
Billionaire’s Doge assault emerges as vulnerability for Donald Trump’s party in swing districts
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 23/04/2026
Josh Hawley tells me: “I’m worried that the Senate’s behaving more like there’s a sign on the door that says ‘Property of Big Tech’”
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 17/04/2026
Terrific reporting by @kayewiggins.ft.com, addressing a question that has been bugging me throughout Trump 2.0: What does the white-collar defence bar even do these days? as.ft.com/r/4b987ba4-1...
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The white-collar defence lawyers with nothing to do
The Trump administration’s approach to justice has made life quieter for those who defend alleged financial criminals
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 24/03/2026
Amid growing anger on the left, Palantir hired two DC lobbyists with ties to the Democratic Party. One of them, Cristina Antelo, told the FT that Democrats angry with Trump “have misplaced that anger at a US corporation” whose software helps make ICE’s operations more precise. More in today’s FT:
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Palantir turns poisonous on the midterms campaign trail
[FREE TO READ] Donald Trump’s unpopular immigration crackdown has made links to the Peter Thiel-backed company a liability for candidates
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 14/03/2026
One of Trump’s closest White House advisers has called for the US to “find the off-ramp” in its conflict with Iran. It's the first 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 signal of discontent over the war from a senior figure in his administration. as.ft.com/r/5eb73ba7-c...
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Trump adviser calls for US to ‘declare victory and get out’ of Iran
[FREE TO READ] Remarks by AI and crypto tsar David Sacks show anti-war sentiment in the president’s Maga coalition
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Lucy Fisher @lucyfisher.ft.com · 09/03/2026
Farage misses out on Trump meeting as their relationship cools w/ @annasophiegross.bsky.social & @joemillerjr.ft.com www.ft.com/content/9391...
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Farage misses out on Trump meeting as their relationship cools
British populist politician aimed to reinforce his view about the UK’s Chagos Islands deal in conversation with US president
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 07/03/2026
EXCLUSIVE with @georgehammond.bsky.social: The Trump admin has drawn up rules for civilian AI contracts that would require companies to allow “any lawful” use of their models. Comes amid Pentagon vs Anthropic. Similar rules are likely to follow for military contracts. as.ft.com/r/e240c02b-e...
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US draws up strict new AI guidelines amid Anthropic clash
[FREE TO READ] Draft rules mandate civilian government contracts make models available for ‘any lawful’ use
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 26/02/2026
Today @georgehammond.bsky.social and I explore how AI dollars 💵💵💵 are likely to dominate key races in the upcoming midterms as.ft.com/r/c5e49e9f-0...
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The Silicon Valley billionaires spending big to write America’s AI rules
[FREE TO READ] Midterm election contests poised to become battlegrounds over nascent technology
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 19/02/2026
The likes of Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Alex Karp will help train a crack squad of techies with a mission to overhaul the federal government, OPM chief Scott Kupor tells me:
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Trump administration recruits tech bosses to train ‘elite’ government coders
[FREE TO READ] Programme aims to modernise digital infrastructure of US federal agencies
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
"But across the US, citizens, clergy and elected officials in conservative communities are leading a grassroots rebellion against the rapid rollout of the technology. Political strategists fear this could wreck Republicans’ chance of maintaining their majority in Congress this November..."
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Donald Trump’s AI push fuels revolt in Maga heartlands
Republicans fear backlash against White House agenda could undermine support in this year’s midterm elections
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 18/02/2026
I went to Missouri to report on the grassroots backlash to the AI revolution, which is gaining momentum by the day.
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Donald Trump’s AI push fuels revolt in Maga heartlands
[FREE TO READ] Republicans fear backlash against White House agenda could undermine support in this year’s midterm elections
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 15/02/2026
NEW: The White House is upping the ante in its war against state-led AI regulation - this time warning a Republican legislature to kill a safety bill it sees as burdensome to American companies. as.ft.com/r/3f8d92cc-3...
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Trump leans on Utah Republicans to scrap AI safety bill
[FREE TO READ] Memo sent to state lawmakers threatens to escalate feud between the White House and conservative states
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 05/02/2026
A story by the great @pickardje.bsky.social and yours truly from 2023 has become the fulcrum of a crisis that might end with the ousting of a British prime minister... www.ft.com/content/0723...
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 04/02/2026
“Their policy was to kneecap the states and let Big Tech write the rules.” RDS indirectly blasts Trump's team, including David Sacks, for seeking to give the AI industry everything it wants. as.ft.com/r/9d5096fe-7...
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Ron DeSantis lashes out at ‘harmful’ AI in break with Trump’s White House
[FREE TO READ] Florida’s Republican governor criticises attempts by administration to ‘kneecap states and let Big Tech write the rules’
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Trump and his allies raised a record $429mn in donations last year, as tech billionaires and companies lobbying for policy changes helped build a war chest ahead of the midterm elections. rpt by @joemillerjr.ft.com Ian Hodgson and Paul Caruana Galizia www.ft.com/content/5038...
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 03/02/2026
Trump has “a lot of money to potentially spend on a handful of competitive Senate and House races... or to make himself politically relevant after he leaves the White House."
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Tech billionaires fuel Donald Trump’s $429mn haul ahead of midterm elections
[FREE TO READ] Executives seeking regulatory relief help make lame-duck president a potent political force with record fundraising
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 31/01/2026
Elon Musk continued to donate to the GOP, giving a further $5mn to the Senate Leadership Fund PAC in mid December, per filings. Definitely back in the Trump tent.
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 08/12/2025
Coming up on @ms.now with Katy Tur to talk Trump pardons
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 05/12/2025
Dozens of agents spent years bringing Juan Orlando Hernández to justice for flooding US cities with cocaine, only for Trump to pardon him with a social media post. They, and other US law enforcement officials, are fuming. More from @kayewiggins.ft.com, Stefania Palma and I.
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‘Why are we letting this guy go?’ Donald Trump’s pardons upend US justice system
[FREE TO READ] Releases of drug traffickers and fraudsters puzzle allies and send shockwaves through legal circles
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 04/12/2025
All these people just willingly revealing they use Spotify.
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 21/11/2025
What fresh hell? Why are viewers of UK coverage having to put up with Aussie scoring?!
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 20/11/2025
The AI lobby lost 99-1 in the Senate this summer. Now it is back with a $100mn war chest and a new campaign for a ban on state-level regulation, which is already enraging Maga populists. Me in today's FT: on.ft.com/4prXzFH
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Donald Trump’s support for pro-AI proposal fuels Maga backlash
[FREE TO READ] US president endorses move to restrict regulation by states after lobbying from Silicon Valley
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 08/11/2025
“We have to understand that in 2025, that evil person . . . has an audience of several million people,” says Heritage Foundation boss Kevin Roberts of the Holocaust-denying Nick Fuentes. My piece on the mutiny within Maga on.ft.com/3WNZo3p
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Trump’s Maga coalition fractures over far-right interview
[FREE TO READ] Heritage Foundation in turmoil after head defends airing of exchange with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 24/10/2025
NEW: A little-known drone company backed by Donald Trump Jr has won its largest-ever contract from the Pentagon. on.ft.com/49iybgw
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Trump Jr-linked drone company wins Pentagon contract
[FREE TO READ] Unusual Machines secures deal as US military accelerates domestic production of unmanned aircraft
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 18/10/2025
Here is what Elon Musk’s Grok tells users about our investigation. I’ll leave it to others to decide if this is an accurate summation.
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 17/10/2025
Spent the last few weeks working on these two Trump investigations, alongside a crack FT team. First one on the $1bn crypto haul
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How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto
[FREE TO READ] The president and his family have built a rapidly growing digital assets empire which has been fuelled by the administration’s industry-friendly policies
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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 16/10/2025
How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto on.ft.com/4olkLoi
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 20/09/2025
*fewer
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 10/09/2025
Maga vs AI: Trump’s Big Tech courtship risks a backlash on.ft.com/4niyITy
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Maga vs AI: Donald Trump’s Big Tech courtship risks a backlash
Silicon Valley’s sway in the White House is alarming populists in the president’s base
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 31/08/2025
In a uniquely bad-tempered US Open, Tommy Paul has stood out for his grace and sportsmanship. I’m a fan.
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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
TONIGHT: @joemillerjr.ft.com talks to @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.
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Elon Musk spent millions on Republican candidates despite feud with Donald Trump
Donations during public spat cast doubt on billionaire’s proposal to start a rival party
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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 10/07/2025
Sad to witness the decline of FT's Bracken House HQ, where the cricket is not being broadcast on one of the main screens.
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