The Financial Times has appointed Abigail Hauslohner and Amy Mackinnon as US foreign affairs correspondents, and Steff Chávez as US defence correspondent, as part of an expansion of the foreign affairs and national security team in Washington DC.

Foreign policy responsibilities will be divided along regional lines, with each correspondent also reporting on the White House in their coverage.

Hauslohner will cover the US government’s involvement in the Middle East and Africa, spanning diplomacy, conflict, and strategic alliances in the region. She joins the FT from the Washington Post, where she held several roles, including national security reporter and Cairo bureau chief. 

Mackinnon will report on US relations with Europe, including transatlantic diplomacy, evolving ties with NATO and the EU, and the US role in the ongoing war in Ukraine and tensions with Russia. She was previously an intelligence reporter at Politico, as well as a national security and intelligence reporter at Foreign Policy.

In her new role, Chávez will report on US defence and national security policy. She was most recently the FT’s Washington reporter, covering the Trump administration for the politics and foreign policy team. She also launched the White House Watch newsletter.

Brooke Masters, US managing editor, said, “The Trump administration is redefining how the US engages with the world. By bolstering our foreign and defence policy coverage, we’re drawing on the FT’s international perspective and the expertise of our journalists to report on some of the most consequential decisions coming out of Washington.”

The correspondents will work closely with the FT's extensive global reporting network, including US-China correspondent Demetri Sevastopulo, who will continue to lead coverage of American relations with China and the Indo-Pacific across all parts of the US government from the FT’s Washington bureau.

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