This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: ‘The Fed ignores Trump’s calls to cut rates’ Sonja Hutson Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Thursday, January 30th.

Hijjah Allen-Pasley reached the 1,000-point mark for Cathedral in a 73-50 nonleague girls basketball win over Belmont. Sophie Vagnini scored 10 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, while Gabrielle ...