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Semaforby Burgess Everett11 Sept 2026
The News NCAA President Charlie Baker is feeling “pretty good” about the prospects for Senate passage of bipartisan college sports legislation.
Semaforby Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson11 Sept 2026
The Scene The Bayeux Tapestry, which went on display in the British Museum this week, is one of the wonders of the medieval world.
Semaforby Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson11 Sept 2026
The Scene “Every senior executive should have to go play high-stakes poker with their own money,” Scott Kirby says, explaining how a lifetime of gambling has informed how he balances risks and...
Semaforby David Weigel11 Sept 2026
The News DALLAS – Republicans arrived at their first midterm convention ready to sell their wins for “working class” Americans, including hundreds of billions of dollars for tax cuts, refunds, and...
Semaforby Liz Hoffman10 Sept 2026
The Scene Existential AI fears broke containment this week after an Anthropic researcher quit, warning that frontier labs are “gambling with our lives.” One of his colleagues chimed in, putting the...
Semaforby Tim McDonnell10 Sept 2026
One lesson from the return of crude oil prices back above $100 per barrel is that US President Donald Trump seems to be hastening the end of the oil age.
Semaforby Ben Smith10 Sept 2026
The News A few minutes before Donald Trump got on stage in Dallas Wednesday night, Joe Allen was warning a hard-right crowd across town about immigration.
Semaforby Eleanor Mueller10 Sept 2026
The Scoop President Donald Trump’s top cryptocurrency adviser is warning senators that next week could be the last chance Congress gets to accomplish the crypto industry’s top legislative priority...
Semaforby Tom Chivers10 Sept 2026
The origin story of Flagship runs through fertilizer. When we were writing our pre-release trial editions in late 2022, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was still relatively recent.
Semaforby Ashley Gold10 Sept 2026
The Scoop Congress isn’t back to Washington yet, but some lawmakers were jolted awake by a round of dire AI warnings from a resigning Anthropic researcher who said “people building AI earnestly...
Semaforby Burgess Everett10 Sept 2026
The News A gun safety group founded by former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., is launching a $10 million ad blitz against Republicans in three crucial races, with plans to expand the campaign in the...
Semaforby Shelby Talcott10 Sept 2026
An anti-data center bus tour traversing key midterm states will add another complication for Republican candidates in tight races who are trying to navigate Trump’s support of the AI infrastructure...
Semaforby Shelby Talcott9 Sept 2026
The News The White House is shrugging off the internal Republican tension kicked up by its still-unreleased proposal to divert federal childcare aid to stay-at-home parents.
Semaforby J.D. Capelouto9 Sept 2026
J.D.’s view A potentially devastating bug in Chinese superapp WeChat is the latest security scare underscoring why relying on slow-moving — and often opposing — governments won’t solve AI’s...
Semaforby David Weigel9 Sept 2026
David’s view Candidates who think they’ve escaped or explained their pasts keep having to explain comments that “resurface” online, again and again.
Semaforby Vivianne Wandera9 Sept 2026
The News Kenya’s crackdown on foreign small-scale traders is exposing a tension at the heart of President William Ruto’s economic agenda in trying to protect jobs for Kenyans while keeping the...
Semaforby Ashley Gold9 Sept 2026
The News More than two dozen organizations from both the left and right are urging the White House to publicly release its voluntary AI security framework, per a letter shared first with Semafor.
Semaforby Burgess Everett9 Sept 2026
The News New Hampshire’s premier Senate race is on after party leaders secured their top choices in what’s shaping up to be one of the tightest contests in the entire country come November.
Semaforby Liz Hoffman8 Sept 2026
The Scoop The US Justice Department is widening its antitrust inquiry into Fox’s $22 billion acquisition of streaming platform Roku, people familiar with the matter said.
Semaforby Liz Rappaport8 Sept 2026
Liz’s view There are reasons for Kevin Warsh to raise interest rates next week — though President Donald Trump’s new Fed chief was chosen to keep rates low — and there’s no shortage of possible...
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