Democrats’ hopes rise in Texas
Polls shared with Semafor show Democratic candidates running surprisingly competitively in the 9th and the 10th Congressional Districts.
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Inside Trump’s red-state travel swing
President Donald Trump’s decision to kick off a month of midterm campaign travel with rallies in red states like Oklahoma and Alabama has confounded some Republicans, but those involved in the plans argue there’s a strategy behind them.
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'The No. 1 thing': Republicans agonize over their economic inaction
As senators leave Washington before the midterms, many worry failure to address voters’ economic concerns could cost them control of Congress.
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US economy shows resilience on solid consumer spending, growth data
Cooler-than-expected August inflation data and strong consumer spending gave markets a boost before a frantic final hour of trading erased gains.
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Schumer embraces Trump’s campaign travel, puts Senate fight at ‘50/50’
The Senate minority leader expressed concerns about Republicans’ money advantage in an interview with Semafor.
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OpenAI accuses top Chinese lab of distilling models
OpenAI alleged that Chinese competitor Moonshot used wide-scale distillation amidst rising AI-race tensions between Washington and Beijing.
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Canada, EU to finalize partnership next month
The partnership pact boosts Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s efforts to shore up cooperation between the world’s “middle powers.”
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White House huddles on possible diesel export ban: Report
Top Republicans have called on Trump to “stop the bleeding” as soaring prices rattle the party a month before midterm elections.
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US watchdog to investigate AI labs for potential consumer harms
The probe comes one day after top tech leaders signed a self-regulatory AI accord at the White House.
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Israel probes if FlyDubai pilot stabbing was attempted terror attack
The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after passengers helped avert a disaster.
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How Zuckerberg shaped Trump's AI industry pledge
The Meta CEO started thinking about what became the Tuesday White House pact during last week’s state dinner, a source familiar told Semafor.
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FTC probes OpenAI, Anthropic, and METR
The agency is expected to demand information from the companies in the coming weeks as part of an investigation it launched earlier this year.
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America.gov holds a Minecraft-themed Easter egg
The bot seems to come to life when users ask it to “play Minecraft.”
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OpenAI's new pricing tiers highlight compute bottleneck
Offering always-on, agentic assistant tools will cost OpenAI.
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Mattel’s Kreiz to join Warner Bros.-Paramount
The Barbie chief will help refashion Warner-Paramount into an IP company
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Solving for the hand: Startup wants to pay prosthetic users to teach robots
San Diego-based Psyonic wants to deploy prosthetic hands in developing nations to collect data for building advanced humanoid hands.
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'A scan of Russia's soul'
Journalist Evan Gershkovich recounts his 16 months of wrongful imprisonment in Moscow.
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Saudi introduces regulations for camel renters
Camels must be returned to their original owner’s registry when the rental agreement ends.
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