Semafor • Oct 28, 2025
‘You just threw the ranchers out’: Republicans vent to Vance about beef plan
President Donald Trump has announced he would permit a quadrupling in Argentine beef imports in a bid to bring down prices.
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Current Affairs • Oct 28, 2025
No War with Venezuela!
Donald Trump and his allies are preparing to attack Venezuela. They’re not even trying to be secretive about it. A “vast military build-up” is now under way in the Caribbean, with the USS Gerald Ford—the world’s largest aircraft carrier—dispatched there on October 26. According to the Economist, “more than ten percent of all deployed American naval assets” are now in Central and South America. What’s more, the Trump administration has authorized the CIA to conduct “lethal operations” (that is, assassinations and other forms of secret warfare) within Venezuela itself. Trump has dubbed President Nicolás Maduro a “narcoterrorist,” and top Republican politicians are explicitly threatening his life. Representative Mario Diaz-Balart has said that Maduro “can only negotiate not to have his plane downed when escaping,” while Senator Rick Scott said this Monday, “If I was Maduro, I’d head to Russia or China right now[...] His days are numbered. Something's gonna happen.”
Semafor • Oct 28, 2025
As Trump’s tariffs vex Republicans, some hope for a Supreme Court rescue
Senators are set to vote this week on rebuking the president’s Brazil and Canada levies. But a high court ruling is the remedy that might really stick.
Lever News • Oct 28, 2025
The Billion-Dollar Car Heist
Americans increasingly can’t afford their cars, while car insurers are raking in record profits and executive pay.
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Hasan Abi • Oct 28, 2025
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Semafor • Oct 28, 2025
Treasury's Bessent picks five finalists for new Fed chair
The nominee to succeed Fed Chair Jerome Powell will face a high-wire act of placating the president while keeping the trust of investors.
Semafor • Oct 28, 2025
Widespread layoffs muddy labor market picture ahead of Fed decision
Nearly 1 million American workers have lost their jobs so far this year, the most since 2009, excluding the spike in spring 2020.
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The Majority Report • Oct 28, 2025
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Semafor • Oct 28, 2025
Record number of Africans in new NBA season
The success of African athletes in basketball coincides with heavy investment in the continent.
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The first modern rocket launched 100 years ago, beginning a century of both innovations and challenges for spaceflight
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