Semafor • Dec 17, 2025
Companies seeking government backing race to SPAC
Critical materials and nuclear energy companies are hoping a quick public listing will attract the attention of the Trump administration.
Articles & Videos
Mother Jones • Dec 17, 2025
Powerful Influencers Are Spreading a Vile Rumor About the Brown Shooting
Four days after a shooting at Brown University killed two students and wounded nine others, neither the shooter’s identity nor motive is known. But that hasn’t stopped internet sleuths from insisting that they know who did it. Now, powerful influencers are amplifying their claims. Almost as soon as the shooting happened, conservative influencers were quick […]
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Hasan Abi • Dec 17, 2025
Trump’s Chief of Staff Spills the Tea
Semafor • Dec 17, 2025
Mubadala accelerates private credit push
The real estate debt fund will focus on the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the US, in the latest sign of Emirati funds’ continued appetite for private credit.
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Breaking Points • Dec 17, 2025
Unemployment SPIKES To Highest Since Pandemic
Lever News • Dec 17, 2025
The Big Short 2: AI Boogaloo
An increasing number of Wall Street investors are betting against artificial intelligence.
Semafor • Dec 17, 2025
UK launches new Africa strategy focused on investment over aid
Africa Minister Jenny Chapman said Britain — which this year cut its aid budget by 40% — was “moving from donor to investor.”
Semafor • Dec 17, 2025
African Development Bank raises record $11 billion for key fund
The African Development Fund lends money to 37 low-income nations on the continent.
Semafor • Dec 17, 2025
British drinks maker Diageo to sell stake in East African Breweries
The deal marks the company’s second major divestment from the continent in as many years.
Headlines
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An ultrathin coating for electronics looked like a miracle insulator − but a hidden leak fooled researchers for over a decade
The Conversation •
Are there thunderstorms on Mars? A planetary scientist explains the red planet’s dry, dusty storms
The Conversation •
For 80 years, the president’s party has almost always lost House seats in midterm elections, a pattern that makes the 2026 congressional outlook clear
The Conversation •
Chavismo has adapted before – but can Venezuela’s leftist ideology become US friendly and survive?
The Conversation •
Coretta Scott King: After MLK’s Murder, She Took the Mic and Took on the War
Scheer Post •
Coretta Scott King Publicly Opposed Vietnam War Before MLK — and Urged Him to Follow
Scheer Post •
Erased by NBC: How Legacy Media Ignores Independent Reporting
Scheer Post •
Why Does ICE Look More and More Like the Israeli Military Lately?
Zeteo •
More Immigrants Detained by ICE Recount Harsh and Cruel Treatment
Mother Jones •
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