Lever News • Dec 23, 2025
How The Blob Won The Military A $1 Trillion Budget
A network of arms industry-funded think tanks and media operatives helped manufacture consent before a record-breaking $1 trillion defense budget.
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Scheer Post • Dec 23, 2025
Global South Is Now 1/3 of Major EV Markets, Leaving US in the Dust
When we say that people in the Global South are buying EVs hand over fist, alas, we aren’t saying that they are buying Chevy Bolts or Nissan Leafs or Teslas.
Semafor • Dec 23, 2025
Corporate debt issuance nears record highs on AI investment
The $1.7 trillion in bond issuances fell short only of 2020’s pandemic-fueled rush, with 30% of it related to AI.
Semafor • Dec 23, 2025
Paramount CEO’s father offers $40B backing for WBD takeover
Larry Ellison’s intervention comes as competition heats up between Paramount and streaming giant Netflix to take over WBD.
Semafor • Dec 23, 2025
Trump’s high-stakes wind salvo risks backfiring
The US is “pausing” five large offshore wind projects, all of which are billions of dollars deep into planning, construction, and even partial operation.
Semafor • Dec 23, 2025
Trump’s high-stakes wind salvo risks backfiring
The US is “pausing” five large offshore wind projects, all of which are billions of dollars deep into planning, construction, and even partial operation.
Semafor • Dec 23, 2025
Nuclear fusion executives welcome Trump Media merger
The planned merger between nuclear fusion startup TAE Technologies and Trump Media raised some concerns about conflicts of interest.
Semafor • Dec 23, 2025
KKR's first Saudi deal signals private credit rush
The US investment firm is leading a refinancing of debt on a $750 million water treatment plant in Rabigh, on the kingdom’s west coast.
Semafor • Dec 23, 2025
Gulf property giants eye US luxury market
Abu Dhabi-backed Modon Holding is headed for Jersey City, New Jersey, with a joint venture to develop a luxury high-rise with US-based property developers.
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Michigan Lawsuit Calls Big Oil a “Cartel” That’s Driving High Energy Bills
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Why corporate America is mostly staying quiet as federal immigration agents show up at its doors
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Has Little Caesars Arena boosted economic activity in Detroit? We looked at hotel and short-term rental industry data to find out
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Bad Bunny, Billionaires, and the Business of Sports
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Data centers told to pitch in as storms and cold weather boost power demand
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Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms
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Ignoring China’s Poverty Alleviation Success Is Costing Us All
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3 things to know about Kevin Warsh, Trump’s nod for Fed chair
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Mamdani Announces New Settlement Securing Backpay for Delivery Workers
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