Semafor • Oct 21, 2025
Momentum builds in Washington for lifting Syria sanctions
US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack on Monday called on the House to clear a repeal of sanctions.
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Semafor • Oct 21, 2025
GOP considers longer-term spending bill: 'Time is eroding'
The House-passed bill would now buy Republicans just one month.
Semafor • Oct 20, 2025
South Africa’s Absa steps up regulatory push with government
The bank sees a “massive opportunity” in the restructuring of Africa’s largest economy, its chief executive told Semafor.
Semafor • Oct 20, 2025
Democrats wrestle with strategy as shutdown enters Day 20
Many Democrats want House Speaker Mike Johnson and President Donald Trump to sign off on any deal.
Semafor • Oct 20, 2025
Sesame Workshop CEO: PBS cuts not 'existential threat'
Still, Sherrie Westin, the CEO of Sesame Workshop, said the nonprofit's partnership with PBS is crucial.
Semafor • Oct 19, 2025
Afghanistan and Pakistan agree ceasefire after Doha peace talks
Qatar mediated the peace talks alongside Turkey.
Semafor • Oct 19, 2025
China's top leaders meet to set policy agenda for next five years
The Chinese Communist Party Central Committee’s four-day “Fourth Plenum” comes as trade tensions with the US flare.
The Majority Report • Oct 18, 2025
ICE Goes Fully Unhinged By Smashing Into Watchdog's Truck
Lever News • Oct 18, 2025
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: This 231-Year-Old Law Could Bypass Trump’s Tariffs
An Indigenous group pokes a hole in Trump’s tariffs, the country’s biggest landlords are shaken up, one state kills debt traps, and pig processors pay up.
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ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − accused of violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th amendment rights − are testing whether the Constitution can survive
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Congress has exercised minimal oversight over ICE, but that might change
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Medicare is experimenting with having AI review claims – a cost-saving measure that could risk denying needed care
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Kristi Noem’s Throttling of FEMA Funds Constitutes a Preventable Disaster
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American Reich: Kristi Noem’s DHS is the Department of Homeland Subjugation
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Federal power meets local resistance in Minneapolis – a case study in how federalism staves off authoritarianism
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Report: Education Department’s “Efficiency” Layoffs Cost At Least $28 Million
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Trump Goes Public With Plan to “Take Over” Elections
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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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