Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
White House feud with Anthropic reveals broader AI safety concerns
The public spat between White House AI Czar David Sacks and Anthropic shows a real, philosophical divide about the nature of AI technology.
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Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
Kenya to invest $31B in infrastructure over next decade
Funds from the budget, state asset sales, and private sector resources will be pooled to build new roads, rail, and power projects.
Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
Whooping cough surges in Florida as vaccine rates plummet
Kindergarten vaccination rates fell in 2024 to the lowest in over a decade.
Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
Spain pushes Africa ties as other Western nations pull back
Madrid has widened a seasonal migration program and is aiming to open a raft of new embassies across the continent.
Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
Uncommon bonds: Repealing old military authorizations
This year’s House and Senate defense bills both include a repeal of the 1991 and 2002 authorizations.
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House conservative says clawing back Republican spending bills ‘erodes trust’
The Virginia Republican spoke to Eleanor Mueller at Semafor’s World Economy Summit on Thursday.
Zeteo • Oct 16, 2025
FRIDAY, 12 PM ET: Join Mehdi's Live Q&A on the Right's Secret Plan to Help Billionaires Run Politics
Tune in for a live conversation with Mehdi Hasan and The Lever's David Sirota. They'll unpack the way corruption is built into the US legal system - and they'll take YOUR questions!
Semafor • Oct 16, 2025
'This is asinine': Shutdown bitterness grips a stalled Congress
Neither side is moving or showing signs of engagement in negotiations as the 35-day record looms.
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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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