Semafor • Oct 3, 2025
Shutdown could run into next week as Senate bolts
Democrats are likely to once again reject the House’s seven-week stopgap bill.
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Semafor • Oct 2, 2025
Democrats: It's more of a health care fight than a shutdown
Holding the line to keep the government closed is painful for them, but most of them saw it as the only way to start their comeback.
Semafor • Oct 2, 2025
Republicans' shutdown strategy: All 'illegals,' all the time
It's a plain attempt to fight on friendly turf for the president's party — where the details are arcane enough to leave Democrats with little response but protest.
Semafor • Oct 2, 2025
Pfizer's Oval Office show is the new face of pre-regulation
The old corporate playbook — drag your feet, lawyer up, wait for the enforcement action that may never come, and sue if you must — has been replaced by something weirder.
Semafor • Oct 2, 2025
White House links university funding preference to classroom reforms
In a memo sent to top schools, the White House said it would tie funding to, among other things, mandatory standardized testing in admissions and a five-year tuition freeze.
Semafor • Oct 2, 2025
Trump causes bipartisan alarm by turning shutdown into DOGE 2.0
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing back on White House plans to lay off workers and shut down projects during a funding lapse.
Semafor • Oct 2, 2025
Supreme Court allows Cook to stay at Fed for now
Progressives hailed the ruling as a rare victory.
Semafor • Oct 2, 2025
Talks start in US Senate as shutdown drags into Friday
After three Democratic defections on the House’s spending bill, it appears no one else is budging.
Semafor • Oct 1, 2025
Intel in early talks to add AMD as foundry customer
AMD relies on TSMC for most of its manufacturing, but the US government has made clear that bolstering Intel is a top priority.
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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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