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Albania appoints first AI minister to oversee public procurement
The bot will award all public tenders involving the government’s hiring of private companies, a role historically vulnerable to bribery and threats.
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Semafor • Sep 12, 2025
US urges G7 to impose tariffs on China, India
President Donald Trump hopes the pressure will force Moscow to join Ukraine peace talks.
Semafor • Sep 12, 2025
Collins, Shaheen press Rubio on stranded food aid
After the move to shut down USAID, lawmakers hoped that supplies already purchased would still be used
Semafor • Sep 12, 2025
Debatable: US military's counternarcotics work
Trump’s Venezuela strike is fueling debate about the US military’s involvement in anti-drug trafficking operations.
Semafor • Sep 12, 2025
Senate tees up Fed nominee ahead of meeting
Republicans are confident Stephen Miran can garner the support he needs after the Banking Committee advanced his nomination earlier this week.
Semafor • Sep 12, 2025
Schumer faces Dem pressure cooker with shutdown fight
Democrats say they trust the minority leader to steer the negotiations in their favor, despite a head-scratching move last time.
Semafor • Sep 11, 2025
Shareholder democracy enters its Disney-princess-BuzzFeed-quiz era
The big firms are trying to offload the politically sensitive issue of proxy voting back to regular investors. But do investors want it?
Semafor • Sep 11, 2025
Trump’s climate rollbacks to sharply slow US emissions cuts: Report
What were once worst-case projections under former US President Joe Biden are now best-case under President Donald Trump.
Mother Jones • Sep 11, 2025
The Cruel Catch-22 of Cash Aid
The Covid-19 pandemic’s stimulus checks and tax credits helped mainstream the idea that government could help unwealthy people through hard times by simply giving them cash—without conditions like work requirements or stringent income limits. Since then, the push for guaranteed income for the poorest Americans, for whom wage stagnation, inequality, and the disappearance of blue-collar […]
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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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