Vote comes as 60-day deadline looms, with two GOP backing limits and dispute over whether ceasefire pauses clock US politics live – latest updates The Republican-led Senate on Thursday again blocked a Democratic attempt to stop Donald Trump’s war in Iran, rejecting a war powers resolution that would have limited ...
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‘I did receive bottles on stage. There might have been urine’: Melanie C on Spice Girls mania, impostor syndrome and her date with a Chili Pepper‘I did receive bottles on stage. There might have been urine’: Melanie C on Spice Girls mania, impostor syndrome and her date with a Chili Pepper
As she releases a clubby new album, Sweat, the former Sporty Spice answers your questions on her raver days, scouse cuisine and Sex Pistols covers Your acid remix of Jessie Ware’s Free Yourself was a bit unexpected, I admit. Were you a hardcore raver back in the early 90s? CoopertapesI ...
A ballroom bunker is a perfect symbol for Trump 2.0 | Jan-Werner MüllerA ballroom bunker is a perfect symbol for Trump 2.0 | Jan-Werner Müller
The edifice suggests a Silicon Valley-style desire to protect the president from national crises of his own making A self-declared “secretary of war” keeps committing war crimes; people are dying in Africa because of Musk’s cuts to USAID; farm bankruptcies in the US are surging; ICE keeps acting with impunity; ...
‘Making the scarlet letter into my career’: my life as a sex writer‘Making the scarlet letter into my career’: my life as a sex writer
I thought my mother was ashamed of my taboo profession. Then I realized our experiences were more similar than I thought My first viral personal essay was titled: “In Defense of Casual Sex”. It was 2008. I was 24, living in San Francisco, and working at the online magazine Salon. ...
Supreme Court sparks a bipartisan redistricting rushSupreme Court sparks a bipartisan redistricting rush
The News The Supreme Court’s weakening of the Voting Rights Act, barely 24 hours old, has kicked off a new redistricting rush, with Republicans and Democrats endorsing plans to wipe out their rivals in the states they control. Some of the changes now getting discussed could come this summer. Others ...
FCC’s Disney probe divides RepublicansFCC’s Disney probe divides Republicans
The FCC’s moves toward yanking Disney’s ABC broadcasting licenses are dividing conservatives. The agency’s review, scooped Tuesday by Semafor, is loosely tied to Disney’s corporate diversity efforts. But the timing — coming after Trump called, again, for Jimmy Kimmel to be fired over a monologue — is sparking accusations of ...
PsiQuantum adds Intel’s Lip-Bu Tan to boardPsiQuantum adds Intel’s Lip-Bu Tan to board
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has been tapped for another job. The executive is joining the board of directors for $7 billion quantum computing company PsiQuantum, the company exclusively told Semafor. It follows several investments in such businesses through the venture capital firm Tan chairs, A&E Investments. A&E participated in PsiQuantum’s ...
Why the Sahel crisis matters to EuropeWhy the Sahel crisis matters to Europe
Ulf’s view Mali’s Moscow-backed military government is fighting for its survival after a coordinated jihadist and Tuareg assault killed the defense minister and forced Russian mercenaries to retreat from the north. It raises fears that instability could trigger a new wave of migration to Europe and accelerate a security collapse ...
Semafor launches Silicon Valley & The WorldSemafor launches Silicon Valley & The World
The News San Francisco, CA – As Silicon Valley’s decisions increasingly shape the priorities of governments, markets, and societies worldwide, Semafor will convene the leaders building artificial intelligence and other breakthrough technologies with the leaders responsible for shaping strategies, policies, and institutions around them. Semafor’s inaugural annualconvening will be the ...
Israel intercepts and detains crews of Gaza aid flotilla near CreteIsrael intercepts and detains crews of Gaza aid flotilla near Crete
Global Sumud Flotilla describes interception as ‘violent raid’ while Turkey condemns it as ‘act of piracy’ Israeli forces have intercepted and detained the crews of at least 22 boats near the Greek island of Crete from a flotilla that is attempting to break Israel’s maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip ...