Playing 19 characters in 100 minutes, the Tony award winner takes the temperature of the nation in America, Who Hurt You? “We’re in a timeline that even Margaret Atwood, George Orwell or Octavia Butler would be like, ‘Y’all jumped the shark on this one,” the Tony award-winning playwright Sarah Jones ...
Month: September 2026
Burnham vows to end existing pension triple lock in 2030 to help fund careBurnham vows to end existing pension triple lock in 2030 to help fund care
The PM was at times emotional during his conference speech in which he outlined his long-term plan for the UK. ...
Chris Mason: Burnham delivers deeply political speech with a personal coreChris Mason: Burnham delivers deeply political speech with a personal core
The key thing to understand about Andy Burnham’s speech is these were the words and the delivery of both a new prime minister and a grieving son, the BBC’s political editor writes. ...
Trump to stop in Alaska, other Senate battlegrounds ahead of midtermsTrump to stop in Alaska, other Senate battlegrounds ahead of midterms
The News President Donald Trump plans to travel the battleground map to stump for Senate Republicans — where he’s wanted — in the homestretch of the election. White House chief of staff Susie Wiles delivered that message to a group of Republican senators on Monday evening, according to multiple people ...
Anthropic’s IPO prospectus details steep losses, existential risksAnthropic’s IPO prospectus details steep losses, existential risks
Anthropic’s pitch to investors: We’re losing gobs of money, we might kill everyone, buy our stock anyway. Reuters’ peek at the company’s IPO prospectus includes warnings not far off from Semafor’s imaginary list of risk factors, and it details the company’s plans to spend hundreds of billions of dollars more ...
OpenAI unveils its Muse competitor: DotsOpenAI unveils its Muse competitor: Dots
The News OpenAI on Tuesday launched a personalized agent tool, called dots — a new competitor to Meta’s popular Muse system. Dots “can do nearly anything,” OpenAI said, and integrates into applications like Slack and Microsoft Teams. People will soon be able to text with their dot, which can take ...
Solomon leaves Waldron with a clean slateSolomon leaves Waldron with a clean slate
Liz’s view Lloyd Blankfein, contemplating his exit from Goldman Sachs, liked to say that when things are bad, you can’t leave, and when things are good, you don’t want to. Blankfein was finally having fun, after a decade as CEO, when he started laying the groundwork for his exit in ...
Oura delays IPO citing ‘uncertainty’Oura delays IPO citing ‘uncertainty’
Oura delayed its $2 billion IPO citing market “uncertainty,” a term usually reserved for pandemics, wars, and tariff shocks, not when the Nasdaq is hitting record highs. Indications that the smart ring’s shares were likely to price at the low end of the $40-to-$44 range delayed the plans, a person ...
Saudi Arabia urged to reconcile with UAE to drive back Houthi separatists in YemenSaudi Arabia urged to reconcile with UAE to drive back Houthi separatists in Yemen
Relations between the two countries soured in January when a UAE-backed force was defeated by Saudi Arabia in Yemen Saudi Arabia is being urged to reconcile with the United Arab Emirates over Yemen as the price Riyadh must pay to form a military alliance capable of driving the Houthis back. ...
How Senate Democrats can stop Trump from stealing the midterms | David WalbertHow Senate Democrats can stop Trump from stealing the midterms | David Walbert
Republicans could lean on congressional procedure to defy the will of voters. But if they try that, the Senate has a clear way to fight back Having lost his mail-in ballot case, Donald Trump will probably resort to ever more extreme ways to try to hold a Republican Congress in ...