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More than 130 Democratic candidates have run anti-tech ads this cycle, according to data shared first with Semafor, as the party capitalizes on growing public resentment against AI and the White House’s light-touch approach. Tech firms have rushed to staff up with Democrats in preparation for the shifting balance of ...

Banks are reviewing loans to clients exposed to El Niño, the latest sign of the growing impact the warm-weather pattern is having across the globe. Spain’s BBVA — which has a large presence in Latin America, a region vulnerable to crop-damaging drought and floods — has asked local risk teams ...

Investcorp, one of the Gulf’s largest asset managers, is preparing for a spree of infrastructure deals in the region as governments look for new ways to finance massive investment plans to reduce their reliance on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Gulf states will be more open to partnering with ...

Tim’s view Today’s US election is a test of how much voters will want to punish the president for soaring gasoline and power prices. Energy costs are always an important factor in elections; gas prices are the only economic indicator displayed in big bold numbers at major intersections. But between ...

BP isn’t likely to reverse its pivot away from renewable power generation anytime soon, CEO Meg O’Neill told Semafor. Since she took the helm in April, O’Neill has been focused on salvaging the company’s finances. She got a big helping hand in the third quarter as its profits nearly quadrupled ...

Democrats running in more than 130 federal and gubernatorial races aired anti-tech or anti-data center ads this cycle, an increase over just two Democratic ads mentioning those topics from 2020 to 2024, according to a new analysis from the Tech Oversight Project shared first with Semafor. Democrats used these messages ...

, by Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker. A classic in American ,this behind-the-scenes portrait of the 1992 Clinton presidential campaign centers not on the candidate himself but on his team, particularly campaign strategist James Carville and communications director George Stephanopoulos. The film “captured both a transformation in the way campaigns ...

The Trump administration is offering a more optimistic tone on diplomacy with Iran — even as the US quietly launched an attack on Monday. Vice President JD Vance told reporters earlier in the day that he and President Donald Trump “both feel pretty good about the prospects for potentially coming ...

The News OpenAI’s attempt to rebrand data centers and set a new tone for AI policy discourse after the midterms is landing with a thud in some circles, including with members of Congress. The company’s latest policy push is multi-pronged. It involves calling data centers “compute campuses” and seeking community ...

Trade watchers are waiting for Tuesday’s elections to pass to ascertain whether a US-Canada deal is actually imminent. President Donald Trump’s repeated insistence that a deal is close “matters for a couple of key states” like Michigan, Washington Council Ernst & Young’s Blake Harden told Semafor. “So it’s hard to ...