Category: Semafor

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is again confronting the White House on National Institutes of Health grant decision-making, calling on Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought to drop his push to assert greater control over the NIH’s grant process. “Imposing a political review on awards that have already been ...

OpenAI on Monday called for the US to lead an international coalition to coordinate global AI standards, as discussion of the technology’s risk and promise looms over this week’s UN General Assembly. The call comes as Washington pursues tentative outreach with China on coordinating AI developments, including through a possible ...

China said Monday that it removed two top generals over allegations of disloyalty and corruption, the latest in a long series of expulsions under leader Xi Jinping. While Xi’s purge is centered around rooting out graft, the “unprecedented” charges of forming cliques and factions “sends a sharp message to ​both ...

Paramount settled lawsuits brought by 12 US states Monday, paving the way for David Ellison’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The states had argued that the acquisition would give Paramount too much control over the movie and cable TV industries. The deal provides certain editorial protections for CBS ...

A key Republican super PAC has removed $6.5 million in ad reservations from North Carolina’s Senate race for the month of October, according to media tracker AdImpact. That decision by the GOP-aligned Old North Action comes after Semafor reported Republicans are weighing their commitment to the race because Republican candidate ...

Andy’s view In Mao Zedong’s 1938 essay , penned during the Japanese invasion of China, he divided conflict into three phases: strategic defense, strategic stalemate, and strategic counter-offensive. On the eve of a leaders’ summit this week in Washington, US-China ties are stuck in the stalemate stage, deadlocked on everything ...

Restrictions on shipping through key global trade routes are stoking concerns of a coming worldwide food-price shock, with poor countries particularly ill prepared. Rising fuel prices caused by the instability at the Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb straits are hitting farmers in parts of the West just as harvest season opens. ...

Mining for copper fell in the first half of the year relative to the same period in 2025, sparking fears over long-term supplies of the metal, which is key for the clean energy transition and building data centers. Production disruptions and weak output in Chile, the world’s biggest producer, sent ...

, directed by Simon Stone. The film follows the final years in the life of Ian Charleson, a Scottish actor who starred in the Oscar-winning . It picks up in 1989, after Charleson, played by Andrew Scott, faces an AIDS diagnosis while trying to revive his career. When he finally ...

The News House Democrats are fighting over the pecking order in their extended leadership hierarchy as they hope to win the majority. In recent days, allies of both Reps. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., and Ted Lieu, D-Calif., have laid claim to the fourth-ranking slot in the majority as they look to ...