Install
Transparent, global reporting by Semafor journalists on politics, policy, business, finance, technology, climate, energy, media, entertainment, world affairs, China, Asia, Europe, Africa for US and international readers.
- 528articles · 30d
- 2+ hour agolatest article
- Aug 15, 2026earliest in window
- 98%with images
- 192avg words
- News 294
- Economy, Business & Finance 229
- Politics 207
- Finance & Business 164
- Politics2 133
- Conflict, War & Peace 57
- Science & Technology 55
- Business & Industrial 52
Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
Exclusive: Inside the US Treasury secretary’s tense relationship with financial media
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (820+ words) Last September, Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait got a call from US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The secretary had been a regular on Bloomberg’s TV programming and in its reporting for years, first as the founder of a hedge fund,…...
Republicans’ midterm promise is more populism, and more cash
3+ day, 53+ min ago (471+ words) DALLAS – Republicans arrived at their first midterm convention ready to sell their wins for “working class” Americans, including hundreds of billions of dollars for tax cuts, refunds, and savings accounts.They left it ready to spend another trillion dollars in…...
Houthi rebels capture key Red Sea port in Yemen
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (136+ words) Houthi rebels captured a key port on Thursday from Yemen’s Saudi Arabia-backed government, strengthening the Iranian proxy’s hold on one of the region’s two critical waterways. Houthi rebels captured a key Red Sea port on Thursday from Yemenâs Saudi…...
AI loses a Dallas debate
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (332+ words) A few minutes before Donald Trump got on stage in Dallas Wednesday night, Joe Allen was warning a hard-right crowd across town about immigration. “You look at the data center, this incubator for algorithmic immigrants,” he said. “They’ve already broken…...
Trump pledges $5,000 voter payout if Republicans win the midterms
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (71+ words) Trump’s unpopularity has weighed heavily on his party’s chances of retaining a majority. Trump pledges $5,000 voter payout if Republicans win the midterms Beyond broad rejection of the war in the Middle East, voters have soured on the Trump administration over…...
Exclusive: Bipartisan AI safety bill gains momentum on the Hill
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (285+ words) An AI safety bill may be introduced by senators from both parties as early as next week. The ScoopCongress isnât back to Washington yet, but some lawmakers were jolted awake by a round of dire AI warnings from a…...
Sitting RNC member breaks with Trump on data centers
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (314+ words) An anti-data center bus tour traversing key midterm states will add another complication for Republican candidates in tight races who are trying to navigate Trump’s support of the AI infrastructure with growing voter opposition — and it’s being spearheaded by a…...
US bond yields spike after Bessent increases buybacks
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (154+ words) US long-term bond yields jumped to three-year highs Wednesday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s bond buybacks failed to impress markets. US long-term bond yields spiked to three-year highs Wednesday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessentâs bond buybacks failed to impress…...
Republicans kick off ‘Trump-a-Palooza’ midterm convention
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (157+ words) The Republican Party kicked off its first-ever midterm convention in Dallas Wednesday, as party figures bet President Donald Trump’s center-stage performance can lift their fortunes despite his record-low approval ratings. Republicans kick off ‘Trump-a-Palooza’ midterm convention The Republican Party kicked…...
‘We all agree that big government is bad, but…’: White House shrugs off Republican clashes over childcare
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (743+ words) The White House is shrugging off the internal Republican tension kicked up by its still-unreleased proposal to divert federal childcare aid to stay-at-home parents. The plan, which would route some money from the government’s $12 billion childcare fund to help married…...