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semafor.com > article > 08 > 06 > 2026 > drone-bomb-allegedly-linked-to-russia-found-at-german-airport

Drone bomb allegedly linked to Russia found at German airport

3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (157+ words) The explosives-laden drone was discovered in one of Europe’s busiest freight terminals near Ukrainian cargo planes, in what one commentator called a “dangerous escalation” of Russian agression. An explosives-laden drone was discovered at a German airport in one of Europeâ…...

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semafor.com > article > 08 > 06 > 2026 > iran-oman-deal-on-opening-hormuz-nears-final-stages

Deal to open Strait of Hormuz nears ‘final stages’

3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (157+ words) Iran and Oman are close to an agreement on a commercial route through the Strait of Hormuz, but dysfunction at the top of the Iranian regime is likely slowing talks. US President Donald Trump said he wanted to make a…...

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semafor.com > article > 08 > 06 > 2026 > pirro-is-still-in-trouble-as-trump-mulls-her-future

Exclusive: Pirro is still in trouble as Trump mulls her future

7+ hour, 17+ min ago   (152+ words) President Donald Trump isn’t the only one frustrated with his US attorney for DC, Jeanine Pirro, over her handling of Reflecting Pool cases. Others inside the administration are raising concerns about her, Semafor is told, after a contentious Oval Office…...

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semafor.com > article > 08 > 06 > 2026 > republicans-sense-advantage-in-target-rich-michigan

Exclusive: Republicans sense advantage in ‘target-rich’ Michigan

7+ hour, 17+ min ago   (1028+ words) Senate Republicans needed good news. They think they got it in Michigan. The party sees its chances of keeping Senate control brightening after Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination to take on Mike Rogers, who came close to winning Michigan’s…...

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semafor.com > article > 08 > 06 > 2026 > cryptos-top-legislative-priority-slips-in-senate

Crypto’s top legislative priority slips in Senate

7+ hour, 17+ min ago   (162+ words) The industry needs a vote before November so it can deploy millions in political spending, but leaders have yet to line one up. Crypto’s top legislative priority slips in Senate The odds are growing longer that the Senate takes up…...

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semafor.com > article > 08 > 05 > 2026 > iran-oman-signal-hormuz-deal

Iran, Oman signal Hormuz deal

17+ hour, 46+ min ago   (146+ words) Analysts cautioned the deal was unlikely to resolve the wider disputes fueling the conflict. Iran and Oman were in the “final stages” of an agreement to establish a commercial route in the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran’s state media…...

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semafor.com > article > 08 > 05 > 2026 > demis-hassabis-was-shifting-away-from-deepmind-ceo-duties-for-a-year

Exclusive: Demis Hassabis was shifting away from DeepMind CEO duties for a year

17+ hour, 46+ min ago   (622+ words) Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis’s departure Wednesday from the top job at the company he founded in 2010 and sold to Google in 2014 was at least a year in the making, said two people familiar with his thinking. Hassabis had been…...

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semafor.com > article > 08 > 05 > 2026 > campaign-ridicule-was-the-real-winner-of-michigans-democratic-primary

View: Campaign ridicule was the real winner of Michigan’s Democratic primary

22+ hour, 58+ min ago   (691+ words) I doubt that anybody who bundled up for “Menorah in the D,” the 2023 kickoff of Hanukkah in Detroit, knew how much it would end up shaping the 2026 Senate primary. The event took place two months after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on…...

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semafor.com > article > 08 > 05 > 2026 > michigan-primary-adds-to-schumers-future-headaches

Michigan primary adds to Schumer’s future headaches

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (518+ words) Abdul El-Sayed’s win in Michigan marks the second primary defeat of a candidate backed by Chuck Schumer — and adds to the Senate minority leader’s potential detractors next year. El-Sayed wants to replace Schumer atop the caucus with Sen. Chris Van…...

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semafor.com > article > 08 > 05 > 2026 > a-nobel-prize-winners-journey-from-posh-lima-to-cricklewood

A Nobel Prize winner’s journey from ‘posh Lima’ to Cricklewood

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (107+ words) Gerald Martin’s new biography of Mario Vargas Llosa is “chatty yet coolly analytical,” The Guardian wrote. This biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian novelist follows not only Llosa’s personal and artistic trajectories, but also his political journey (from the…...