White House played central role in antitrust probe of TV networksMultiple people told Semafor that the idea of an inquiry was first discussed inside the White House before being pursued by the DOJ.Semafor3d agoWhole story →GovernmentTechnologyantitrust probe
US Treasury says big banks discriminated on political groundsUS President Donald Trump ordered the inquiry last year after he accused banks of discriminating against him.Semafor3d agoWhole story →EconomyGovernmentbanking discrimination inquiry
Why one spoiler candidate is now trying to replicate his work nationwideAaron Day cost one Republican senator her race in 2016. These days he’s using AI to expand his work.Semafor3d agoWhole story →GovernmentTechnologyelection interference efforts
Saudi national arrested over alleged planting of recording device at OpenAIStartup espionage has been pursued for far less, but the FBI’s quick work and public rollout of the arrest shows how high the stakes are for the US government and frontier labs.Semafor3d agoWhole story →Technologyopenai espionage arrest
Political fallout from Trump’s Russian diesel deal overshadows price impactThe planned imports will “have very little unnoticeable impact on domestic US diesel prices, even if it happens,” an economist told Semafor.Semafor4d agoWhole story →SecurityEconomytrump russian diesel deal
Former Canadian official says Europe erred on Trump tariffs“A real problem for the Western alliance has been the decision by the UK and by the EU to give in to the Trump bullying on tariffs,” Chrystia Freeland told Semafor.Semafor4d agoWhole story →SecurityEconomytrump tariffs dispute
