French budget crisis worsens amid student protestsA pre-election debt selloff, lame-duck government, and massive demonstrations have raised fears that Paris’ budgetary crisis is untameable.Semafor11h agoWhole story →EducationEconomyfrench budget crisis
Crypto PACs’ House targets raise eyebrowsThe cryptocurrency industry’s leading network of super PACs is backing 19 House Republicans but only 13 House Democrats.Semafor1d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomycrypto pac donations
Trump administration presses Congress for anti-fraud legislationThe proposed legislation sent to the Hill would impose mandatory minimum sentences for fraud offenses involving federal benefits programs.Semafor1d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticeanti fraud legislation push
Trump expands access to tax-exempt dieselIt’s an implicit acknowledgment that the Trump administration is running out of ways to stem the conflict’s economic fallout.Semafor1d agoWhole story →PlanetEconomydiesel tax exemption update
AI-stock rally powers Nasdaq to record closeDemand for compute is strong enough that hyperscalers remain undeterred by higher borrowing costs, posing a dilemma for the US Federal Reserve.Semafor1d agoWhole story →TechnologyEconomy
Trump to sign executive order in effort to contain diesel pricesThe executive order will reportedly expand access to tax-exempt diesel.Semafor1d agoWhole story →PlanetEconomydiesel price executive order
US President Donald Trump pledges cash to retirees ahead of midtermsCritics warn that the latest promise would worsen the deficit and amount to bribery.Semafor2d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomymidterm elections pledge
Euro sinks as fiscal and political worries mountSpain’s snap elections added to worries across the region with many investors growing anxious over the eurozone’s debt burden.Semafor2d agoWhole story →Economyeurozone debt concerns
Trump unveils AI task forceThe US director of national intelligence and the Federal Trade Commission chairman will head up the White House’s “Super Intelligence Force” on AI, President Donald Trump announced Sunday.Semafor2d agoWhole story →SecurityTechnology
