The witness-prep business is about to take off for Washington law firms. As Democrats appear poised to take the gavel, at least in the hearing-happy House of Representatives, the task of helping corporate executives prepare for their turn in the chair — a DC practice known as “mu...
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Venezuela’s next big test will be whether it can turn the Trump administration’s plan for elections into a genuine transition to democratic rule. And with the US midterms over soon, the issue will soon face renewed interest from Washington.
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BP isn’t likely to reverse its pivot away from renewable power generation anytime soon, CEO Meg O’Neill told Semafor. Since she took the helm in April, O’Neill has been focused on salvaging the company’s finances. She got a big helping hand in the third quarter as its profits nea...
Tech companies are turning over the couch cushions in their hunt for money to fund the AI buildout. Meta is prepping a big bond offering that includes its first-ever euro borrowing for up to $15 billion, people familiar with the matter tell Semafor, while Alphabet closed its seco...
In recent weeks, we’ve chronicled a rush of companies staffing up with Democrats in anticipation of a blue wave on Tuesday. But on Monday, OpenAI bucked the trend, hiring former US Army secretary Dan Driscoll for a new national security role just two months after he resigned afte...
The US said it will suspend South Africa and Rwanda from its free trade pact with sub-Saharan Africa, after months of fraying ties with both nations. Washington and Pretoria have repeatedly clashed since US President Donald Trump falsely accused South Africa of carrying out a gen...
The US attacked Iran’s Qeshm Island, the latest in a series of targeted strikes that came even as President Donald Trump pushed for an off-ramp in his war with Tehran. Officials in Washington reportedly kept the strikes — intended to ensure the Strait of Hormuz remains open — und...
Fox’s $22 billion acquisition of Roku is poised to clear Justice Department scrutiny and move forward under a consent decree, according to people familiar with the deliberations, despite efforts from a right-wing ally of President Donald Trump to hold up the deal.
House Democrats are hoping they’ll get good news on election night, but they’re still tamping down some of the rosiest projections about their performance.
National election days in the United States of America are biennial festivals of noise over signal.
US lawmakers, commentators, and the White House are mapping out what a Democratic takeover of Congress — and a post-Trump era — could look like after Tuesday’s midterms.
For all the talk of AI bubbles and market crashes, Scandinavian private-equity giant EQT says it’s making a bet that regardless of what happens with the frontier labs, AI is still going to need a massive amount of power, energy, chips, and data centers.
A shortage of oil and gas workers in Venezuela is holding up investment and frustrating Washington’s plans to tame soaring fuel prices. Decades of mismanagement and corruption have hollowed out Venezuela’s oil industry, while a government crackdown and an economic crisis led to a...
Anyone aiming to boost their protein intake in the Gulf has likely felt the pinch in their wallet lately. Prices are rising everywhere, driven by a global craze to add protein to everything, but this isn’t converting to profits for Gulf food producers, who are grappling with high...
The recent collapse of Brazil’s stock market following leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s reelection has extended a dismal run for Latin American equities, and analysts held out little hope for an imminent rebound.
Major automakers urged US lawmakers to ban Chinese vehicle imports after midterm elections, as Beijing’s car companies rapidly expand in international markets.