Luma AI launching robotics lab anyone can use

Luma AI is starting a robotics lab that will allow anyone to train robots on its software, expanding beyond the startup’s video generation models.
Amit Jain, CEO of Luma AISteve Marcus/Reuters

Black Democrats confront their post-Voting Rights Act crisis

The scramble for a shrinking map is getting more intense as southern-state redistricting forces competition.
Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga.Prince Williams/WireImage/Getty Images

Why groups are spending big in Montana’s Democratic Senate primary

Both Republicans and Democrats are backing candidates who have no shot at winning in November.
Reilly Neill mailerProvided to Semafor

How Cisco’s Chuck Robbins gets his team to ‘disagree and commit’

The longstanding CEO says a bad decision that you reverse is better than a delay.
Chuck Robbins Courtesy of Cisco/Joey Pfeifer/Semafor
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Democratic primaries get an even bigger AIPAC problem

The group’s toxicity within the party is now so acute that it’s tied to both the war in Iran and the backlash against “dark money.”
Protesters against Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich.Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Trump faces mounting pressure as Republicans revolt

The US president is also 20 points underwater in polls — far more unpopular than Joe Biden at this point in his term.
US President Donald Trump speaks during the signing ceremony for an executive order on mail ballots.Evan Vucci/File Photo/Reuters

Why groups are spending big in Montana’s Democratic Senate primary

Both Republicans and Democrats are backing candidates who have no shot at winning in November.
Reilly Neill mailerProvided to Semafor

Black Democrats confront their post-Voting Rights Act crisis

The scramble for a shrinking map is getting more intense as southern-state redistricting forces competition.

Platner: Collins ‘trying to offload her mistakes’

Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner isn’t backing down from his comments that GOP Sen. Susan Collins “sent me” to fight in Iraq, charging her with “trying to offload her mistakes” for pointing out that he chose to enlist.

Debatable: The scope of Trump’s new green card curbs

The administration has sent confusing signals about whether H-1B holders will get caught up in the new policy.

What’s next for Gretchen Whitmer?

The Michigan governor’s office says she won’t be president of Michigan State University.

Republicans still stuck on party-line immigration bill

The so-called anti-weaponization fund “caught a lot of us off-guard,” said Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb.

White House rejects ‘doomer view’ of economy

The Trump administration is struggling to sell the Iran war while oil prices fuel inflation.

Iran deal awaits Trump, Tehran approval

The US and Iran neared a deal to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but Trump and Tehran are yet to sign off on it.

Pentagon’s Wall Street push draws Democrats’ ire

Lawmakers are raising concerns about plans for an “Economic Defense Unit” first reported by Semafor.
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