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With 28 Years Later, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland “breathe thrilling life” back into the post-apocalypse genre.

Alfred Brendel, who died this week aged 95, nurtures Joseph Haydn’s Piano Sonata in E Minor “with almost spiritual diligence.”

A collection of anecdotes from Ukraine, the Arcola theater’s staging of The Reckoning forces a confrontation with the audience.

The Revolution Will Be a Poetic Act: African Culture and Decolonization “bridges the anticolonial past with present urgencies.”

Faith No More’s style-blending Angel Dust sounds “[as if] David Lynch had decided to become a rock star” instead of a film director.

Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users

Reddit, racing to preserve “humanness and authenticity,” has discussed using Sam Altman’s World ID, sources say.
A sample orb used by World ID.Courtesy of Worldcoin

Dubai developer Damac invests $2.3B in Jakarta AI

Dubai’s largest private developer is on a multibillion-dollar spending spree to develop artificial intelligence infrastructure, this time in Indonesia.
Damac headquarters.Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters

Republicans learn to live with Trump’s limbo economy

On tariffs and taxes, the verdict is out on the president’s agenda. But his allies are already calling their critics wrong.
Traders watch as Jerome Powell gives a press conferenceBrendan McDermid/Reuters

Abu Dhabi Bitcoin miner considers US listing in pivot to AI

Phoenix Group plans to double its data center capacity in two years, capitalizing on rising demand from artificial intelligence applications.
A Phoenix mining facility in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy of Phoenix Group.
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Inside the long-brewing fight over masked federal agents

Republicans say the masks are necessary for protection — Democrats call them evidence of a new “gestapo.”
An undercover law enforcement officer holds a telescopic baton as protesters block U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel from entering a building housing an immigration court amid federal immigration sweeps in Chicago.Dylan Martinez/Reuters

New York’s progressives on their plan for the city

Zohran Mamdani and Justin Brannan spoke to Semafor about running for citywide office and how they plan to govern.
Justin Brannan and Zohran Mamdani.Justin Brannan for NYC Comptroller/Dmitryshein/Wikimedia Commons. CC BY

Trump not planning any agriculture carveouts from his deportation policies

The president vowed to ‘protect our farmers,’ but his administration backtracked — and no specific exemptions are in the works, officials told Semafor.
An agent during the recent raid on Glenn Valley Foods in NebraskaImmigration and Customs Enforcement/Reuters

Texas Rep. Al Green wants to strike segregationist’s name from key Senate building

The Russell Senate Office Building is named for former Sen. Richard Russell of Georgia, a segregationist Democrat. Al Green wants to change that.

Battleground poll shows tax cuts bill’s political challenges

A new Data for Progress poll shows that a majority of North Carolinians start off opposed to the House-passed bill.

Republicans learn to live with Trump’s limbo economy

On tariffs and taxes, the verdict is out on the president’s agenda. But his allies are already calling their critics wrong.

Trump gets divergent guidance from a party that’s split over Iran

‘Us taking out the nuclear capability, I don’t think it’s the endgame,’ one Republican senator told Semafor.

‘Unconditional surrender’: How Trump turned hawk and Republicans fell in line

MAGA loyalists trying to deter the president from bombing Iran this week are finding themselves at a disadvantage.

US Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on gender care for trans minors

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the state’s ban, one of dozens enacted at the state-level across the US, did not violate equal protection principles.

Republicans hope for negotiated megabill deal early next week

Senators are furiously lobbying Republican leadership and Finance Chair Mike Crapo to get a deal together quickly.

Navy dissented from US push to move assets to Middle East

The Navy’s complaint reflected long-running worries that the service is overstretched.
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