Semafor • Feb 2, 2026
Trump advisers refine their Africa strategy
A State Department official told Semafor that “priority” areas, like critical minerals, will receive the strongest focus.
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Semafor • Feb 2, 2026
Bipartisan deal on health care subsidies not dead yet, senator says
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, believes his proposal to extend expired Affordable Care Act subsidies is still alive.
Semafor • Feb 2, 2026
US Senate battles over DHS funding bill
Senate Democrats are betting they can make substantial headway in immigration enforcement negotiations in just a few days.
New Republic • Feb 2, 2026
Trump Tirade Over Protests Goes Off Rails as Crushing Fox Poll Hits
Donald Trump appears in deep denial about how widely hated his ICE raids have become. He let out a strange, rambling tirade to reporters about how the “silent majority” is still behind what ICE is doing, bizarrely citing approval of the raids among his own White House employees to make the case. In another rant, he lied uncontrollably about the protesters, about crime in Minneapolis, and more. Interestingly, this comes as a poll from none other than Fox News finds Trump deeply underwater on immigration. It also finds that very large majorities of independents think ICE is being too aggressive. Incredibly, even majorities of rural whites and non-college whites—loyal base voter groups—think the same. We talked to pro-immigrant organizer Lia Parada, who represents groups losing lawful status under Trump. She recounts what she’s seeing out there, shares details about surprising new signs of opposition to ICE, and explains how Democrats can seize this moment to effect a more durable shift in public opinion. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here.
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Chapo Trahouse • Feb 2, 2026
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Scheer Post • Feb 2, 2026
Meet the former fashion blogger and shady doctor behind the ‘30,000 dead’ Iran psy-op
Wyatt Reed and Max Blumenthal·for the Grayzone Western officials seized on a dubious death toll of 30,000 protesters to escalate against Iran. The number originates with a single, clearly compromised source. But a zealously pro-war Guardian reporter is doing her best to legitimize it. The claim of “30,000 killed” during two days of protests and rioting across […]
Semafor • Feb 2, 2026
Podcast brand Kaleidoscope staffs up
The company is filling out its executive ranks as it hopes to break further into video.
Semafor • Feb 2, 2026
It’s Rupe vs. the Quiff! In California’s new tabloid war, everybody wins
The California Post is betting its buzzy launch on a war with Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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The Majority Report • Feb 2, 2026
Steve Kerr Triggers Right-Wingers With Facts
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Toddlers Evacuated From Gaza As Premature Babies Reunite With Families Two Years Later
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‘This Arrogant Enemy’: Israel’s Colonial Reversion to the Noose
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The Trump EPA Official in Charge of Methane Regulations Helped Write Oil Industry Argument Against Those Rules
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‘They already shoot us for no reason. Now they have a death penalty’
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Overwhelmed by Strike, San Francisco Schools Found the Money for Top Union Demands
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The “Massive Human Consequences” of Ending Birthright Citizenship
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Polling Has an AI Respondent Problem
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Two Faces of Peace: How Trump’s “Peacemaker” Presidency Waged War Across the Globe
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On Trans Day of Visibility, Supreme Court Sides With Conversion Therapy
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