CALWIRE Whistleblower Report (Sunday, August 30, 2026)

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Today's top story: Saudi firms pull IPO plans. This roundup covers 12 stories from Semafor and Intercept.

Saudi firms pull IPO plans
Three companies abandoned listing plans as investors weigh the impact of the Iran war. — Semafor

Republicans' economic optimism is 'starting to fade,' economist says
Semafor sat down with The Conference Board Chief Economist Dana Peterson on the sidelines of Kansas City Fed’s annual economic pol... — Semafor

The Fed ‘has been a little too quiet’ on Treasury, former Fed official says
Semafor sat down with former Kansas City Fed President Tom Hoenig in Jackson Hole, Wyo., on the sidelines of the conference he onc... — Semafor

Western North Carolina Pleaded for Hurricane Help. It Got ICE Instead. — Intercept

Piker defiant as Democrats turn on him
Hasan Piker rejects criticism of his views on pro-Israel, Jewish institutions. — Semafor

Humans can't fight AI with AI
The idea that AI can counter rogue AI just got a real-world test, and came up short. — Semafor

Software and data firms rush to meet customers inside the chatbot
A new Salesforce plugin for Claude shows how software and financial services firms are adapting to the AI era, but monetization re... — Semafor

Google and Microsoft were in talks for Nscale compute deal that went to Anthropic
Nscale is building one of the world's largest data center campuses in West Virginia, as the battle for compute heats up. — Semafor

Warsh's hawkish turn meets its skeptics
The new Federal Reserve chair’s first speech at the Jackson Hole conference featured surprising candor about his views of inflatio... — Semafor

Trump Goes After Anonymous Email Provider in Italy. The Real Target Is Free Speech in the U.S. — Intercept

China intensifies hacking campaign
Experts see evidence of growing Chinese hacking threat in newly released court documents. — Semafor

Environmental journalists in Africa facing violence, says report
The International Press Institute, a nonprofit that aims to protect media freedom, recorded 26 incidents of attacks and threats in...

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