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Elana Schor

Elana Schor

Senior Washington Editor, Semafor

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Trump suspends tariffs, markets surge

The US president left a 10% levy in place on most countries, even as he hiked China’s duties.

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and Howard Lutnick stand as U.S President Donald Trump speaks, at the White House, in Washington, U.S. February 3, 2025.

Schumer was ‘wrong,’ Illinois governor says, but stop the Democratic ‘warfare’

JB Pritzker spoke to Semafor about the party’s Senate leader, and its No. 2.

Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Ill.

Debatable: How should lawmakers approach the cryptocurrency industry?

Donald Trump’s moves on crypto will renew a debate over how to craft policy for an industry that derided the Biden administration’s regulatory efforts and spent big to elect its preferred candidates in 2024.

Donald Trump gestures at the Bitcoin 2024 event in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., July 27, 2024.

2024 in interviews: Semafor’s quotes of the year

Words from Donald Trump, John Fetterman, and Joe Manchin.

Sens. Mitch McConnell and John Thune.

‘We addressed it’: Why this election will be harder to stop on Jan. 6, 2025

An under-the-radar bipartisan law has dramatically raised the objection threshold for lawmakers who might want to disrupt certification of the results.

The US Capitol

Pelosi: ‘I feel sorry for Mitch McConnell’

The Democratic Speaker Emerita offered a withering assessment of the Senate GOP leader during an interview with Semafor’s Kadia Goba.

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

Senators in both parties open to treaty vote on US-Saudi defense pact

If the next administration can clinch a deal with Riyadh, it will likely take a lot: an end to the Israel-Hamas war, momentum toward a Palestinian state — and 67 Senate votes.