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Darline Graham eyeing a run for a full Senate term

Three people familiar with internal party deliberations told Semafor she indicated as much to the White House on Thursday.
Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C.
Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Debatable: Permanent daylight saving time

A bill catching momentum in Congress has revived a debate about the health and safety consequences of “locking the clock.”
The Washington Monument
Al Drago/Reuters

Lindsey Graham left a mark on foreign aid

Graham’s death robbed foreign aid advocates of one of their most effective Republican champions in Washington.
Lindsey Graham’s desk
Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Republican senator goes after Canada for wildfire smoke

Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, wants to see Canada punished for the smoke “atrocity.”
Smoke in Detroit
David Peinado/Reuters

Trump’s election security speech squeezes Republicans

There’s no sign that the play to get his voter ID bill passed will work, as it lacks a path to 50 Senate votes from his party.
President Donald Trump
Saul Loeb/Pool via Reuters

Trump alleges ‘shocking’ election vulnerabilities

The US president stated that US voting systems are vulnerable but provided no evidence of an impact on election results.
Saul Loeb/Pool via Reuters

Trump preparing to touch on Venezuelan elections in speech

Two people familiar with the situation shared details with Semafor ahead of a primetime address that is still subject to change.

Migrants in US think highly of where they live, poll finds

Migrants living in the US are more likely than those in any other country to describe the community they live in as a good place for immigrants, Gallup found.

Rubio hosts ‘far-left terrorism’ summit

The US is hosting some sixty-five delegations from around the world.

Democrats lean further away from Israel

Nearly half of the Democratic House caucus voted to support an amendment blocking aid to Israel.

Democrats call truce in Maine amid proxy war over party’s direction

Lawmakers seem to have realized that their forays into Vacationland did not help their effort to defeat GOP Sen. Susan Collins.

Collins says Democrats want ICE reforms they rejected

Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills wrote to the state’s congressional delegation today, pushing for ICE “to be fundamentally reformed.”

Trump turns to commercial diplomacy in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s warm welcome from Trump buoyed by billions in expected deal announcements

How Obama fits into Democratic centrists’ comeback plot

Recent campaigns have revealed how hard it is for the Democrats to fight an insurgency without a clear leader.

Democrats wage a new campaign culture war with the alpha left

The old divisions reopened between the party’s establishment and its swaggering young progressives won’t heal easily, despite Graham Platner’s exit.

Baltimore Sun owner threatens to sue Moore over Epstein comments

The Maryland governor tried to tie Sinclair chairman David Smith to the disgraced financier.

White House not ruling out action on open-source AI models

The administration has an interest in boosting the US’ nascent open-source industry, which is increasingly concerned about losing ground to China.

Blanche’s mission: Convince the Senate’s free agents

Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., will have some hard questions for the acting attorney general.