Semafor Politics

The White House would prefer a long-term spending freeze that some in the party criticize as locking in ‘Biden’s budget.’

While the hot American debate over censorship and propaganda has centered almost entirely on Russia, the long-term competition for global goodwill is in fact with China.

The US FDA commissioner has declared drugs like MDMA ‘a top priority.’

Republicans have concluded that the only bad take is the one you don’t put on social media.

The president is broadly frustrated with Democrats delaying his nominees, but particularly irked about Jay Clayton, according to two people with direct knowledge.

The governor spoke to Semafor about the Democratic Party, language, immigration, and winning.

The new Senate majority leader is also helping steer the party’s electoral ship. He talked to Semafor about how it’s going.

“Something’s got to give,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said.

The latest version of the bill provoked the president’s ire.

MAGA looks invincible now, but a recent dust-up at Exxon shows that the edicts of one administration can be revisited by the next.

The US president called the Federal Reserve chief a ‘total loser’ in a post on Truth Social.

The measures largely targeted the country’s shipping industry, which Washington said is carrying oil from Russia and Iran to buyers worldwide.