Semafor Politics

The Alabama Republican talked to Semafor at a tricky moment for her party, whose candidates are racing to deal with voter anger about AI power demands.

Annie Andrews thinks she can beat Darline Graham in a red state. She probably needs the party’s resources to do it. 

The party’s left flank is rolling out new polling of battleground states and voters of color in the South to back up its argument.

Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., and Jared Golden, D-Maine, helped Republicans on a key procedural vote earlier this week.

In a closed-door meeting on Wednesday with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Republican Study Committee members were “freewheeling in their expressions,” one Republican lawmaker said.

Congress has already conveyed to the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital that it lacks the legal authority to seek equity stakes in private companies.

The US-hosted G20 meeting, beset by trade and diplomatic squabbles, wrapped up after failing to ease investors’ concerns over a global bond market sell-off.

The Pentagon’s current chief spokesman is an ally of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, though GOP Rep. Brian Mast is also getting a look.

Democrats are not crafting the kind of bold-faced messaging that excites pundits this year. That may be the point.

Relations between Beijing and Cairo have improved as China takes a more assertive role in the Middle East.

Almost nine in 10 Americans say that government corruption is widespread.

The development represents an interim win for African governments worried about trade relations with the US under the Trump administration.