Republican leadership of Senate health panel in doubt
It's unclear who will replace Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy as the top Republican on the Senate HELP Committee.
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How Democrats can win the Latino vote
Polling by Voto Latino shared shows 40% of Latinos backing Democrats on the generic ballot, while just 21% support Republicans.
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Senate rules would change under sweeping bipartisan proposal
Sens. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., want to make it easier for the body to pass popular bills.
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The five takes that will define this midterm campaign
Many different kinds of Democrats are grabbing credit for midterm victories that aren’t official yet. Here’s your guide to the pre-spin cycle.
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Is ‘abundance’ really dead?
The movement faced a wall of progressive resistance, but some Democrats are still embracing its ideas.
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Unions look beyond their rolls to build a new movement
Every Thursday afternoon, a cadre of state AFL-CIO leaders meets on Zoom to advance a shared project: the “Contract with Working Americans,” a populist economic platform they devised independently of the national AFL-CIO.
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Gallego rolls out ambitious plan to insulate workers against AI
The Arizona Democratic senator talked about his agenda with Semafor — but demurred on how he’ll handle 2028.
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Trump haters are more confident in election integrity, poll finds
Sixty-three percent of Democrats say they have confidence in election integrity, according to Gallup polling.
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Trump Account changes could take heat next year
The Treasury Department moved last week to automatically enroll tens of millions of children and greenlight donations of individual stocks.
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No Gaza peace three years after Oct. 7
President Trump’s Board of Peace unveiled a $2.45 billion Gaza recovery plan at a recent meeting, but the goals remain out of reach.
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Democrat rolls out AI liability proposal
Massachusetts Rep. Lori Trahan’s “CLAIM Act” would make it easier for third parties to sue AI developers.
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AI safety group lays out demands for candidates
Guardrails Action warns politicians in a new letter that they’ll face ‘active, mobilized opposition’ if they don’t commit to safety regulations.
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CDC ‘closely monitoring’ suspected pneumonic plague case
The agency said there is “no indication of a broader threat to the United States” at this time.
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Collins stakes her future on picking her spots against Trump
The Maine Republican sat down with Semafor amid her toughest reelection fight yet.
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Crypto PACs’ House targets raise eyebrows
The cryptocurrency industry’s leading network of super PACs is backing 19 House Republicans but only 13 House Democrats.
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Polls show how AI is changing the workplace
Twenty-eight percent of US employees say they use AI at least weekly, according to a two-year study from Jobs for the Future, The Families & Workers Fund, and Gallup.
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Democrats press White House on still-secret AI framework
It’s the latest indication that Democrats are not giving up on a sustained push for answers from the administration.
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Trump administration presses Congress for anti-fraud legislation
The proposed legislation sent to the Hill would impose mandatory minimum sentences for fraud offenses involving federal benefits programs.
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