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‘Burn it all’: Progressives meet in the Trump-era wilderness
The 3,000 attendees of this year’s Netroots Nation conference doubted whether there will be a “next election.”
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The gerrymander wars are just beginning
And Democrats are in a weak position to resist.
Tom Krawczyk/Reuters
Stevens bets against a Democratic shakeup in Michigan
The Senate primary features one unabashed progressive, one pragmatic outsider — and a pro-Israel congresswoman with a throwback image.
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Democrats win special elections, progressives gain in city races
Detroit’s city council president won most of the primary vote for mayor.
Mary Sheffield in 2023. Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images.
Slotkin to Democrats: Keep it simple on the economy
The Michigan senator talked to Semafor on the sidelines of a fiscally focused swing about the war in Gaza, IVF, and more.
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Laura Loomer tests influence as Trump’s enforcer
‘A patriot,’ in Trump’s words. ‘A callus’ that only appears ‘after the work’s done,’ as one Republican senator put it. The reality may be somewhere in between.
Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
Sydney Sweeney’s jeans and the GOP
Republicans have concluded that the only bad take is the one you don’t put on social media.
Beshear: Kentuckians ‘not worried about an autopen’
The governor spoke to Semafor about the Democratic Party, language, immigration, and winning.
Democrats struggle against Trump-waged redistricting battle
The president’s party wants to add five safe seats in a red state, and his opponents are still at odds over whether to bring a proverbial knife to the gunfight.
Poll: New York Dems side with Mamdani on Israel, Netanyahu
New York City’s Democratic primary voters overwhelmingly believe that Israel is “committing genocide” in Gaza.
Republicans have stopped fearing ‘the ratchet effect’
Trump’s governance of “chaos” is yielding lasting policy shifts that Democrats may struggle to reverse.
Democrats hesitate to endorse Mamdani’s campaign for New York mayor
Mamdani visited Democrats in DC, but did not meet with House Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Leader Chuck Schumer.
Andy Beshear introduces himself to South Carolina as the normal Democrat
The Kentucky governor urged his party to drop “advocacy language” as visits to early presidential primary states begin to pile up even before the midterms.
Republicans rake in cash ahead of 2026
Ten Republicans targeted by Democrats raised more than $1 million for the quarter.
Democrats’ former chair wants to save his party — with a podcast
Jaime Harrison told Semafor about his talk with Hunter Biden and asked why his party is so afraid of being “real.”
Kentucky’s Beshear heads to South Carolina
His speech to the state AFL-CIO this morning will endorse efforts to unionize workers in right-to-work states like his own.
Ex-DNC chair launches podcast
His first interviewee is Hunter Biden.
MAGA starts to move on from Epstein drama as Trump digs in
The president spoke personally to Dan Bongino and Charlie Kirk about what one Republican senator dismissed as “National Enquirer stuff.”