Semafor politics

Ten senators asked the Federal Housing Finance Agency inspector general to look at the new director’s overhaul of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac boards.

An internal memo making the rounds at State calls for about a 50% reduction in the department’s budget in the next fiscal year.

Lori Chavez-DeRemer is touring the US and set to speak at a Teamsters conference.

He’s benefited from an endorsement from President Donald Trump, polling shows.

A city law requiring ad dollars go to local media isn’t distributing the cash equally.

A firebrand outside ally joined the FTC chairman and assistant attorney general for a high-stakes Oval Office meeting.

The Federal Trade Commission has accused Meta of being an illegal monopoly after it bought WhatsApp and Instagram.

Elbridge Colby’s nomination might have irked some Republicans, but he picked up support from three Democrats.

The Salvadoran president is playing an increasingly central role in the US president’s mass deportation efforts.

The Senate GOP’s No. 2 talked to Semafor about how he sees the economic referendum in the midterms, the tax bill, and more.

The new exemption signaled a possible softening of the president’s aggressive trade agenda, but the reprieve may be brief.

They’re essentially press conferences taped at the Capitol and staged to look like committee hearings. But they’re getting views.