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Top Freddie Mac executives fired in FHFA overhaul

It’s the latest development in Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte’s overhaul of the mortgage giant and its sister Fannie Mae.
Bill PulteAnnabelle Gordon/Reuters

Trump signs order aimed at shutting down Education Department

Conservatives have long accused the Education Department of pushing progressive agendas in school curricula.
A protester outside the DoENathan Howard/File Photo/Reuters

Massie tests Trump’s appetite for a primary fight

There’s a more serious effort brewing to topple the eccentric yet popular Kentucky Republican. It still might fail.
Thomas MassieNathan Howard/Reuters

Miliband calls on CEOs to fill gap left by cuts to government aid budgets

The CEO of the International Rescue Committee is arguing that there’s a moral and strategic case for businesses getting more involved in foreign aid.
World Economic Forum/Sandra Blaser/Flickr/Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.0

Zelenskyy says he did not discuss US recognition of Crimea as Russian with Trump

Ukraine’s president faced questions about the White House’s discussions over possibly recognizing Crimea as Russian territory, which Semafor reported earlier this week.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr StoreOle Berg-Rusten/NTB via Reuters

Britt pitches fellow Republicans on new child care agenda

Her idea, shared first with Semafor, would add a working class-friendly component to their tax cut proposal.
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala.Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Reuters

Powerhouse law firm makes overture to Trump

Paul Weiss’ chairman visited Washington to discuss a deal after White House revoked its lawyers’ security clearance.

Rubio takes control in talks with Venezuela over US deportations

The secretary of state is ramping up his involvement amid internal frustration over flights Ric Grenell said had resumed.

UAE’s Sheikh Tahnoon visits Trump as countries seek to deepen ties

The Emirates’ National Security Adviser is also meeting tech industry leaders in Washington this week for discussions centered on national security.

Walz on governing under Trump: ‘I am not going to enable him’

The Minnesota governor makes a stop on “the most unsatisfying I-told-you-so tour in the history of politics.”

Schumer was ‘wrong,’ Illinois governor says, but stop the Democratic ‘warfare’

JB Pritzker spoke to Semafor about the party’s Senate leader, and its No. 2.

Republicans are already gaming out Vance’s 2028 odds

The VP is the early favorite, but there’s plenty of time left on the clock.

Trump settles on a theory for voiding Biden’s final days in office

The president declared Monday that his predecessor had not seen some of the documents that have his name on them.

Trump weighs recognizing Crimea as Russian territory in bid to end war

The move would align his administration with Vladimir Putin’s position.

White House pushes back on judges after using wartime law to deport Venezuelans

The administration deported hundreds of Venezuelans under a 1798 measure, despite a court order blocking the removals.

Schumer, Jeffries try to mend ties after government funding debacle

Democrats are trying to unite around a plan to counter Republicans, but lingering discontent within the party remains.

Democrats rage at each other as party favorability hits all-time low

Democrats criticized each other over the weekend, taking aim at Schumer over the GOP’s spending bill and at themselves for not winning the last election.

Uncommon bonds: Stablecoin regulation

The Republican-controlled Senate took a big step on digital assets, with the help of a few Democrats.