Secretary of State Marco Rubio has already sought to punish immigrants for speech. New legislation might let him revoke passports from U.S. citizens.

Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.

Podcast Episode · Mixed Signals from Semafor Media · 04/18/2025 · 47m

Democratic lawmakers want immediate disclosure of Congressional stock trades amid suspicions of insider trading following Trump's tariff announcement.

With confidence and trust in science and public health already under pressure, we must double down on transparency and public participation in policy decisions, write Liz Salmi and colleagues Since ...

Yes, even in Mississippi, we were out today to defend America against the Trump/Musk traitors.

Data analysis reveals Democrats' problem isn't high turnout—it's losing the mobilization battle

New DNC leadership is challenging the party to have a bold response in opposition to Donald Trump’s billionaire-led agenda.

Republican Mike Johnson painted Mahmoud Khalil as a “mastermind” of Columbia University protests, while some Democrats decried his arrest by ICE as an

After NYPD officials warned about a unit’s aggressive policing, the mayor boosted the team led by his allies. “The unit effectively reported directly to City Hall,” a former police official said.

The detention and attempted deportation of Khalil is a test by Trump to see how far he can go—and a test of us to see how hard we will fight back.

Karen Russell's Dust Bowl novel effortlessly weaves in characters including a prairie witch that is the keeper of the town's secrets and an androgynous WPA photographer named Cleo.

House Republicans got their CR passed, but the important news is that Democrats held together in voting no. With only 1 Democrat voting yes, and 1 Republican voting no.

Democrats in Congress have long denounced Trump as an enemy of democracy, but they haven’t put any sort of brake on American militarism.

You can't take a battering ram to every major institution in America and expect the economy to do well

Tina Smith is leaving at the end of her term, and says she would call Musk a dick even if she had to face re-election

The White House's attacks on the media are starting to look remarkably similar to those waged in other countries that have embraced autocratic leaders in recent years.

As Trump tosses out the TSA union contract, everything is on the line.

Wu emerged from the marathon hearing largely unscathed, and managed to land a few hits in the face of aggressive questioning.