The House Veterans' Affairs Committee is set to take up one of the most sweeping VA reform packages in recent memory, with more than 20 bills and discussion...
Tribal energy leasing sits at the intersection of two forces shaping Washington right now: the Trump administration's push for energy dominance and a...
The Department of Labor is moving to rewrite the rules governing how retirement plan managers select investment options for American workers, and the...
A high-stakes wireless spectrum auction set to begin June 2 is putting billions of dollars, national security priorities, and the financial survival of a...
The FEMA Review Council final report, approved at the Council's final meeting on May 7, 2026, lands at a moment when the future of federal disaster response...
Republicans spent days navigating the political fallout over $1 billion in Secret Service funding tied to a White House ballroom project before the Senate...
Why it matters: The Senate Legislative Branch Subcommittee held a FY2027 legislative budget hearing on May 12 where senators were told the Capitol campus...
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's May 20 markup touches issues ranging from congressional gridlock over duplicative federal programs to...
The federal government funds 41 Federally Funded Research and Development Centers — a sprawling network of contractor-operated labs that touch everything...
A new Congressional Research Service report is pushing back on a sweeping legal opinion from the Trump administration's Justice Department, setting up a...
Why it matters: The House floor votes this week include H.R. 8845, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027, a $65...
Four of President Trump's federal judicial nominees are headed toward a confirmation vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee, and two of them carry...
The Senate Budget Committee's business meeting on S.Con.Res.33 on May 20 is the procedural linchpin between a House-passed budget resolution and the...
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee convenes Wednesday with the federal government's obligations to Native American tribes squarely on the table. The Trump...
Four bills covering veterans' gun rights, disability benefits, college athlete compensation, and a long-stalled Smithsonian museum are heading to the House...
The politics of a federal gas tax suspension are easy. The policy is not.
Josie McLaurin has been promoted to Legislative Director in the office of Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4), effective May 1, 2026. McLaurin has worked her way up...
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tennessee's only Democrat in Congress, announced Friday that he will not seek reelection, ending a 20-year congressional career...
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry's effort to reshape Jeff Landry Louisiana Senate 2026 politics by installing Rep. Julia Letlow in the U.S. Senate came to a head...
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) lost his Senate seat Saturday night, defeated in the Louisiana Republican Senate primary May 2026 by two Trump-aligned challengers....
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights is set to hold a Muslim Brotherhood hearing on May 20,...
Falls are the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries among Americans 65 and older, and the death toll is climbing. Over the past decade,...
Whistleblower protections are under pressure from multiple directions at once, and the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee is stepping into...
