Why it matters: The House passed H.Res. 1274 on Thursday along a strict party-line vote, severing a procedural link that had bound year-round E15 ethanol...
The House passed H.R. 8365, the Monitor Accountability Act, on May 14, 2026, by a vote of 219-207, with Republicans united in support and Democrats nearly...
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee is convening a hearing on gender transition procedures for minors at a moment when the medical...
The Senate Armed Services Committee's Air Force hearing 2026 puts a record $338.8 billion budget request under congressional scrutiny at a moment when the...
Classified intelligence assessments that have leaked to the press in recent weeks paint a picture sharply at odds with the administration's public narrative...
A new Congressional Research Service report on FD&C Act preemption lands at a moment when the boundaries between federal and state authority over consumer...
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks reshaped the American intelligence apparatus, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is...
The debate over E15 fuel year-round sale has been simmering for years, but a new Congressional Research Service report makes clear that the question is now...
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) told attendees at a Washington, D.C. tax conference on Thursday that he is focused on...
The House passed the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2027 on Friday, sending a $157 billion...
A provision blocking the VA from reporting mentally incompetent veterans to the federal gun background check system nearly unraveled one of the more unusual...
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence meets behind closed doors on May 20 at 219 Hart Senate Office Building, and the timing could hardly be more...
With the 2026 midterms months away, the federal infrastructure that has long underpinned American election security is reportedly fraying. The Cybersecurity...
As the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches, Congress is preparing to take a hard look at whether the agency created in the attacks'...
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is weighing a run in Florida's majority-Black 20th Congressional District after Republican-led redistricting transformed her...
The U.S. Embassy in Seoul has been without a confirmed ambassador for more than a year, a gap that has persisted through South Korea's political upheaval...
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is set to examine the Trump administration's FY2027 budget request for State Department adjacent entities on May 20, a...
The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a nominations hearing on May 20, with the specific nominees yet to be publicly disclosed. The hearing...
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets is set to examine how stock trades move from order to execution — a process that affects every...
The Senate Armed Services Committee is set to receive a classified briefing on anomalous health incidents on May 20, 2026, a session that arrives as the...
Charter schools are expanding their footprint across the country as families exit traditional public schools in growing numbers, federal grant dollars flow...
The Trump administration is proposing to cut the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget by roughly 36 percent in a single year, dropping from approximately...
The House passed the H.Res. 1252 floor vote on Wednesday, 418-2, memorializing law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty during 2024. The vote,...
