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...
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies will convene May 19 to examine the Department of Justice fiscal...
More than 80 percent of uranium enrichment for U.S. nuclear fuel occurs overseas, with roughly 20 percent coming from Russia even as Congress has moved to...
Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic effort to restore consumer protections on medical debt collection, defeating a motion to proceed on...
The United States lost or damaged 42 aircraft during Operation Epic Fury, a military campaign launched February 28, 2026, in coordination with Israel...
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...
Why it matters: The House passed H.Con.Res. 96, a non-binding concurrent resolution expressing support for law enforcement officers, 243-173 on May 13,...
Why it matters: The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property's Copyright Office oversight hearing on May 12, 2026 unfolded against an...
Why it matters: A routine FY 2027 DOJ budget hearing before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on...
Why it matters: The House passed the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act on May 14, 2026, targeting the growing network of nonprofit and...
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Defense is set to examine a Navy budget request that, if approved, would represent the largest...
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...
