Civil Rights
Leadership Conference Lobbies on AI, Privacy, and Surveillance
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights lobbied on consideration of technology policy, including AI, facial recognition, privacy and data use,...
DOJ Proposes Restoring Firearms Rights to Prohibited Persons
For more than three decades, a federal program designed to let certain people restore their gun rights has been essentially defunct. Congress blocked it...
2.6 Million Children Living in Kinship Care Need More Resources
A new Congressional Research Service report reveals that 2.6 million children in the United States currently live in kinship care—full-time arrangements...
Supreme Court Eliminates a Tool for Medicaid Legal Challenges
The Supreme Court's decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic eliminates a crucial legal tool that Medicaid beneficiaries and providers have...
Court Decisions Reshape National Gun Rights Landscape
The National Association for Gun Rights is navigating a rapidly shifting legal and political landscape around Second Amendment rights. The Supreme Court has...
Congress Scrutinizes Smithsonian as Trump Pushes Cultural Shift
The Trump administration is using federal funding as leverage to reshape how the Smithsonian tells America's story. On July 22, the House Administration...
Senate Committee Acts to Block Education Office Transfers
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee is moving to block the transfer of key education offices to other federal agencies while...
Native American Contractors Association Doubles its Lobbying
The Native American Contractors Association filed a NACA lobbying disclosure showing expenditures of $170,000 for the Second Quarter of 2026, representing a...
Congress Pursues Divergent Kids Online Safety Approaches
The House and Senate are pursuing fundamentally different approaches to regulating how social media platforms protect minors, and the divergence could...
House Judiciary Advances Gender Care Ban on Party-Line Vote
The House Judiciary Committee advanced seven bills on a party-line vote during a markup session on July 15, 2026, at 2:00 PM in 2141 Rayburn House Office...
Committee Advances Bills Reshaping Education Policy
The House Education and Workforce Committee is advancing a slate of education bills that signal where Republicans intend to move policy in areas from K-12...
House Committee Aims to Solve Missing Indigenous Women Crisis
Why it matters: The House Natural Resources Committee held an MMIP congressional hearing on July 14, 2026, examining how emerging technologies and forensic...
House Passes Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
The House approved H.R. 1181, the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act, marking a significant move to restrict how payment card networks identify firearms...
Eight States Lack Holocaust Education Requirements
A new Government Accountability Office report reveals the uneven landscape of Holocaust education K-12 across the country, exposing significant gaps in how...
Congress Examines Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Crisis
A House Natural Resources subcommittee is convening an MMIP oversight hearing to examine how federal agencies are deploying new technologies and initiatives...
Committee Examines DEI Impact on Medical School Admissions
The House Education and Workforce Committee is preparing to examine whether diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in medical schools are compromising...
Where You Live Determines Access to Inclusion for Special Ed
Seven million children received special education services in school year 2023-24, yet the nation remains deeply divided on how and where these students...
Judiciary Committee Markup Tests Limits on Gender-Affirming Care
The House Judiciary Committee is advancing five bills that span contentious terrain: federal protections for congressional records, a nationwide ban on...