Labor and Employment
Returning Service Members Face Job Discrimination
The federal government is struggling to protect service members from workplace discrimination and retaliation when they return from military duty. [GAP] A...
Council on American-Islamic Relations Registers Lobbying Firm
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has entered the federal lobbying arena by registering Raben Group LLC as its lobbying firm in 2026. The CAIR...
Community Justice Action Fund Ends Lobbying Relationship
The Community Justice Action Fund ended its lobbying relationship with ML Strategies LLC as of April 30, 2026, according to a Q2 2026 LDA termination filing...
Circuit Split Blocks Detention Without Bond Hearings
A new Congressional Research Service report published June 9 lays bare a legal crisis at the heart of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement...
Bangladesh Stalls Democratic Reforms After Political Power Consolidation
The CRS Report on recent Bangladesh political developments lands at a moment when Washington is trying to balance a trade deal, a China competition agenda,...
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Legal Issues
A fresh Congressional Research Service report on FERPA legal issues lands at a moment when the 50-year-old student privacy law is being pulled in three...
Native Tribes Facing Sovereignty and Health Crises
Three bills touching the rights and resources of Native American tribes will get their first public airing before the House Natural Resources hearing tribal...
Trump Administration Seeks Increase To Denaturalize Citizens
A new Congressional Research Service report quietly published this week lays out the denaturalization legal framework in stark detail — and the picture it...
Voting Rights Act Missing Key Protection Since 2013
The Voting Rights Act is, at this moment, a law with a significant piece missing. A Congressional Research Service report updated June 3, 2026 lays out the...
Senate Blocks Bipartisan Bill to Honor Fallen Jewish Soliders
The Senate's failure to advance S. 1318, the Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act, leaves unresolved a decades-old historical wrong:...
Office of Hawaiian Affairs Hires Akin Gump for Defense Lobbying
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has registered Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP to lobby on defense issues, a new lobbying registration filed in spring...
U.S. Religious Freedom Machinery Stalling Under Trump
The United States has a legal obligation to promote religious freedom abroad — and right now, the machinery built to fulfill that obligation is running on...
House Passes ARTIST Act Protecting Alaska Native Ivory Crafts
The House passed the ARTIST Act — formally, the Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act — on Wednesday by a vote of 404 to 14, sending the bill to...
Senate Backs Tribal Land Bills But Legal Hurdles Remain
Why it matters: The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing Wednesday on nine tribal land bills, with federal witnesses signaling broad support but...
Mifepristone Regulation Is the Abortion Fight's New Front Line
A new Congressional Research Service report maps a legal battlefield that could reshape how millions of Americans access medication abortion — and puts the...
GOP Goes After Civil Rights Group
The House Judiciary Committee is about to put the Southern Poverty Law Center on trial in all but name. When Chair Jim Jordan gavels in "Manufacturing Hate,...
Senate Committee Weighs Tribal Land Rights Bills
Three tribal land bills that already passed the House are now waiting on the Senate — and a hearing scheduled for Wednesday at 628 Dirksen will determine...
Congress Exempts Itself From Discrimination Laws It Passes
A new Congressional Research Service report offers a timely reminder that the institution charged with writing America's workplace protection laws has long...