Congress

Foreign Governments Target Critics Abroad as Congress Weighs Action

A recent Congressional Research Service report examines the practice of foreign governments reaching across borders to silence critics, activists, and...

Civil Rights

Senate Panel Advances 5 Kids Online Safety Bills

Why it matters: The Senate Commerce Committee advanced five bills protecting children online during a business meeting on August 5, 2026, signaling momentum...

Civil Rights

1. Supreme Court Limits RLUIPA Damages Against Prison Officials 2. Court Bars Individual Liability Under Spending Clause Statute 3. Religious Liberty Law Cannot Target State Employees Personally

A recent CRS report examines the Supreme Court's decision in Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, which significantly constrains...

Civil Rights

Appellate Court Split Leaves Title IX Protections Uneven Across States

A student sexually assaulted in Wisconsin faces a different legal landscape than one assaulted across the border in Illinois. That geographic disparity in...

Civil Rights

Hard Rock International Lobbies on Native American Affairs

Hard Rock International (USA) Inc. is back in the lobbying arena after a year-long absence. The entertainment and hospitality company re-engaged Hobbs,...

Government Operations

Zekelman Holocaust Center Seeks Federal Appropriations Funding

The Zekelman Holocaust Center in Michigan is pursuing federal funding through Community Project Funding in appropriations bills. The center is part of a...

Government Operations

GAO Explores Federal-Tribal Land Management Agreements

Federal agencies manage public lands and waters, including national forests and parks, that sit on tribal ancestral territories. For years, those agencies...

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,...

Civil Rights

Senate to Weigh Five Bills Shielding Minors From AI Harms

The Senate Commerce Committee will examine a package of bills designed to shield minors from AI-driven harms on August 5, 2026, as evidence mounts that...

Government Operations

Schaghticoke Tribal Nation Hires Carlyle Consulting

Schaghticoke Tribal Nation engaged Carlyle Consulting as a lobbying firm on issues related to Indian/Native American Affairs. The registration occurred on...

Civil Rights

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...

Law and Order

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...

Law and Order

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...

Law and Order

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...

Civil Rights

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...

Legislation

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...

Civil Rights

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...