Congress

Congress Questions Haiti Policy as Gang Violence Increases

Why it matters: The Trump administration faces a credibility crisis over Haiti. On one hand, it's deploying military resources and spending $117 million...

Government Operations

Senate Panel Advances 17 Trump Nominees Including Tense FEMA Pick

Why it matters: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted on July 22, 2026 to advance 17 presidential nominees to the full...

Ethics

House Passes Stop Insider Trading Act in Bipartisan Vote

The Roll Call Vote 280 in the 119th Congress, 2nd session showed support across party lines, though not without reservations from some members who...

Legislation

House Passes $1.14 Trillion NDAA With 5-7% Military Pay Raise

The House passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 with a narrow 216-212 vote, delivering a defense spending blueprint that...

Congress

Fiber Broadband Association Lobbies Broadband Deployment Policy

The Fiber Broadband Association is maintaining steady lobbying pressure as Congress debates the future of broadband deployment. Federal broadband policy is...

Public Lands

Senate Panel Examines Tribal Water Rights Settlement Funding

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is examining five bills that would reshape how the federal government funds and implements tribal water rights...

Congress

Senators to Examine Deepfakes and AI Tools Fueling Elder Fraud

Artificial intelligence is making it easier for scammers to target seniors with convincing impersonations and fabricated evidence. A Senate hearing this...

Defense

House Passes Defense Authorization Bill on Largely Party-Line Vote

The House passed H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, along largely partisan lines on Wednesday. The H.R. 8800 floor vote...

Politics

Bucking the System

Congress remains sharply divided along party lines, but a small group of lawmakers in both chambers continue to break from their party's majority on a...

Government Operations

FinCEN Director Faces Oversight on Enforcement Priorities

Why it matters: The House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held an oversight...

Congress

Medicare Counseling In Danger: Funding Expiration Date Approaches

Congress faces a critical deadline on Medicare counseling services for seniors. The mandatory funding that powers the State Health Insurance Assistance...

Congress

U.S. Strategy for Stabilizing Fractured Libya

Fifteen years after the U.S. backed military intervention that toppled Muammar al-Qadhafi, Libya remains a fractured state split between rival governments,...

Government Operations

George Humphreville Promoted to Legislative Correspondent

George Humphreville has been promoted to Legislative Correspondent for Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, the Rhode Island Democrat, beginning June 1, 2026. The...

Government Operations

Charles Alldredge Promoted to Counsel at Senate Judiciary Committee

Charles Alldredge has been promoted to Counsel at the Senate Judiciary Committee, a significant step up in the legislative staff changes 2024-2026 period....

Legislation

House Passes Stopgap Funding Bill to Avert Shutdown

The House is moving to pass H.R. 9770, a continuing appropriations bill designed to keep the government funded through early December and avert a shutdown...

Law and Order

Senate Confirms Nomination to U.S. Court of International Trade

The Senate confirmed Kara Westercamp as a Judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade, a specialized federal tribunal that handles trade disputes and...

Congress

House Passes Main Street Act Easing Bank Rules

The House passed H.R. 6955, the Main Street Act, on a largely party-line vote, marking a significant shift in banking regulation that Republicans framed as...