Energy

House Pushes Nuclear Permitting Reform Before Congress Ends

The U.S. nuclear licensing process has long been treated as a bottleneck by the energy industry and a growing number of lawmakers on both sides of the...

Politics

Committee Probes ActBlue's Donation Verification Practices

A years-long congressional investigation into the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue is coming to a head. The House Administration Committee has...

Immigration

Senate Passes $70 Billion Immigration Crackdown Bill

Senate Republicans on Friday blocked a Democratic procedural maneuver aimed at slowing down S. 2, the reconciliation bill advancing the Trump...

Government Operations

Senate Kills Lee Budget Waiver in Party-Line Vote

A Senate floor vote Thursday ended in failure for Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), whose motion to waive all budgetary discipline for his Lee Amendment No. 5804 fell...

Congress

VA Budget Hits Record High Despite White House Setback

The Department of Veterans Affairs will spend more money in FY2026 than at any point in its history — but not entirely on the Trump Administration's terms....

Congress

Have Sports' Leagues Media Deals Become Anticompetitive?

Congress is taking a hard look at whether a 65-year-old antitrust exemption still makes sense in an era when fans increasingly need a paid streaming...

Government Operations

Congress Lost Major Tool to Oversee Federal Agencies

A new Congressional Research Service report lands at a moment when the tension between Congress and the executive branch is as sharp as it has been in...

Legislation

Senate Blocks Tillis Amendment

The Senate voted 15–84 to reject a motion to waive budgetary discipline for Tillis Amendment 5452, blocking Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) from advancing his...

Congress

Senate Debates Air Force Budget Contradictions

The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Defense will scrutinize a record $338.8 billion Department of Air Force fiscal year 2027 budget...

Immigration

Senate Republicans Pass Border Bill, Ending Democratic Delays

The Senate voted June 1, 2026 on a Democratic procedural motion that would have slowed a roughly $72 billion immigration and border enforcement package —...

Government Operations

Legis1 Background: DHS Secretary Mullin Refuses to Commit to Following Federal Court Orders

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin refused — four times — to commit to following federal court orders during his first congressional testimony...

Congress

TikTok's New U.S. Entity Hires Lobbying Firm Amid Congressional Scrutiny

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC — the newly formed U.S.-based entity at the center of TikTok's ownership restructuring — has filed a lobbying registration...

Transportation

Congressional Oversight of Autonomous Vehicle Safety Gaps

A Reuters investigation published May 28 — finding that Tesla's Full Self-Driving safety statistics rely on flawed methodology and that the company's own...

Legislation

House Advances Four-Bill Anti-Fraud Package

The House voted 207-207 Wednesday to advance a package of four bills targeting waste, fraud, and abuse across federal social programs, with every Republican...

Congress

Committee Reviews Wildlife Conservation Cuts

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is set to examine a budget proposal that, if enacted, would fundamentally reshape the federal government's...

Congress

Congress Discusses Health Care Price Transparency

Americans routinely pay wildly different prices for the same medical procedure depending on which hospital they visit or which insurer they carry — and most...

Congress

Poisoned Pills: Senate Hearing Exposes Drug Safety Crisis for Seniors

Why it matters: The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a generic drug safety hearing on June 3, examining what Chair Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) called a...