Legislation

Congress Seeks Clarity on 50 Million Digital Asset Holders

Millions of Americans who trade, mine, or stake cryptocurrency have operated for years under a patchwork of IRS guidance that leaves basic questions — when...

Immigration

House Fast-Tracks $64B Border Enforcement Bill

Why it matters: The House Rules Committee convened Wednesday evening for a congressional hearing roundup of one item: a procedural vote to fast-track the...

Congress

A Medicare Drug Cost Crisis Is Quietly Accelerating

A new Congressional Research Service report lays bare the explosive growth in Medicare Part B drug spending — and the competing political forces now...

Macroeconomics

A Pandemic Debt Reckoning Forces Congress to Act

A new Congressional Research Service report lays out the full dimensions of a slow-moving financial crisis: hundreds of thousands of small businesses that...

Congress

Senate Pushes College Sports Bill With Saban's Support

Why it matters: The Senate Commerce Committee college sports hearing, held Wednesday, June 3, at 216 Hart Senate Office Building, put the Protect College...

Congress

Senate Block Mercury Pollution Protections

The S.J.Res. 188 vote was over before it started. On a strict 53–46 party-line tally, the Senate blocked a Democratic attempt to use the Congressional...

Legislation

Cannaboids May Be Reclassified as Marijuana

A little-noticed provision buried in a federal spending bill is poised to reshape the American hemp industry — and the clock is running out.

Defense

House Votes to Force Trump to End Iran Military Operations

The House passed H.Con.Res. 86 on Thursday, directing President Trump to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran under Section 5(c) of the War...

Intelligence

Congress Confronts AI Threat to Critical Infrastructure

The federal government is flying partially blind on one of the most consequential security shifts in a generation. AI systems are now autonomously...

Legislation

House Defies White House, Advances Ukraine Aid Bill to Floor Vote

The House voted 218-204 on Thursday to discharge H.Res. 518 from the Rules Committee, clearing the path for a floor vote on H.R. 2913, the Ukraine Support...

Congress

House GOP Says Fraud is Target in Child Care Bill

The H.R. 7726 floor vote landed along a clean partisan line Wednesday, with House Republicans defeating a Democratic motion to recommit the No Funds for...

Congress

House Committee Debates Federal Real Estate Crisis Management

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee convenes Thursday for a markup that touches on how the federal government manages billions of dollars...

Government Operations

Rubio Faces Backlash Over Dramatic State Department Budget Cuts

Why it matters: Secretary of State Marco Rubio faced a barrage of Democratic criticism over the Iran War and proposed foreign aid cuts at a Senate Foreign...

Congress

House Republicans Target Urban Schools Over Parental Rights

House Republicans are forcing two of the country's largest urban school districts into a congressional spotlight, using subpoena power to compel testimony...

Defense

Committee Debates Military Priorities Amid Budget Tensions

The House Armed Services Committee is set to mark up H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, on Thursday — a vote that will...

Congress

Congress Votes on Federal Highway Funding

A new CRS report on surface transportation authorization history lands at a critical moment — with billions in federal highway and transit funding set to...

Congress

EPA's Science Independence Under Congressional Fire

The Trump administration's dismantling of the EPA's Office of Research and Development — the agency's independent science arm — is coming under direct...