Legislation

GOP Pushes Five Disparate Bills All With Major Consequences

The House Judiciary Committee markup scheduled for Wednesday, June 3, 2026 is a legislative grab bag that tells you everything about the Republican...

Immigration

Homeland Security Asks For Another $18.5 billion

The House Homeland Security Committee's DHS budget hearing 2027 arrives at a moment of maximum fiscal tension: the Trump administration is asking Congress...

Government Operations

"America First" Budget 2027 On Review in Congress

The House Foreign Affairs Committee's State Department FY 2027 budget hearing arrives at a moment of maximum diplomatic stress: the U.S. is navigating an...

Legislation

Senate Shapes Military's Future With Historic Defense Bill

The Senate Armed Services Committee hearing 2027 defense markup — scheduled for June 9 at 222 Russell Senate Office Building — is where Congress begins its...

Legislation

Senate Debates Historic Defense Spending Increase

The Senate Armed Services Committee's closed markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 is where the shape of American military...

Law and Order

Immigration Crimes are Dominating Federal Courts

A new Congressional Research Service report maps the explosive growth of immigration-related prosecutions and the legal fault lines that could reshape...

Congress

U.S. Military Strategy Backfiring in Latin America

A sweeping new Congressional Research Service report lays bare the central contradiction of the Trump Administration's most ambitious foreign policy gamble:...

Legislation

House Advances Bipartisan Energy Bills Amid Democratic Complaints

Why it matters: The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee advanced three bipartisan research and energy bills on May 20, marking a rare moment of...

Congress

Election Security Under House Scrutiny

The House Administration Committee's Subcommittee on Elections convened an election security hearing on May 20, 2026, at the Longworth House Office Building...

Defense

Congress Shapes Future Missile Defense Strategy

Congress is preparing to shape the next generation of American missile defense — and the stakes couldn't be higher. The House Armed Services Subcommittee on...

Elections

Census Rules That Include Noncitizens Face Constitutional Challenge

A Congressional Research Service report updated this week puts the mechanics of House apportionment redistricting under a microscope at a moment when the...

Congress

Senate Grills Pentagon on Personnel and Health Policy Overhaul

Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel | May 20, 2026

Congress

CRS: Government Data Is Disappearing

A new Congressional Research Service report examines the rocky history of Data.gov implementation and raises pointed questions about whether the federal...

Macroeconomics

Report Mulls Over Changing The Fed's Mandate

A new Congressional Research Service report lands as House lawmakers advance legislation that could fundamentally reshape how the Fed does its job

Congress

A.V. Whitney Promoted to Legislative Assistant in Sen. Booker's Office

A.V. Whitney, legislative assistant in the office of Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), has stepped into a new role in the New Jersey Democrat's personal office at...

Energy

Seth Ricketts Named Energy Subcommittee Clerk on House Energy and Commerce Panel

Seth Ricketts Energy Commerce circles are tracking a notable congressional staff movement on Capitol Hill: Ricketts has stepped into the role of Clerk for...

Legislation

How The Culture War Jettisoned a Museum Honoring Women

The motion to recommit failed. But the real story is how a monument to women became a monument to dysfunction.