Congress

Committee Moves to Prevent Transportation Funding Collapse

Federal highway, transit, and rail programs lose their authorization on September 30, 2026, when the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act expires. Without...

Legislation

House Energy Committee Pushes 16 Bills Affecting Millions

The House Energy and Commerce Committee is scheduled to hold a Full Committee Markup hearing on Thursday, May 21, covering 16 bills — a significant...

Government Operations

Army's Decision to Cancel JLTV Program Blindsides Marines

The Army's decision to cancel the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program has exposed a fault line between the services, raised alarms about rising costs for...

Politics

Trump-Backed Challenger Defeats Massie in KY Primary

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), a seven-term libertarian-leaning congressman, lost his Republican primary Tuesday night to Ed Gallrein, a farmer and retired Navy...

Politics

Trump-Backed Alvarado Wins KY Republican Primary for House Seat

Ralph Alvarado, a physician and former Kentucky state senator, won the Republican primary for Kentucky's 6th Congressional District on May 19, securing the...

Government Operations

Western Water Crisis: Reclamation's Critical Future

The Bureau of Reclamation — the federal agency that delivers water and power to tens of millions of people across the American West — is facing simultaneous...

Congress

Senate Hearing Reveals Fertilizer Crisis Threatens Farm Viability

Senate Ag Committee Examines Fertilizer Crisis Amid Farm Bankruptcies and Geopolitical Turmoil

Commerce

GOP Split Over Tariffs Threatens Small Manufacturer Growth

Why it matters: The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held a hearing on May 13, 2026, examining industrialization and the rise of small...

Health

Bipartisan Push to Address Mental Health Crisis Among Farmers

In a Senate where nearly every vote breaks along party lines, 21 senators, 11 Democrats and 10 Republicans, have quietly united behind a resolution to...

Congress

Senate Challenges $1.5T Defense Budget Over Iran War Strategy

Why it matters: The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held a contentious hearing on May 12 to examine the administration's $1.5 trillion fiscal...

Commerce

Committee Tackles Small Business Debt and Tariff Crisis

The House Small Business Committee is scheduled to hold a full committee markup Wednesday evening, and the stakes for America's small business owners are...

Congress

VA Budget Hearing: Fiscal Crisis Threatens Veterans Care

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies convenes Thursday for a VA budget hearing that...

Environment

GOP Targets Environmental Nonprofits' Tax-Exempt Status

Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee are turning their sights on the financial machinery of environmental nonprofits, convening a hearing...

Congress

Congress Rejected Trump's Proposed NASA Science Cuts

A new Congressional Research Service report on the NASA appropriations budget lays out, in stark numerical terms, the widening gap between what the Trump...

Energy

NRC Budget Hearing Reveals Rift Over Speed vs. Independence

Why it matters: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee convened on May 13 to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's proposed fiscal year...

Congress

Navy Faces July Funding Crisis Amid Budget Doubts

Why it matters: The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense's Navy budget hearing on May 12 exposed a stark funding crisis: the Navy will run out of...

Congress

Pentagon Cuts Hypersonic Budget Amid Rival Deployments

A new Congressional Research Service report on hypersonic boost-glide weapons lands at a moment of genuine strategic tension: the Pentagon's budget request...