Data and News Shaping the Political Landscape
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tennessee's only Democrat in Congress, announced Friday that he will not seek reelection, ending a 20-year congressional career...
Republicans spent days navigating the political fallout over $1 billion in Secret Service funding tied to a White House ballroom project before the Senate...
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) lost his Senate seat Saturday night, defeated in the Louisiana Republican Senate primary May 2026 by two Trump-aligned challengers....
A new Congressional Research Service report on retailer inventory pricing and supply chain behavior lands at an uncomfortable moment for Washington: import...
The House Armed Services Committee's review of the Department of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2027 Budget is arriving at a moment of genuine tension between...
A federal indictment, a state civil probe, and a whistleblower allegation have converged on a single organization in the span of weeks, and now Congress is...
A House subcommittee is set to examine whether antisemitism has taken root inside American health care institutions, training programs, and professional...
Ohio Republican Rep. Max Miller filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, and her legal team at Cleveland-based Zashin Law,...
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights is set to hold a Muslim Brotherhood hearing on May 20,...
Falls are the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries among Americans 65 and older, and the death toll is climbing. Over the past decade,...
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies will convene May 19 to examine the Department of Justice fiscal...
Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic effort to restore consumer protections on medical debt collection, defeating a motion to proceed on...
Why it matters: The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property's Copyright Office oversight hearing on May 12, 2026 unfolded against an...
The United States lost or damaged 42 aircraft during Operation Epic Fury, a military campaign launched February 28, 2026, in coordination with Israel...
The Trump administration's $488.2 billion budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs is heading to Capitol Hill under conditions that have made...
Why it matters: The House passed the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act on May 14, 2026, targeting the growing network of nonprofit and...
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Defense is set to examine a Navy budget request that, if approved, would represent the largest...
Why it matters: The House passed H.Res. 1274 on Thursday along a strict party-line vote, severing a procedural link that had bound year-round E15 ethanol...
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee is convening a hearing on gender transition procedures for minors at a moment when the medical...
The Senate Armed Services Committee's Air Force hearing 2026 puts a record $338.8 billion budget request under congressional scrutiny at a moment when the...
