Congress

Committee Weighs Military Readiness Priorities Amid Intense Lobbying

The House Armed Services Committee's Military Readiness for Fiscal Year 2027 hearing lands at a moment when Congress must decide how much to invest — and...

Congress

Senate Banking Committee Examines Fed Chair's Independence Stakes

The Senate Banking Committee's confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh — scheduled for April 21 at 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building — puts the future...

Public Lands and Water Management

Interior Budget Hearing Tests Tribal Trust

The House Appropriations Committee's Interior Department budget hearing scheduled for April 20 puts Interior Secretary Doug Burgum directly in front of...

Congress

Committee Scrutinizes Nuclear Weapons Spending, Future

The Senate Armed Services Committee's subcommittee on Strategic Forces is set to scrutinize two of the federal government's most consequential and expensive...

Defense

Committee Votes on Veterans, Defense, Federal Spending

The House Appropriations Committee's full-committee markup of the FY2027 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Financial Services and General...

Government Operations

DHS Budget Hearing: Five Critical Agencies Face Cuts

The House Appropriations Committee convenes Thursday for a DHS budget hearing that puts five of the federal government's most operationally consequential...

Legislation

House Panel Pushes Health Bills Despite HHS Budget Cuts

Why it matters: The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health convened April 15 to examine ten public health bills — from ALS research to...

International Affairs and Foreign Aid

Senate Finance Committee To Scrutinize Trade Policy Fueled By $2.6m In Lobbying

The Senate Finance Committee is set to scrutinize the administration's trade agenda at a moment when tariffs have reshaped supply chains, rattled markets,...

Congress

House Blocks Symbolic Women's Health Measure

An amendment to recognize polycystic ovary syndrome failed Friday along strict party lines, 208-199, in a vote that exposed deep divisions over women's...

Environment

House Passes RED Tape Act, Eliminating EPA's Environmental Review Authority

The House voted Thursday to pass H.R. 6398, the RED Tape Act — formally the Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations Act — by a...

Congress

U.S. Shipbuilding Gap Threatens National Security

The United States builds fewer than 100,000 tons of commercial shipping annually. China builds more than 40 million. That gap — and its implications for...

Defense

Senate Rejects Israel Arms Sale Block, Clearing $295 Million Bulldozer Transfer

The Senate on Wednesday rejected the S.J.Res. 32 vote to discharge a joint resolution that would have blocked a proposed foreign military sale to Israel...

Environment

House Passes FENCES Act To Shield States From Foreign Pollution Penalties

The House voted 220-208 on April 16 to pass the FENCES Act — the Foreign Emissions Non-Compliance Exclusion for State Certainty Act — sending the bill to...

Defense

House Rejects War Powers Resolution

The House voted Thursday to reject H.Con.Res. 40, a Democratic-led effort to force the Trump administration to withdraw U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities...

Congress

House Passes Haiti TPS Bill, Restoring Legal Status for 350,000 Haitians in Rebuke of Trump Deportation Policy

The House voted 220-207 on Wednesday to pass H.R. 1689, a bill that would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to restore the Haiti Temporary...

Legislation

House Passes Tax Resolution Backing Trump's Working Families Law, Forcing Democrats on Record Against Popular Deductions

The House approved H.Res. 1156 on April 15, 2026 — a non-binding resolution expressing support for the tax policies contained in the "Working Families Tax...

Congress

# Bipartisan Coalition Blocks FISA Extension, Leaving Warrantless Surveillance Program in Limbo

The H.R. 8035 floor vote collapsed Thursday, as a coalition of reform-minded Republicans and nearly unified Democrats rejected the procedural resolution...