Government Operations

Senate Democrats Block DHS Funding Bill, Triggering Partial Homeland Security Shutdown

The Senate failed to advance the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY2026 on an H.R. 7147 floor vote, falling six votes short of the...

Health

Senate Republicans Block Vote to Restore Abortion Access for Women Veterans

The Senate voted 48–50 on a motion to proceed to S.J.Res. 103, a Congressional Review Act resolution that would have overturned a Trump administration...

Congress

House Flexes its Thin Majority and Votes to End 5-Week DHS Shutdown, Putting Pay for 60,000+ Federal Workers Back on the Table

The House floor vote on H. Res. 1131 passed 214–210 on March 25, 2026 — a four-vote margin that tells you everything you need to know about the 119th Congress.

Congress

House Votes to Make Trump's DC Safety Order Permanent Law, Stripping District of Local Control

The Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act cleared the House 218–206, codifying a Trump executive order into permanent law — and reigniting a...

Congress

Senate Kills Veterans Disability Bill After House Hijacks It for Voter ID Fight

Republicans blocked a bill to create a VA advisory committee for disabled veterans — but the real fight was over what the bill had become.

Government Operations

Senate Confirms Mullin as DHS Secretary, Signaling No Retreat on Immigration Enforcement

The Markwayne Mullin Senate vote on March 23, 2026 — Senate Roll Call 63, 119th Congress — confirmed the Oklahoma Republican as Secretary of Homeland...

Finance

Sen. Warren Plans Senate Vote to Reverse Credit Union Fee Transparency Rollback

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is using an obscure congressional tool to fight back against a Trump-era regulatory rollback — but the math isn't in her favor.

Veterans Affairs

Senate Clears Path for VA Disability Oversight Committee, Rejecting Democratic Delay Bid

The Senate voted 53–47 on May 20 to table a Democratic motion that would have referred S. 1383 — legislation to establish a Veterans Advisory Committee on...

Congress

Congress Bets Big on AI, Justice, and China

The House Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled for March 26, 2026 puts seven bills on the table that collectively touch some of the most contested terrain...

Environment

House Vote Secures Federal Funding for Clean Water Programs Through 2031

The House voted 378-32 to pass the American Water Stewardship Act — a rare show of cross-aisle unity that reauthorizes six major EPA water quality and...

International Affairs and Foreign Aid

Senate Kills Third Iran War Powers Vote, Leaving U.S. Troops in Unauthorized Conflict

The Senate voted 47–53 to block S.J.Res. 116, a joint resolution that would have directed the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities against Iran not...

Transportation

Congress Acts After Deadly Collision at Reagan National in 2025 to Fix Airspace Gaps

The 2025 midair collision near Reagan National Airport killed dozens and exposed what aviation safety advocates describe as systemic gaps in how the U.S....

Ethics

Ethics Hearing Tests Congress's Accountability Amid Fraud Allegations

The House Ethics Committee's adjudicatory subcommittee is moving toward a potentially decisive moment in the Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick ethics hearing, with...

Defense

Senate Arms Control Hearing: Nuclear Order Fractures After New START

Why it matters: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened a March 24, 2026 hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on arms control and the State...

Government Operations

Senate Hearing Exposes FBI's "Arctic Frost" Targeting of Conservatives

Senate Judiciary Hearing on "Arctic Frost" Turns Combative Over FBI Weaponization Claims

Immigration

Senate Confirms Markwayne Mullin as DHS Secretary, Handing Trump New Immigration Enforcer

The Senate voted 54-37 to invoke cloture on the Markwayne Mullin confirmation, clearing the path for the former Oklahoma senator to become Secretary of...

Law, Crime, and Family Issues

Senate Clears Path for Trump's New White House-Supervised Fraud Division Chief

The Senate voted 51–45 on March 20, 2026, to advance the Colin McDonald nomination to be Assistant Attorney General, clearing the cloture hurdle on PN786-9...