Data and News Shaping the Political Landscape
The Senate voted 47–53 on March 4, 2026, to reject a motion to discharge S.J.Res. 104, a joint resolution that would have directed the removal of U.S....
The House voted down a Democratic motion to recommit H.R. 7744 — the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 — on a near-perfect party-line...
The partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown that began on February 14, 2026, has left TSA agents working without pay — for the third time in six...
The House Oversight Committee is expanding its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's network, issuing new subpoenas targeting key associates who may have...
The House Veterans' Affairs Committee delivered a scathing assessment of the Digital G.I. Bill's implementation, exposing a $2.3 billion technology...
The House Appropriations subcommittee that controls the federal education purse held its first hearing of the year on February 10, 2026, tackling a question...
Witnesses from international free speech organizations argued that emerging European regulations could create extraterritorial constraints on digital...
The federal government is sitting on a $50 billion deferred maintenance crisis across its building portfolio — and the fund Congress created to address it...
The Senate voted down a motion to discharge S.J.Res. 118, a joint resolution that would have directed the removal of US Armed Forces from hostilities...
A routine House Natural Resources Committee hearing on six public lands bills turned into a proxy war over the Trump administration's influence on museums...
The Senate Armed Services Committee's military readiness hearing on March 4, 2026, was no routine oversight exercise. It took place on the fifth day of an...
The global scam economy cost the world an estimated $442 billion in 2025, and the Joint Economic Committee is preparing to ask whether the U.S. federal...
The House Administration Committee markup scheduled for March 18, 2026, puts three bills on the table that touch a nerve across different constituencies:...
The House voted 211-209 to advance H.R. 7744, the Department of Homeland Security budget for fiscal year 2026, clearing a critical procedural hurdle without...
In a critical Senate Judiciary Meeting held February 5, 2026, lawmakers advanced a comprehensive package of legislation targeting financial fraud, online...
The Trump administration's 2026 National Defense Strategy — built around prioritizing China and the Indo-Pacific — collided with reality at a House Armed...
Social Security's trust fund is barreling toward insolvency as early as 2032, and the Senate Budget Committee is convening a Social Security hearing on...
This Trump issue summary captures a week in which the president's own party delivered a series of rare rebukes — on trade, spending, and procedural power —...
The Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness held an AI safety hearing on March 3, 2026, that deliberately...
In a pivotal Senate hearing that could reshape maritime defense strategy, the U.S. Coast Guard unveiled an ambitious Coast Guard laydown plan that promises...
