Social Welfare

Accountability: Oversight On $152 Million to Help Rural Seniors

More than 152 million federal dollars flow each year into programs designed to keep elderly and disabled residents of federally assisted housing out of...

Government Operations

Senate Intelligence Picks Overshadowed by Acting DNI Shake-Up

Why it matters: The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held a nomination confirmation hearing on June 2 for two Trump intelligence picks, but the...

Government Operations

America's AI Jobs Data Is Flying Blind, Congress Warns

A new Congressional Research Service report reveals the federal government's employer reports labor market infrastructure may be fundamentally ill-equipped...

Education

University of South Alabama Hires DC Strategy Group Lobbying

The University of South Alabama has entered the federal lobbying arena, registering DC Strategy Group LLC as its outside firm in a new client registration...

Law and Order

White House Defies 50-Year-Old Records Law

A new Congressional Research Service report lands as a federal court orders the Trump administration to comply with a half-century-old records statute it...

Macroeconomics

Regulators Face Capital Scrutiny As Banking Rules Shift

The House Financial Services Committee's prudential regulators oversight hearing on June 4 lands at a pivotal moment for American banking policy — with...

Government Operations

Forest Service Reorganization Clashes With Wildfire Season Cuts

Why it matters: The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee held an oversight hearing on the U.S. Forest Service on June 2, 2026, with...

Congress

House Committee Debates Federal Real Estate Crisis Management

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee convenes Thursday for a markup that touches on how the federal government manages billions of dollars...

Government Operations

Rubio Faces Backlash Over Dramatic State Department Budget Cuts

Why it matters: Secretary of State Marco Rubio faced a barrage of Democratic criticism over the Iran War and proposed foreign aid cuts at a Senate Foreign...

Government Operations

America250.org Files Lobbying Disclosure Signaling Formal Entry

America250.org Inc. — the nonprofit organizing the U.S. Semiquincentennial — has filed a lobbying registration disclosure, signaling its formal entry into...

Government Operations

Senate to Confirm Ambassadors in Key Alliance Capitals

More than 15 months into the Trump administration's second term, the United States still lacks confirmed ambassadors in Seoul and Canberra — two of its most...

Politics

Senate Confirms First Trump Judge Deemed "Not Qualified" by ABA

The Senate advanced the Kathleen Lane District Judge nomination on a strict party-line vote Tuesday, exposing just how bitter the judicial confirmation wars...

Government Operations

Bessent Faces Historic Corruption Accusations at Treasury Hearing

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent walks into the House Ways and Means Committee on June 4 carrying the weight of the administration's entire domestic...

hearings

Capitol Maintenance Crisis: Rayburn Building Faces Catastrophic Failure

The House Administration Committee is set to grill the Architect of the Capitol on Wednesday over a $2.6 billion maintenance backlog, a warning of potential...

Government Operations

Federal Forests Hearing: Wildfire Season, Staffing Cuts Collide

With more than 61% of the United States under drought conditions, snowpack across key Western ranges at just 40–60% of normal, and experts warning that 2026...

Government Operations

Highway Trust Fund Expires: Infrastructure Funding at Crossroads

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's FHWA FY2027 budget hearing arrives at a genuinely consequential moment for American infrastructure. The...

Government Operations

Pentagon Cuts 78,000 Civilian Jobs Without Analysis of Military Impact

The Pentagon shed more than 78,000 civilian employees in 2025 — roughly one in ten of its civilian workforce — and did so without consistently conducting...