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House Panel Moves Toward Contempt Vote on Leon Black Over Epstein Ties
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee scheduled a full-committee markup to consider a resolution recommending that the House find Leon David...
Senate Weighs Monitoring Rules for Prescribed Fires and Air Quality
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has scheduled a business meeting for Wednesday, September 16 to consider S. 5045, the Wildfire Emissions...
Committee Will Examine U.S. Western Balkans Policy
Congress is examining a region slipping from U.S. strategic focus at a critical moment. The House Subcommittee on Europe will hold a hearing on U.S. policy...
House Panel Examines 25 Years of Counterterrorism Evolution
The 25th anniversary of 9/11 arrives amid a terrorism landscape that has fundamentally shifted. Recent attempted attacks, including a synagogue plot in...
Committee Will Weigh Biotech Innovation Against Security Risks
The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight will convene on September 16 to examine the intersection of...
Senate Judiciary Committee Will Examine FBI Oversight
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold an oversight hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation on September 15, with FBI Director Kash Patel scheduled...
House Panel Will Examine Medicare and Cybersecurity Bills
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health scheduled a hearing for September 15 to examine 14 House bills related to Medicare provider payment...
Committee Will Examine Fraud in Homelessness Services
The House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency will hold a hearing on September 15 titled "Fixing Fraud And Failure In Federally Funded...
Defense Workforce Shortage Drives Federal Strategy on Skilled Trades
The Trump administration is doubling down on reshaping America's defense workforce to meet surging demand for weapons and shipbuilding, with federal...
Small Business Energy Opportunity Hearing Scheduled September 2
A hearing titled "Fueling The Golden Age: Future Resource Needs And Small Business Opportunity" is scheduled for Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM.
Large Banks Dominate Home Loan Borrowing
A July 21, 2026 GAO congressional testimony (GAO-26-109282), delivered before the House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and...
GAO Finds Unresolved Technical Gaps in Federal Login.gov System
Federal identity verification infrastructure has unresolved implementation gaps even as fraud threats grow. A July 15, 2026, GAO congressional testimony...
Senate Committee To Examine Muslim Brotherhood's U.S. Operations
The Senate Judiciary Committee is examining a network. The hearing, scheduled for Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM, will focus on the Muslim...
Senate Panel to Receive Briefing on Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis
Sudan faces a humanitarian catastrophe of historic scale. The war is estimated to have killed approximately 200,000 people and displaced more than 11...
House Hears Competing Visions on Consumer Protection Bills
The hearing, held July 22, 2026, at 2:15 PM, highlighted fundamental tensions over marketplace safeguards. Industry witnesses countered that new mandates...
The Latest Policy Issue: Sports Prediction Markets
Why it matters: The House Agriculture Committee's commodity markets subcommittee held a hearing on Tuesday to examine how federal regulators oversee...
Senate Hearing Exposes Express Scripts TRICARE Conflict
The Senate Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Personnel held a contentious hearing on the TRICARE pharmacy program on July 15, 2026, zeroing in on...
Senate Panel Questions Trump HHS Nominees on Agency Independence
Why it matters: Two Trump administration health nominees faced intense questioning from Senate Democrats on July 15, 2026, as the chamber examines whether...