Congress

Federal Appeals Court Rulings Show Legal Patchwork on Key Issues

A new Congressional Research Service legal report published June 10 maps the most consequential circuit splits from May 2026, and the fault lines it...

Law and Order

Circuit Split Blocks Detention Without Bond Hearings

A new Congressional Research Service report published June 9 lays bare a legal crisis at the heart of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement...

Immigration

Class Action Lawsuits Circumvent Supreme Court Injunction Limits

The Supreme Court's 2025 ruling in Trump v. CASA, Inc. was supposed to be a win for the Trump administration. The Court curtailed the use of nationwide...

Immigration

House Advances Fraud Bills Paired With Immigration Funding

Why it matters: The House Rules Committee convened on June 8, 2026, to set floor debate terms for a package of government fraud prevention measures...

Legislation

House Locks in Border Enforcement Funding Through 2029

The Secure America Act floor vote landed exactly as advertised: 214 Republicans in favor, every Democrat and the chamber's lone independent opposed. No...

Legislation

House Passes Combined Fraud Prevention and Border Security Bills

The House voted 213–211 Tuesday to adopt H.Res. 1345, a procedural rule vote that cleared the path for floor consideration of a package combining two...

Immigration

House Passes Anti-Fraud and Border Security Package in Narrow Party-Line Vote

The House cleared a key procedural hurdle Tuesday, advancing a package of Republican-backed legislation targeting federal payment fraud and border security...

Legislation

Congress Battles Over Supreme Court Legitimacy, Immigration

Why it matters: The House Judiciary Committee markup on June 3 advanced six bills spanning immigration enforcement, Supreme Court structure, worker safety...

Immigration

DHS Budget Hearing Reveals Partisan Divide Over Border Funding

Why it matters: The House Homeland Security Committee's FY2027 DHS budget review on June 3 put a newly confirmed DHS Secretary on the defensive from the...

Law and Order

Trump Administration Seeks Increase To Denaturalize Citizens

A new Congressional Research Service report quietly published this week lays out the denaturalization legal framework in stark detail — and the picture it...

Immigration

Senate Clash Over Denaturalization Powers

Why it matters: The Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on denaturalization Wednesday, June 3, the third in a...

Immigration

Senate Passes $70 Billion Immigration Crackdown Bill

Senate Republicans on Friday blocked a Democratic procedural maneuver aimed at slowing down S. 2, the reconciliation bill advancing the Trump...

Immigration

Senate Republicans Pass Border Bill, Ending Democratic Delays

The Senate voted June 1, 2026 on a Democratic procedural motion that would have slowed a roughly $72 billion immigration and border enforcement package —...

Immigration

Private Citizen Hires Lobbying Firm on Immigration Issues

A private individual named Ziv Reizman has filed a new lobbying registration disclosure with Washington lobbying firm Ellis & Co. LLC, registering to lobby...

Congress

Supreme Court Redraws Federal Litigation Rules, Congress Can Respond

A new Congressional Research Service report on Supreme Court civil procedure rulings from the October 2025 term reveals decisions with sweeping consequences...

Immigration

House Fast-Tracks $64B Border Enforcement Bill

Why it matters: The House Rules Committee convened Wednesday evening for a congressional hearing roundup of one item: a procedural vote to fast-track the...

Immigration

Homeland Security Asks For Another $18.5 billion

The House Homeland Security Committee's DHS budget hearing 2027 arrives at a moment of maximum fiscal tension: the Trump administration is asking Congress...