Space, Science, Technology, and Communications
Committee Reshapes U.S. Tech Export Controls
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is set to mark up more than two dozen bills on April 22 that would reshape how the United States controls exports of...
Congress
Pentagon Readiness Under Scrutiny Amid Pacific Tensions
The Senate Armed Services Committee is set to examine the readiness and posture of two of America's most strategically consequential military commands —...
Defense
Committee Examines Russia-Iran Intelligence Threat to Troops
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence convenes Tuesday in closed session to examine intelligence matters at a moment when several committee members...
International Affairs and Foreign Aid
Senate Finance Committee To Scrutinize Trade Policy Fueled By $2.6m In Lobbying
The Senate Finance Committee is set to scrutinize the administration's trade agenda at a moment when tariffs have reshaped supply chains, rattled markets,...
Defense
Senate Rejects Israel Arms Sale Block, Clearing $295 Million Bulldozer Transfer
The Senate on Wednesday rejected the S.J.Res. 32 vote to discharge a joint resolution that would have blocked a proposed foreign military sale to Israel...
Defense
House Rejects War Powers Resolution
The House voted Thursday to reject H.Con.Res. 40, a Democratic-led effort to force the Trump administration to withdraw U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities...
Defense
Senate Blocks Effort to Stop Israel Arms Sale as Democrats Split as GOP Stands Firm
The motion to discharge S.J.Res. 138 — a joint resolution that would have blocked a $151.8 million sale of 1,000-pound gravity bombs to Israel — failed in...
International Affairs and Foreign Aid
Congress Probes Vatican Diplomacy Amid Trump-Pope Clash
Why it matters: The Helsinki Commission's Vatican diplomacy hearing, held April 13, 2026, landed at a politically combustible moment — convened on the same...
International Affairs and Foreign Aid
Committee Confirms Nuclear Diplomacy Ambassadors Today
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is moving through a packed slate of ambassador-level nominations this week, with a pending nominations hearing...
Congress
USTR Budget Hearing Determines Future Trade Policy Direction
Ambassador Jamieson Greer will face House appropriators on April 16, 2026, at a moment when U.S. trade policy has been more disruptive — and more...
Legislation
In a Divided Congress, a Rare Diplomatic Truce
A House bill targeting State Department risk aversion has drawn support from both sides of the aisle — a notable moment in a Congress defined by gridlock....
International Affairs and Foreign Aid
Political Theater: Trump Nominees Face Grilling Over Defunding Their Own Agencies
Why it matters: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing held March 26, 2026 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building examined three nominees whose...
Congress
Arctic Hearing Exposes U.S. Capability Gap in the High North
Why it matters: The House Homeland Security Committee's Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee convened an Arctic security hearing on March 26,...
Legislation
House Panel Advances 19 Bills Targeting China, Russia, Foreign Aid**
Why it matters: The House Foreign Affairs Committee convened a wide-ranging markup session on March 26, 2026, advancing more than 19 bills touching on China...
Legislation
House Passes Bill Giving President Power to Punish Countries That Seize American Assets Abroad
The H.R. 7084 floor vote on the Defending American Property Abroad Act cleared the House 247–164, with Republicans holding perfect unity and 41 Democrats...
Space, Science, Technology, and Communications
In a Fractured Congress, a Chip Security Bill Finds Rare Common Ground
Why it Matters Thirty lawmakers — 17 Republicans and 13 Democrats — have lined up behind the Chip Security Act, a piece of semiconductor security...
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...
Environment
Congress Races to Catch Up on Deep-Sea Mining
The U.S. is moving to open the ocean floor to commercial mining — and Congress is only now beginning to grapple with what that means scientifically,...
