Congress

Have Sports' Leagues Media Deals Become Anticompetitive?

Congress is taking a hard look at whether a 65-year-old antitrust exemption still makes sense in an era when fans increasingly need a paid streaming...

Politics

Kansas Judge Kuhlman Confirmed, Filling Rare Triple Vacancy

The Kuhlman floor vote is the latest installment in the 119th Congress's most reliable drama: a Republican Senate majority methodically locking in a...

Politics

Senate Confirms Montana Judge Kathleen Lane in Party-Line Vote

The 52–46 vote was a clean partisan split — and a preview of the judicial wars still to come.

Government Operations

Congress Lost Major Tool to Oversee Federal Agencies

A new Congressional Research Service report lands at a moment when the tension between Congress and the executive branch is as sharp as it has been in...

Government Operations

Legis1 Background: DHS Secretary Mullin Refuses to Commit to Following Federal Court Orders

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin refused — four times — to commit to following federal court orders during his first congressional testimony...

Law and Order

CIA Scandal Triggers Senate Hearing

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has scheduled a closed intelligence briefing for June 9 — and the timing points squarely at one of the most...

Law and Order

Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Judicial Nominees

The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a nominations hearing on June 10, 2026, continuing what has been a steady pace of confirmations under...

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...

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...

Health

Mifepristone Regulation Is the Abortion Fight's New Front Line

A new Congressional Research Service report maps a legal battlefield that could reshape how millions of Americans access medication abortion — and puts the...

Congress

GOP Goes After Civil Rights Group

The House Judiciary Committee is about to put the Southern Poverty Law Center on trial in all but name. When Chair Jim Jordan gavels in "Manufacturing Hate,...

Congress

Labor Relations Protections Dismantled; Congress Investigates

The House Education and Workforce Committee's Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions is convening an NLRB hearing preview that arrives at a...

Law and Order

Fentanyl Crisis Threatens Older Americans, Senate Examines

Fentanyl from foreign criminal networks is killing Americans at a scale that has reshaped public health and law enforcement priorities — and the Senate...

Congress

Beijing's Fentanyl Pledge: Genuine or Hollow?

China announced new export controls on fentanyl precursor chemicals on May 22 — less than two weeks before the Beijing fentanyl hearing scheduled for...

Law and Order

Soto Breaks Ranks on Crime Bills While Maintaining Perfect Voting Attendance

Rep. Darren Soto floor votes over a two-week stretch in May 2026 show a Florida Democrat who largely stayed in line with his party while breaking ranks on a...

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

Treasury Quietly Guts Anti-Money Laundering Rule Then Refuses to Fix It

A quiet regulatory rollback is leaving a gaping hole in the United States' defenses against money laundering, drug trafficking proceeds, and cybercrime —...