Data and News Shaping the Political Landscape
The Department of Veterans Affairs runs the largest integrated health care system in the United States, serving 9 million enrolled veterans across more than...
Nearly 50,000 foreign nationals are currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, and more than 125,000 non-citizen veterans live in the United States today....
A federal contracting program designed to help minority-owned small businesses compete for government work is facing its most significant legal and...
The House passed the Monitor Accountability Act on May 14, 2026, in a vote that broke entirely along party lines, sending legislation to the Senate that...
A new Congressional Research Service report is pushing back on a sweeping legal opinion from the Trump administration's Justice Department, setting up a...
Four of President Trump's federal judicial nominees are headed toward a confirmation vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee, and two of them carry...
A new Congressional Research Service report on retailer inventory pricing and supply chain behavior lands at an uncomfortable moment for Washington: import...
A federal indictment, a state civil probe, and a whistleblower allegation have converged on a single organization in the span of weeks, and now Congress is...
Ohio Republican Rep. Max Miller filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, and her legal team at Cleveland-based Zashin Law,...
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies will convene May 19 to examine the Department of Justice fiscal...
Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic effort to restore consumer protections on medical debt collection, defeating a motion to proceed on...
Why it matters: The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property's Copyright Office oversight hearing on May 12, 2026 unfolded against an...
Why it matters: A routine FY 2027 DOJ budget hearing before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on...
Why it matters: The House passed H.R. 6260, the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act, on May 14, 2026, in a vote that crystallizes the GOP's...
Why it matters: The House passed the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act on May 14, 2026, targeting the growing network of nonprofit and...
The House passed H.R. 8365, the Monitor Accountability Act, on May 14, 2026, by a vote of 219-207, with Republicans united in support and Democrats nearly...
The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a nominations hearing on May 20, with the specific nominees yet to be publicly disclosed. The hearing...
The House passed the H.Res. 1252 floor vote on Wednesday, 418-2, memorializing law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty during 2024. The vote,...
Vice President JD Vance traveled to Bangor, Maine on Thursday for what Politico's "Vance takes fraud fight to Maine" described as the first trip dedicated...
A new Congressional Research Service report on FD&C Act preemption lands at a moment when the boundaries between federal and state authority over consumer...
