Legislation

Bank Secrecy Act Modernization: Balancing Compliance Burden

The Bank Secrecy Act, the backbone of America's anti-money laundering framework, was enacted in 1970. More than five decades later, the House Financial...

Politics

Supreme Court Legitimacy at Stake in Expansion Debate

A cascade of Supreme Court rulings on redistricting and voting rights has reignited Democratic calls to expand the Court, and House Republicans are pushing...

Law and Order

House Passes Rule to Advance Law Enforcement Package Targeting Cashless Bail and Federal Court Oversight

The House voted 210-208 Wednesday to advance H.Res. 1275, a procedural rule clearing the path for floor consideration of a five-bill legislative package...

Law and Order

House Passes Partisan Law Enforcement Resolution Along Party Lines

Why it matters: The House passed H.Con.Res. 96, a non-binding concurrent resolution expressing support for law enforcement officers, 243-173 on May 13,...

Law and Order

Senate Gerrymandering Hearing To Examine Supreme Court Voting Rights Decision

The Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais landed less than three weeks ago, and states are already redrawing maps. Tennessee passed new...

Legislation

House Passes Retail Crime Bill to Create Enforcement Tools Against Organized Theft

The House passed the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act on May 12, 2026, in an HR 2853 floor vote that drew 348 yes votes to 60 no votes, clearing the...

Legislation

House Poised to Vote on Law-and-Order Reform Package

The House is set to move quickly on a bundle of criminal justice and spending bills this week, after the Rules Committee cleared the procedural path on...

Law and Order

Congress Demands Answers on DOJ Spending, Leadership

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies has scheduled a DOJ oversight hearing for May 19, placing Acting...

Congress

Intelligence Committee Addresses Leak And Classified Threats

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence convenes Tuesday for a closed briefing on classified intelligence matters, a session that arrives weeks after a...

Immigration

Who Controls the Border Security Checkpoints? Private Companies Now Fund Half a Billion

Every day, more than 1.15 million people and 88,500 cargo containers cross into the United States through 328 ports of entry. The federal agency responsible...

Congress

GOP Pushes Crime Bills Before Midterms

The House Rules Committee is clearing five bills for floor action that collectively touch the sharpest edges of Republican domestic policy: bail reform,...

Defense

Legis1 Background: Hegseth Vs Kelly

A federal appeals court panel signaled on May 7 that it is unlikely to side with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in his effort to punish Sen. Mark Kelly...

Civil Rights

Federal Prisons Pass Abuse Audits While Thousands Report Sexual Assault

Federal prison sexual abuse is not a new problem, but a new government watchdog report reveals that the system designed to stop it may be doing little more...

Legislation

Committee Votes on Whether to Silence Child Abuse Survivors

The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on a package of criminal justice and public safety bills that, taken together, would reshape protections for...

Law and Order

Committee Probes ATF's Alleged Gun Registry

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is under sustained congressional fire over whether it has been quietly building what critics...

Law and Order

Congress Explores if Sanctuary Policies in Virginia Put Residents at Risk

A series of violent crimes allegedly committed by individuals in the country illegally has put Fairfax County, Virginia at the center of a national debate...

Law and Order

Courts Narrow Legal Pathways for Acting Federal Officials

The Trump administration's aggressive use of acting officials to staff federal agencies is running into a hard legal wall, and a new Congressional Research...