Congress

Senate Judiciary Advances Four Judges, Holds Religion Bill

The Senate Judiciary Committee business meeting on Nov. 10 moved four district court nominees and held over S.5289, a bill to protect the free exercise of...

Congress

Healthy Start Funding Ends Dec. 11 as Authorizations Lapse

The Healthy Start program's statutory authorization extended only through fiscal 2025, and appropriations laws have kept the program funded, most recently...

Government Operations

Emergency Communications Funding Spans Five Federal Departments

Federal emergency communications grants run through five departments, and many preparedness grants list interoperable communications equipment as an...

Politics

13 Authorized D.C. Memorials Awaiting Construction

None of the 13 memorials in progress under the Commemorative Works Act is under construction, according to a new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report.

Legislation

Foreign Farmland Ownership Rises as Congress Weighs Changes

Foreign holdings of U.S. agricultural land have grown an average of more than 2.4 million acres a year since 2017, according to a new Congressional Research...

Legislation

Commemorative Works Act Has Yielded 25 Completed D.C. Memorials

Congress has authorized 48 works under the Commemorative Works Act (CWA) since 1986, and 25 are complete, according to a new Congressional Research Service...

Politics

Senate to Examine Navy Nominees With Shipbuilding Experience

Two nominees for senior civilian Navy positions will appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Nov. 19, and both have ties to Navy shipbuilding....

Congress

Senate to Review Hung Cao Navy Nomination Amid Waiver Questions

The Senate Armed Services Committee will consider whether Hung Cao should become secretary of the Navy, a nomination that also requires a congressional...

Civil Rights

Labor Department Ends Affirmative Action Rules for Apprenticeships

The Labor Department ended affirmative action requirements for Registered Apprenticeship program sponsors, the organizations that operate apprenticeship...

Lobbying Activity

CurePSP Adds In-House Team to Lobby on Neurological Research

CurePSP Inc. filed a New client Registration signed Sept. 4 that lists two in-house lobbyists on health, environmental, and medical research issues. The...

Politics

Lebanon Disarmament Standoff Stalls Israel Withdrawal Framework

The U.S.-brokered Israel-Lebanon framework has stalled, leaving Hezbollah's disarmament and Israeli withdrawal unresolved, according to a new Congressional...

Congress

Massie Seeks Hegseth Impeachment Over War Powers And Civilian Deaths

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is standing firm in his effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, drawing support from Democrats and opposition from...

Politics

Appeals Courts Split On Handguns, Immigration, Prediction Markets

Federal appeals courts split in September over handgun sales, immigration detention, prediction markets and fishery councils, according to a new...

Politics

Kyrgyzstan Slips on Democracy Indexes as Its Economy Surges

The Kyrgyz Republic has fallen on governance indexes since 2019 while its economy has grown quickly, according to a new Congressional Research Service (CRS)...

Politics

Evan Bender Named Senior Adviser to Rep. Troy Nehls

Evan Bender has assumed the role of senior adviser to Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX-22), effective Oct. 1. Before taking a nearly three-year break from work on the...

Congress

Rep. Thomas Massie Moves To Impeach Hegseth

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) filed a resolution to impeach Pete Hegseth as the 119th Congress's lame duck session may take up a continuing resolution to fund...

Government Operations

GAO Finds State Department Failed to Meet Aid Reporting Rules

Thirty-six of 37 State Department notifications to Congress about using legal exemptions to fund democracy assistance and other restricted aid did not...