Congress

Senate Judiciary Advances Trump Nominees on Party Lines

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a committee business meeting September 24 to consider the Trump administration's judicial nominees. The candidates...

Congress

Senate Seeks Second Vote Compelling Fauci Assistant to Testify

A former special assistant to Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) may be forced to testify in front of...

Elections

Democratic Super PAC Spent $752K Backing Shaheen in New Hampshire Primary

The American Democracy Committee, a Super PAC linked to The No Kings PAC, poured more than half a million dollars into supporting New Hampshire's Democratic...

Elections

MAHA PAC Spends $1 Million Against Cassidy in Louisiana Senate Race

MAHA PAC, the political action committee associated with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement,...

Politics

U.S.-China Relations Face November Tariff Deadline

A tariff truce between the U.S. and China is set to expire in November 2026, and both sides have paused, not resolved, their core disputes. The...

Politics

Defense Contractors' IP Rights Limit DOD Repairs

The Department of Defense (DOD) frequently cannot repair or maintain weapons systems it has purchased because contractors retain intellectual property (IP)...

Politics

Colombia's New Leader Shifts U.S. Security Strategy

Colombia's political realignment carries direct consequences for U.S. counternarcotics strategy, foreign assistance, and regional security, as a...

Defense

Gulf Strategy In Question After U.S. Naval Base in Bahrain Damaged

The U.S. naval headquarters in Bahrain, Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, has sustained damage that preliminary estimates put at a minimum of $400...

Congress

Fiscal Commission Hearing Considers Fixes for $40 Trillion Debt

Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX-19) has called the fiscal trajectory "immoral" and referenced the pace at which the U.S. is adding to the national debt. Treasury...

Agriculture

Farm Bill Reauthorization Stalls as 2026 Deadline Looms

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-334) expired in 2023 and has since been extended three times, making the current reauthorization the...

International Affairs

Senate To Examine Nicaragua's Democratic Collapse

Nicaragua's government has eliminated electoral competition, documented enforced disappearances, and is now accused by United Nations experts of crimes...

Elections

Elect Democratic Women PAC Spent $1.4M Backing House Candidates

Elect Democratic Women has spent over one million dollars on House elections this cycle, mainly supporting Democratic women and spending hundreds of...

Elections

Elon Musk's America PAC Spends Big Against Democrats in Senate Races

America PAC has directed the bulk of its recent outside spending against Democratic Senate candidates, with James Talarico (D-TX) drawing $3,772,205 in...

Congress

Senate Finance Panel Weighs Four Key Administration Nominees

The Senate Finance Committee is meeting Sept. 24 to consider favorably reporting four nominations that would fill key positions at the Department of Health...

Politics

Federal Courts Received 97% of 2026 Budget Request

The judiciary's budget priorities shifted markedly in the final appropriation. Defender Services saw the largest dollar increase, rising 21.7 percent from...

Politics

Corporate Tax Burden on Workers Remains Unresolved

Decades of research on whether corporate income taxes fall primarily on workers or investors has produced wildly conflicting conclusions that leave core...

Politics

House Panel Examines New Jersey Voter Registration Error As SAVE Act Stalls

A software error in New Jersey's motor vehicle system improperly registered approximately 6,600 people who indicated they were not U.S. citizens between...