Congress
Senate Panel Accelerates Pending Nominations Amid Ambassador Vacancies
More than 100 U.S. ambassador posts remain vacant, including critical positions in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Iraq and Kuwait, while 37...
Senate Judiciary Will Examine Pending Judicial Nominations
The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing titled "Hearings To Examine Pending Nominations" on Wednesday, September 30. Federal judicial...
Patent Office Policy Reversals Focus Of Senate Hearing
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has faced a series of abrupt policy reversals and transparency questions in 2026. USPTO Director John...
PeopleForBikes ends 4-year relationship with Brumidi Group
PeopleForBikes Coalition Ltd., the bicycle industry's national trade association, ended its relationship with lobbying firm Brumidi Group effective...
Petfive Brands Hires Monument Advocacy for Lobbying
Pet food manufacturer Petfive Brands Global Holding Inc. has entered the lobbying arena for the first time, engaging Monument Advocacy to represent its...
Maduro Faces Immunity Claims in U.S. Drug Prosecution
Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan leader seized by U.S. armed forces in Caracas on January 3, is now facing federal charges in New York. A Congressional...
Federal Retirement Claims Backlog Peaks at 65,237 in 2026
Federal retirement processing has deteriorated sharply in 2026, with a new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report documenting a backlog crisis that...
Federal Wiretaps and Fourth Amendment Tensions Unresolved
Emerging technologies continue to challenge the existing wiretap framework, and Congress has repeatedly amended Title III to keep pace with technological...
IRS Data Lag Leaves Policymakers Without Recent Info
A recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report published September 21 Policymakers are facing a critical blind spot because they currently lack IRS...
U.S.-Japan Trade Talks Stall Amid Overlapping Tariffs
The U.S.-Japan trade relationship faces mounting uncertainty as multiple tariff mechanisms overlap and key policy commitments remain unfulfilled, according...
Small Business Administration Proposes New Standards
The Small Business Administration announced a proposed rule on August 20 to radically reshape how federal programs classify small businesses, potentially...
U.S. Foreign-Born Population Reaches 50.2 Million in 2024
An estimated 50.2 million foreign-born people resided in the country in 2024, representing approximately 14.8 percent of the total U.S. population,...
Military Readiness Funding Proposal Lacks Statutory Basis
CRS Finds Tension Between Readiness Now and Future
Senate Committee Votes on Witness Immunity Override
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will vote Wednesday, September 23 on whether to authorize Senate Legal Counsel to seek a...
Case-Zablocki Act: Tensions Over Executive Agreement Disclosure
The State Department's handling of international agreements is facing legal and legislative pressure as Congress seeks greater transparency into executive...
Congress Funds China Human Rights Programs as Administration Cuts Them
The scope of repression facing religious minorities, ethnic groups, and dissidents as the Trump administration curtails funding for programs designed to...
Executive Branch Reshapes Election Policy Through Orders
Federal elections policy is increasingly shaped by executive action rather than legislation, according to a new Congressional Research Service report. Since...
Space Academy Commission Has 120 Days to Propose Framework
A presidential commission studying whether to establish a U.S. Space Academy has just 120 days to recommend how to build a new military service institution...