Data and News Shaping the Political Landscape
President Donald Trump's so-called revenge tour got its first real test on May 5, when Indiana held primaries that put Trump's endorsement power directly on...
A new Congressional Research Service report on the Appointments Clause is landing at a moment when the question of who can legally wield federal authority...
A Congressional Research Service report updated in late April offers Congress a clear-eyed look at China's political system at a moment when U.S.-China...
President Trump reshaped the Kentucky Senate race on Friday, endorsing Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) in the Republican primary to fill the seat being vacated by...
A public feud between Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Ed Martin, the Trump administration's DOJ Pardon Attorney, erupted on social media April 30 after Tillis...
The S.Res. 690 floor vote, which passed 51-46 on April 30, 2026, is less about any single nominee and more about the machinery Republicans have built to...
Why it matters: A House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Tuesday exposed a raw fault line over the 1994 Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, with...
The House moved forward Tuesday on a sweeping package of legislation, advancing a procedural rule that cleared the way for floor votes on a five-year farm...
The Senate passed S.Res. 690 Tuesday on a strict party-line vote, 52-47, advancing a procedural resolution that allows the chamber to confirm presidential...
A Senate floor vote on S.Amdt. 5378, sponsored by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), failed Thursday, exposing a significant fracture within the Republican caucus at a...
Republican senators are privately bracing for another round of Trump cabinet firing, according to reporting by Politico's Jordain Carney. Four GOP...
The H.Res. 1182 floor vote was never going to reshape federal law. As a simple House resolution, it carries no binding authority. But its passage Thursday...
Why it matters: The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on Tuesday, April 21, examining what Republicans call a coordinated...
Why it matters: The House Ethics Committee sanctions hearing scheduled for Tuesday, April 21, 2026 never happened. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL)...
An amendment to recognize polycystic ovary syndrome failed Friday along strict party lines, 208-199, in a vote that exposed deep divisions over women's...
Senate Republicans are pressing the Trump administration to drop its Justice Department probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell — or risk watching...
Why it matters: The Helsinki Commission's Vatican diplomacy hearing, held April 13, 2026, landed at a politically combustible moment — convened on the same...
New Jersey's 11th Congressional District special election — set for Thursday, April 16 — has drawn more than $5 million in combined candidate and outside...
New Jersey's 11th Congressional District special election on April 16 is shaping up as a test of whether a district that has voted reliably Democratic for...
The Georgia 14th District runoff April 2026 pits retired Army Brigadier General Shawn Harris, a Democrat, against Clay Fuller, a district attorney and...
