Politics
Federal Election Night Returns Are Preliminary, Not Final
Federal election results at the state or territorial level are never official on election night, and final totals normally differ from election-night...
Carbon Sequestration Well Permits Face Backlog and Oversight Gaps
The rescission by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in August of its 2023 environmental-justice guidance for Class VI carbon sequestration wells has...
IRS Proposes Revoking Tax Exemptions for Private Schools Over DEI
A proposed IRS rule would make all forms of racial discrimination in education, including affirmative action and DEI programs, grounds for a private school...
Establishment Clause Law Remains Unsettled After Kennedy Ruling
Establishment Clause rules that limit government support of religion are unsettled after the Supreme Court's 2022 Kennedy v. Bremerton School District...
Army's Multi-Domain Task Force Up To Four Units Amid Troop Cuts
The Army activated the 4th Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF) at Fort Carson, CO, on Oct. 8, bringing the force to nearly 2,100 soldiers, according to a new...
Three SuperPACS Have Spent More Than Half a Billion Dollars
Three super PACs have spent more than $600 million combined on the 2026 Senate battlefield, and most of it is going to the same handful of races: Ohio,...
Two Week Countdown: GOP Motto is Spend, Spend, Spend
House Majority PAC, the super PAC aligned with House Democratic leadership, cancelled $1.09 million of booked airtime tied to Florida's 25th U.S. House...
Trump's Russia Sanctions Waiver Draws Bipartisan Backlash
President Trump waived a recently enacted bipartisan Russia sanctions law, drawing criticism from members of both parties. The New York Times reported that...
United Futures PAC Reports $2.64 Million in Senate Race Spending
United Futures PAC, a newly registered super PAC, is trying to bolster Democratic and independent Senate candidates with a reported $2.64 million in...
NRA Victory Fund Reports Spending $529,000 Against Talarico
The NRA Victory Fund, Inc., the National Rifle Association's super PAC, is targeting Texas Democratic Senate hopeful James Talarico. As of today, it...
Enough Promises Ohio Reports $1.58 Million Opposing Sherrod Brown
Enough Promises Ohio, a newly registered super PAC, has reported spending approximately $1.58 million to support independent Ohio Senate candidate Greg Levy...
Fund for a Working Congress Spends $1.26M on Iowa Senate Contest
Fund for a Working Congress, a Republican-aligned super PAC, has reported about $1.54 million in spending this election cycle, according to the Oct. 19...
American College of Cardiology Lobbies Medicare Pay and AI Bills
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) filed its third-quarter 2026 disclosure covering more than 50 numbered bills, spanning Medicare physician payment,...
SuperPAC Shuffle: North Carolina For the Win
Republican-aligned groups flipped the outside-money ledger on October 19, booking $2.35 million in broadcast airtime against $166,000 for Democratic-aligned...
Cruise Lines International Association Lobbies on Visa Policy
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) lobbied in the third quarter of 2026 on passenger vessel policy, domestic shipbuilding, C1D/seafarer visa...
University of Tennessee System Lobbies NIL Bills and OMB Rules
The University of Tennessee System filed its third-quarter 2026 in-house lobbying disclosure covering nine issue areas, including college athletics...
Russia's Arctic Military Posture Faces Resource Limits
It remains unclear whether Russia has the financial and personnel resources to carry out its Arctic military modernization, or in what time frame it could...
H-1B Fees, Tightened Rules and Layoff Scrutiny Impact Employers
The Trump administration has pursued a series of H-1B executive and regulatory actions in 2026 aimed at raising employer costs, tightening scrutiny and...
