Data and News Shaping the Political Landscape
The satellite industry has spent years — and millions of dollars — pressing Congress to overhaul a licensing system that companies say is too slow, too...
The White House is asking Congress to cut $1.3 billion — 12.2 percent — from the Department of Commerce budget, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will...
Why it matters: The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee convened a business meeting on April 14, 2026, advancing a sweeping package of...
Congress is about to scrutinize one of the most aggressive space and intelligence spending proposals in recent memory — behind closed doors. The FY2027...
Transnational criminal networks have turned the internet into a revenue stream — extracting billions from Americans through romance scams, cryptocurrency...
American manufacturing competitiveness — and who controls the next generation of industrial robotics — is the subtext of a House Science, Space, and...
America's artificial intelligence advantage — the foundation of its economic and military edge — is under active assault, according to U.S. intelligence...
The United States spends billions of federal dollars each year training the scientists and engineers it says it needs to remain competitive globally. But a...
Why it matters: The House Armed Services Committee's Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation Subcommittee convened a hearing on the Information...
Why it matters: The Senate Armed Services Committee held a congressional hearing roundup on March 26, 2026, examining the posture of U.S. Space Command and...
Why it Matters Thirty lawmakers — 17 Republicans and 13 Democrats — have lined up behind the Chip Security Act, a piece of semiconductor security...
Why it matters: The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee convened a business meeting on March 27, 2026, at the Russell Senate Office...
The United States is approaching a hard deadline in space. The International Space Station — America's most visible symbol of human presence in orbit for...
Thirty years after Congress rewrote the rules of American communications, the House is taking stock — and the stakes couldn't be higher. The...
House Science Committee Markup Exposes Rift Over Quantum Funding
The House Financial Services Committee's Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee is convening a financial regulators...
Two pieces of legislation with direct public safety consequences are moving through the House Energy and Commerce Committee markup on March 25 — and one of...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is undergoing a period of significant policy upheaval — from proposed restrictions on patent challenges to a brewing...
The Senate's Cybersecurity Subcommittee is convening a DoD cybersecurity hearing on March 24 at a moment when nearly every major thread of Pentagon IT...
The House squeezed H.R. 261 — the Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025 through on a 218–212 vote, sending a bill to the Senate that would strip NOAA of its...
