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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 lands at a precarious moment for federal budgeting, detailing how the mandatory spending sequester — the...
The Trump administration's Interior Department FY 2027 budget lands before the House Natural Resources Committee on May 13 carrying a stark proposition: cut...
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense will convene a Navy and Marine Corps budget hearing on May 12, 2026, to scrutinize the Department of the...
The Trump administration has staked its economic credibility on tariffs, "Buy American" mandates, and reshoring American manufacturing. But a recent...
The Congressional Research Service has quietly updated one of its most practical — and politically relevant — reference documents: a comprehensive guide to...
A quiet but consequential Congressional Research Service report published April 29 is drawing fresh attention to a tax mechanism that touches nearly every...
A new Congressional Research Service report on the Department of Defense Education Activity's domestic school system lands at a moment of genuine tension:...
A new Congressional Research Service report on paid sick leave arrives at a moment when the federal government has no universal mandate on the books and the...
The Trump administration is aggressively rewriting how the United States screens foreign investment, tightening the screws on Chinese acquisitions while...
A Congressional Research Service report updated in late April is drawing renewed attention on Capitol Hill — and the timing is not incidental. The report,...
The 2026 Farm Bill isn't just an agricultural policy update. It is a sweeping restatement of federal priorities across nutrition, conservation, trade, and...
Democrats forced a vote. Republicans blocked it. The result was never in doubt.
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation sits at the center of a growing tension in American foreign policy: the Trump administration is...
A recent Congressional Research Service report puts a number on federal fossil fuel tax benefits — and the figure is both smaller than critics might expect...
The race to build artificial intelligence infrastructure is colliding with a hard physical reality: the planet is running out of cheap power and cool air....
The federal government made improper payments to federal agencies reported at $186 billion in fiscal year 2025, a $24 billion jump from the prior year,...
The federal government is paying health insurance claims to dead doctors.
A wave of legislation in the 119th Congress is pushing to do what the STOCK Act of 2012 could not: meaningfully prevent Members of Congress from profiting...
Rep. Warren Davidson is heading into the November general election as a heavy favorite, but the six-term Republican from Troy, Ohio has spent the past year...
The IRS collects roughly $4.7 trillion in federal revenue each year, making its financial systems among the most consequential in the federal government....
The H.R. 7567 floor vote on April 30 ended in defeat for a bipartisan amendment that would have stripped pesticide liability protections from the Farm,...
A new Congressional Research Service report published May 1, 2026 lands at a pointed moment: the Trump administration is moving faster than any in recent...
The Magnuson-Stevens Act, the primary federal law governing marine fisheries in U.S. waters, hasn't been comprehensively reauthorized since 2007, and the...