Committee Examines Treasury Market Derivatives Risk
The U.S. Treasury market is the backbone of global finance, and derivatives play a central, if often opaque, role in how it functions. With tariff-driven...
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The U.S. Treasury market is the backbone of global finance, and derivatives play a central, if often opaque, role in how it functions. With tariff-driven...
The U.S. military's ability to defend against and conduct cyber operations is about to get a closed-door review on Capitol Hill. The Senate Armed Services...
Copper is everywhere in the modern economy — in electric vehicles, power grids, data centers, and defense systems — and the United States produces a...
The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee is convening a hearing on April 29 that arrives at a fraught moment for American small business....
Why it matters: The House Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing on Wednesday on tribal natural...
A new Congressional Research Service report on Veterans Service Organizations arrives at a moment when the federal infrastructure those groups depend on is...
A new Congressional Research Service report on federal management of tribal trust funds lands at a moment when the Trump administration is proposing deep...
The House Appropriations Committee cleared the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2027 on a party-line vote, sending the H.R....
Why it matters: The House passed HR 227, the Clergy Act, on Monday, giving members of the clergy a second chance at a decision that has long haunted many...
The Senate voted 54-46 on a cloture motion Tuesday, clearing procedural hurdles for the Robert Cekada ATF nomination to move toward a full confirmation...
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set to consider the nomination of Darrell Owens, of Pennsylvania, to serve as the U.S. Representative to the...
The motion to discharge S.J.Res. 114, a joint resolution to direct the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities against Iran not authorized by...
Why it matters: The House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing Wednesday on reinsurance and credit risk...
Congress is preparing to examine whether federal law does enough to protect crime victims, with the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal...
Congress is moving to put food safety, nutrition labeling, and FDA oversight under the microscope at a moment when the Trump administration's "Make America...
A new Congressional Research Service report published April 24 lays out the legal and operational realities of the ICE non-detained docket, and the picture...
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set to examine two of the most consequential security theaters in the world — the Baltic Sea and the Indo-Pacific...
The House Education and Workforce Committee is set to examine the future of American mining on May 8, with a hearing that sits at the intersection of two...
The House Appropriations Committee's FY 2027 Commerce, Justice, Science hearing on April 30 arrives as the Trump administration's cuts to Justice Department...
Congress is about to make decisions that will determine how much money funds the Capitol Police, the Library of Congress, the Congressional Budget Office,...
The Senate Appropriations Committee is set to examine the U.S. Forest Service budget estimates for Fiscal Year 2027 on April 30, and the stakes extend well...
The Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations is preparing to scrutinize Biden-era health officials over COVID-19 vaccine safety signals — a...
The National Nuclear Security Administration sits at the intersection of America's nuclear weapons complex, nonproliferation efforts, and civilian nuclear...
The constitutional meaning of American citizenship — who gets it, who keeps it, and who can lose it — is heading to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing...