Senate Examines Forest Service Funding Amid Wildfire Risks
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...
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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...
Why it matters: The House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held a...
Why it matters: The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on federal boxing laws on Wednesday, April 22, marking the first Senate Commerce Committee...
Why it matters: The House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces held a joint hearing Wednesday on "Revitalizing...
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...
The surge in artificial intelligence infrastructure is straining the U.S. power grid in ways that could land directly on household electricity bills. The...
The House passed the Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources (HEATS) Act on Thursday, with the HEATS Act floor vote landing 231-186, exposing a sharp partisan...
America's critical digital infrastructure — the data centers storing sensitive federal data, the telecommunications networks carrying classified...
A Senate bid to protect patients from insurance company delays and denials of medical care collapsed Wednesday when floor vote 1192s97 failed to clear the...
Why it matters: The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on China's ongoing theft of U.S. innovation on Wednesday, April 22, formally titled "Stealth...
Republican senators are privately bracing for another round of Trump cabinet firing, according to reporting by Politico's Jordain Carney. Four GOP...
Why it matters: The House Administration Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to advance legislation extending the mandatory retirement age waiver for U.S....
Congress is preparing to weigh in on one of the most charged debates in American higher education: whether universities are protecting or suppressing free...
Why it matters: Senate Republicans advanced a $140 billion budget resolution early Thursday morning designed to fund President Trump's immigration...
The House Armed Services Committee is set to examine a Pentagon budget request that, at $1.5 trillion, would nearly double last year's defense spending —...
The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee is set to take up more than two dozen bills on April 29 that collectively touch nearly every corner of how the federal...
Space is no longer a sanctuary. As China and Russia accelerate efforts to field anti-satellite weapons, jamming capabilities, and dual-use orbital...
The United States contributes more to the United Nations than any other member state, yet Washington's ability to demand accountability for how those funds...
The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation convened on April 21 for a congressional hearing roundup on the...
Why it matters: The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies convened Tuesday, April 21, for an HHS FY2027 budget...
Why it matters: The House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing on April 21, 2026, examining legislation that would impose mandatory...