Senate Tackles Courtroom Cameras and Deepfake Protection Bills
The Senate Judiciary Committee's June 18 business meeting puts three substantive bills on the table at once: two that would open federal courtrooms to...
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The Senate Judiciary Committee's June 18 business meeting puts three substantive bills on the table at once: two that would open federal courtrooms to...
Why it matters: The Senate Agriculture Committee convened a USDA oversight hearing on June 10 that put Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on the hot seat...
Why it matters: Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — the authority that allows U.S. intelligence agencies to collect communications of...
The Senate voted 47-43 on Friday to invoke cloture on PN851-7, advancing the confirmation of Justin D. Smith of Missouri to serve as a U.S. Circuit Judge...
A new Congressional Research Service legal report published June 10 maps the most consequential circuit splits from May 2026, and the fault lines it...
Amgen Inc. has registered Avenue Solutions as a new outside lobbying firm, according to a lobbying registration disclosure filed June 1, 2026. The...
Why it matters: The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held a pharmaceutical patent...
A federal program that has delivered 2.5 billion meals and 273 million nights of shelter since 1983 is facing its most direct elimination threat yet. The...
A proposed railroad merger and acquisitions deal announced last summer could reshape how goods move across the United States for decades. Union Pacific...
Why it matters: The House Committee on Small Business held a hearing on June 3 examining the role of small businesses in national security, and the central...
Kiwanis International, the global service organization known for its youth-focused community work, has registered a lobbying firm for the first time,...
OBSIDIA Semiconductors Inc., a defense-focused semiconductor startup, ended its lobbying relationship with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as of May 1,...
Nationstar Mortgage LLC ended its lobbying relationship with Breakaway LLC in a Second Quarter 2026 LDA termination filing, with the termination effective...
A new Congressional Research Service report raises pointed questions about the Trump administration's plan to shift federal student loan default servicing...
The European Parliament sits at the intersection of nearly every major policy friction point between Washington and Brussels — trade, digital regulation,...
The Congressional Research Service quietly updated one of its most foundational — and least glamorous — guides on June 9: a comprehensive reference on...
The Colombia 2026 presidential election is not just a foreign vote. For the Trump administration and the 119th Congress, the June 21 runoff between...
A new Congressional Research Service report published June 9 lays out a detailed roadmap for local nonprofits and governments trying to tap into federal...
Russia and China conducted 11 combined military exercises and patrols in 2024 alone, the most in a single year on record, and the pace shows no sign of...
The Congressional Research Service released a new resource guide on June 8 designed to help lawmakers navigate one of Washington's most contested policy...
Kalshi Inc. filed a registration amendment on June 8, 2026, adding Tony Hanagan to its in-house lobbying operation. The timing is notable: the filing came...
The House passed the No Aid for Ghost Students Act on June 10, 2026, targeting a fraud scheme that has ballooned to alarming proportions in California's...
Sister Cities International is entering the federal lobbying arena for the first time with this registration, bringing on Carbon Impact Group LLC to...
AI tools are arriving in K-12 classrooms faster than schools, researchers, or policymakers can keep up — and the Senate HELP hearing K-12 AI scheduled for...
