US Struggles to Secure Critical Minerals Domestically
The Congressional Research Service released a new resource guide on June 8 designed to help lawmakers navigate one of Washington's most contested policy...
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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...
The Trump Administration's DHS budget FY2027 request puts Congress in an unusual position: lawmakers are being asked to fund a department whose true...
Congress faces a hard deadline. The federal public transportation program, funded at $21.4 billion annually under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs...
Why it matters: Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on June 3 to defend the Trump administration's State...
A new Congressional Research Service report on FDA AI device regulation arrives at a moment when the technology is outpacing the law. With roughly 1,450...
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's upcoming HSGAC hearing nominations on June 17 put a spotlight on two agencies that have...
Why it matters: The House Armed Services Committee completed its markup of the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act on June 4, authorizing $1.15...
A new Congressional Research Service report released June 10 puts a sharp lens on one of the least-scrutinized corners of federal spending: the roughly...
A package of healthcare bills heading to a Senate HELP Committee business meeting on June 17 touches nearly every corner of federal health policy — from...
Small business retail is under pressure from tariffs, shifting consumer behavior, and generational spending changes — and Congress is paying attention....
The U.S.-South Korea alliance is under simultaneous pressure from multiple directions, and a new Congressional Research Service report published June 9,...
The Senate Special Committee on Aging is set to examine a pattern of China-linked fraud, influence operations, and security threats that federal prosecutors...
The Senate voted 50-44 on a cloture motion Wednesday to advance the Brock Dahl nomination to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State, clearing the...
The House passed the Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act (H.R. 8464) on Thursday by a vote of 218–206, with Republicans unified and Democrats nearly unanimous...
The House cleared the Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act on Wednesday in a 240–181 vote, with Republicans unified and most Democrats opposed. The H.R....
Politico reported Tuesday that some Maine Democrats are wavering on Graham Platner, the oyster farmer and Marine Corps veteran who won the Democratic Senate...
The House voted decisively Thursday to reject H.Con.Res. 84, a resolution that would have directed President Trump to withdraw U.S. Armed Forces from...
The Senate Budget Committee hearing on the Hal Duncan OMB nomination puts a spotlight on who will run the day-to-day operations of what Politico has called...
A new Congressional Research Service report lands at a moment when the stakes for getting federal land policy right on wildfire could hardly be higher. The...
The airwaves that carry your cell phone signal, guide a missile to its target, and keep a Navy destroyer's radar humming are all drawn from the same finite...
