Congress Scrutinizes Record Defense Budget Spending
Congress is about to scrutinize the classified heart of a record $1.5 trillion defense budget request — and almost none of it will be visible to the public....
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Congress is about to scrutinize the classified heart of a record $1.5 trillion defense budget request — and almost none of it will be visible to the public....
Congress is set to review the NSA's classified budget request behind closed doors as the agency navigates a leadership transition, an active threat...
New Jersey's 11th Congressional District special election — set for Thursday, April 16 — has drawn more than $5 million in combined candidate and outside...
New Jersey's 11th Congressional District special election on April 16 is shaping up as a test of whether a district that has voted reliably Democratic for...
America's artificial intelligence advantage — the foundation of its economic and military edge — is under active assault, according to U.S. intelligence...
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is moving through a packed slate of ambassador-level nominations this week, with a pending nominations hearing...
Congress is set to receive closed-door testimony on April 20 on the FY2027 military services budget request — a defense spending plan that, if enacted,...
The Trump administration's FY2027 budget request for the Department of Energy draws sharp battle lines over the future of American energy policy — proposing...
The Fiscal Year 2027 budget request for the Central Intelligence Agency arrives before the House Intelligence Committee against a backdrop of significant...
The Trump administration's FY2027 budget request proposes a significant restructuring of the U.S. intelligence community — folding a key DHS intelligence...
The House Appropriations Committee's Defense Subcommittee is set to scrutinize the Army's budget at a moment when the Trump administration is proposing the...
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The Senate HELP Committee's April 14 hearing on drug pricing arrives as a central policy question remains unresolved: whether competition — through...
The House Appropriations Committee's Forest Service budget hearing on April 16 arrives at a moment of acute institutional upheaval for the agency. The USDA...
A House financial services panel is set to convene a credit access hearing on April 16, 2026, and the stakes for millions of Americans are real. The...
With the 2026 midterms less than seven months away, the House Administration Committee is convening Secretaries of State on April 16 to examine how states...
The United States is projected to add an average of $2 trillion to its national debt every year through 2036. That is not a worst-case scenario. That is the...
The House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity is set to scrutinize one of the VA's most consequential benefit programs — one that serves hundreds of...
The House Education and the Workforce Committee's EBSA hearing on April 16, 2026 arrives at a moment of significant regulatory upheaval for the agency that...
The Trump administration's FY 2027 Department of Energy Budget request lands Congress in a familiar but high-stakes position: a headline number that looks...
The National Guard and Reserve Forces are heading into a budget hearing carrying a $2.7 billion unfunded priorities list, a funding request that is nearly 2...
The House is set to put the Department of Health and Human Services under the microscope on April 17, 2026, as the Trump administration's proposed budget...
The House Ethics Committee's sanctions hearing for Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) puts a sitting member of Congress on the edge of expulsion — one...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is heading into another potential clash with President Donald Trump and his own party, this time over the scale of immigration...