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A new Congressional Research Service report lands at a moment when the tension between Congress and the executive branch is as sharp as it has been in...
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A new Congressional Research Service report lands at a moment when the tension between Congress and the executive branch is as sharp as it has been in...
A new Congressional Research Service report on NPS appropriations trends lays bare a decade-long squeeze on the National Park Service: the agency is being...
Every year, a formula buried in federal statute quietly determines whether tens of millions of Americans can keep up with rising prices. The Social Security...
The House cleared H.Res. 1333 on a strict party-line vote Wednesday, opening the floor to a bundle of legislation targeting fraud in child care, student...
The Senate voted 15–84 to reject a motion to waive budgetary discipline for Tillis Amendment 5452, blocking Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) from advancing his...
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Defense will scrutinize a record $338.8 billion Department of Air Force fiscal year 2027 budget...
The Senate voted June 1, 2026 on a Democratic procedural motion that would have slowed a roughly $72 billion immigration and border enforcement package —...
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin refused — four times — to commit to following federal court orders during his first congressional testimony...
The U.S. maritime sector is navigating a collision of competing pressures: an ambitious FY2027 budget proposal seeking to expand shipbuilding capacity, an...
The United States has a legal obligation to promote religious freedom abroad — and right now, the machinery built to fulfill that obligation is running on...
A private individual named Ziv Reizman has filed a new lobbying registration disclosure with Washington lobbying firm Ellis & Co. LLC, registering to lobby...
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC — the newly formed U.S.-based entity at the center of TikTok's ownership restructuring — has filed a lobbying registration...
The Federal Aviation Administration has not certified a single manned electric aircraft for commercial operations — and a new government watchdog report...
A Reuters investigation published May 28 — finding that Tesla's Full Self-Driving safety statistics rely on flawed methodology and that the company's own...
The House voted 207-207 Wednesday to advance a package of four bills targeting waste, fraud, and abuse across federal social programs, with every Republican...
The House passed the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act on a 374-49 vote, reauthorizing a federally backed program that...
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is set to examine a budget proposal that, if enacted, would fundamentally reshape the federal government's...
Americans routinely pay wildly different prices for the same medical procedure depending on which hospital they visit or which insurer they carry — and most...
Why it matters: The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a generic drug safety hearing on June 3, examining what Chair Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) called a...
Two federal agencies that directly shape how Americans understand the economy and exercise workplace rights are operating under clouds of political...
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has scheduled a closed intelligence briefing for June 9 — and the timing points squarely at one of the most...
The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a nominations hearing on June 10, 2026, continuing what has been a steady pace of confirmations under...
Why it matters: The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held a hearing on federal benefits cliffs on Wednesday, June 3, examining how...
The American Fintech Council has retained Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP to lobby on its behalf, according to a new lobbying registration disclosure...
