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House Panel Examines Critical Minerals Supply Chain Amid China Tensions
A procedural vote laid bare the Senate's central math problem: 53 isn't 60.
The House voted along strict party lines Tuesday to advance the Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act (H.R. 8029), rejecting a Democratic motion to recommit...
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The Pentagon's cybersecurity defenses, cloud infrastructure, and IT workforce are under congressional scrutiny at a moment when the stakes couldn't be...
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The Markwayne Mullin Senate vote on March 23, 2026 — Senate Roll Call 63, 119th Congress — confirmed the Oklahoma Republican as Secretary of Homeland...
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren is using an obscure congressional tool to fight back against a Trump-era regulatory rollback — but the math isn't in her favor.
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The House Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled for March 26, 2026 puts seven bills on the table that collectively touch some of the most contested terrain...
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The Senate voted 47–53 to block S.J.Res. 116, a joint resolution that would have directed the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities against Iran not...
The 2025 midair collision near Reagan National Airport killed dozens and exposed what aviation safety advocates describe as systemic gaps in how the U.S....
The House Ethics Committee's adjudicatory subcommittee is moving toward a potentially decisive moment in the Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick ethics hearing, with...
The Senate voted 51–47 to proceed with PN697, a package of Coast Guard nominations covering two officers — James M. Hurtt and Kelli A. Knight — in a vote...
Why it matters: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened a March 24, 2026 hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on arms control and the State...