Supreme Court Redraws Federal Litigation Rules, Congress Can Respond
A new Congressional Research Service report on Supreme Court civil procedure rulings from the October 2025 term reveals decisions with sweeping consequences...
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A new Congressional Research Service report on Supreme Court civil procedure rulings from the October 2025 term reveals decisions with sweeping consequences...
The Pew Charitable Trusts has filed a new lobbying registration disclosure, bringing on Winn Strategies LLC to lobby on telecommunications issues. The LDA...
Millions of Americans who trade, mine, or stake cryptocurrency have operated for years under a patchwork of IRS guidance that leaves basic questions — when...
Why it matters: The House Rules Committee convened Wednesday evening for a congressional hearing roundup of one item: a procedural vote to fast-track the...
More than 152 million federal dollars flow each year into programs designed to keep elderly and disabled residents of federally assisted housing out of...
A new Congressional Research Service report finds Pyongyang's weapons programs advancing on every front — and the Trump administration's diplomatic options...
A new Congressional Research Service report lays bare the explosive growth in Medicare Part B drug spending — and the competing political forces now...
A new Congressional Research Service report lays out the full dimensions of a slow-moving financial crisis: hundreds of thousands of small businesses that...
Why it matters: The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held a nomination confirmation hearing on June 2 for two Trump intelligence picks, but the...
The House passed the ARTIST Act — formally, the Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act — on Wednesday by a vote of 404 to 14, sending the bill to...
Why it matters: A Senate hearing on COVID-19 vaccines and alleged attacks on scientific publications put the Trump administration's skeptical posture toward...
A new Congressional Research Service report reveals the federal government's employer reports labor market infrastructure may be fundamentally ill-equipped...
Why it matters: The Senate Commerce Committee college sports hearing, held Wednesday, June 3, at 216 Hart Senate Office Building, put the Protect College...
A wave of data breaches — including an alleged theft of personal records belonging to 275 million students from the Canvas learning management system — has...
Why it matters: The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing Wednesday on nine tribal land bills, with federal witnesses signaling broad support but...
The S.J.Res. 188 vote was over before it started. On a strict 53–46 party-line tally, the Senate blocked a Democratic attempt to use the Congressional...
Georgia Republicans are watching the Iowa governor's race with growing unease, worried that a late or poorly timed Trump endorsement could upend their...
A little-noticed provision buried in a federal spending bill is poised to reshape the American hemp industry — and the clock is running out.
The House passed H.Con.Res. 86 on Thursday, directing President Trump to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran under Section 5(c) of the War...
The University of South Alabama has entered the federal lobbying arena, registering DC Strategy Group LLC as its outside firm in a new client registration...
A new lobbying registration disclosure signals the U.S. shipbuilding industry is mobilizing on Capitol Hill.
A new Congressional Research Service report lands as a federal court orders the Trump administration to comply with a half-century-old records statute it...
The federal government is flying partially blind on one of the most consequential security shifts in a generation. AI systems are now autonomously...
The House Financial Services Committee's prudential regulators oversight hearing on June 4 lands at a pivotal moment for American banking policy — with...
