Senate Ends Years-Long Leadership Vacuum at Gun Enforcement Agency
The Senate confirms Trump's pick to lead the ATF
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The Senate confirms Trump's pick to lead the ATF
The U.S. Army's Dark Eagle hypersonic weapon has arrived at a crossroads. After years of testing setbacks and missed deadlines, the Long-Range Hypersonic...
The financial and legal upheaval reshaping college athletics reform isn't just a dispute over athlete pay. A new Congressional Research Service report warns...
The federal government's near-complete reversal on offshore wind Congress has set up a collision between executive power, energy investment, and the courts...
A Congressional Research Service report published May 1, 2026 takes stock of the Department of Veterans Affairs' relatively new life insurance program for...
The federal agency responsible for overseeing the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has a bookkeeping problem that traces back directly to the wave...
A new Congressional Research Service report on North Korea nuclear weapons and missile programs lands at a moment when U.S. policy toward Pyongyang appears...
A new Congressional Research Service report on the Appointments Clause is landing at a moment when the question of who can legally wield federal authority...
The Pentagon spends billions of dollars every year just keeping its weapons working. Not buying new ones. Not upgrading them. Simply maintaining what it...
A newly updated Congressional Research Service report tracking congressional votes on the Israel-Hamas conflict offers the most complete legislative...
A new Congressional Research Service report on Great Salt Lake restoration lands at a moment of sharp contradiction: the Trump administration has signaled...
Congress is moving to lock in funding for immigration enforcement in a way that would be difficult for future lawmakers to undo. The FY2026 Budget...
The Department of Justice moved marijuana policy in a meaningful direction on April 23, 2026, when Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed a final order...
The Trump administration's HUD FY2027 budget request proposes cutting the Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing budget proposal by...
A new Congressional Research Service report published April 28, 2026 lays out the legal and financial fallout from the most significant restructuring of...
The federal government's payment infrastructure, which processes trillions of dollars in Social Security checks, veterans' benefits, tax refunds, and agency...
The United States has spent nearly five decades studying hydrogen energy as a potential cornerstone of its clean energy future. The Government...
Every year, developers, energy companies, and municipalities obtain federal permits to fill wetlands, dredge rivers, and alter waterways across the United...
A federal appeals court decision handed down in January is creating serious headaches for the IRS — and potentially opening a significant tax break for fund...
The Trump Administration's FY2027 budget request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposes cutting Corps of Engineers funding by roughly 36 percent...
A new Congressional Research Service report finds that international tourism to the United States is declining at a moment when the rest of the world is...
A new Congressional Research Service report reveals a widening gap between the Trump Administration's proposed spending cuts and what Congress is actually...
A Congressional Research Service report updated in late April offers Congress a clear-eyed look at China's political system at a moment when U.S.-China...
Two federal programs that funnel hundreds of millions of dollars annually to rural hospitals are set to expire on January 1, 2027, and a new Congressional...
