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The House passed H.R. 3617 — the Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act on a 223–206 vote, formally tasking the Department of Energy with assessing...
The House Administration Committee held a combative hearing on February 10, 2026, to build the legislative case for the Make Elections Great Again Act — a...
The Senate voted 90–8 on March 2, 2026, to advance H.R. 6644 — the Housing for the 21st Century Act — clearing a procedural hurdle that sets up what could...
The big picture: Immigration policy dominated Capitol Hill this week across three distinct but intertwined fronts — a heated DHS oversight showdown over ICE...
The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe held a hearing on February 10, 2026, examining how Russia and Belarus are deliberately engineering...
Millions of older Americans are being pushed back into the labor market by financial necessity — and once there, many report facing entrenched age...
The House Financial Services Committee's SEC Hearing Accountability session revealed fundamental tensions in how the nation's top financial regulator...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune expressed confidence that Sen. Markwayne Mullin's path to becoming the next DHS Secretary remains secure — even as the...
Roughly 114,000 children are waiting to be adopted out of the foster care system, while only about 54,000 were adopted in the most recent fiscal year,...
Michelle H. Schein, a Michelle Schein staffer with a background spanning congressional offices and defense policy, has been named Deputy Chief of Staff for...
The House Veterans Affairs Committee is putting the Department of Veterans Affairs' internal management under a microscope. A veterans affairs hearing...
The House Appropriations Committee is convening a National Weather Service hearing on March 25 at a moment when the agency's workforce and budget are under...
The House is putting military quality of life under the microscope at a moment when the Pentagon is grappling with deteriorating barracks, a controversial...
The Senate Armed Services Committee is preparing to scrutinize the operational readiness and strategic direction of two combatant commands that sit at the...
The nation's bulk power system — the backbone of electricity delivery to hundreds of millions of Americans — is under strain from multiple directions at...
House Republicans are waging open war against Senate Majority Leader John Thune over the SAVE America Act — the party's flagship voter ID bill — and they're...
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 8-7 on March 19 to advance the Mullin DHS nomination to the full Senate floor, as...
Why it Matters The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved H.R. 5688 — known as Dalilah’s Law — on March […]
These are trees that can live more than 3,000 years. Their total population of large, mature individuals is estimated at roughly 75,000. Every loss is...
The sanctions are substantial: blocking of all U.S.-based property and interests, visa revocation, and inadmissibility to the United States. The bill...
The hearing, chaired by Rep. Trent Kelly (R-MS) with Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) serving as ranking member, will take place in 2118 Rayburn. Two witness bios...
The Ex-Im Bank provides financing, loan guarantees, and insurance to help American companies sell goods abroad. Its charter requires periodic...
The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee is set to hold a kidney health hearing on March 18, titled "Improving Kidney Health through Better Prevention...
The House Energy Subcommittee convenes Tuesday to interrogate a question that has haunted Congress after every major freeze since 2021: Why does the U.S....
