GAO Finds FEMA Cut Workforce Without Assessing Disaster Capacity
FEMA reduced its workforce during an active disaster period without conducting the workforce analysis that would tell leadership whether the agency could...
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FEMA reduced its workforce during an active disaster period without conducting the workforce analysis that would tell leadership whether the agency could...
Some rural communities across the U.S. lack access to drinking water or wastewater utilities. A GAO report (GAO-26-107355), published June 23, 2026, found...
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a business meeting on August 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM to consider three items: a...
A GAO report published July 28, 2026 and publicly released August 4, 2026 finds the Department of Defense has left 53 priority recommendations...
A recent Congressional Research Service report examines the rollout of the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (P.L. 118-273), which was signed into law on...
The National Parks Conservation Association filed an amended first quarter lobbying disclosure on August 4, adjusting its spending from $112,647 to $113,139...
A Texas-based liquefied natural gas bunkering company has terminated its lobbying relationship with Thorn Run Partners, ending a roughly six-month...
A recent CRS report published August 3, 2026 examines the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act, which the House passed on June 29, 2026. KOSA, the...
Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), who represents Ohio's 7th Congressional District, is facing domestic abuse allegations from his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, the daughter...
An estimated 13.8 million working-age adults enrolled in Medicaid held jobs in 2024. So did 10.6 million adults in households receiving SNAP benefits. Yet...
A recent Congressional Research Service report details how the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is reshaping firearms import policy...
In May 2026, the Federal Reserve proposed creating a new, limited type of master account called a "skinny" master account to give crypto and fintech firms...
The FY2025 budget reconciliation law already requires states with high payment error rates to shoulder a portion of benefit costs beginning in fiscal 2028,...
Nearly half of all veterans screened since 2022 have been identified as having at least one potential toxic exposure during military service, according to a...
Alpha Terra Resources Corp. terminated its lobbying engagement with Government Relations Group LLC in mid-April, ending a relationship focused on oil energy...
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy filed its second-quarter lobbying disclosure without specifying which issues it was advocating on. The group has...
The Senate Agriculture Committee will consider the Agricultural Act of 2026 at a business meeting on August 6, 2026, as lawmakers grapple with the fallout...
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi confirmed at a White House meeting with President Trump that the last U.S. troops will leave Iraq by the end of September...
The Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Hikma v. Amarin this summer fundamentally altered the legal landscape for generic pharmaceutical manufacturers,...
Congress has directed the DHS Secretary to arrange for appropriate places of detention for aliens detained pending removal or a decision on removal. ICE...
Caroline Hunt has moved up in the House, transitioning from an entry-level position in Rep. Julia Letlow's Louisiana office to a Press Secretary role with...
Rep. Marilyn Strickland is a Democrat representing Washington's 10th Congressional District and raised a total of $1,511,304 in the 2025–2026 cycle. The...
Virginia's 10th Congressional District is up for grabs in 2026, and the race to replace Democrat Jennifer Wexton reveals a GOP primary dominated by military...
Washington's 3rd Congressional District has a Cook PVI of R+2. Donald Trump carried it twice. But for the past two election cycles, Democrats have held the...