Senate Judiciary Weighs Blanche's Controversial Acting Record
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a judicial nominations hearing this week as the chamber prepares to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General. The...
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The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a judicial nominations hearing this week as the chamber prepares to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General. The...
An Austin-based construction technology firm has ended its lobbying relationship with a Washington firm just as it ramps up its government contracting...
The Navy is losing a technological arms race. [GAP] While commercial companies and rival militaries race to develop robotic and autonomous systems that are...
The House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Energy is set to mark up eight pieces of legislation on June 24, covering a range of issue areas...
The Securities and Exchange Commission is sitting on a critical recommendation to address one of the fastest-growing risks in modern finance:...
The U.S. Senate cleared a floor vote on H.R. 6644, a bill aimed at increasing the housing supply in America, sending a rare bipartisan signal on one of the...
Medicare and Medicaid lose tens of billions of dollars each year to fraud, waste, and abuse — and the political pressure to address that drain is...
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation faces mounting pressure to address critical gaps in its supervisory practices. [GAP] A new Government...
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is failing to address critical vulnerabilities in how it manages billions of dollars in federal housing...
A comprehensive accounting of federal workforce changes 2025 reveals a dramatic reshaping of the federal government. According to a Government...
King's Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven, Mississippi has entered the federal lobbying arena. The healthcare organization registered BGR Government...
A cluster of aviation incidents in the past two weeks has created an urgent policy moment. The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and...
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will examine three nominations that could reshape how the federal government manages public lands,...
Defense contractor Tectonic Labs Inc. has registered to lobby Congress for the first time, bringing on established firm Aquia Group LLC to manage its...
The federal government has spent years telling Congress and the public that a major youth drug prevention program is working. But a Government...
The Small Business Administration, the federal agency tasked with supporting America's entrepreneurs and small business owners, is falling behind on...
Federal enforcement of Medicaid program integrity has intensified sharply in recent months, with the Trump administration decertifying state fraud units,...
The Senate Intelligence Committee hearing scheduled for Wednesday marks a critical moment for congressional oversight of U.S. intelligence operations. The...
The Senate is gearing up for floor consideration of the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act, with S. 4784 NDAA votes expected to reshape defense...
The federal government lacks basic standards to ensure that data about who can receive federal money actually works across agencies. The result: billions in...
The Elise Stefanik campaign funding story in New York's 21st Congressional District is one of unusual contrasts: an incumbent who has largely stayed quiet...
The federal government is struggling to protect service members from workplace discrimination and retaliation when they return from military duty. [GAP] A...
The Senate confirmed Michelle Steel as U.S. Ambassador to South Korea on June 17-18, 2026, ending more than 15 months of vacancy in one of America's most...
As the Federal Reserve wound down its emergency lending programs in early 2021, a troubling pattern emerged in one of its signature pandemic relief efforts:...