Government Struggles to Pay $1 Billion For Public Access to Scientific Research
A quiet but consequential shift in how the federal government publishes scientific research is on a collision course with fiscal reality. The U.S....
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A quiet but consequential shift in how the federal government publishes scientific research is on a collision course with fiscal reality. The U.S....
The House Foreign Affairs Committee convened May 20 to examine the FY2027 budget requests for what the committee termed "State Department Adjacent...
A new Congressional Research Service report on federal funding gaps documents what is now the most chaotic appropriations year in modern U.S. history, and...
The Trump Administration's proposed FY2027 budget appropriations for U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance would cut Department of State funding by nearly...
A new Congressional Research Service report on federal investigations and voting records seizure activity lands at a moment of escalating legal conflict...
The race to succeed Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38) in Tuesday's Republican primary runoff for Texas's 38th Congressional District has come down to two...
The United States is in a race it cannot afford to lose — and until now, it has lacked a consistent, structured way to measure whether it is winning. A new...
The Trump Administration is weighing one of the most significant restructurings of federal disaster relief in decades, and a new Congressional Research...
President Trump signed Executive Order 14395 on March 16, 2026, creating a government-wide Task Force to Eliminate Fraud in federal benefits programs. A new...
A new Congressional Research Service report on Title I-A grants for FY2025 lands at a moment when the future of federal K-12 education funding is anything...
Why it matters: The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety held a congressional hearing...
A new Congressional Research Service report on shark conservation management in the United States lands at a complicated moment: the domestic regulatory...
A new Congressional Research Service report on U.S. extended deterrence and regional nuclear capabilities lands with a pointed observation: the Trump...
Colombia's 2026 presidential election, scheduled for May 31, arrives at a moment when U.S.-Colombian relations are at a low point, and the outcome could...
A Congressional Research Service report updated last week offers Congress a pointed assessment of the Section 301 China trade deal — and the picture it...
A new Congressional Research Service report on U.S.-Mexico trade relations arrives at a pivotal moment: the Trump administration's primary tariff tool...
The House passed H.R. 1041, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, on a 216-200 vote, delivering a significant win for Second Amendment advocates and...
Why it matters: The House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on May 20 to scrutinize the FY2027 budget requests for the National Endowment for...
Why it matters: The House Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence held a hearing on May 20 examining bank fintech...
Why it matters: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a full committee markup on May 20, advancing a mix of bipartisan and contested...
Why it matters: The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Wednesday, May 20, titled "The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate," putting the...
Why it matters: The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence held a 9/11 Commission hearing on May 20 that served as a public reckoning with a...
Why it matters: The Senate HELP Committee held a hearing on charter schools Wednesday that put a sharp spotlight on one of the Trump administration's core...
A multinational hantavirus outbreak tied to a cruise ship in the Atlantic is forcing a direct confrontation between the realities of novel infectious...