Social Security COLA Formula Mismatches Retiree Needs
Every year, a formula buried in federal statute quietly determines whether tens of millions of Americans can keep up with rising prices. The Social Security...
Every year, a formula buried in federal statute quietly determines whether tens of millions of Americans can keep up with rising prices. The Social Security...
The House cleared H.Res. 1333 on a strict party-line vote Wednesday, opening the floor to a bundle of legislation targeting fraud in child care, student...
The Senate voted 15–84 to reject a motion to waive budgetary discipline for Tillis Amendment 5452, blocking Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) from advancing his...
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Defense will scrutinize a record $338.8 billion Department of Air Force fiscal year 2027 budget...
The Senate voted June 1, 2026 on a Democratic procedural motion that would have slowed a roughly $72 billion immigration and border enforcement package —...

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has scheduled a closed intelligence briefing for June 9 — and the timing points squarely at one of the most...

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin refused — four times — to commit to following federal court orders during his first congressional testimony...

The House voted 218-204 on Thursday to discharge H.Res. 518 from the Rules Committee, clearing the path for a floor vote on H.R. 2913, the Ukraine Support...

A Reuters investigation published May 28 — finding that Tesla's Full Self-Driving safety statistics rely on flawed methodology and that the company's own...
The House voted 207-207 Wednesday to advance a package of four bills targeting waste, fraud, and abuse across federal social programs, with every Republican...
The House passed the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act on a 374-49 vote, reauthorizing a federally backed program that...
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is set to examine a budget proposal that, if enacted, would fundamentally reshape the federal government's...
Americans routinely pay wildly different prices for the same medical procedure depending on which hospital they visit or which insurer they carry — and most...
Why it matters: The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a generic drug safety hearing on June 3, examining what Chair Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) called a...
Two federal agencies that directly shape how Americans understand the economy and exercise workplace rights are operating under clouds of political...
The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a nominations hearing on June 10, 2026, continuing what has been a steady pace of confirmations under...
Why it matters: The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held a hearing on federal benefits cliffs on Wednesday, June 3, examining how...
The American Fintech Council has retained Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP to lobby on its behalf, according to a new lobbying registration disclosure...
A new Congressional Research Service report on Supreme Court civil procedure rulings from the October 2025 term reveals decisions with sweeping consequences...
The Pew Charitable Trusts has filed a new lobbying registration disclosure, bringing on Winn Strategies LLC to lobby on telecommunications issues. The LDA...
Millions of Americans who trade, mine, or stake cryptocurrency have operated for years under a patchwork of IRS guidance that leaves basic questions — when...
Why it matters: The House Rules Committee convened Wednesday evening for a congressional hearing roundup of one item: a procedural vote to fast-track the...
More than 152 million federal dollars flow each year into programs designed to keep elderly and disabled residents of federally assisted housing out of...