US Policy Pulse

No significant updates today.

No significant updates today.

Federal Healthcare Legislation

• 2025 SUPPORT Act: The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 renews funding for opioid...

AMGA calls on HHS to slash regulatory burdens that inflate costs and slow care.

• Quality reporting: Replace duplicative measures with 14...

Former White House advisor Katy Talento outlines practical paths to fix American healthcare in a new interview.

• Cost pressures: Traditional...

• New framework push: Warsh seen as breaking from old dogma, favoring data-driven shifts over forward guidance.
• Inflation rethink: Trim-mean...

• Consumers must navigate six-month renewals and 80-hour work rules, facing coverage loss from reporting mistakes despite exemptions
• Small...

The Trump administration's push against state AI laws is emerging as a pivotal test for federal authority over emerging technology.

• 1,561 bills...

• Prevention focus: Funds first responder training and public warnings on fentanyl and synthetic drugs.
• Treatment access: Supports pregnant women...

State policies on restoring felon voting rights vary widely, shaping voter eligibility across elections.

• DC, Maine, Vermont: Felons never lose...

Election Outlook

• 🔥 Iran War Fallout: Analysis examines how Iran conflict developments could shape 2026 midterm election dynamics through...

USCIS's May 2026 policy memo reframes Adjustment of Status as "rare and exceptional," positioning consular processing abroad as the default.

Key...

A war on Iran turning into a frozen conflict is hurting Trump's standing with non-Republican voters heading into November midterms, even as his grip on the GOP strengthens through primary purges.

Certain Medicare Part D beneficiaries can access specific GLP-1 drugs for $50 per month starting July 1, 2026, under the time-limited Medicare GLP-1...

Federal Legislation and Appointments

• 🔥 Veterans Benefits Bill: The Dental Care for Veterans Act would increase and expand benefits for up to...

Democratic leaders and a new documentary both spotlight patterns of institutional erosion and authoritarian tactics.

• Schumer and Jeffries condemn...

States are scaling back healthcare coverage for immigrants amid mounting financial pressures.

Trump called birthright citizenship a “laughingstock,”...

The Dental Care for Veterans Act (H.R. 210) would expand VA dental benefits to up to 9.1 million veterans who currently don't qualify due to rigid...

A federal judge dismissed SAM's lawsuit challenging Medicare's hemp-derived CBD pilot program, ruling the anti-cannabis group lacked standing because...

New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh takes office amid high inflation and Middle East-driven energy price spikes, facing unprecedented political demands for rate cuts from the White House. His independence faces an early test at the June 16-17 FOMC meeting.