Washington Policy Watch

Pending Supreme Court rulings on redistricting, campaign finance, and mail-in ballots could scramble 2026 midterms mid-cycle.

• Louisiana v. Callais:...

Justice Sotomayor ramps up public criticism amid 6-3 conservative majority:

• ICE stops ruling: Slams Kavanaugh's 'temporary stops' view as out of...

Net premiums surged 58% nationally after subsidies—with gross premiums up 20%—due to GOP reverting tax credits to 2020 levels.

• Enrollment dropped...

Key critiques reveal escalation's flaws from responsibility, strategy, and history:

• US responsibility: Trump chose war despite intel warnings and...

Key cuts reveal priorities:

• Housing & equity defunded: No funds for housing access; targets racial/gender equity infrastructure.
• Nutrition...

Trump renews border attacks after a Haitian migrant beat a woman to death with a hammer at a Florida gas station.

• Suspect details: Rolbert Joachin...

Trump admin's national AI framework pushes unified federal rules to spur innovation, protect kids, and avoid state patchwork—relying on existing...

• Record low: 2024 fertility rate hit 1.599 children per woman, extending decades-long decline.
• Schools squeezed: K-12 enrollment set to drop,...

CIA-linked Palantir now runs 15% of US healthcare, controlling hospital ops from scheduling to accreditation via partners like HCA's 186 hospitals and...

Trump deviates sharply from Mahan's core principle of freedom of navigation, ceding Hormuz rights to Iran.

• US historically secured global straits...

Key updates to military readiness:

• Automatic enrollment: Eligible men shift from manual registration at 18 to federal auto-enrollment via integrated...

Growing unease crosses lines ahead of midterms, with partisan splits sharpening:

• Economy: Just 23% rate positively (down 8pts); 53% Republicans and...

Plyler v. Doe (1982): SCOTUS ruled states can't deny undocumented kids free public education, citing 14th Amendment equal protection for all within...

Aggressive border trend accelerating removals:

• 11 straight months of zero releases at southern border, apprehensions 97% below Biden peak and 90%...

Expert panel at SIEPR Summit outlines disruptions in jobs, inflation, growth tracking:

• Shifting sectors make real-time data harder, with big...

• Justices' skepticism: On April 1, the Court grilled the administration's lawyer on the executive order's legality and implications, with Roberts...

Bipartisan progress on California's housing crisis: Senate passes the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, incorporating Rep. Garamendi's (D-CA) HOME...

Bipartisan swing-state lawmakers—Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Brian—sent a letter to President Donald Trump, urging a labor-centric approach to federal AI policy so the U.S. workforce isn’t left behind amid White House AI implementation.

Trump admin's BIA rejects Mahmoud Khalil’s challenge, issuing a final removal order tied to his pro-Palestine speech.

• ACLU pushback: Bid fails on...

Immigration policy tightens skilled worker wage floors:

• DOL's new rule targets H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, EB-2, EB-3 classifications
• Aims to block...