Washington Policy Watch

Canada faces a core policy incoherence: aggressively courting trade resets with Beijing and New Delhi while its own security agencies flag active...

State lawmakers introduced 242 bills across 32 states to curb federal immigration enforcement, with 53 passing in 17 states. Democratic governors in...

July economic releases painted a mixed but concerning picture for the US economy.

• Existing-home sales fell to 4.06 million SAAR while retail sales...

IP-intensive industries employ one-third of American workers and generate nearly 44% of U.S. GDP, according to a new USPTO study. The findings...

The White House issued an executive order slashing recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11, reclassifying six as high-risk or shared-decision...

Trump administration policies are shrinking the U.S. workforce and economy through aggressive deportations, ending Temporary Protected Status, and...

New research uses U.S. county-level data on family budget costs, nominal income, and electoral results to explore whether voters punish inflation or real wage cuts more. Findings could shape strategies ahead of midterm elections.

Reshoring strengthens supply chain resilience, boosts domestic investment, and supports employment, yet it raises production costs and strains labor markets.

Mankato City Council replaced a temporary February ordinance with a lasting resolution restricting local involvement in federal immigration...

Trump faces a stark gap between promises and results: inflation now exceeds Biden-era levels, wages have not kept pace with prices, and growth has...

The White House is moving from light-touch guidance to direct oversight of open-source AI models as capabilities advance. This creates tension between...

Federal policy changes are increasing uninsured patients and cutting public payments, straining hospital revenue and care access.

• Medicaid shifts:...

The State Department released a six-minute video presenting the Monroe Doctrine as a right-wing triumph by reframing centuries of left-wing complaints...

The Pentagon has added top civilian Chinese universities—including Fudan, Shanghai Jiao Tong, and Shandong—to its 1286 list, barring all federal...

Federal enforcement actions are clashing with sanctuary policies and elevating immigration as a defining local issue.

• In Minnesota, "Operation...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer blamed Trump's tariffs and war for 23,000 jobs lost last month and 130,000 total in recent revisions, calling the...

Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan Senate primary win has renewed scrutiny over whether progressive candidates are shifting Democrats too far left and hurting...

The Trump administration now treats Iraq, Syria, and Türkiye as a single strategic unit under envoy Tom Barrack.

• Goal: expand US influence, curb...

Trump's executive order seeks fewer childhood vaccines, spaced-out shots, and separate MMR doses, calling it a victory for parental rights.

• Experts...

Japan's yen hit four-decade lows this summer, prompting a rare joint US-Japan intervention.

• Rate gap drives the crisis: BOJ at 1% vs Fed at...