Washington Policy Monitor

A federal court certified a class of applicants from 39 countries and the Palestinian Authority, ordering USCIS to adjudicate pending asylum and...

• American Legion Legislative Commission meeting spotlighted TCAVA as the best vehicle for longstanding priorities like the Major Richard Star Act...

Democratic senators are pressing the Trump administration on possible armed federal deployments to 2026 midterm polling sites, testing the boundaries...

Senators Cruz and Lee introduced the Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act to split the oversized Ninth Circuit alongside the Eighth and...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit ruled 2-1 that ICE's July 2025 policy of detaining nearly all undocumented immigrants without bond...

A federal rule barring Medicaid and CHIP reimbursement for gender-affirming care in 17 states takes effect October 13, yet California's $26 million...

Senator Merkley warns the proposed 123 agreement risks sparking a Middle East nuclear arms race by skipping the Gold Standard and Additional...

A Ninth Circuit ruling lets states regulate prediction markets as gambling, creating a circuit split with the Third Circuit and making Supreme Court review nearly inevitable.

House and Senate bills would mandate ownership disclosures by hospitals, insurers, labs, and ASCs to HHS, with public access via price transparency...

Arizona lawmakers delivered minimal privacy and liberty protections in 2026, with most ambitious bills vetoed or stalled.

• Passed measures included...

The Supreme Court’s temporary lift of the injunction lets the Trump administration enforce its executive order on mail-in ballots, shifting election...

Trump's assertion that 'No other president could do some of the shit I’m doing' directly challenges the constitutional design Madison outlined in...

The House Judiciary Committee renewed demands for Queens DA Melinda Katz to turn over records on alleged underprosecution of immigrant defendants to...

The Supreme Court stayed an injunction in the states' challenge to Trump's Executive Order 14399, allowing procedural steps forward.

Yet Judge...

Congress has used a continuing resolution to temporarily halt White House regulations that would reshape federal research funding and other...

The 11th Circuit overturned a lower court ruling that Georgia's 2021 maps violated the Voting Rights Act, directing reconsideration under a stricter...

• SAVE America Act would require documentary proof of citizenship for federal voter registration and ID to vote, as Republicans demand Senate passage...

A federal appeals court ruled political parties cannot access candidate TV ad rates when coordinating spending with campaigns, eroding the advantage...

The Supreme Court cleared the way for Trump’s mail-in restrictions to advance, but a separate nationwide injunction blocking Postal Service changes...

The Fourth Circuit has blocked FCC guidance that would have extended the lowest unit charge for political ads to parties and joint fundraising...