Washington Policy Monitor

Medicare physician reimbursement has fallen 33% over 25 years after inflation, driving Congress to pursue lasting reforms instead of temporary...

The debate over whether the Supreme Court serves Trump's agenda reveals sharp divides.

• Defenders point to multiple rulings against Trump on...

Trump's pressure on Thune to kill the filibuster illustrates how concentrated leadership power lets one person dictate outcomes, sidelining members...

A federal judge heard arguments Aug. 11 in Oregon Humanities' lawsuit against the Trump administration's NEH funding reductions, which eliminated 2025...

Congress routinely attacks Supreme Court statutory interpretations instead of debating and amending laws when it disagrees. This erodes the...

Congress members are holding an oversight hearing in Biddeford on the fatal ICE shooting of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, with testimony from Mayor...

Rep. Andy Barr's 21st Century Road to Housing Act, which passed this term as the most significant housing reform in decades, targets affordability by...

Justice Alito will serve another term, prompting Trump to call it "Great news" as Republicans eye Senate control for future picks.

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A federal court has ruled that reinstating Confederate school names violates the constitutional rights of Black students, prompting a Virginia NAACP news conference on the civil rights implications.

Oklahoma AG Gentner Drummond filed for a preliminary injunction in federal court to pause the Inola aluminum plant, citing pollution risks and...

Sen. Mike Lee introduced the Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act to restructure the oversized Ninth Circuit and improve judicial...

The Trump administration is stretching executive power to bypass Congress in both corporate ownership and federal property.

• Federal stakes grew to...

A fresh dataset of 2024 federal appellate decisions tracks amicus participation across all 12 regional circuits, long overshadowed by Supreme Court...

Legal groups that won the June 30 Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. Barbara have filed a motion in New Hampshire federal court to protect babies in...

The SEC will vote Friday on Regulation Crypto, its first formal crypto-specific rulemaking, creating three tailored offering pathways after the Senate...

Senate Republicans probed alleged Muslim Brotherhood influence operations while Democrats boycotted entirely.

• Cruz called the absence an...

A federal judge dismissed a Massachusetts robotics professor's suit over H-1B visa delays, ruling that an 18-month administrative processing period is not unreasonable and courts should defer to consular decisions.

Kavanaugh's concurrence in the June ruling opened the door by stressing adaptable constitutional exceptions, directly motivating Trump's narrower...

Justice Samuel Alito confirmed he will remain on the Supreme Court for another term, ending speculation that could have allowed President Trump to appoint a fourth justice. At 76, Alito rejected claims of partisanship in his rulings.

Trump is pursuing parallel tracks to restrict birthright citizenship despite the June Supreme Court ruling that his initial executive order violated...