US Federal Policy Tracker

Election Funding Conditions

• 🔥 Terrorism Grants Tied to Voting Rules: The Trump administration is withholding 20 percent of certain FEMA...

DHS advanced multiple policy shifts this week with little public scrutiny.

• Fee increase: Proposed raising Form I-246 stay-of-deportation application...

White House Freedom Fuel stations at $3.47/gallon face claims of predatory pricing and improper government intervention.

• Stations likely lose...

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s July 15 hearing will examine how agencies combat fraud amid bipartisan task forces...

The Trump administration's July 4, 2026 plan sets a new benchmark by targeting 702 existing rules for elimination—nearly double the first term...

Two recent decisions highlight ongoing legal fights over Trump's DEI and Gender executive orders.

• A Washington federal court blocked enforcement of...

The Trump administration is withholding 20% of certain Homeland Security grants until states meet new election requirements.

• Requirements include...

The Trump Administration announced a historic $277 million for the HIDTA Program, the largest investment in its history to dismantle cartels and seize...

Federal Tax Law Impacts

• 🔥 State Conformity Debates: Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR 1 of 2025) with major federal tax...

The Supreme Court’s Trump v. Slaughter decision lets presidents fire independent-agency heads at will, shifting enforcement priorities toward White...

Michigan's response to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR 1) shows how federal tax changes are sparking varied state policies.

• Mixed approach: HB...

White House and Agency Actions

• 🔥 Customs Enforcement Order: The White House issued an executive order directing the Department of Homeland...

The administration is rolling back protections via agency staffing and rulemaking changes.

• Job cuts at the soil conservation agency since the 1930s...

A new executive order directs stronger enforcement of customs laws with emphasis on national security and trade compliance.

• DHS must require...

• Legal view: Roberts' Cook carve-out for the Fed clashes with Slaughter's categorical rule, relying on shaky "history and tradition" claims about...

The administration is simultaneously urging states to investigate high gas prices while pardoning Clean Air Act violations tied to fossil fuels.

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A new PNAS special feature shows how agencies including the FTC, SEC, and FDA now draw on behavioral and decision science insights to shape regulations and public campaigns targeting consumer protection, health, and financial stability.

The 2026 Unified Agenda lists 3,954 rules (345 economically significant) from federal agencies.

• Top five executive departments (Interior, Treasury,...

Supreme Court Rulings

• 🔥 Presidential Control Over Agencies: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Trump v. Slaughter that the FTC's for-cause...

Lower courts are pushing back hard on mandatory immigrant detention, granting relief far more often than not.

• On one June day, judges ordered...