Washington Policy Pulse

Partisan battles over early-voting sites and citizenship checks are escalating ahead of November.

• North Carolina Republicans blocked campus sites at...

National party committees and leadership PACs deliver outsized strategic advantages to select Montana candidates by channeling rapid funding from D.C....

The federal deficit rose by $84 billion in August, signaling continued pressure on Treasury borrowing as the 2026 election cycle approaches.

Three courts sided with Delaware AG Jennings to defend state election and disclosure laws against coordinated challenges.

• Third Circuit denied Koch...

States spent $334.7 billion of their own funds on Medicaid in FY2024, a 20.1% jump from 2023—the largest in two decades.

• Medicaid consumed 17.1% of...

House Speaker Mike Johnson claims the 119th Congress is the most productive since 1949, citing hundreds of bills passed and key wins on tax cuts and...

The Supreme Court’s decision allowing Trump’s White House East Wing demolition rejected aesthetic injury claims for standing, leaving uncertainty over...

The Migration Policy Institute's U.S. Immigration Policy Program analyzes pathways, enforcement, and their broader effects.

• Labor market:...

Bush White House Policy Director John Bridgeland recounts how America found unity after the attacks from his vantage point that day. He later became the first director of USA Freedom Corps and now leads More Perfect.

The Senate's September 15 cloture vote on moving forward with the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633) marks a critical but limited procedural step, not final...

USCIS政策手册作为集中在线政策库，取代AFM等旧资源，提供透明度、一致性与效率，辅助官员作出行政裁决，同时保留其裁量权。

Asylum offers protection from removal for those fearing persecution, requiring physical presence in the U.S.

• Representation rights: Applicants may...

• Sept 3: Missouri Supreme Court unanimously rules HB1 map "is not the law" until voter referendum approval.
• Sept 8: Federal Judge Clark issues TRO...

• 2025年美国23起十亿美元级灾害造成1150亿美元损失，适应资金却不足气候总支出的10%。
• 每投入1美元可避免高达13美元损失，但市场失灵导致家庭、企业和地方政府普遍低估风险、依赖补贴。
• 经济学家可设计市场化政策，将气候风险纳入债券定价、保险和地方投资决策，避免不平等加剧与市场动荡。
• 政策需融入财政、投资与地方规划，才能实现长期韧性并最大化减缓与适应协同效益。

White House efforts to reshape Smithsonian historical narratives have prompted Secretary Lonnie Bunch's resignation after 18 months of conflict,...

Low public trust in federal information is reshaping midterm dynamics:

• Only 34% trust government election certifications a great deal or quite a...

The White House is promising to send out $500 rebate checks to address what it says were overcharges by the Biden administration.

A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration's bid to restore the expanded SAVE citizenship database for state voter-roll checks, leaving...

Can a Civil War-era law block armed ICE agents from polling places?

• Lawsuit filed Sept 10: Denver, LULAC and allies seek injunction against DHS...

Florida's steady Republican gains signal broader strength ahead.

• Florida: Net R+9,973 since August, even post-primary, pointing to real...