Washington Policy Pulse

• The update reports more than 27 million early votes as of Sunday, with registered Democrats at 46% and Republicans at 31% in states tracking party...

Outside groups have spent roughly $26 million in Minnesota's Senate race and $11 million in its House contests, with PACs driving nearly all Senate...

• Tight contest draws top Republicans: Trump and Vance’s repeated Kansas visits signal panic over Roger Marshall’s unexpectedly close reelection bid...

• AI Legislation Map consolidates enacted and pending bills from U.S. federal government, all 50 states plus DC, and 79 countries into one clickable...

House Republicans will hold leadership elections just one week after Election Day, locking in key roles before the new Congress convenes.

• Nov. 6...

A new suit filed by the Knight Institute and Yale clinic on behalf of professors, editors, and a student journalist argues the White House press-pool...

Ohio voters face six open state executive races plus a U.S. Senate special election, driven by term limits and incumbents switching offices.

Key...

After November 3, Congress returns with just 20 House and 22 Senate session days before the January 3 deadline. Leadership decisions, funding...

The Justice Department announced charges against 48 individuals across five states for alleged federal election violations.

• Allegations include...

Bernie Sanders could leverage any Trump veto of his legislation, per live Capitol Hill updates. This real-time snapshot captures emerging congressional dynamics.

A new six-week Congressional Technology & Policy Fellowship trains staffers to treat technology as a core dependency of legislation rather than an...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is actively campaigning with Republican candidates in tight races from Iowa to Ohio, stressing the need to protect...

• Five super PACs poured over $1 billion into midterms, nearly a third of non-party spending as of Oct 25.
• Two-thirds of funds favor Republicans,...

Trump confirmed he is only considering relocating the White House press corps to free up space, explicitly denying any pool revival.

Key implications...

Does Congress hold constitutional power to criminalize noncitizen voting in federal elections?

• Article I ties qualifications to state legislative...

The Environmental Health Restoration Act would rebuild the EPA’s authority to enforce clean air and water protections through science-based safeguards...

The executive order claims to advance women's health through NIH research and close historical gaps, yet rescinds the prior Biden program while...

In Georgia’s U.S. Senate race, Republican Mike Collins’ AI-generated ad shows Sen. Jon Ossoff saying fabricated statements, which Ossoff called a...

Federal court precedents on constitutionality prompted Washington regulators to suspend limits on individual donations to state campaigns days before...

Jurisdictional tensions and midterm results could stall the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act despite broad interest in cutting...