Washington Policy Brief

FY2027 White House Budget Proposals

• 🔥 Housing Program Reductions: The FY27 budget proposes eliminating funding for programs including Continuum...

Growing congressional pressure on presidential fitness:

• 73 members (70 House, 3 Senators, all Democrats like Pelosi, AOC) call for invocation.
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Paradoxical HUD funding: Proposes $73.5 billion for FY27, up sharply from $43.5 billion last year—yet targets eliminations/reductions in core programs...

Supreme Court signals reversal from 2020's Bostock ruling, with six recent decisions allowing parents and governments to uphold traditional gender...

Major DOJ reversal on Steve Bannon's case signals executive sway over accountability:

• SCOTUS vacated upholding of contempt conviction, clearing...

Trend of non-defense reductions in White House FY2027 request:

• Cybersecurity: Civilian spending falls 9.6% to $11.7B across major agencies, led by...

Congressional Democrats push back hard on Trump's rhetoric:

• Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) demands Speaker Johnson reconvene the House immediately for a...

Trump's Ed Dept amplifies White House higher ed agenda via oversight shake-up:

• Anti-DEI leverage: Links federal funding to eradicating DEI and...

EB-5 remains viable for investors, but 2022 reforms demand stricter compliance:

• Investment thresholds: $800K in Targeted Employment Areas (TEAs);...

Stephanie Minter stabbed to death at a bus stop on Feb. 23, 2026, by a 30-time arrested illegal alien who evaded deportation despite a 2020 removal...

• Tax season reality: Families lack control over healthcare spending routed through third parties, driving up costs.
• HSA power: Like 401(k)s, they...

FY2027 Budget Proposals

• 🔥 Healthcare Funding Cuts: OMB’s FY 2027 Proposed Budget identifies healthcare as suffering major reductions with a $15...

White House bullish on easing: NEC Director Kevin Hassett says fiscal policy fueling factory construction and AI productivity will surge U.S....

Florida Gov. DeSantis presses for mid-decade congressional redistricting despite no SCOTUS ruling on VRA Section 2:

• Population boom justifies...

• New federal policy limits SBA loans to U.S. citizens and nationals
• Excluded groups: Green card holders, asylum seekers, refugees, DACA...

• On this day in 1938: SCOTUS heard arguments in United States v. Carolene Products over a law banning interstate shipping of filled milk.
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Kilian Kagle's resignation from DOJ Civil Rights Division spotlights risks to transparency.

• Held dual senior civil servant roles as FOIA chief and...

Illinois' conversion therapy ban remains intact after a Supreme Court ruling, even as advocates express wariness of future challenges. Highlight: Gay...

Both parties need DOJ reform to counter weaponization, as each faces risks from the other's control.

• Trump fired AG Bondi, installed loyalist...

Justice Jackson's lone dissent in striking down Colorado's conversion therapy ban highlights tensions in her judicial stance:

• Called free speech...