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How do congressional efforts to block future shutdowns square with recent Supreme Court limits on enforcing spending laws?

• Bipartisan proposal: The...

The House FY2027 Intelligence Authorization Act would create a statutory chief AI officer at ODNI to advise the DNI and coordinate IC-wide AI...

The proposed Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative, part of the FUTURES Act, aims to institutionalize US-Israel defense ties beyond the current...

The mass firing of 160 career detailees on January 22, 2025—followed by April and May waves that slashed NSC staff below 50—ripped out the interagency...

The DNI heads the U.S. Intelligence Community, directs the National Intelligence Program, and advises the president and National Security Council on...

The Supreme Court will decide if Alaska's attempt to forfeit a pilot's $95,000 plane for a misdemeanor tied to beer in a dry village violates the...

Trump's claim that the Monroe Doctrine justifies invading Cuba mangles its original purpose, which was to protect Latin American nations from European...

• Lindsey Graham's death on July 11 prompts Cindy Hyde-Smith's appointment to Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee
• House passes $1.1 trillion...

• Mass firings at NSF, DOE and NIH have gutted research security teams tasked with blocking Chinese exploitation of US science
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Trump's new tariffs blend old legal tools with fresh forced-labor claims.

• Historical precedent: Administration turned to never-used Section 338 of...

The Trump administration's messaging reveals clear contradictions on the economy and nuclear posture.

• Press Secretary Leavitt highlighted...

House Republicans attached voter ID provisions from the SAVE America Act to the Stop Insider Trading Act, which passed the House on July 22 despite...

The House approved H.R. 8595 by 217-209, funding State Department and national security programs at $47.32 billion for FY2027.

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The House Oversight Committee's Epstein investigation is advancing through closed-door sessions while Democrats flag potential foreign links.

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A Columbia University study documents the real-world fallout from the 2025 foreign aid freeze and USAID shutdown.

• SRHR collapse: Adolescents lost...

• Diplomatic limbo deepens as State Department withholds return timelines for hundreds of diplomats amid dynamic security.
• Strategic pivot moves US...

The House Ways and Means Committee's subpoena of BreakThrough News for internal records and financials uses tax oversight as a pretext to target...

The Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement shows a clear pattern: new restrictions rolled out, then quickly challenged in court.

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