Washington Policy Pulse

Immigration Enforcement Actions

• 🔥 Secret Deportation Court Use: The Trump administration DOJ submitted the first case in over 30 years to the...

Federalist Society membership alone should trigger impeachment and removal for hundreds of federal judges, including six Supreme Court justices, this...

Federal courts are restricting Trump administration executive actions in trade and funding.

• Tariffs hit: Supreme Court ruled IEEPA cannot authorize...

The Trump administration filed the first application ever to the long-dormant Alien Terrorist Removal Court on July 15, seeking to use classified...

The Supreme Court ruled that states may count mail-in absentee ballots arriving after Election Day, giving election administrators added flexibility in processing voter submissions.

Congressional Legislative Priorities

• Warren's Post-Housing Bill Agenda: Sen. Elizabeth Warren outlined next steps for Congress including the...

Senator Warren called the recent housing bill proof that Congress can deliver results even with a disinterested president, but warned the...

The 2025-26 term revealed a conservative Court that overturned more precedents than in the prior decade combined, yet blocked key Trump actions on...

The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act has drawn over 60 bipartisan cosponsors and White House backing, imposing tough new sanctions on Russian energy buyers and its shadow fleet to ramp up economic pressure on Moscow.

Budget Committee Leadership

• 🔥 Ron Johnson Senate Role: Ron Johnson is set to lead the Senate Budget Committee after Sen. Lindsey Graham's death,...

Jhony Silva, a 30-year-old nursing assistant at Stanford Hospital who arrived in the Bay Area as a toddler, lost his job and now fears deportation...

The latest MedPAC Data Book on national health care and Medicare spending is now available for download in PDF and Excel formats.

• Ron Johnson is expected to chair the Senate Budget Committee after Lindsey Graham's death, giving a Trump ally control over the reconciliation...

The Supreme Court's Trump v. Slaughter decision raises key questions about independent agency powers and their effect on transatlantic data transfers.

No significant updates today.

Chief Justice Roberts leveraged opinion assignments to control landmark Trump cases this term, writing majorities on tariffs, agency firings, and...

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act marks rare bipartisan progress, passing with veto-proof margins after White House support.

• Local governments...

With only eight legislative days before the August recess, Congress must navigate stalled NDAA, a $67 billion Iran supplemental, and a $350 billion...

Immigration Rulings

• 🔥 Ohio TPS Confusion: Supreme Court immigration rulings have created confusion for TPS holders in Ohio, with thousands of...

• Ohio TPS holders now face abrupt work disruptions after Court enabled ending protections, though many remain months from removal.
• Asylum grants...