US Government Policy Monitor

A private Kushner-Jeffries meeting signals White House outreach to Democrats if they regain House control in November.

Talks covered housing,...

Purcell principle has never been applied by the Supreme Court to federal government actions, only state or local directives. The newsletter outlines...

Rep. Thomas Massie opened a discharge petition for the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, forcing the House to confront DOJ secrecy over millions of...

• House returns to pass Senate stopgap spending bill this week, averting shutdown and freeing focus for midterms.
• Anti-socialism resolution pushes...

Policy teams can optimize resources with a coverage map built on four layers rather than monitoring all 50 states equally.

• Operational footprint...

Trump's 2025 order dismantled Biden-era DEI programs, revoking 1965 contractor protections and triggering agency layoffs that hit social services...

• SNAP losses accelerating: 5 million people, including 1.5 million children, lost benefits as enrollment fell over 13% faster than projected.
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Fewer scheduled meetings would improve monetary-policy judgment by giving data time to clarify before reconsideration. They would also reduce...

The Third Circuit's ruling marks the eighth federal appeals court to strike down the Trump administration's policy of mandatory detention without bond...

Corgi Insurance hired McArn Bennett, ex-senior counsel on the House Financial Services Committee's capital markets subcommittee, to lead federal...

Santa Fe Public Schools face potential loss of federal funding and DOJ litigation after a Liberty Counsel complaint alleges Title IX violations from...

• Trump tells voters to "pretend I’m on the ballot" to drive GOP turnout
• RNC holds first midterm convention in Dallas with Trump and Vance...

Trump's plan freezes most federal salaries at 2026 levels for 2027 while granting law enforcement a 3.8% raise.

Key implications:

• Policy shift:...

A federal ruling striking down the Pentagon's supply-chain-risk designation of Anthropic shows that national-security claims cannot serve as a blank...

Rep. Stephen Lynch's race against Patrick Roath illustrates the steep hurdles for primary challengers even with recent fundraising edges and $500,000...

How much damage has Trump inflicted on the U.S. energy transition?

• Power sector outlook remains positive per MIT analysis, with emissions still...

Congressional leaders Ramirez, Garcia, Johnson, and Tlaib are scrutinizing TSA's reported sharing of personal data from more than 31,000 travelers...

Divided priorities between the Republican-led Legislature and Democratic Governor Hobbs produced just four privacy and liberty measures that became...

The DEA submitted its final rule on telehealth prescribing of controlled substances to the White House for review on Aug. 25, 2026, ending years of temporary extensions. This advances a permanent framework for access.

H.R. 10174, the federal GRANITE Act introduced by Rep. Michael Rulli, would bar American courts from recognizing or enforcing foreign judgments,...