Washington Policy Digest

The Supreme Court’s shadow docket order requires Missouri to run its 2026 midterms on the 2022 congressional lines rather than the 2025...

A handful of New York districts could determine whether 2026 delivers a Democratic wave or a narrowly divided House. Tight races on Long Island and in...

Election officials are restricting public employees with ballot access from trading prediction markets to block insider trading and maintain trust...

• Farm Bureau warns of generational-high production costs and an expiring extension, urging swift bipartisan passage of a five-year bill.
• SNAP...

Clallam County commissioners drafted a letter opposing SAVE Act provisions in two federal bills, citing immediate implementation without funding or...

The Trump administration's March 2026 executive order sought to shift mail-in ballot verification to USPS, requiring states to upload voter lists and...

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez testified before the House Rules Committee last week on reforms to make Congress more functional and trusted.

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A new N+ Univision/YouGov poll has Abbott and Hinojosa tied at 47%, marking a sharp shift from his earlier double-digit leads and challenging...

More than 525 organizations, researchers, and clinicians signed a letter backing the ASAP Act to guarantee Medicare coverage for early dementia blood...

The bill would lower the overtime threshold from 40 to 32 hours without forcing shorter schedules.

• Overtime shift: Drops incrementally by two hours...

Democratic candidate Hannah Pingree launched the first general-election TV ad this week, highlighting her record fighting drug prices and promising...

The Indiana Supreme Court swiftly asserted its authority to uphold primary election results by ordering six absentee ballots counted despite missing...

President Trump revoked Nixon- and Carter-era executive orders that limited off-road vehicle use on federal lands to minimize environmental damage and...

Kelly Ayotte (R, incumbent) and Cinde Warmington (D) won their respective primaries and will face off in November, with Ayotte tallying 6,591 votes to Warmington's 5,100 across the reporting towns.

Missouri's redistricting battle has rapidly escalated into a direct clash between state and federal courts, centering on Secretary of State Denny...

Harvard Law School’s new National Security Law & Policy Initiative explicitly aims to connect legal scholarship with real-world policymaking by...

The Fix Our Forests Act has forged an unusual alliance between loggers and some environmental advocates who favor active forest management to curb...

Both Nevada gubernatorial candidates back regulating AI-powered automated license plate readers, though they differ sharply on current use. Republican...

Texas Republicans are leveraging the Dallas midterm convention for dual purposes: bolstering Ken Paxton's Senate bid while elevating 2028...

A Quinnipiac poll shows voters prefer Democrats to control the House by 11 points, with 49% backing Democrats versus 38% for Republicans.

• The gap...