American Politics Tracker

The House Appropriations Committee enacted FY2026 spending measures to confront Cuba’s coercive medical missions abroad.

• New law punishes nations...

• Rep. Ilhan Omar's Amendment #1273 to the NDAA declares that congressional FTO designations do not authorize military force, targeting Trump...

The Trump administration is advancing election integrity measures through multiple channels, drawing resistance from state and local officials.

• DOJ...

President Trump fired the Election Assistance Commission's two Democratic members and prompted the Republican's resignation, leaving the agency...

Trump called the 6-3 Supreme Court decision upholding birthright citizenship "absolutely insane" and vowed to seek an immediate rehearing, citing...

House appropriators advanced all 12 bills out of committee by late June with two reaching the floor, while the Senate has yet to act on any as talks...

Trump officials explored sidestepping the Election Assistance Commission as early as last fall, considering a national emergency declaration and task...

• Both parties face irresistible incentives to continue the House Oversight Epstein investigation into the next Congress, regardless of majority...

Presidential libraries function as archives, museums, and sometimes burial sites, drawing tourists since FDR's 1941 Hyde Park opening.

Key modern...

The White House's talking points tout major victories in the initial Iran deal, but several assertions clash with available details.

• Nuclear...

• The housing bill becomes law at midnight through presidential inaction after Trump refused to sign it.
• Trump cited his protest that the Senate...

The Supreme Court's $225 million FY2027 budget faces congressional oversight in a July 14 Senate hearing, with Justices Barrett and Kagan set to...

Juneteenth marks freedom declared in law yet long denied in practice, a paradox that persists as the Supreme Court has gutted the Voting Rights Act...

Newly released DOJ calendars place Matthew Colangelo in multiple Trump-related meetings—including E. Jean Carroll's case and Mar-a-Lago records—while...

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