Federal Policy Pulse

Housing Legislation Nears Enactment

• 🔥 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act: Congress nears final passage after a June 16 strike-all amendment, with...

Congress packaged a popular bipartisan housing overhaul with a CBDC prohibition, ensuring both advance together.

• Housing provisions include...

• Trump's demand: Will not sign FISA renewal without attaching voter ID bill
• Elevated stakes: Ties national security surveillance authority to...

Is the Trump administration slow-walking DACA renewals to undermine the program?

Human toll is immediate: Claudia submitted her renewal in December,...

A new House bill (HR-9261) would give federal employees paid leave for every FMLA-covered reason, not just parental needs, building on the 2019 law...

Federal rules create a stark cost gap between nuclear and natural gas power plants.

• NRC fee recovery requires licensees to cover 100% of oversight...

At his debut FOMC meeting, Chair Warsh held rates steady while signaling a potential 2026 hike and vowing process reforms through new task forces on...

OMB's proposed rule would revise guidance governing grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts in Title 2 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations.

House Homeland Security Democrats, led by Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson, held a forum examining medical neglect and unsanitary conditions at the...

The long-awaited Farm Bill may be close to passing Congress, according to a recent news segment. Its title poses the status as an open question.

Housing Legislation Deal

• 🔥 Senate Housing Bill Advances: Congress reached a deal on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act with institutional...

Trump's new executive order directs alignment of U.S. childhood vaccine recommendations with peer nations, responding to demands for CDC transparency...

Policy and regulatory changes are reshaping federal contracting into a more controlled system with tighter requirements and sharper accountability expectations for performance.

The U.S. House passed Rep. Glenn Grothman’s Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act, requiring the OMB and Treasury to create mandatory...

A nonpartisan guide equips journalists to recognize misinformation on mail voting, avoid errors, and develop local story angles ahead of the 2026...

A new Trustees report moved the OASI trust fund depletion to 2032, prompting swift legislative action.

• Timeline shift: Fund now projected to run...

• Congress passed the GENIUS Act in July 2025, establishing rules for stablecoin issuance with full reserves and audits.
• The CLARITY Act and...

The Department of Education approved Indiana's "Returning Education to the States Waiver," giving the state new flexibility over federal education funds. This move highlights growing state-level autonomy in how federal education dollars are spent.

Sen. Jon Husted is championing federal legislation to protect children from AI chatbots, emphasizing safeguards against both domestic harms and...

Federal officials are pursuing dual tracks to regulate frontier AI.

• Direct engagement with Anthropic explores lockdown options for its Mythos...