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Trump's August 12 NSPM authorizes vetted private firms to join offensive cyber strikes against foreign cyber criminals, a first for U.S. policy.

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Karoline Leavitt’s departure at month’s end, framed as a family decision after her recent maternity leave, has raised questions about timing and...

Primary results show Senate bridgers suffering net losses while House divider exits could raise collaboration benchmarks for the 120th Congress. Yet...

The USS Abraham Lincoln remains deployed in expanding combat operations against Iran, including strikes and a blockade, yet Congress has neither...

The Trump administration's voluntary framework requires only closed-source, proprietary U.S. AI models with top cybersecurity benchmarks, leaving frontier open models unregulated and raising key questions on security versus innovation.

Americans across parties want relief from rising health costs, yet Congress pursues narrow Medicare physician payment fixes.

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The administration is shifting from light-touch guidance to direct oversight of open-source AI, addressing a gap in its existing framework built...

The administration's moves on youth gender care and abortion point to a unified conservative strategy across reproductive policy.

• Gender-affirming...

House Republicans are blocking nearly all Senate-passed legislation—including Trey’s Law on child abuse NDAs—until the Senate advances the SAVE...

The U.S. reversed its TikTok ban on federal devices following a joint venture with American investors that aims to ease national security and privacy concerns, though ByteDance retains nearly 20% ownership.

Federal courts have repeatedly struck down expansive Republican legal positions across multiple fronts.

• Birthright citizenship: Supreme Court...

USDA is delivering targeted relief to Oregon ranchers after wildfires scorched 2.3 million acres.

• Emergency grazing access: Conservation lands...

Congress advances two bipartisan transparency measures while Treasury rolls back corporate ownership rules.

• Stop Secret Spending Act mandates...

Karoline Leavitt will step down as White House press secretary by the end of August to focus on her young children, yet President Trump plans to tap her as a top outside adviser working directly with Republicans ahead of the November midterms.

A federal judge blocked President Trump's executive order to limit mail voting by creating a national voter list and directing the Postal Service,...

• Both chambers are in recess, with the House returning August 31 and Senate on September 14.
• Senate passed a bipartisan CR extending government...

The Trump administration is using targeted regulations to curb foreign worker programs, restrict certain federal healthcare spending, and trim insurer...

• $5.6 billion in improper UI payments in FY2025, nearly 15% of total outlays
• Identity fraud has dropped sharply, but eligibility fraud and...

• Reconciliation locked in $187 billion in SNAP cuts through 2031, fracturing the bipartisan farm-nutrition coalition that held since 1977.
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Trump's appointment of Will Scharf as White House counsel, effective Sept. 1, places a key figure from the $400 million ballroom project into the role...