US Policy Pulse

Resistance to federal ICE enforcement is scaling from single towns to coordinated state coalitions.

• Maine example: Scarborough Town Council seeks...

• Revenue impact: Caps at the 80th percentile of premiums would cut the primary deficit by $318.5 billion conventionally and $242.6 billion...

Congress is regulating AI for kids but overlooking sycophancy, one of its most dangerous features that may be harming children.

Medicaid and disaster relief changes are flagged as potential fiscal headwinds for states under current federal policy.

• Solidarity and lobbying: Maryland parish held mass after 300,000+ Haitians lost protections; Miami archbishop spent two days on Capitol Hill pushing...

Lindsey Graham's memorial service in Washington created a diplomatic hub, drawing Netanyahu and Zelenskyy for Oval Office talks with Trump on Iran and...

Federal AI regulation is accelerating from international talks to concrete U.S. action.

• G7 Évian summit shifted focus to AI sovereignty,...

Two bipartisan bills offer contrasting procedural paths to tackle Social Security's projected 2034 insolvency.

• Senate PROMISE Act: Leverages the...

Netanyahu's first White House visit since the US-Iran war began carries high stakes.

• Escalation concerns: Trump's allies fear the meeting draws him...

• Maine enacts laws blocking local police from 287(g) deals with ICE and requiring judicial warrants for agents in schools and libraries
• DOJ sues...

The Trump administration is dismantling longstanding federal privacy firewalls between agencies like the IRS and SSA, creating an unmonitored central...

The House passed the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act embedding three key bills on semiconductor and AI export controls: the AI Overwatch...

The Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act (H.R. 2191) seeks to empower independent physicians and address medical deserts in rural...

• Bipartisan effort: Senators Cassidy, Durbin, Tillis, Kaine and others introduced the PROMISE Act to extend Social Security trust funds for at least...

• SAVE Act standoff: House Republicans tied proof-of-citizenship voting rules to must-pass spending bills, blocking Senate action.
• Funding deadline:...

The Trump administration is advancing parallel rollbacks in federal enforcement across education and immigration.

• Education Department will no...

New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh is rightly ditching forward guidance after the central bank missed its inflation targets for five straight years. Pure unpredictable discretion is no way to operate an economy.

NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy is calling on Congress to break its months-long standoff between competing aviation safety bills and deliver promised...

No significant updates today.

No significant updates today.