American Policy Pulse

The administration's unreleased AI oversight plan leaves major gaps in both transparency and economic preparedness.

• Secret process: A finished...

The Trump administration rescinded the 2023 TikTok ban on government devices after the app shifted to U.S. ownership under Oracle and Silver Lake,...

Federal cuts after the 2025 OBBBA and stagnant philanthropy have widened critical gaps in tribal infrastructure, health, and education, breaching...

• US borrowed over $800B in three months, annualizing to ~$3.2T despite no recession.
• Annual interest costs already exceed $1T, with $1.2T projected...

Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan Senate primary victory has renewed questions about whether progressive candidates are shifting the Democratic Party too far...

The US-Saudi nuclear agreement substitutes a bilateral, facility-specific safeguards arrangement for the IAEA Additional Protocol's broader...

The US government quietly paid $35.6 million for a 10% stake in Trilogy Metals, a Vancouver-based firm, on October 7, 2025. The stock surged over...

Regulatory agencies are stepping into tech policy voids left by congressional inaction, creating binding rules while political spending shapes the...

Congress's use of 2025 budget reconciliation to lock in $187 billion in SNAP cuts through 2031 has shattered the bipartisan farm-nutrition coalition...

Trump's first-year agenda centers on shrinking government through program and staff reductions, with particularly deep cuts hitting Medicaid and ACA marketplaces.

Wisconsin and Minnesota primaries spotlight the Democratic Party's deepening divide between progressive insurgents and establishment moderates focused...

• Constitutional design placed Congress as the primary lawmaking branch closest to citizens, yet it has steadily ceded authority to other branches.
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Trump has selected Will Scharf—staff secretary who used his NCPC role to secure $400 million ballroom approval—as his new White House counsel starting...

President Trump signed an executive order Monday to split the measles, mumps and rubella shot across three separate visits, joined in the Oval Office...

• The Clarity Act advances to a September Senate vote after Senate Majority Leader John Thune's procedural move, aiming to set federal rules for...

The 119th Congress has directed hundreds of billions toward detention and border operations, with most activity in the House through amendments to the...

Will Scharf steps up from staff secretary—where he explained Trump’s executive actions to reporters—to White House Counsel starting September 1. Trump...

Six senators introduced the bipartisan SUSTAIN 340B Act on Aug. 5, creating a third active reform proposal alongside House bills.

• Core provisions:...

The SNAP error rate requirements remain the central obstacle to the Senate farm bill, with Democrats seeking two years of additional state compliance...

North Carolina's House passed an adjournment resolution last week, halting further business until after the November elections.

Key actions...