US Policy Pulse

An HSI agent in Ohio was pulled from a multistate child sexual abuse probe to chase noncitizen voting leads.

Key trade-off: Over 40,000 leads yielded...

U.S. fiscal policy runs unsustainable deficits near 6% of GDP even in expansions, with debt hitting new highs and interest payments nearing 3.15%. Yet...

The rise of the far left is the political story of the year, with AOC now the prediction-market front-runner for 2028.

• DSA-backed candidates have...

Key outcomes before August recess:

• Farm Bill 2.0 failed Senate committee markup as Democrats rejected the one-year SNAP cost-share delay and...

The FTC has long applied Section 5 to protect consumers' data privacy for businesses that collect, use, or disclose personal data.

One-third of U.S. households continue facing energy insecurity across economic, physical, and coping dimensions, even after BIL and IRA investments...

The Trump administration is eliminating a 60-year requirement for employers to submit workforce demographic reports to the EEOC, reducing public...

Trump's drive to shrink the federal government is forcing states to absorb higher costs for disaster recovery and safety net programs, prompting cuts to social services that may overshadow tax breaks from last year's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

President Donald Trump has chosen White House policy aide Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration.

The White House is warning OpenAI that hiring Dean Ball risks damaging their relationship, dismissing him as "at best a nuisance" over his past role...

Foreign central banks cut their share of US debt holdings from 50.2% in early 2023 to 40.6% by June, shedding $114 billion over twelve months as total...

The Trump DOJ's push for complete, unredacted voter rolls from 30+ states rests on shaky statutory ground. Courts have dismissed cases against 23...

How does Trump's direct IRGC backchannel square with his demand that Iran 'put up the white flag of surrender'?

• He confirmed ongoing talks...

The White House's new Presidential Memorandum adopts the “Finland Model” to bypass domestic shipbuilding backlogs by allowing allied yards to build...

• Error overload: AI-generated bills flood the House Office of Legislative Counsel with mistakes in citations, definitions, and legal nuances, often...

The Fifth Circuit ruling in Guerra Quezada v. U.S. holds that Congress—not courts—determines criteria for citizenship by descent, per Judge Ho's...

The White House's planned August 19 meeting with cryptocurrency and prediction market executives signals a more innovation-friendly stance from...

Hong Kong's finance chief Paul Chan called the effects of US trade policy changes on the city primarily psychological, warning they carry significant but manageable impact while growth momentum continues.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged messages with an imposter posing as White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles before growing suspicious,...

Defining transshipment is the core enforcement challenge in the White House proposals.

• Criteria must separate legitimate manufacturing from...