US Federal Policy Pulse

Staff departures accelerate as midterms loom.

• Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt resigned earlier this month, followed by Legislative Affairs...

The Court no longer pauses for summer recess, issuing major rulings year-round through the shadow docket without arguments or explanations.

Key...

Reactions to the Supreme Court's stay on the mail-in voting challenge span from existential warnings to procedural clarifications.

• Alarmist...

Democrats should center their 2026 campaign on restoring Article I authority to Congress, promising oversight, subpoenas, and checks on executive...

• Procedural win framing: Court said states sued too early over unripe directives, not merits.
• Chaos emphasis: Liberal justices warned of...

Chief Justice Roberts granted Trump a temporary stay of the lower court's injunction, allowing continued construction of the White House ballroom...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon and President Trump announced a policy to dismantle federal micromanagement of schools, redirect billions from DEI...

President Trump’s August 10 Executive Order creates “Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations” and directs HHS within 90 days to offer MMR as...

Immigration Enforcement Actions

• 🔥 Texas Targets Hospitals on Birth Tourism: Gov. Abbott signed Executive Order GA-57 directing state agencies...

• White House pushes stopgap "anomalies" for military health, parks, and FEMA, but House GOP advances clean CR without them.
• Pentagon seeks $70B in...

A new poll finds nearly half of Americans now see the Supreme Court as political after Trump-era rulings.

Texas Gov. Abbott responded with Executive...

The Justice Department has activated the Alien Terrorist Removal Court for the first time since its 1996 creation, filing case 2026-TRC-1 under 8...

White House Developments

• 🔥 AI Regulator Proposal: The White House is exploring plans to create an independent regulator focused on AI safety...

The article tackles a frequent reader query on whether the current Supreme Court overturns precedents more often than past courts, stressing that history usually offers parallels to assess if events are truly unprecedented.

A new WaPo-Ipsos survey reveals deep skepticism toward the Supreme Court amid its mixed rulings on Trump policies.

• 46% of Americans say justices...

House Oversight Committee advances Trump priorities with three hearings this week.

• Medicare fraud: Subcommittee examines skin-substitute spending...

Three-way GOP tension is building over the SAVE Act:

• House leadership passed the bill and now demands Senate action to deliver on voter mandates.
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Trump's ICE dragnet is hitting long-term Polish residents like Nina Gomulinski, a veteran's wife and mother of U.S. citizens, with no exceptions for family ties or assimilation. Polish removals have jumped nearly 90%.

The White House is advancing a two-pronged AI strategy: an immediate clearinghouse paired with plans for a longer-term regulator.

President Trump’s...

The Slaughter decision overturns 90-plus years of precedent protecting independent federal agencies, enabling partisan boards and sharper policy...