Congress · 119th Congress
Satellite licensing bill advances after Cruz, Cantwell deal
That change came after Cantwell pointed last week to an application from Elon Musk's Starlink for a constellation of up to 1 million "orbital data centers."
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Congress · 119th Congress
Immigration officials defend approach at House hearing
Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said factors that contributed to the climate in Minneapolis include localities known as sanctuary cities not honoring detainers — "This is a No. 1 violation," he said — and threats
Congress · 119th Congress
Cruz’s satellite licensing bill faces longer delay
SpaceX applied last month to launch a constellation of up to 1 million "orbital data centers."↵↵Separately, Sen.
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate panel delays action on satellite licensing bill
↵↵She said the move was particularly necessary after SpaceX applied to launch a constellation of "up to 1 million" satellites with "unprecedented computing capacity to power advanced artificial intelligence
Campaigns · 119th Congress
California urges Supreme Court to allow new congressional map
↵↵The filings were in response to an appeal from the state Republican Party and Republican state officials, who have asked the justices to set aside a 2-1 lower court decision that allowed the state to
Campaigns · 119th Congress
Challengers ask Supreme Court to halt California redistricting
↵↵Earlier this month, a 2-1 majority of a three-judge panel ruled against the challengers, finding the evidence of partisan motivations for the lines was "overwhelming" while evidence of gerrymandering
Congress · 119th Congress
Court rejects challenge to California’s new congressional map
↵↵The 2-1 decision, written after the judges held a three-day evidentiary hearing, rejected claims that the new congressional lines gerrymandered in favor of the state's Hispanic and Latino communities
Congress · 119th Congress
States eager for final decisions on $50B health care fund
↵↵The wide-ranging law reduces health spending by about $1 trillion over a decade, primarily from changes and cutbacks to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act's insurance exchanges.
Policy · 119th Congress
FactChecking Trump’s economic speech
Investments in the United States↵↵Trump also told his audience in Pennsylvania, "In four years under Biden, Democrats secured less than $1 trillion in new investments in our country."
Policy · 119th Congress
Trump’s FEMA review group abruptly cancels final report meeting
↵↵The FEMA Review Council, which President Donald Trump established by executive order within days of taking office in January, was set to vote on the report at a 1 p.m. meeting after months of internal
Congress · 119th Congress
Trump pledges executive action to counter state AI laws
↵↵Cruz supported the inclusion of a moratorium in the budget reconciliation bill this summer, but the provision was eventually removed in a 99-1 Senate vote.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
Supreme Court’s Texas map ruling could spark redistricting race
↵↵Thursday's order faulted a 2-1 panel of lower court judges for stepping in on the "eve" of next year's election to order the Lone Star State to use its prior congressional map from 2021.
Congress · 119th Congress
NASA nominee denies conflict of interest with Musk
↵↵The request also sought a $647 million boost for space exploration, putting lunar exploration at $7 billion and "Mars-focused" programs at $1 billion.
Congress · 119th Congress
Momentum builds for bigger capital gains tax break on home sales
The caps would increase to $500,000 and $1 million, respectively.↵↵The draft bill is also backed by Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo.; Adam B.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At Supreme Court, Texas congressional map faces issue of timing
↵↵Texas officials have appealed the 2-1 lower court ruling that found the state's map redrawn this year is an illegal racial gerrymander and forced the state to use its prior map drawn in 2021 after the
Congress · 119th Congress
FEMA to get new interim director ahead of agency review report
↵↵Interim chief David Richardson resigned and will leave the role on Dec. 1, and Karen Evans, formerly a top official at the Energy Department for cybersecurity and emergency response will take the helm
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate payout provision defies typical legal concepts, experts say
Congress flouted several legal principles with an unusual provision creating a streamlined path only for senators to file lawsuits and collect at least $1 million each for government actions in the previous
Congress · 119th Congress
After shutdown delay, hearing set on congressional stock trading
↵↵But the push to ban members from owning or trading stocks, which goes back years and seemingly had been picking up momentum, was derailed by the shutdown that began on Oct. 1.
Policy · 118th Congress
Little-noticed US funding for China tech sector now draws scrutiny
Corrected 1:18 p.m. | Even as Washington takes a hard line on keeping U.S. technology and data beyond China’s reach, the federal government has thus far been slow to close another channel of technology
Congress · 118th Congress
House GOP spotlights border security in hearing, resolution
The hearing, titled “The Biden Border Crisis, Part 1,” could serve as fodder for House Republicans to bolster another goal of theirs: impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.