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White House · 119th Congress
What to watch from Trump’s national AI standard
Advocates of state preemption, including Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, fell short last year on attaching preemption to the GOP budget reconciliation law or the fiscal 2026 defense policy law
Congress · 119th Congress
Panels unveil aviation safety text as House sets vote on Senate bill
The draft bill would also repeal a provision of the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act that provided exemptions from the use of that technology for some military aircraft, according to a summary
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate clears fiscal 2026 NDAA
The Senate on Wednesday easily cleared the fiscal 2026 defense authorization, readying the mammoth $900.6 billion measure for a presidential signature.Â
Congress · 119th Congress
Reagan National airport safety looms as appropriations issue
↵↵Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., want Congress to delete a provision in the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act that they say would undermine safety
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate eyes NDAA passage next week amid aviation safety worries
↵↵As the fiscal 2026 bill edges closer to enactment, one of the few last-minute controversies shadowing it concerns whether the measure goes far enough to restrict military aircraft operations in close
Congress · 119th Congress
Bipartisan Senate duo seeks corporate support for ‘Trump accounts’
↵↵Families will be able to open the accounts beginning in early 2026 and can start contributing on July 4, 2026.↵↵The accounts are available to American children with a Social Security number.
Texas Republicans allege Smithsonian broke lobbying law on shuttle
approached the Senate Appropriations and Rules committees expressing opposition to the reconciliation law language and urging the House Appropriations Committee to include an amendment in the fiscal 2026
Why Cornyn is still at risk of losing in Texas
Texas Sen. John Cornyn is seeking a fifth term in 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Shuttle Discovery’s Texas transfer launches cost concerns
Morelle, D-N.Y., during the markup of its fiscal 2026 Interior-Environment funding bill that would bar any funds provided for the Smithsonian Institution to be used for the planned transfer.
Hill looks to boost safety of military flights near airports
The House Armed Services Committee’s fiscal 2026 defense authorization bill would forbid military helicopter training flights within a 30-mile radius of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, or DCA
White House bid to cut funding could spell trouble for Smithsonian American Latino museum
Instead, the request returns the Smithsonian to the integrated approach previously used to share the collections throughout the Institution that chronicle American Latino history and culture," the fiscal 2026
Senators spar over nationwide injunctions stopping Trump policies
Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, urged House appropriators to consider including language in fiscal 2026 funding bills that would "address the abusive use of nationwide
Ken Paxton launches primary challenge to John Cornyn in Texas
But the 2026 contest is his first campaign following the passage of a bipartisan update to the nation’s gun laws, which Cornyn negotiated with Connecticut Democratic Sen. Christopher S. Murphy.
How the decline of personal political brands hurts Senate Democrats
Looking ahead to 2026 The struggle to overperform could be a warning sign for some senators up for reelection in 2026.Â