Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: Time for Texas
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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
Moratorium on federal employee layoffs lapses amid shutdown
↵↵Federal unions said in a court filing late last month that many federal agencies were forced to hold off on their full layoff plans throughout 2025 and into early 2026 because of litigation and that
Congress · 119th Congress
ATF pick decries GOP-led budget cuts
↵↵But Cekada also showed no support for the latest Republican-led cut to ATF's budget, as outlined in the fiscal 2026 Justice Department spending bill passed by Congress earlier this year.
Congress · 119th Congress
Vote Studies 2025: Republicans power Trump to record success
↵↵His four defeats were on a series of amendments to the fiscal 2026 Energy-Water appropriations bill, where his proposed cuts to four regional federal-state partnerships that fund infrastructure projects
Congress · 119th Congress
Court ruling puts federal revenue forecast on shaky ground
↵↵A recent analysis from the Budget Lab, a nonpartisan policy group at Yale University, estimates that the recent ruling would erase more than half of projected revenue increases from fiscal 2026 to fiscal
Policy · 119th Congress
State politics color reception to Trump’s AI ‘framework’ order
↵↵Dunmoyer said Texas lawmakers are balancing the needs of state residents with the "political realities" on AI, all while the state's legislature is out of session in 2026.
Congress · 119th Congress
EPA’s end to endangerment finding eases rules for carmakers
↵↵The administration's repeal releases auto manufacturers from federal regulations that were designed to bring about a nearly 50 percent reduction in fleet-wide emissions by 2032 compared with 2026.
Congress · 119th Congress
Kennedy’s push to find cause of autism divides Hill Republicans
↵↵For the first time ever, the 2026 Senate Labor-HHS appropriations report directed the NIH to ensure autism research includes profound autism.
Congress · 119th Congress
House lawmakers spar over harms of potential DHS shutdown
↵↵He noted that the top four leaders of the Appropriations committees had reached an agreement on the fiscal 2026 Homeland Security spending bill, which passed the House before a second fatal shooting
Congress · 119th Congress
Senators press Lutnick over connections with Epstein
↵↵Lutnick committed that NTIA would approve Alaska's proposal in time for construction to begin during the 2026 season.
Congress · 119th Congress
Members split on plan to use reconciliation again to boost defense
But passing a second measure in 2026 could be a daunting task for congressional Republicans, particularly with a razor-thin margin in the House.
Congress · 119th Congress
Trump signs major spending package while immigration talks continue
Capitol after the Senate voted on a government funding package on Thursday, January 29, 2026.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
Maryland Democrats advance new map that would eliminate sole GOP-held seat
Wes Moore tasked an advisory commission with considering whether to redraw the state's congressional lines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Congress · 119th Congress
House leaders face dicey math to clear major spending package
↵↵The five-bill fiscal 2026 package, which passed the Senate on Friday, punts on full-year funding for the Homeland Security Department as lawmakers try to negotiate tighter restrictions on federal immigration
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate talks move in direction of splitting off DHS funding bill
Schumer were scrambling Thursday morning to ink a deal that would punt final decisions on fiscal 2026 Homeland Security funding but let five other spending bills get to President Donald Trump's desk next
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate spending deal runs into ‘hotline’ headwinds
At the same time five other final fiscal 2026 spending bills that were caught in limbo by the partisan clash over immigration policy would be allowed to pass.
Defense · 119th Congress
CBO: National Guard deployments cost half-billion dollars
↵↵News reports indicate that some 2,400 Guard troops are to remain in Washington through the end of 2026.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
Democrats see opportunity in Ohio beyond battleground House seats
↵↵That confidence is reflected in Democrats' decision to place on its 2026 target list both Ohio's 10th District, where Knickerbocker is running against longtime Republican Rep. Michael R.
Congress · 119th Congress
Final fiscal 2026 spending bills pass House; Senate up next
The Senate plans to take up the package next week to meet a Jan. 30 deadline, but a potential snowstorm could present a hurdle.