Congress Talks About Housing, but Local Rules Still Shape What Gets Built
Housing has become a major political promise, but home prices and rents are shaped by federal policy, local zoning, borrowing costs and construction limits.
Interest on the Debt Is Becoming One of Washington's Biggest Bills
Federal debt often feels abstract, but the interest paid on that debt is consuming a growing share of the federal budget and limiting future choices for lawmakers.
Congress Let ACA Subsidies Expire, and Families Are Seeing the Bill
Enhanced ACA premium subsidies expired after Congress failed to extend them, leaving many marketplace enrollees facing higher health-insurance costs.
GAO's Latest Warning Raises a Question Congress Still Has Not Answered
A new federal watchdog report says debt is growing faster than the economy and interest costs are consuming a larger share of federal resources, but lawmakers remain divided on how to respond.
New Immigration Funding Law Gives ICE and Border Patrol Years of Money With Fewer Oversight Fights
A newly signed immigration funding law provides nearly $70 billion for enforcement agencies and changes how future funding battles may unfold in Washington.
Congress Missed a Surveillance Deadline. What Changes Now Is Less Clear Than It Sounds
Congress failed to extend Section 702 before a key deadline, but the practical effects may unfold more gradually than the political fight surrounding the program suggests.
Senate Surveillance Vote Puts Privacy and Security Fight on a Deadline
The Senate failed to advance an extension of a key intelligence authority days before it is set to expire, leaving lawmakers little time to settle privacy and national security disputes.
Senate Immigration Bill Moves Border Funding Fight to the House
The Senate passed a $70 billion immigration enforcement bill after a long fight over agency funding and a disputed settlement fund, sending the measure to the House for its next test.
House Ukraine Aid Vote Shows How a Narrow Majority Can Bypass Leadership
A House vote on Ukraine support moved forward through a discharge petition, showing how rank-and-file lawmakers can force action when leadership objects.
Congress Tests War Powers
A House vote aimed at curbing U.S. military action against Iran puts Congress, the White House and the limits of presidential war authority back at the center of a widening foreign-policy fight.
House Returns This Week With Committee Work and Suspension Bills on Deck
After a quiet Monday, the House is scheduled to resume floor and committee activity, though the week’s real policy movement remains uncertain.
Senate Bill Would Put Congress in the Middle of College Sports Rules
A bipartisan proposal from Sens. Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell would create national rules for NIL payments, transfers, athlete protections and oversight.
House Delay Leaves Iran War Powers Fight Unresolved
A delayed House vote leaves a larger constitutional question unsettled: how far the president can go in Iran-related military action without Congress.
House Vote Leaves Women’s History Museum Plan Uncertain
The House rejected a bill tied to the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, leaving the National Mall plan uncertain after disputed amendments changed the proposal.
Iran War Powers Vote Delay Tests Congress’s Role in Military Action
A delayed House vote over Iran-related war powers puts a basic constitutional question back in front of Congress: when can presidents use military force without new authorization?
Senate Delay Puts Immigration Funding and DOJ Fund in the Same Fight
A Senate delay over immigration enforcement money has turned into a broader fight over congressional control, DOJ settlements, and a $1.776 billion fund tied to claims of government weaponization.