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A sweeping veterans package was pulled from the House floor after a one-vote scare, Senate Democrats blocked the fiscal 2027 NDAA, and new Fed chair Kevin Warsh delivered his first…
A daily digest of the July 16, 2026 Federal Register: a presidential Clean Air Act proclamation, the 2027 Medicare physician fee schedule, an NRC reactor-licensing overhaul, the RealPage antitrust settlement,…
A GAO review found the Integrity Committee overseeing federal inspectors general missed statutory deadlines and discarded complaints, as IG offices and whistleblower programs posted a busy week of fraud findings…
A presidential Section 232 proclamation on aircraft and jet-engine imports leads Wednesday's Federal Register, alongside an NRC radiation-rules rewrite, EPA power-plant NOx plans, a delayed Great Lakes shipwreck protection, and…
The Senate fell short on the opening procedural vote for its FY2027 defense authorization bill while the House passed a firearm-purchase privacy measure and bipartisan bills, and committees convened on…
TIJ's daily digest of the July 14, 2026 Federal Register: the ESA “harm” rescission, UAE export-control easing, EPA coal-ash and diesel actions, FDA psychedelic-drug guidance, and more — with links…
Q1 2026 federal lobbying reached a record $1.4 billion as pharmaceutical, technology and AI interests drove K Street to its biggest quarter on record.
Justices Barrett and Kagan testified on the Supreme Court's FY2027 budget — the first such appearance since 2019 — as Congress juggled a stalled defense bill, stuck appropriations and a…
This week's public records: a GAO AI warning at the VA, a Labor Dept. H-1B fraud probe, FOIA at 60, and a Missouri governor's-office audit.
A daily read of the Federal Register: an FDA drug-manufacturing overhaul, a $1 million DOE fraud-penalty ceiling, two FHFA housing-finance proposals, an OMB industry-classification revision, and a wave of China…