The White House is using the conflict in Iran to justify fast-tracking policy decisions that would ordinarily require a deliberative process, setting up another test of the president’s emergency powers.
A rare bipartisan immigration bill triggered a Republican feud this week, highlighting a widening divide between GOP hardliners and moderates amid backlash to President Donald Trump’s deportation policies.
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Aired on April 7, 2026, this episode of Hill Watch examines Trump’s FY27 budget request, the next steps on DHS funding and immigration enforcement changes, plans and goals for a second reconciliation bill, and prospects for appropriations bills in a midterm year.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has renewed its approval of a controversial spy law that permits US intelligence agencies and law enforcement to collect the communications of foreign citizens in certain circumstances, according to three people familiar with the process.
A railroad union is protesting a deal involving two Maine freight lines it argues would endanger the corporate descendant of Pan American World Airways.
A rare bipartisan immigration bill triggered a Republican feud this week, highlighting a widening divide between GOP hardliners and moderates amid backlash to President Donald Trump’s deportation policies.
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Years of lobbying by Israel’s
The Trump administration prevailed Friday in its bid to reverse a court order restricting the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive data at the Social Security Administration.
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The IRS Friday proposed rules for an excise tax on remittance transfers, which will impact individuals transferring money abroad.
The White House is using the conflict in Iran to justify fast-tracking policy decisions that would ordinarily require a deliberative process, setting up another test of the president’s emergency powers.
Rahm Emanuel says Democrats ‘lost the American people’ on cultural issues -- but he knows how they can win them back in November.
Rahm Emanuel says Democrats ‘lost the American people’ on cultural issues -- but he knows how they can win them back in November.
State tax frameworks, data centers, and immigration were common themes among the first few states to wrap up their legislative sessions this year.
Ships are in, electric vehicles are out, and space technology is useful — if it puts astronauts on the moon — according to President Donald Trump’s new budget plan.
The Homeland Security Department would receive roughly $48 billion in baseline discretionary funding for fiscal 2026 under a Senate-amended version of
Florida is dramatically — but quietly — changing the way immigration enforcement is practiced. The state’s Republican leaders have made it a testing ground for the aggressive immigration enforcement tactics championed by White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller.
State Republican lawmakers are trying to separate miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies from abortion in medical records and elsewhere, spurring outcry from policy watchers who say the measures tarnish reproductive care.
Growing data center development is putting new pressure on Texas’ power grid, as lawmakers confront how to meet rising demand without pushing costs onto consumers or risking reliability.
Eleven state legislatures have wrapped their sessions for the year, with two returning for special sessions this month. Collectively, nine states adjourned after enacting nearly 2,000 new laws, Claire Hebert writes.
Texas is emerging as a test case for how US policymakers manage the collision of artificial intelligence growth, tariffs reshaping manufacturing, and supply chain risks tied to China.
