USDA says it can't use contingency fund for food stamps - Roll Call The Agriculture Department says it can’t use a reserve fund to pay food stamp benefits during the partial government shutdown. Roll Call · Oct 24, 2025
Bernie Sanders Thinks Amazon Warehouse Jobs Are Exploitative. He Still Wants To Save Them From Automation. Opposition to technological innovation is as mistaken as it is bipartisan. Reason · Oct 23, 2025
Bills to pay federal workers stall, but senators ready to compromise - Roll Call The Senate blocked dueling bills to pay federal workers during the partial government shutdown, but a compromise could be in the works. Roll Call · Oct 23, 2025
Go nuclear or ‘go hungry’: GOP senators warm to drastic move of killing filibuster as voters suffer and shutdown nears record IN FOCUS: Democrats’ nuclear option had wide-reaching consequences that ultimately empowered Trump, Eric Garcia writes. If Republicans kill the filibuster to reopen the government, it might permanently break the Senate The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2025
Huge AI data centers are turning local elections into fights over the future of energy Rising energy bills and growing scrutiny of Big Tech’s political influence are transforming AI data centers from obscure infrastructure into political flashpoints for both progressives and conservatives. Fortune · Oct 22, 2025
How Josh Hawley Is Empowering Unions in New York and California Some blue states are trying to set up their own versions of the NLRB, and Hawley is inadvertently (or deliberately) helping the cause. Reason · Oct 17, 2025
Hardly working: Senate heads home with House already gone as shutdown persists and Americans suffer ANALYSIS: Everyone knows the shutdown is a loser. But nobody has given the other side a reason to assume good faith, Eric Garcia writes The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2025
AI rush prompts raft of guardrail proposals - Roll Call Congress is caught up in the debate over AI, with lawmakers pitching plans that seek to ensure user safety and address job threats. Roll Call · Oct 9, 2025
Senate panel backs former Rep. D’Esposito for Labor IG; NLRB nominees - Roll Call A Senate panel on Thursday recommended former New York Republican Rep. Anthony D'Esposito to become Labor Department inspector general. Roll Call · Oct 9, 2025
Republican senators keep telling Pam Bondi that Biden ‘tapped’ their phones. Here’s what really happened ‘Arctic Frost’ investigation sought call logs from senators immediately before and after January 6 The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025
Jan. 6 probe analyzed GOP lawmakers' phone records, senators say - Roll Call Federal investigators collected and analyzed call records from the personal cell phones of nine GOP lawmakers, senators said. Roll Call · Oct 6, 2025
Trump open to bipartisan health care deal to end shutdown - Roll Call In impromptu remarks, Trump signals willingness to continue expanded premium tax credits for coverage purchased on government-run exchanges. Roll Call · Oct 6, 2025
Why “the 26 words that made the internet” may not protect Big Tech in the AI age Section 230's liability protections may not apply to AI chatbot outputs, legal experts say. Fortune · Oct 3, 2025
Roll Call · Oct 3, 2025 Cruz 'sandbox' plan for AI draws support, detractors - Roll Call Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz's proposal for AI companies to seek regulatory waivers from the White House is popular with Big Tech.
International Business Times · Oct 3, 2025 Boeing Pushes Replacement Hires as 3,200 Workers Remain on Strike Boeing begins training replacement workers as 3,200 St. Louis defense employees remain on strike over contract disputes.
The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2025 Trump administration approves generic version of abortion pill after RFK Jr had FDA review drug’s safety The drug will now be produced by Evita Solutions LLC, which describes its mission as being to ‘normalize abortion’
Reason · Oct 2, 2025 Josh Hawley and Democrat Allies Target AI With New Legal and Regulatory Regime Two bills recently introduced by Hawley would set American AI and the economy back.
Roll Call · Sep 30, 2025 Democrats appeal to GOP for lawmaker response to Comey case - Roll Call Democrats have sought to publicly appeal to congressional Republicans to respond to the indictment of former FBI Director James B. Comey.
Benzinga · Sep 24, 2025 Meta Defies Josh Hawley's Deadline To Submit Child Safety Records Involving AI Chatbots: 'The Silence Looks Evasive' Say Experts Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) has failed to meet a Senate deadline to provide records of its AI chatbot interactions with children, defying a request linked to the company’s internal policies.
Roll Call · Sep 22, 2025 Questions surround FCC’s authority as Kimmel set to return - Roll Call As ABC ends Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, the FCC's lone Democratic member says broacasters' public interest obligation needs new attention.
Roll Call · Sep 22, 2025 Lawmakers want driverless vehicle rules in transportation bill - Roll Call House lawmakers are working on legislation that would promote creation of a national safety regulatory framework for self-driving cars.
Roll Call · Sep 19, 2025 Rural health fund falls short of estimated Medicaid cuts - Roll Call FactCheck.org looks at a $50 billion fund that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kenndy Jr. says will “restore and revitalize” rural communities.
We Got This Covered · Sep 17, 2025 ‘We’re running them all down’: FBI claims Charlie Kirk’s suspected assassin wasn’t acting alone Many are already being interrogated while the FBI is tracking down more suspects.
Axios · Sep 16, 2025 Grieving parents press Congress to act on AI chatbots Parents of children who died by suicide or self-harmed after talking to AI chatbots urged Congress to take action Tuesday.