How Congress Kills a Federal Rule Without Writing New Law
The Congressional Review Act's power sits in a 60-day clock and a 10-hour Senate debate cap, not in the vote itself.
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Senate Confirms Todd Blanche as Attorney General 50-49
An overnight party-line vote elevates the president's former personal criminal defense lawyer to run the Justice Department over unanimous Democratic opposition.
Naomi BergmanNew Order Tightens Pentagon Rules on Foreign Critical Materials
Executive Order 14416 narrows waivers that let defense contractors buy strategic materials from covered foreign nations and orders a supply-chain mapping rulemaking.
Naomi BergmanSenate Passes $70 Billion Immigration Enforcement Package
A 52-47 reconciliation vote routes roughly $38.5 billion to ICE and $26 billion to border operations, the largest single expansion of enforcement funding on record.
Naomi BergmanGAO's Annual Report Counts $132 Billion in Unclaimed Savings
The 16th yearly duplication report identifies 610 unresolved fixes across federal programs and a savings estimate that keeps growing faster than Congress acts.
Naomi BergmanSupreme Court Takes Up Colorado Preschool Exclusion Case
The justices agreed on April 20, 2026 to decide whether Colorado may exclude Catholic preschools from its universal program over same-sex-parent admissions policies.
Naomi BergmanSenate Kills 20-Year Mining Ban Near Boundary Waters
A 50-49 vote approves a Congressional Review Act resolution nullifying the federal land withdrawal that shielded the Rainy River watershed from copper-nickel mining.
Naomi BergmanSenate Confirms Markwayne Mullin to Run Homeland Security
The 54-45 vote hands the senator from Oklahoma the largest reorganization and enforcement portfolio in the cabinet mid-shutdown.
Naomi BergmanSupreme Court Rules IEEPA Does Not Authorize Tariffs
A 6-3 decision in Learning Resources v. Trump strips the emergency-powers basis for the administration's global tariffs and forces a rewrite of trade policy.
Naomi BergmanSupreme Court Blocks Texas Guard Deployment to Illinois
The Court's 6-3 order in Trump v. Illinois leaves troops barred from the Chicago area and hands federalism limits real teeth.
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