Policy

House Democrats Want Answers on Trump’s ‘Reckless’ English-Only Order

By Shifra Dayak
Trump Is Trying to Cut the Public Out of Federal Rulemaking

By Claire Heddles and Anna Kramer
A Conservative Law Firm Is Suing Trump Over Tariffs as Most Republicans Hold Their Fire

By Claire Heddles
Trump’s Order Bolstering Coal Looks a Lot Like a Kentucky Law

By Anna Kramer
Trump’s Tariffs Are Costing Republican Donors. Will They Cost GOP Campaigns Next?

By Alex Roarty and Taylor Giorno
Israel’s Democratic Allies: Gaza Protesters Deserve Due Process — And to Possibly Lose Their Visas

By Casey Murray
Trump’s Trade Official Didn’t Offer Senators a Lot of Reassurances Tariffs Will Be Over Quickly

By Haley Byrd Wilt
California Democrats Blast RFK Jr. For Canceling the State’s Cash Welfare Pilot Program

By Samuel Larreal
‘Deeply incoherent’: Donald Trump’s Tariffs Are Colliding with Trump’s Energy Agenda

By Anna Kramer
Republicans in Congress Can Stop Trump’s Tariffs — But They Don’t Want To

By Emily Kennard, Helen Huiskes and Haley Byrd Wilt
The Government Quietly Changed How It’s Enacting a Forced Labor Import Ban

By Haley Byrd Wilt
Are DOGE Cuts Putting Trump’s ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Edict at Risk?

By Anna Kramer
Republicans Write Off — And Praise — Trump’s Tariffs as Part of His Mandate

By Haley Byrd Wilt
The Tax Lobby Is Gunning for the End of Free Direct File

By Taylor Giorno
DOGE’s Multibillion-Dollar Contract Cuts Are Hitting Blue Districts Hardest

By Mark Alfred
Congress — And the World — Braces for Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs

By Haley Byrd Wilt
Democrats Say the Housing Department Shouldn’t Take a Role in Immigration Enforcement

By Amelia Benavides-Colón
Trump’s Push Against Federal Workers’ Collective Bargaining Hits a Nerve at the TSA

By Torrence Banks
Republicans Are Hyping Unprecedented IRS Data Sharing, Despite Privacy Concerns

By Casey Murray
DOGE is Slashing HHS Personnel and Health Projects. States Are Already Feeling the Strain.

By Mark Alfred and Margaret Manto
Anti-Abortion Activists Think Reconciliation Is Their Best Shot for Defunding Planned Parenthood

By Oriana González
The Department of Health and Human Services Is Facing Major Cuts — And DOGE Is Already at NIH

By Margaret Manto
Trump’s FTC Chair Once Said He’d Follow a Court Precedent That Barred Presidents From Firing Commissioners

By Claire Heddles and Samuel Larreal
Housing Advocates Discuss How They Can Push Back Against Trump’s HUD Cuts

By Amelia Benavides-Colón
Religious Freedom Advocates Are at Odds With the White House

By Haley Byrd Wilt
Democrats Say They’re Furious Over FTC Firings — But Maybe Not Furious Enough to Block Trump’s Nominee

By Samuel Larreal and Claire Heddles
Conservatives Don’t Know What to Do About The U.S.’s Declining Birth Rate

By Emily Kennard
HHS Pulled Funds for HIV Research at 22 Universities

By Mark Alfred
Trump’s Faith Office Is Rallying Its Allies, While Others Feel Out In the Cold

By Helen Huiskes
Immigration Advocates Are Struggling to Force an ‘Inflection Point’ on Deportations

By Casey Murray