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Civil Discourse – Two Days On The Hill: ICE & Pam Bondi – Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Two Days On The Hill: ICE & Pam Bondi By Joyce Vance, Feb 11, 2026 Writing this newsletter isn’t always easy. But it feels important to me, every day. If my work resonates with you and you want to support it, subscribing to Civil Discourse makes it possible for me…
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War Powers: Senate Approves Act Blocking Trump in Venezuela – TIME
Subscribe, Jan 8, 2026 9:13 AM PT Senate Backs War Powers Measure Intended to Block Trump in Venezuela By Nik Popli, Reporter The Republican-led Senate on Thursday backed a resolution seeking to curb President Donald Trump’s ability to carry out further military action against Venezuela without congressional approval, delivering a largely symbolic rebuke from lawmakers…
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Science funding was hit in 2025. What does that mean for the future? – Consider This from NPR – NPR
Consider This from NPR Science funding was hit in 2025. What does that mean for the future? December 23, 20254:27 PM ET, 11-Minute Listen Transcript 2025 was a hard year for science. The Trump administration upended federal funding for all kinds of scientific pursuits, slashing budgets across agencies like NASA, NIH and NOAA. PR’s Rob Stein…
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Letters from an American – December 20, 2025 – Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American, December 20, 2025 By Heather Cox Richardson, Dec 20, 2025 On November 19, 2025, Congress passed H.R. 4405, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and although there was none of the usual publicity and fanfare President Donald Trump enjoys around a bill signing, the White House said that Trump signed it the…
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Congress Passes Laws; Trump Administration Ignores Some of Them – GovTrack.us
Tracking Congress & the White House Legislative Recap Dec. 19, 2025: Congress Passes Laws; Trump Administration Ignores Some of Them » Congress Passes Laws; Trump Administration Ignores Some of Them Get Legislative Recap Updates In Your Inbox! Sign up (it’s free!) to get posts like this straight to your inbox. You’ll be able to choose…
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Letters from an American – November 11, 2025 – Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American, November 11, 2025 By Heather Cox Richardson, Nov 11, 2025 In 1918, at the end of four years of World War I’s devastation, leaders negotiated for the guns in Europe to fall silent once and for all on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. It was…
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Judge Berates Justice Dept. in Its Prosecution of Comey – The New York Times
Judge Berates Justice Dept. in Its Prosecution of Comey The flashpoint was the Justice Department’s failure to turn over seized communications from a confidant of Mr. Comey’s, Daniel C. Richman, a law professor at Columbia University. Listen to this article · 6:23 min Learn more By Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer – Glenn Thrush reported…
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Letters from an American – November 1, 2025 – by Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American, November 1, 2025 By Heather Cox Richardson, Nov 01, 2025 Yesterday I wrote that President Donald J. Trump’s celebration of his new marble bathroom in the White House was so tone deaf at a time when federal employees are working without pay, furloughed workers are taking out bank loans to pay…
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You Are Here – GovTrack.us
govtrack.us Tracking Congress & the White House Search GovTrack for Legislative Recap Oct. 24, 2025: You Are Here » Get Legislative Recap Updates In Your Inbox! Sign up (it’s free!) to get posts like this straight to your inbox. You’ll be able to choose posts from these categories: Legislative Recap – Legislative Preview…
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How Democrats learned to stop worrying and embrace the shutdown – Axios
Newsletters 2 hours ago – Politics & Policy How Democrats learned to stop worrying and shut it all down By Andrew Solender Shutting down the government is about more than health care for congressional Democrats. It’s about the very future of their party. Why it matters: To combat Trump and regain the trust of their…
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Back in Business – U.S. Congress – GovTrak.us
Back in Business Sept. 5, 2025 · by Amy West Ongoing Business Rep. Massie’s (R-KY4) discharge petition to force a vote on releasing all of the Department of Justice’s files on Jeffrey Epstein now has 215 co-sponsors. It needs 218. Only three other Republicans have signed on and they can always remove their names if…
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Try and Stop Me – GovTrack.us
News From Us Legislative Preview Try and Stop Me Sept. 3, 2025 · by Amy West House and Senate Return The House has 12 committee meetings scheduled. On Tuesday, there will be a Rules Committee meeting to set debate rules for three resolutions canceling Biden Administration regulations and for the Energy and Water Development and…
