State of the Shutdown: Updates We’ve Been Watching
CR Overview The threat of a government shutdown continues to loom over Washington after a week of dueling proposals. The Republican stopgap was rejected by Democrats on a 48-44 vote...
MAHA Commission Report Released
The Make America Healthy Again Commission unveiled its second strategy document this afternoon, closely mirroring the draft circulated to industry groups last month. The plan identifies 128 recommendations to tackle...
Court Rules IEEPA Tariffs Unlawful, but Stays Relief Pending Remand to Trade Court
A late Friday, August 29 ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has declared most of President Donald J. Trump’s global tariffs to be illegal,...
Leaked MAHA Document Outlines Sweeping Federal Strategy on Childhood Chronic Disease
A draft of the Trump Administration’s Make Our Children Healthy Again (MAHA) Strategy, the much-anticipated follow-on to the May 2025 MAHA Assessment, was leaked Friday afternoon, providing an initial view...
New Executive Order Aims to Fortify the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
The global pharmaceutical supply chain, once an interconnected and largely invisible network, has been a growing topic of national security concern. The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the vulnerabilities of this...
What’s Left on Washington’s Agenda Before the Clock Runs Out?
Congress has been racing against the clock to check off as many items on its legislative to-do list as possible ahead of the August recess. Most notably, President Trump has...
President Trump Levying New Tariffs
President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. will impose 25% tariffs on goods from Japan and South Korea, and a 50% levy on Brazil, effective August 1st. As well as threatening a 35%...
Trade Alert: Trump Announces New Tariff Deadline of August 1st
President Donald Trump revealed that the U.S. will impose 25% tariffs on goods from Japan and South Korea beginning August 1. This decision marks the beginning of a new wave...
House Rescission Package Deep-Dive
Background: A rescission package refers to a proposal by the President to cancel or amend previously approved government spending, often targeting specific programs already set in place. In simple terms,...
House Passes a $9.4 Billion Rescission Package in funding for Foreign Aid, NPR, PBS
On Thursday, June 12th, the House approved a rescissions package request from the White House to rescind funding for NPR, PBS, and international aid that lawmakers had previously approved. In...
From Allies to Adversaries: The Trump-Musk Fallout and Its Implications
In a dramatic turn of events, the once-strong alliance between President Donald Trump and tech mogul Elon Musk has unraveled, revealing deep fissures that could have significant ramifications for politics,...
US Court of International Trade Strikes Down Trump Administration Tariffs
In a landmark decision on May 28, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority by imposing broad tariffs under the International Emergency...
CIT Strikes down ‘Liberation Day’ IEEPA Tariffs
On May 28, 2025, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued a unanimous ruling striking down President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs. These tariffs, announced via Executive Order 14257...
White House Releases The Make America Healthy Again Report
At the request of the White House, the newly established Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission has released a sweeping policy assessment titled “Make Our Children Healthy Again.” The report...
Bill Analysis: The Big, Beautiful Bill Act Advances to Senate
President Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ narrowly cleared the House of Representatives on Thursday morning, advancing a major legislative package designed to prevent a year-end tax increase and adjust several...
