ICE detention hit a record 70,766 in January 2026, with about 70% of detainees having no criminal conviction, according to data from TRAC. The surge was funded by $75 billion in new money in 2025 and …
The CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service program, a federal initiative that has supplied nearly 5,000 cybersecurity professionals to the government over 25 years, is adapting its curriculum to address …
The House of Representatives passed a concurrent resolution on June 3 directing President Donald Trump to remove U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran, with four Republicans joining Democrats in t…
Congress has failed to pass comprehensive tech regulation for decades, while states like California are moving to regulate AI risks such as privacy violations, job losses, and existential threats. AI …
Republican Senator Jim Banks of Indiana urged the Trump administration on June 5 to incorporate risks of autonomous AI self-improvement into federal testing frameworks. Banks' letter backed a recent A…
A federal government attorney argued Friday that courts cannot halt construction of a $400 million White House ballroom once work is underway, asserting that only Congress has the authority to stop th…
Senior US officials have held preliminary discussions with major AI companies about the federal government acquiring shares in firms building frontier AI, according to a report by NOTUS. OpenAI CEO Sa…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is urging Congress to increase federal funding for AI testing at the Commerce Department while opposing any requirement for AI companies to obtain government approval before rele…
California faces a looming health care crisis as federal cuts from HR 1 threaten to eliminate $7 billion in annual Medicaid funding, impacting 15 million Medi-Cal recipients. State leaders warn the ca…
Utah Republican congressional candidates Celeste Maloy and Phil Lyman called Monday for Congress to impose constraints on President Donald Trump's military actions in Iran, arguing lawmakers must auth…
The Trump White House released its National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence on March 20, 2026, sending Congress a seven-point legislative blueprint designed to establish federal AI standa…
A federal judge ruled Friday that the Kennedy Center board illegally added President Donald Trump’s name to the building and blocked the administration from closing the venue for renovations, finding …
Polymarket bettors assign a 13% probability that the U.S. Congress will pass a comprehensive AI safety bill before the end of 2027, with "Yes" shares trading at 13 cents. The prediction market has att…
A newly created intelligence agency of Congress, the U.S. Capitol Police Intelligence Services Bureau, issued an internal report in April warning that legislators face potential threats from public op…
The Illinois House of Representatives passed SB 315 on Wednesday, requiring frontier AI labs like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind to undergo third-party safety audits. The bill, which Governor …
The U.S. Congress has introduced over 100 AI-related bills in the past two years, but only one standalone measure—the Take It Down Act—has become law. Structural hurdles, fragmented committee jurisdic…