And more from the last few weeks...

Party leaders view her candidacy as key to winning Senate control.

Progressives designed reforms to stop government abuse in the 1960s. Those same protections now make it nearly impossible to build infrastructure.

It looks, at this moment, as if the headline of the year will circle around the eye-watering fraud perpetrated by Somalis

Democratic officials around the country apparently hope to intimidate the federal government over the enforcement of federal immigration law.

(01/12/2026)

A resolution designating November 2025 as "National Lung Cancer Awareness Month" and expressing support for early detection and treatment of lung cancer. (01/12/2026)

Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act (01/12/2026)

President Trump’s fixation on Venezuela’s oil raises the question of how much “energy dominance” is really worth nowadays.

President Trump suggested that Renee Good’s “highly disrespectful” attitude toward law enforcement played a role in her fatal shooting by an ICE agent.

Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.”

Former department officials warned that such a broad inquiry raised the specter that forms of political protests could be criminalized.

The Customs and Border Protection officers are joining 2,000 other officers and agents at the Department of Homeland Security who have recently been deployed to the Minneapolis region.

The president appears skeptical about Americans’ concerns. How will voters respond?

Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 (01/12/2026)

AGOA Extension Act (01/12/2026)

Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act (01/12/2026)