Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., who co-chaired the prior Congress’s House AI Task Force, said on Wednesday that he is “really optimistic” about Congress’s ability to pass substantial AI legislation and plans to reintroduce the Creating Resources for Every American To Experiment with AI Act (CREATE AI Act). […]

The inaugural hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee’s panel on digital assets took a stab at legislation that would regulate the crypto market while prioritizing the stability of stablecoin and consumer protection.   […]

Democratic members of the House Homeland Security Committee said today they are pulling their support for legislation that aims to build the cybersecurity workforce, citing their opposition to widespread Federal employee layoffs being instituted by the Trump administration.   […]

Members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee clashed on Tuesday over the impacts of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), mounting Federal worker firings, and defense spending levels, with one Republican member predicting that the current turmoil at Federal agencies may be the “tip of the iceberg.” […]

While the Trump administration plans to reshuffle funding priorities at the Defense Department (DoD) and eliminate “unnecessary” programs, President Trump’s nominee for the Pentagon’s second-highest civilian position, Steve Feinberg, assured lawmakers today that advancing autonomous capabilities would remain a top priority if he is confirmed – suggesting that the agency’s Replicator initiative may be continuing on a safer funding track. […]

House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member Gerry Connolly, D-Va., demanded today in a letter to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that OPM rescind its memo issued earlier this month that redesignated Federal agency chief information officer (CIO) positions. […]

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., chair of the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, and Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, have sent several letters to national intelligence officials seeking an update on efforts to declassify documents related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), more commonly known as UFOs. […]

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are considering expanding a ban on preventing all foreign-born nationals from adversarial nations from working in the Department of Energy’s (DoE) 17 national labs, citing risks of espionage.   […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) is gearing up to cut $50 billion over the next five years from its current budget lines in order to shift funding to “higher priority defense projects” that would align with President Donald Trump’s “achieve peace through strength” mandate. […]

Former Federal agency inspectors general (IGs) who were fired by President Donald Trump have filed a lawsuit to get their jobs back, claiming that the Trump administration violated Federal law in getting rid of them. […]

A group of House Republicans has established a data privacy working group that aims to develop a comprehensive national data privacy standard, the House Energy and Commerce Committee said on Feb. 12.  […]

A bicameral pair of Republican legislators has introduced legislation that they say will restore presidential authority to reorganize the Federal government and eliminate agencies.   […]

The House Oversight and Reform Committee’s Delivering on Government Efficiency subcommittee quickly found a flashpoint – Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk – during its inaugural hearing today, with subcommittee Republicans hailing DOGE aims and Democratic members calling for the removal of “Musk and his hackers.”  […]

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., today outlined her priorities for the 119th Congress to take on major technology areas including increased investment and regulation in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), and quantum science. […]

Federal workers and Democratic lawmakers rallied today to protest President Trump’s deferred resignation offer to government employees, calling the campaign an unlawful attack on the civil service and condemning the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) – which has served as a tip on the spear of the administration’s job-cutting efforts – as more chaotic than effective.  […]

Witnesses at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Thursday called for putting in place improved identity authentication measures for unemployment insurance (UI) programs as a way to cut down on UI program fraud.    […]

A group of 21 House Democrats issued a plea today to several Federal agency inspectors general (IG) to probe recent revelations that employees of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have “gained access to protected government networks and sensitive data” at agencies including the Treasury Department, General Services Administration (GSA), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) […]

Democratic and Republican members of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee clashed on Wednesday on a range of tech and science topics including Federal grant funding and the Trump administration’s recent push to gut government diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. […]

Democratic members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee conducted an ultimately unsuccessful exercise today to round up enough votes to authorize a subpoena for Elon Musk to appear before the committee to explain recent actions of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) organization that he runs at the direction of President Donald Trump. […]

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted 16-12 on Wednesday to advance President Donald Trump’s nomination of Howard Lutnick to run the Commerce Department. […]

The Senate Committee on Finance voted 14-13 along party lines today to advance the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). […]

House and Senate Democratic lawmakers put up a united front today against the apparent seizure and possible shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) by President Donald and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk, which has put billions in humanitarian aid at risk.   […]

A senator from Missouri introduced legislation on Jan. 29 to prevent artificial intelligence technology and intellectual property imports from China from coming into the United States.   […]

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., has reintroduced legislation that would require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of Defense (DoD) to update Federal acquisition policies so that all federal contractors are required to implement vulnerability disclosure policies (VDPs) that comply with National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines.   […]

Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee voted 11-0 on Thursday to advance the nomination of Russell Vought to serve as director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), while Democratic members of the committee boycotted the vote in protest. […]

Bipartisan leadership of the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote a letter to President Trump on Tuesday demanding an explanation for the president’s reported firing of 18 Federal agency inspectors general (IGs) on Jan. 24. […]

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., a leading voice on cybersecurity issues in Congress, announced on Tuesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026. […]

Rep. Dale Strong, R-Ala., on Jan. 23 reintroduced his Strategic Homeland Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend (SHIELD) against the CCP Act, which would create a working group within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to monitor and respond to threats from China. […]

Prominent House and Senate Democrats over the weekend tore into the Trump administration’s surprise dismissal of at least 16 inspectors general (IGs) at major Federal agencies late on Friday and said those moves run contrary to the law – at least in the short term. […]

President Trump’s nominations of Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA are look to be in good shape for final Senate confirmation as soon as today, after wide majorities on two Senate committees voted to approve both of the nominations. […]