The House of Representatives has approved legislation designed to accelerate federal permitting for energy projects, data centers, advanced manufacturing facilities, and other infrastructure considered essential to America’s artificial intelligence ambitions. The Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act, better known as the SPEED Act, passed the House on December

The Trump administration says it has uncovered widespread abuse within the Affordable Care Act exchanges after years of weakened eligibility checks, questionable subsidies, and insurance policies allegedly created without the knowledge of the people enrolled. A Department of Health and Human Services report estimates that improper, fraudulent, and so-called

The sudden death of longtime South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham sent shockwaves through Washington and immediately triggered a high-stakes battle over who would succeed him in the U.S. Senate. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster initially appointed Graham’s younger sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to temporarily fill the vacancy

cting Attorney General Todd Blanche has pledged to review a Biden-era Justice Department opinion that cleared the way for abortion medication to be delivered through the mail, potentially reopening one of the most consequential legal disputes to emerge after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. In its 2022

President Donald Trump’s signature tax legislation is continuing to deliver financial relief for older Americans, including a new deduction that can reduce taxable income by as much as $6,000 per eligible senior. Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 4, 2025, after Republicans

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill disclosed Tuesday that a serious software failure in the state’s Motor Vehicle Commission system improperly registered approximately 6,600 non-U.S. citizens to vote, despite those individuals explicitly indicating that they were not citizens. The registrations occurred between June 2023 and June

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an Alaska pilot’s challenge to the government’s attempt to confiscate his $95,000 airplane over alcohol carried by a passenger on a flight that never left the ground. Although the facts surrounding Jouppi v. Alaska may sound unusual, the case raises

A Department of Homeland Security special agent and his wife were found dead at their New Jersey residence earlier this month in what authorities are investigating as an apparent murder-suicide. Sayreville police responded to a home on Glynn Court at approximately 8 p.m. on July 3, where officers

Questions surrounding Sen. Mitch McConnell’s prolonged absence from the Senate are continuing to intensify, with lawmakers from both parties demanding greater transparency about the Kentucky Republican’s health and ability to carry out his constitutional duties. The latest controversy erupted after McConnell’s office released a photograph showing the