Federal Bills, Hearings, Regulations & Executive Orders
Spencer Klavan defends NPR’s best offering.
Feminists have spent decades arguing that women should have the freedom to choose in their own lives. Yet those who choose marriage, motherhood, and homemaking often receive the harshest criticism for...
September 8, 2025 – August 25, 2026IF13098 Congress has debated various measures to generate additional funds for the National Park System in light of a large backlog ofdeferred maintenanceon syst...
Associate Editor Spencer Klavan reads “Bursting the Bubble,” Michael Barone’s review of 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation, featured in the Claremont ...
In 2023, Jason Arday was celebrated as the youngest black professor ever hired by England’s Cambridge University. Three years later, he stood accused of plagiarism, shoddy scholarship, incomprehensibl...
For nearly 20 years, Section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended, has authorized a benefit for borrowers of federal Direct Loan program student loans commonly knownas Public S...
April 24, 2023 – August 25, 2026IF12386 Executive branch action may be subject to both judicial and congressional review. Two federal statutes authorizing such review are the Administrative Proced...
The People's Republic of China (PRC or China) uses diplomacy to influence governments, publics, international organizations, and international affairs across the world. Under Communist Party of China ...
February 23, 2017 – August 25, 2026IF10607 Multiple Asian governments assert sovereignty over rocks, reefs, and other geographic features in the heavily trafficked South China Sea (SCS), with the ...
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA, codified in Title 8 of the U.S. Code) sets forth rules governing the selection of the country to which an alien ordered removed may be transferred.Aliens foun...
TheEconomic Development Administration(EDA), a bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), was established toassist state and local stakeholderswith developing the conditions and amenities to gro...
The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), a bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), was established pursuant to the enactment of the Public Works and Economic Development Act (PWEDA...
The Economic Development Administration (EDA), a bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), is the only federal agency with economic development as its sole mission. The agency was established p...
February 25, 2021 – August 24, 2026IF11772 Several federal programs compensate local jurisdictions for the presence of nontaxable federal lands. The widest-ranging program is the Department of the...
April 25, 2023 – August 24, 2026R47521 Electricity is of perennial interest to Congress, especially the policy issues of reliability, security, affordability, and greenhouse gas emissions. The ele...
Online platforms such as social media sites allow users to communicate with billions around the world. The platforms are significant forums for speech, enabling users to share their own content as wel...
October 30, 2015 – August 24, 2026R44178 In 2001,P.L. 107-89designated September 11 as Patriot Day to honor the individuals who lost their lives as a result of the terrorist attacks against the Un...
The Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations billâoften called theInterior billâcontains funding for about three dozen agencies and entities. They include most of the Department ...
As Congress continues to exercise oversight over the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an area for consideration is the FCC's ability to influence the operations of broadcast television (TV) ne...
September 30, 2025 – August 24, 2026IF13119 The National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) is a 23-million-acre area in northern Alaska owned and administered by the federal government. Original...