Federal Bills, Hearings, Regulations & Executive Orders
Associate Editor Spencer Klavan reads “The Founders’ Cups,” Sam Schneider’s piece featured in the spring 2026 issue.
Host Spencer Klavan and professor of politics at Washington and Lee University Lucas Morel discuss Abraham Lincoln’s history-making interpretation of the Declaration of Independence.
OnApril 7, the United States and Iran formally agreed to a ceasefire, bringing the nearly seven weeks of fighting in the Middle East to a temporary pause. Still, the path to a more permanent peace rem...
May 30, 2025 – April 20, 2026IF13013 Congresshasbroadauthorityto regulatemany aspectsof the administration offederal elections. Members might sometimes wish to influence state or local policy on a...
Ten years ago, the emerging conventional wisdom among many defense planners was that the United States Army would not servea meaningful rolein a potential conflict with China—that there would be littl...
Just as soon as the missiles stopped falling in Israel due to the two-week ceasefire, prosecutors are dragging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu back to court to watch his endless criminal trial. This...
After 16 years at the helm, Victor Orbán’s defeat in Hungary’s elections on April 12th marks a political turning point at home. But across Europe—especially on the right—his once-derided migration pol...
September 26, 2023 – April 20, 2026IF12501 State and local election offices sometimes receive private donations of money, goods, or services to help them carry out their work. Following the onset ...
A human rights tribunal in British Columbia recentlyfineda man $750,000 for public statements he made opposing a school board’s promotion of gender ideology. The tribunal found his comments, speeches,...
In recent years, sharp-eyed parents and investigative reporters have exposed the racial resentment and antisemitism prevalent in DEI. But as public opinion and policymaking turn against this racial di...
While families struggle with high gas prices in the wake of the Iran war, many American workers are getting help this year from an unlikely place: the Internal Revenue Service. Tax refunds from the IR...
July 25, 2022 – April 20, 2026R47194 The United States has approximately 624,000 bridges longer than 20 feet on public roads. About 48% of these bridges are owned by state governments and 50% by l...
Newdatafrom the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms what demographers have been watching with growing alarm: American women are having fewer children than ever before. The U.S. fertili...
December 21, 2020 – April 20, 2026R46646 States and localities have primary responsibility for administering elections in the United States, but Congress has tools it can use to support or shape t...
The U.S. Courts of Appeals for the thirteen "circuits" issue thousands of precedential decisions each year. Because relatively few of these decisions are ultimately reviewed by the Supreme Court, the ...
On March 15, 2026, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS's)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) andFood and Drug Administration(FDA) and certainstate public health official...
May 10, 2018 – April 20, 2026IF10753 ENERGY STAR® is an internationally recognized voluntary labeling program for energy-efficient products, homes, buildings, and manufacturing plants that is man...
How public schools should treat transgender students hasgeneratedsubstantialdebate, raising legal questions in contexts such as bathroom access, athletics participation, and pronoun usage. One particu...
The federal judiciary's FY2027 budget request was made public by the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts on March 25, 2026. The request seeks $9.7 billion in discretionary funding (an increase of 4.9...
August 8, 2019 – April 20, 2026IF11286 Foreignefforts to interfere in the 2016 electionshighlighted the potential for threats to the technologies, facilities, and processes used to administer elec...