Bloomberg Government

The House won’t vote on a spy powers extension next week, punting work on the soon-to-expire surveillance measure until mid-April when the chamber returns from its two-week Easter recess. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

Senators plan to meet again Friday with border czar Tom Homan on funding the Department of Homeland Security as pressure ramps up on lawmakers to end the agency’s shutdown. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

President Donald Trump’s surgeon general nominee might not have a clear path forward as four Republican senators expressed uncertainty about their support this week. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

Lobbying on artificial intelligence was already surging — the White House’s new pitch to Congress will catapult it even higher on K Street. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

From her position of safety, Gov. Kathy Hochul is picking a fight with progressive Democrats in New York, trying to weaken a landmark climate law in the name of bringing down the cost of living. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

President Donald Trump called on lawmakers to pass a long-delayed farm bill in a Friday post to his social media platform Truth Social. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

President Donald Trump released a national framework for regulating artificial intelligence on Friday, laying the groundwork for Congress to create a federal standard for the rapidly growing technology. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

State and local governments, frustrated over the failure of the White House and Congress to do more to address affordability, are increasingly taking steps themselves to address cost of living concerns. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

The House Freedom Caucus’s fundraising operation has spent $1.04 million to promote the passage of the SAVE Act, backed by President Donald Trump. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

Trump Gives Oversight of Federal Student Loans to Treasury news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

NY, California Push to End Food Ingredient Reporting ‘Loophole’ news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

The Senate could cancel its next recess if the Department of Homeland Security is still shut down, Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Thursday. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren called on Kevin Warsh, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, to explain references to him in Justice Department files on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin wants to bar crypto companies from finding salvation with the federal government if the industry is on the verge of collapse or causes an economic crash. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

Texas Republicans are divided, and President Donald Trump’s silence about a top-tier Senate race is creating a larger gap as Democrats try to make good on their decades-long goal of turning Texas blue. @AlexSamuelsx5 breaks it down: bit.ly/4rJvKtb

Every House Democrat is expected to oppose a procedural vote on an extension of spy powers, complicating GOP leaders’ plan to renew the authorization ahead of an April expiration. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

A group of civil rights, public policy, and advocacy groups is urging Congress to provide new funding for the Pell Grant program as the low-income student aid initiative faces a shortfall of billions of dollars. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

Defense chief Pete Hegseth on Thursday said a request for $200 billion in supplemental funding to finance operations in Iran could shift. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

Vice President JD Vance is carefully navigating his defense of President Donald Trump‘s foreign policy decisions, including ongoing military operations in Iran, ahead of a possible 2028 presidential run. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

The crypto industry’s super PAC network lost in its biggest-spending race so far this election cycle, prompting questions about the sector’s influence on the midterms and buoying its policy opponents in Washington. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…