The Trump administration’s proposed fiscal 2026 budget for the Department of Homeland Security calls for a $4.6 billion increase in overall funding—but also includes cuts to staffing, FEMA grants, and ...

The IRS has already lost more than 26,000 employees this year—and the administration’s latest budget proposal would shrink the agency even further. Meanwhile, more than half of the Inflation Reduction ...

POLITICO Pro breaks down how a wide-ranging House GOP proposal would affect clean energy tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act—and what’s at stake for key sectors over the next decade. A major ...

Lawmakers failed to resolve several key defense spending and policy battles ahead of the November elections, leaving unresolved issues that will dominate the upcoming lame-duck session. Chief among ...

The Biden administration has navigated a sometimes uneasy balance of seeding clean energy projects while limiting the growth of fossil fuel production on federal land and waters. But the Inflation ...

POLITICO’s Policy Intelligence Assistant takes your policy impact to the next level, introducing a suite of report building tools to help you demonstrate your expertise— the AI-Enabled Policy Report ...

Susan Monarez, the deputy director for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health since January 2023, has been tapped as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...

Most of President Donald Trump’s 54 executive actions issued during his first week involved restructuring the government, addressing immigration and repealing diversity programs. Fill out the form to ...

The big news out of Russell Vought’s second confirmation hearing before the Senate Budget Committee was impoundment. From emergency wildfire dollars to foreign aid and beyond, Democrats repeatedly ...

The special session agreement would fund litigation against the incoming White House and award grants to non-profit legal groups. Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislative leaders have agreed to set ...

How we got here: Among the new members, the freshmen class of the 119th Congress will include at least 40 Democrats — 34 in the House and six in the Senate — and 38 Republicans — 32 in the House and ...