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Census Battle: How This Lawsuit Could Change Political Power in Congress

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A federal lawsuit could be decided in early 2026 to require the Census Bureau to only count people rather than use statistical sampling—a move that could determine who controls Congress.  The 2020 Census overcounted the population of several Democrat-leaning states and undercounted the population of several Republican-leaning states. While the agency admitted this was an error, plaintiffs in the case of University of South Florida College Republicans et al. v. Lutnick allege that its method of sampling led to the inaccuracies in the Census—and, ultimately, to the wrong apportionment of seats in Congress. Commerce…

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Trump’s ‘Warrior Dividend’ for troops is housing money approved by Congress

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President Donald Trump’s “Warrior Dividend” bonus for service members, which he suggested would be funded by tariff revenue, is actually a one-time basic allowance for housing stipend already approved by Congress, according to a senior administration official. The $ 1,776 bonus payment Trump announced while addressing the nation Wednesday night will be paid using funds Congress appropriated to the Defense Department in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was passed into law in July, to supplement the basic allowance for housing. Congress appropriated $ 2.9 billion to supplement the…

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Grassroots campaign puts pressure on Congress to pass ‘Pay Our Troops Act’

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An advocacy group representing service members and their families nationwide has launched a campaign encouraging the public to contact their members of Congress in support of the Pay Our Troops Act of 2026.  The National Military Family Association says more than 10,000 letters have already been sent to Congress through its Military Family Action Center, urging lawmakers to pass the bill that would ensure that troops, Defense Department civilians and Coast Guard members continue to receive pay and benefits during this shutdown. The advocacy group made it easy for the…

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Trump blocks $4.9B in foreign aid Congress OK’d, using maneuver last seen nearly 50 years ago

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has told House Speaker Mike Johnson that he won’t be spending $ 4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid, effectively cutting the budget without going through the legislative branch. Trump, who sent a letter to Johnson, R-La., on Thursday, is using what’s known as a pocket rescission — when a president submits a request to Congress to not spend approved funds toward the end of the fiscal year, so Congress cannot act on the request in a 45-day timeframe and the money goes unspent…

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GAO responds to Congress on suggested changes to the bid protest function

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Interview transcript: Terry Gerton So we’re going to talk about Section 885. It’s in the 2025 National Defense Authorization. It got some press when that bill was passed. Can you refresh our memory about what this requires? Eric Crusius Sure, and this kind of has a longer history. For many years, Congress has been looking at curtailing protests and seeing if protests kind of get in the way of the efficient use of the procurement system, so to speak. There was a Section 809 panel a number of years ago.…

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Inside the battle for control of the Library of Congress

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Interview transcript: Terry Gerton There’s been a lot of conversation lately about the Library of Congress. And you’ve written about the current clash between the Trump administration and Congress and the library itself. Can you just give us a quick history of how the Library of Congress came to be and what its relationship normally is? Kevin Kosar The Library of Congress was born about 225 years ago. It was established by an act of Congress: Members realized that if they were going to legislate and legislate intelligently, it would…

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