Policies & Impacts

After more than 200 hearings failed to enact any of the 415 proposed bills, it will be up to the next Congress to put words into action on critical minerals.

Businesses are set to pay higher payroll taxes that increase annually until the debt is repaid.

A simple straight line between supply and demand illustrates why XL was—and is—needed, says one expert.

‘The Select Committee’s bipartisan efforts have brought critical attention to the CCP’s widespread human rights abuses,’ the groups say in a letter.

One of the world’s busiest and most significant shipping routes, the Panama Canal cuts weeks of transit time off trade and travel.

Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin says the high court ‘is mired in an ethical crisis of its own making.’

Most businesses—big and small—are anticipating 2025 will be a good year for them as a businessman-at-heart retakes the White House. But a few express concerns.

The air travelers fighting the terrorist watchlist program say it was never explicitly authorized by Congress.

The fifth and sixth rate hikes of the year were approved for Pacific Gas and Electric, affecting about 16 million Californians.

The bill eliminates two provisions that prevented public sector employees from receiving full Social Security benefits, which their unions strongly opposed.

Neither Russia nor communist China have signed the accords. The United States is the only signatory with human spaceflight capabilities.

ICE’s annual report released Dec. 19 showed more than 271,000 deportations in fiscal year 2024.

The billboard ads will highlight the dangers of making the journey to the U.S. southern border.

Some consumer advocates are concerned that rates will increase to pay back the infrastructure loan.

The new deal was negotiated after Trump opposed a previous bill.

The FDA says it updated the criteria for ‘healthy’ food labels to allow consumers to make more informed choices to combat diet-related chronic diseases.

Surging demand poses a risk to the electrical grid over the next decade.

Judge Michael Ponsor said in a newspaper column that Justice Samuel Alito should have known that flying certain flags would be politically provocative.

Musk, Ramaswamy, Thiel, and other technologists put their fingerprints on the transition process.