Senate eyes NDAA passage next week amid aviation safety worries - Roll Call Senate leaders plan for the chamber to vote next week to clear the bicameral compromise defense policy bill for Trump’s signature. Roll Call · Dec 12, 2025
Senator says FAA administrator failed to sell multimillion-dollar airline stake as promised A Democratic Senator says the head of the Federal Aviation Administration has not sold off his multimillion-dollar stake in the airline he led since 1999 despite a promise to do so as part of his ethics agreement The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2025
Senators seek to change bill that allows military to operate just like before the DC plane crash Senators from both parties are pushing to change a defense bill after crash investigators and victims' families warned it could undo key safety reforms The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025
Senate panel advances nominee in his second run to lead NASA - Roll Call The Senate Commerce Committee easily advanced Jared Isaacman to lead NASA in his second run for the job. His initial nomination was withdrawn. Roll Call · Dec 8, 2025
NDAA makes exceptions on DC military flight restrictions - Roll Call Some had hoped to see stricter language on proximity transmission after this year’s deadly midair collision over the Potomac River. Roll Call · Dec 8, 2025
BP finds leak in major Pacific Northwest pipeline, resumes delivering fuel to Seattle-Tacoma airport Oil company BP has found the source of a leak in a major Pacific Northwest pipeline system The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2025
Pipeline in the pacific northwest is shutdown for a leak - what could it do to gas prices? The pipeline’s closure sent airlines scrambling to bring in enough fuel to transport travelers during the week of Thanksgiving The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2025
Senator demands answers on Northwest fuel pipeline shutdown that could affect Thanksgiving travel A federal lawmaker is demanding answers from BP about a petrochemical leak that forced the shutdown of a Pacific Northwest fuel pipeline The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2025
Big Ten denies Michigan regent's claim of coercion over $2.4 billion investment plan The Big Ten Conference has denied claims by a University of Michigan regent that Commissioner Tony Petitti threatened the school over a $2.4 billion investment plan The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025
With Big Ten $2.4B deal looming, lawmaker asks questions about tax-exempt status of college sports A lawmaker skeptical of the Big Ten’s proposed $2.4 billion deal with a private investor has requested a Congressional analysis of the tax consequences for the NCAA, its schools and conferences The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025
"Integrity crisis": Senate committee to investigate MLB over gambling scandal Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were indicted this month. Axios · Nov 17, 2025
When is a tariff not a tax? When I say so, Trump tells supreme court The fate of the US president’s signature, globe-rattling economic policy is in the hands of a court he shaped The Guardian - US · Nov 6, 2025
Tech execs give qualified backing to 'jawboning' legislation - Roll Call Google, Meta officials said they for now support Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz's plan for a bill that would target social media censorship. Roll Call · Oct 29, 2025
SEC's Greg Sankey rejects pooling conference TV rights as a solution to problems in college sports SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey expressed skepticism about pooling TV rights as a solution for college sports The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2025
The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2025 Senator's letter to Big Ten presidents: Private equity 'unlikely to align' with academic goals Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell sent a letter to Big Ten presidents, warning that a move into private equity could have negative consequences, including impacting the schools’ tax-exempt status
The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2025 College-reform bill could generate extra billions by allowing conferences to pool their TV rights Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash
Roll Call · Sep 25, 2025 Health insurance marketplace rate hikes top 20 percent in most states, Cantwell says - Roll Call In 29 states, rates for the top marketplace insurer are expected to increase at least 20 percent next year, according to the data.
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025 RFK Jr becomes an unlikely great uniter as Democrats and Republicans join forces to pounce on his pseudoscience ANALYSIS: Republicans, including leadership, mounted a show of force against a Trump Cabinet secretary. But he still seemed to brush it off, writes John Bowden
The Texas Tribune · Jul 31, 2025 Cruz introduces weather radio modernization bill with a new focus on flood communications This comes after Cruz voted in favor of the spending megabill that rescinded funds for NOAA.
Roll Call · Jul 9, 2025 Senate confirms Bedford to head FAA - Roll Call The Senate confirmed airline executive Bryan Bedford to lead the FAA as the agency addresses staffing shortages and modernizes infrastructure.
Roll Call · Jun 16, 2025 Senate’s spectrum proposal raises aviation safety question - Roll Call A plan to sell spectrum is generating warnings that the move may interfere with sensitive aviation instruments like radio altimeters.
Roll Call · Jun 11, 2025 FAA nominee Bedford defends pilot training rule position - Roll Call Trump's pick to lead the FAA vows to uphold safety standards despite lobbying against tougher pilot training rules.
Salon · Jun 8, 2025 How Congress buried sex-abuse report Republicans in DC have done nothing on the youth sports crisis — but Democrats have been no better
Roll Call · Jun 2, 2025 National Weather Service, FEMA start hurricane season under a cloud - Roll Call The National Weather Service has lost 600 employees, or roughly 15 percent of its workforce in the past four months.
Roll Call · May 12, 2025 Reconciliation would auction 600 megahertz of federal spectrum - Roll Call Proponents say spectrum auctions would facilitate private sector competition in the telecommunications industry.