President and Administration
Competing factions inside the White House have stymied efforts to unite behind gun legislation, further delaying President Donald Trump from getting behind any plan…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s emergency operations center has been activated to coordinate the investigation into hundreds of severe lung injury cases that may be linked to vaping…
On Friday, 9/20, California and nearly two dozen other states filed suit against the Trump administration’s unprecedented legal reversal of the state’s authority to set its own rules on climate-warming tailpipe emissions…
Department of Education
On Tuesday, 9/17, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos made clear that vocational rehabilitation (VR) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) funds can be used to support dual enrollment, comprehensive transition and other postsecondary education programs for students and youth with disabilities…
Congress
The Senate is expected to follow the House’s lead and pass a stopgap spending bill this week to help avert a government shutdown that would take hold at the end of the month…
On Tuesday, 9/24, at 10:00am EST the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy will host a hearing entitled “Don’t Vape: Examining the Outbreak of Lung Disease and CDC’s Urgent Warning Not to Use E-Cigarettes” …