Updates on the US Government

Let's try and be informed, together. Feel free to ask questions! I don't know what I'm doing! :D

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5/13/25 - Supreme Court

The Court is not in session today, and will return in two days on Thursday, 5/13/25

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5/6/25 - Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is out today, and will return in nine days on Thursday, 15 May, 2025

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5/5/25 - Supreme Court

Today the Court will release and order list at 9:30 AM EST

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4/29/25 - Supreme Court

Today, the Supreme Court will be discussing two cases: "Martin vs. the United States," -- deciding whether the Federal Tort Claims Act can be enacted to obtain compensation for being the victim of a mistaken house raid performed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation -- and "The Laboratory Corporation of America vs. Davis -- deciding "Whether a federal court may certify a class action when some of its members lack any Article III injury."

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Personal Aside - 4/29/25

Sorry for not doing full updates, it's gonna take me a few days to warm back up

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4/28/25 - Supreme Court

Today the Supreme Court will be discussing two cases: "A.J.T. vs. Osseo Area Schools" -- where they may or may not limit anti-discrimination against disabled students in public school to only those whose discrimination was malicious -- and "Soto vs. The United States" -- deciding if the special combat compensation for veterans should be calculated using the Combat Related Special Compensation statue (specific to case; and more money) or the Barring Act (more general law, less money to the veterans)

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Personal Aside - 4/28/25

Hey, I'm back! Sorry about disappearing; both so shortly after the blog started and during such an.... "interesting" time in American history. We had a couple deaths in the family, so things have been weird. I won't promise daily updates, but I'm hoping to eventually get back there

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11/19/24 - Congress

The Senate with resume consideration for Mustafa Taher Tasubhai as Judge for Oregon

Yesterday, the House passed two bills on to the Senate: A bill to track mail-in ballots, and a bill to codify VA benefits into law

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11/19/24 - Supreme Court

The Court is not in session today

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11/18/24 - White House

President Biden is attending the first session of the G20 Summit today

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11/18/24 - Congress

The Senate will resume consideration of nominating Embry J. Kidd for Eleventh Circuit Judge

The House will be returning at noon today

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11/18/24 - Supreme Court

The Court is releasing an order list today

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11/16/24 - White House

President Biden will be meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China today

Department of State: About $17M will support clean energy around the world - Brigadier General Abdul Salam Fajr Mahmoud of the Syrian Air Force has been designated as a human rights violator - The United States and Ukraine have partnered to bring new nuclear reactors to Ukraine

Department of Justice: QOL Medical LLC has agreed to pay $47M due to submitting false claims to federal health care programs - Key Fortune Inc. has settled over their charge of discriminating against a legal immigrant - Larry Dean Harmon has been sentenced to three years in prison for money laundering; must forfeit over $400M in assets - Muhammad Zafar has been sentenced to three years, five months in prison for a health care fraud conspiracy

Department of the Interior: 28,000 jobs have been created over the past three years thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Department of Agriculture: $5M in grants to Tribal students at land-grant colleges - D-SNAP program to bring relief to 22,858 households hurt by Tropical Storm Helene

Department of Labor: Frazer & Jones faces $1M in penalties for continuing to ignore OSHA citations - Liberty Hill Equity Partners LLC to pay $56K in back wages for not giving enough overtime to workers

Department of Housing and Urban Development: HUD has supported homeownership for over 790,000 Americans via the FHA - The Acting President of the Government National Mortgage Association has stepped down

Department of Transportation: $3.4B to upgrade railroads, roads, and ports to strengthen supply chains and lower costs

Department of Veterans Affairs: VA to improve access to their installations

Department of Homeland Security: DHS to issue 65,000 new visas in 2025

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11/16/24 - Congress

A bill to move the FAFSA deadline from January 1st to October 1st has passed the House and will go on to the Senate

Congress will be back on Monday

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11/16/24 - Supreme Court

No decisions have been released from yesterday's conference

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11/15/24 - White House

President Biden will participate the APEC Leaders' Informal Dialogue with Guests; and meet with world leaders Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru of Japan, President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea, and President Dina Boluarte Zegarra of the Republic of Peru

Department of State: A new agreement will allow the U.S. and the United Kingdom to exchange equipment and classified information for defensive purposes - The DoS has imposed visa restrictions on the Nicaraguan National Police due to their violations of civil liberties

Department of Defense: The DoD will be working harder to make sure all congressionally authorized funding to Ukraine arrive before the end of the Biden-Harris Administration in January

Department of Justice: Christopher Carl Meier has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for CSAM - The DoJ has found that the Fulton County Jail in Georgia violates the 8th and 14th Amendments - Money Launderer Ilya Lichtenstein has been sentenced to 5 years in prison - George Semerene Quintero has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for violating the IEEPA

Department of Commerce: The DoC has given TSMC Arizona $6.6B to manufacture semiconductors

Department of Labor: The DoL has secured $14K in back pay for employee who was illegally fired

Department of Health and Human Services: Five states have been approved to grant continuous eligibility to healthcare

Department of Housing and Urban Development: The HUD has given $37M to the Reno Housing Authority to expand affordable housing options

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11/15/24 - Congress

The Senate is on day one of a three-day break, they'll be back on Monday

The House, however, will be convening at 9:00 AM