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7/14 - Remarks by President Biden in Address to the Nation [re: Trump shooting] (WH; see also, video | earlier remarks | Secret Service statements and director’s 7/15 statement | House Oversight letter to director)
7/16 - CDC Data Shows Over 70 Million U.S. Adults Reported Having a Disability (CDC; direct to data page)
7/16 - Census Bureau Releases Update to Community Resilience Estimates for Heat (Census; direct to data page)
7/16 - DOE Announces Roadmap for New Initiative for Artificial Intelligence in Science, Security and Technology (DOE; direct to website)
7/16 - FCC to Vote on Emergency Alert Code for Missing & Endangered Persons (FCC)
7/16 - USPTO issues AI subject matter eligibility guidance (USPTO; direct to guidance)
7/17 - Former Government Official Arrested for Acting as Unregistered Agent of South Korean Government (DOJ)
7/17 - Biden-Harris Administration Releases Proposed Regulations to Increase College Access and Quality, and Strengthen Oversight of Distance Education (ED; see also, blog post)
7/17 - IMLS Awards $2.85M in Grant Funding through American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative (IMLS; direct to awards page)
7/17 - The Secretary of the Navy Exonerates 256 Defendants from 1944 Port Chicago General and Summary Courts-martial (Navy; see also, statements from DOD secretary and president | NPS National Memorial website)
7/17 - 2024 Investment Climate Statements Published (State; direct to reports page)
7/17 - CEQ Releases Recommendations on Digital Tools to Modernize Environmental Reviews, Increase Transparency and Accessibility of Federal Permitting (WH/CEQ; direct to report)
7/17 - Making Government Programs Easier to Access (WH/OMB; direct to OIRA report)
7/18 - FOIA.gov Search Tool Adds Law Enforcement User Journey (DOJ; direct to website)
7/18 - Justice Department Sues Southwest Key for Sexual Abuse and Harassment of Children in Shelters (DOJ)
7/18 - Biden-Harris Administration Approves Additional $1.2 Billion in Student Debt Relief for 35,000 Public Service Workers (ED; see also, president's statement)
7/18 - U.S.-Mexico Border 2025 Environmental Program Releases Binational Highlights Report (EPA; direct to report page)
7/18 - FCC Approves Final Rules To Support Wi-Fi Hotspots Through E-Rate Program (FCC)
7/18 - USCIS Issues Policy Guidance on Children’s Acquisition of Citizenship (USCIS; direct to policy alert)
7/18 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces $90 Million in Innovative Projects that Help Conserve Natural Resources and Address Climate Change as Part of Investing in America Agenda (USDA; direct to project list)
7/18 - First study to quantify global earthquake risk to mineral supplies (USGS; direct to report)
7/19 - Widespread IT Outage Due to CrowdStrike Update (CISA)
7/19 - DOD Releases Updated List of Foreign Institutions Engaging in Problematic Activities to Counter Unauthorized Technology Transfer (DOD; direct to list)
7/19 - Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Releases New Strategy to Tackle Plastic Pollution, Takes Action to Reduce Single-Use Plastics in Federal Operations (WH; direct to strategy)
7/19 - The 2025 Mid-Session review (WH/OMB; direct to report page)
Information below is from congress.gov. Date listed is date signed into law, and the description is an abbreviated version of bill summary available on that website.
None this week
7/16 - Effectiveness of Package Shipping Services (USPS)
7/17 - Audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (DOJ)
7/17 - USAID’s Climate Strategy: Limitations in Information Quality and Agency Processes Compromise Implementation (USAID)
7/18 - USGS Laboratories Remain Vulnerable to Breaches of Scientific Integrity (DOI)
7/18 - SIGTARP website unavailable/redirecting to Treasury home; still listed there under About > Bureaus (Treas)
7/16 - Education Department Updates Title IX Regulations: Responding to Sex Discrimination and Harassment at School (CRS)
7/18 - U.S. Secret Service: Threats to and Assaults on Presidents and Vice Presidents (CRS)
7/18 - Medicaid: Federal Oversight of State Eligibility Redeterminations Should Reflect Lessons Learned after COVID-19 (GAO)
7/19 - Access to Motor Vehicle Software and Data (CRS)
7/13 - The Supreme Court’s Chevron Decision Is Already Hurting Transgender Rights (via HuffPost, with links to source documents)
7/16 - Sanders Releases Report Documenting the Outrageous Level of Corporate Greed at Amazon (Congress; direct to report)
7/16 - Final Report - Climate Change and Social and Community Science Subcommittees (EPA BOSC)
7/16 - Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez found guilty in federal corruption trial; Chuck Schumer calls on him to resign (via CNN)
7/16 - Where J.D. Vance stands on key issues: Abortion, guns, Ukraine and more (via WaPo)
7/17 - DOJ attorney who led prosecution of anti-Trump protesters hit with ethics charges (via NBC News, with source document)
7/18 - President Biden's new student loan plan blocked by federal appeals court (via ABC News, with source document)
7/18 - For Biden and Harris, a Delicate and Sometimes Awkward Dance (via NYT)
7/18 - Covid summer wave spreads across U.S., even infecting Biden (via WaPo, with link to source document)
7/19 - Federal agencies are ramping up efforts to prepare for a presidential transition (via GovExec)
7/19 - OPM directs agencies to conduct pay equity studies (via GovExec, with link to source document)
7/19 - Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee dies after battle with cancer (via NBC News; see also, statements from president and vice president)
7/19 - Afghanistan War Commission opens inquiry of America’s longest conflict (via WaPo; see also, commission website)
7/21 (time-sensitive) - Biden will not seek reelection (via CNN, with link to source document)
Classified documents search warrant/indictment:
7/15 - Judge dismisses classified documents case against Donald Trump (via CNN; see also, source document)
7/17 - Special counsel appeals dismissal of Trump classified documents case (via CNN, with source document)
2020 election/January 6 indictment:
None this week
2020 election/Georgia indictment:
Docket Watch: Trump Prosecuted in Fulton County (via Lawfare; provides access to documents)
7/16 - Appeals court won't hear arguments on Fani Willis' role in Georgia Trump case until after election (via ABC News)
NY criminal trial (Stormy Daniels payoff):
Court documents (via NY Courts) | Court transcripts and exhibits (full/searchable PDFs, via Law360)
None this week
