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The Capitol Hill Reader

Weekly highlights from the President, Congress, and the Federal Courts, reporting live from the shadow ban.

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The Capitol Hill Reader #154: Vaccine Schedule Edits, Consequential Court Decisions, and a Slow Week on the Hill.

Government dim sum for your reading enjoyment

The Capitol Hill Reader 153: The Sins of the Smithsonian, Canadians Being Naughty, and More.

Government shenanigans made simple

The Capitol Hill Reader 152: "evidence" of election interference in 2020, public land fire sale, gun control, and more.

Your government tapas

The Capitol Hill Reader 151: SCOTUS rules on birthright citizenship, mail-in ballots, party-affiliated spending caps, and a lot more.

Your weekly government tapas

The Capitol Hill Reader 150: The Supreme Court Chooses Violence

Your government tapas

The Capitol Hill Reader 149: ICE funding clears House, a Supreme Court Smackdown, and more

Your weekly government rundown

The Capitol Hill Reader 148: NSPM-11, DHS Funding, Gerrymandering, and Other Fun Government Things

Some civic tidbits for your brain

The Capitol Hill Reader 147: Vaccines, "Public" Lands, and the Ghost of Castro

Your weekly government tapas

Stable, but Strained: The Federal Reserve’s 2025 Portrait of American Households

The latest SHED report, explained

The Capitol Hill Reader 146: What Idolatry Can Do For You!

Your weekly government sampler

The Capitol Hill Reader 145: Mifepristone, the Farm Bill, and Executive Posturing

Your government tapas

The Capitol Hill Reader 144: Senate Vote-O-Rama, More National Emergencies, and Several SCOTUS Rulings

Your weekly government dim sum

The Capitol Hill Reader 143: Psychedelics, Dueling Resolutions, and Chevron's Big Win

Your weekly government dim sum

World Liberty Financial: The Grift that Keeps on Grifting

What is World Liberty Financial? Who is behind it? What does it do?

The Capitol Hill Reader 142: sequestrations, a DOGE case, and American Plutocracy.

Your government sampler, with a full stack of hot cakes

The Capitol Hill Reader 141: Conversion Therapy, Congressional Stalling, and a Voter ID "Hail Mary"

Your delicious government sampler

The Docket Vol. 2: Street Preachers, Qualified Immunity, Cyber Crimes, and more

A sampler of recent federal court cases

The Capitol Hill Reader 140: Executive Orders, Congressional Drama, and the Federal Courts

This Week in Federal Power

Executive Orders, Quashed Subpoenas, and the Ghost of Congress Past

The Capitol Hill Reader 139

The Docket, Vol. 1: Tariff Refunds, Teacher Prayer, and Cocaine Cowboys

The courts tackle the fallout from Trump-era tariffs, the limits of teacher prayer in public schools, and the line between personal drug use and trafficking, and more