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

Hello readers,

We have a full digest for you this week. Congress continues to inch forward on a handful of controversial measures, including a procedural maneuver that turned a veterans bill into a vehicle for the SAVE Act. Meanwhile, the White House issued two new executive orders: one establishing yet another federal task force, and another attempting to preserve the sanctity of the Army–Navy football game.

Over in the federal courts, judges weighed in on a number of headline-grabbing issues, from gender-affirming care and Pentagon press access to sanctions over AI-generated legal filings and a major immigration ruling allowing deportation to non-native countries to continue.

Let’s get into it.

• Executive Order: Preserving the Army–Navy Game

• Executive Order: Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud

• S.1383 and the SAVE Act legislative shell

• DHS funding bill fails again

• War Powers resolution on Iran rejected

• F…