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New FPF Report Analyzes the Rise in Chatbot Legislation & What’s Ahead
https://fpf.org/press-releases/new-fpf-report-analyzes-the-rise-in-chatbot-legislation-whats-ahead/
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A Republican-controlled House committee passed legislation earlier this week that would
prevent the US Labor Department from enacting federal standards to protect workers from extreme heat
-- a move that came amid sweltering heat across the country.
The Heat Workforce Standards Act,
led by Rep. Mark Messmer (R-Ind.),
passed the House Education and Workforce Committee on Tuesday in a 18-15 vote along party lines.
If enacted, the legislation would bar the Oc…

Amid deadly temperatures, GOP advances bill to ban federal heat protections for workers
“Congress should not respond to an escalating occupational hazard by permanently removing the Department of Labor’s authority to address it.”

US lawmakers introduce legislation for a 20% base tax credit on film and TV labor costs for projects with budgets of $1M where 75% of filming occurs in the US (Katie Kilkenny/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pol

Federal Film and TV Tax Credit Hits Congress: Bipartisan Group Introduces Hollywood Bill
The federal incentive would be eligible to be stacked on top of individual state tax incentives, much like the current system in Canada and Australia.

Prime Minister Carney is trying to rush ahead with legislation that would gut environmental protections and undermine labour laws so that mega-corporations can profit while our communities and the planet suffer. Tell your MP to vote against the bulldoze nature bill!
https://share.nwmd.social/s/8YOeDRKV…

Tell your MP: Reject Bill C-39

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) have introduced new legislation that would ban anyone from developing artificial superintelligence
— a technology the bill describes as capable of the “destruction or disempowerment of humanity,”
including by overthrowing the government.
Under the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act,
AI leaders would face up to 20 years in prison for violating the law.
The bill doesn’t just take aim at the more powerful sup…

Bernie Sanders proposes banning ‘superintelligence’ and putting violators in prison
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar have introduced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, a bill that would prevent companies from developing technology capable of the “destruction or disempowerment of humanity.”

[North Carolina Senate Bill 153](https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/s153) requires state police to contribute to the federal government's cruel deportation campaign

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From the Georgia Strait Alliance
The Government released new legislation on Monday under the guise of improving how major projects are assessed, approved, and regulated in Canada. Bill C-39, the so-called “Building Canada Strong Act”, strips away any existing environmental and community protections, and takes us back to a time when we destroyed ecosystems and pushed species towards extinction without any meaningful oversight. Is this “progress”?
Plot twist: We’re christening this…

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In a significant move, Delia Ramirez,
a Democratic US representative from Illinois,
has proposed legislation aimed at terminating the controversial surveillance tower program along the US southern border.
This announcement follows a revealing investigation by MIT Technology Review,
which highlighted a troubling statistic:
over 1,050 individuals have died within the operational range of these surveillance towers.
The proposed bill, known as the "Rei…

A Congressional Representative Just Proposed Ending America’s Border Tower Program
Delia Ramirez's proposal to terminate the border surveillance tower program raises critical questions about its effectiveness. This legislative move…

Tom Duff Gordon, OpenAI's EMEA policy head, calls on the UK to introduce binding AI rules to "establish durable, mandatory, capability-based requirements" (Joseph Bambridge/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/openai-uk-ai-…

OpenAI backs binding UK AI legislation
OpenAI’s top lobbyist in Europe said Prime Minister Andy Burnham should use the current “political window” to legislate for AI safety.

It’s Just Math: Recent Legislative Trend Reignites Debate About the Bounds of Biometric Data
https://fpf.org/blog/its-just-math-recent-legislative-trend-reignites-debate-about-the-bounds-of-biometric-data/

Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/16/how-europe-most-powerful-farming-lobby-copa-cogeca-killed-eu-pesticide-law

Question for other EU-based online shop owners: How are you going to deal with the upcoming EU PPWR packaging legislation changes[1] and specifically requiring a third party legal person/entity in every single EU member state you want to ship to after August 12, potentially having to contract & pay another EU-wide one-stop service or up to 26 middlemen just so you are allowed to ship to all EU countries? What happened to the idea of a single market?
Some of the "cheaper" off…

The European Union is legally compelling Google to open its ecosystem to competitors with changes to how it handles AI and search.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/legi

EU forces Google to open AI and Search products
The European Union is legally compelling Google to open its ecosystem to competitors with changes to how it handles AI and search.

"Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law"
#Europe #Farming #Pesticides

Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law
Exclusive: High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife

Documents: the European Commission plans to propose an EU KIDS Act on Thursday to set a minimum age for accessing social media, video platforms, games, and more (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-to-propose-new-legislation-on-minors-…

EU to limit access to social media before age of 15
New “EU KIDS Act” would require TikTok and Instagram to create safer accounts for younger users.

Israeli leaders are akin to the Taliban in their assault on education.
Israel uses law to destroy Palestinian education in East Jerusalem | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/7/

Israel uses law to destroy Palestinian education in East Jerusalem
Legislation recently passed by the Knesset is meant to dismantle the Palestinian education system in East Jerusalem.

That's good to hear but I am not sure why that wasn't already the case.
"The Milwaukee Common Council approved legislation that modifies Milwaukee Police Department standard operating procedures governing officers' duty to intervene in and report unreasonable uses of force, including force used by federal agents."
#Milwaukee #ICE #Police

Jensen Huang says AI leaders calling for regulation don't want new legislation, but to be "relieved of the laws we do have" because of "ulterior reasons" (Truman Dickerson/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-jen

Jensen Huang: AI CEOs have 'ulterior reasons' in doomsday warnings
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says current regulations are enough to ensure AI is safe — and profitable.

Seems to me that #agribusiness is an example of #MarketFailure, where poisoning workers and destroying local #ecosystems is highly profitable.
And it's not as if alternative approaches don&…

Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law
Exclusive: High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife

Seems to me that #agribusiness is an example of #MarketFailure, where poisoning workers and destroying local #ecosystems is highly profitable.
And it's not as if alternative approaches don&…

Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law
Exclusive: High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife

Experts say AI kill-switch legislation is far harder to implement than lawmakers assume, warning a rogue AI could actively try to dismantle the mechanism itself (New York Times)
https://www.

Creating a Kill Switch to Shut Down a Rogue A.I. Is Harder Than It Sounds
A bipartisan group in Congress and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California have floated ideas for building a mechanism that would instantly power down an A.I. system. Only no one really knows how.

In California, survivors of solitary confinement
who have spent years trying to seriously limit the practice are facing yet another setback
as state prison officials unwind the minor reforms made in recent years. 
Those reforms, which had reduced the number of rule violations that could make someone eligible for isolation and increased out-of-cell time for people in solitary,
were part of a compromise Governor Gavin Newsom proposed after his 2022 veto of the Mandela A…

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back for Solitary Reforms in California - Bolts
California officials dial back the minor reforms they've made to isolation in prison, three years after Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation to rein in solitary confinement.

“Now that we’ve gotten everyone vaguely scared, we think this is the time to propose solutions, namely massive third party oversight which we will pay for and control, gatekeeping of smaller competitors, toothless government legislation which we’ve already paid President Trump to let us write ourselves, and overall a whole lot less scrutiny over the massive house of over-leveraged cards we’ve built.”

Tech oligarchs agree calling AI "too dangerous" way cooler than just admitting it doesn't work
SILICON VALLEY - The CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and GrokAI have released a statement agreeing that claiming artificial intelligence "could potentially kill all humans" sounds much more awesome than just admitting that they blew a fortune on glorified chatbots.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a measure requiring synthetic performer disclosures on any video or audio ad that uses AI-generated actors (Shweta Watwe/Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/product-lia…

California Enacts Synthetic Performer Advertising Disclosure Law
California became the latest state to adopt a synthetic performer disclosure requirement when advertisements use AI-generated actors to sell products or services after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed the legislation Wednesday.

Fascism (n): @… https://kind.social/@pomegranate_stew/116812459249173548

Congress’ marquee housing legislation
aimed at increasing the country’s housing supply
is set to become law at midnight
— without Donald Trump’s signature.
“I will not sign the Housing Bill, which has been fully approved by Congress and sent to the White House,
in PROTEST over the fact that the United States Senate is not capable of passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,”
Trump, who could still change his mind and sign the legislation, posted on Friday.
The b…

The Housing Bill Trump Refused to Sign Is Set to Become Law Without Him
The bipartisan legislation is aimed at speeding up housing development across the country.

House Speaker Johnson says there's "potentially" a role for Congress in creating AI guardrail legislation and that he plans to hold a meeting with AI executives (Erik Wasson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Kash Patel: Trump administration working with Congress on legislation curbing 'birth tourism' (Myah Ward/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/15/congress/immigration-legislation-discussions-01077149
http://www.memeorandum.com/260915/p156#a260915p156

The US Congress is considering legislation that cripples privacy and security online, under the guise of seeking a silver bullet that will “keep kids safe.”
#privacy

Oh joy, more "but the chiiiiiiiiiiiildreeeeeeeeeen!" age verification bollocks being brought in in the UK:
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/09/government-look-to-impose-mandatory-age-verification-on…

The EU approved an antideforestation law. The US paper lobby sought to weaken it https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/the-eu-approved-an-antideforestation-law-the-us-paper-lobby-sought-to-weaken-it/

The EU approved an antideforestation law. The US paper lobby sought to weaken it
When the European Union’s new anti-deforestation law threatened to expose the environmental costs of logging in North America’s forests, the American paper industry, supported by the U.S. government, mobilized an intense lobbying effort to weaken the legislation. According to lobbying disclosures, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), a leading trade group representing paper and […]

Feels like we’ve passed through The Handmaid’s Tale phase and are coming up on the Thoughtcrime legislation phase…

Newsom signs bills to shield California elections from Trump interference, and increase transparency
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of election-security bills Saturday,
vowing California will block any attempts by Donald Trump and law enforcement allies to meddle with November’s vote.
New laws make it a felony to seize ballots or voting machines,
restrict police activity near polling places,
and expand early ballot drop-off locations and multilingua…

Newsom signs bills to shield California elections from Trump interference, increase transparency
In an effort to guard against potential interference in the Nov. 3 election, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to boost security for state’s voting systems and voters’ ability to cast ballots.

Someday, someone in the media other than CNN's Kaitlan Collins, will have cajones & the clout to hard block Fat Loser's pivoting & nail him to the questions.
#trump
From: @…

The New Republic (@newrepublic) on Threads
One reporter asked, “Buying a home is unattainable for so many Americans. Is this election legislation more important to you than resolving the housing crisis?” “Every election is important, we’re doing very well,” Trump responded. “They want a lot of Communists to come in.…” https://trib.al/p5esgEX

As sweeping US crypto legislation stalls, the SEC and CFTC are moving to establish rules; the SEC is set to exempt certain token offerings from securities laws (Hannah Lang/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/t

Reminder: Just as with Age ID and Chat Control legislation justifications, the AI build out, the price gauging of memory, storage (and CPU/GPU/SOCs too), the emerging hardware leasing & subscription models — all this is not just driven by generative AI in the form of chatbots, media generators, automation, job replacements, FOMO stories and other "obvious" reasons repeated ad infinitum by CEOs and in the media...
The only way these industry shifts and largest tech investments ever …

The US House advances the Ratepayer Protection Act, aimed at preventing data center-related utility costs from being passed on to consumers, by a vote of 417-3 (Justin Papp/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/15/congress-ai-data-center-utility-costs.html

House advances bill to rein in AI data center utility costs
The bipartisan legislation would create a regulatory framework states could adopt to prevent data center-related energy costs from being passed on to consumers.

This Freshman Congressman Is Out-Legislating All Other Lawmakers (Mark Alfred/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/congress/nick-begich-alaska-legislation-bills
http://www.memeorandum.com/260819/p12#a260819p12

'A government assessment for the new version of the legislation warned that poverty, poorer access to healthcare, lower-quality care and domestic abuse could lead to a “disproportionate numbers of ethnic minority people” opting to end their lives.'
Poverty, poor care and abuse could result in racialised assisted suicide, report shows | Morning Star

Privacy campaigners are pressuring the EU to begin dismantling its data transfer agreement with the US, arguing a recent US Supreme Court ruling undermines the pact’s legal foundations.
https://www.

Public banks, unlike privately owned Wall Street banks that prioritize shareholder profits,
use their deposits to make loans that directly serve local needs.
These institutions can fund affordable housing,
support small businesses,
finance public infrastructure projects,
and assist with post-disaster rebuilding.
These investments strengthen communities and demonstrate fiscal responsibility

California Public Banking Act (AB 857) - CA Public Banking Alliance
California made history. With the signing of AB 857—the landmark California Public Banking Act—local governments can now charter public banks to keep taxpayer dollars working in their own communities. Read how this first-in-the-nation law empowers cities and counties to support affordable housing, small businesses, infrastructure, and more.

Uber and Waymo are engaged in a DC lobbying battle over AV legislation, with Uber supporting a hybrid human-robotaxi model and Waymo pushing for pure robotaxis (Liam Denning/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles

Mitch McConnell Has Cosponsored Legislation Since Being Hospitalized - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-has-cosponsored-legislation-since-being-hospitalized-12249840

The Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, announced on Wednesday that he would again
cancel votes scheduled for Thursday,
sending lawmakers home one day early ahead of the midterm election recess.
The latest change to the legislative schedule means House members will
avoid voting on Republican Thomas Massie’s resolution to impeach the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth,
and comes amid a frenzied attempt to propose legislation on artificial intelligence.

House speaker calls early recess before midterms amid AI regulation frenzy
Mike Johnson cancels votes on Thursday, meaning House members will avoid voting on impeaching Pete Hegseth

CADA: An (E)U-turn on AI regulation
https://fpf.org/blog/cada-an-eu-turn-on-ai-regulation/
@…
The new EU Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA)…

A look at California's Community NEWS Act, which if signed by Governor Newsom would be the most economically significant law supporting local news in US history (Editor and Publisher)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories

California’s Community NEWS Act could be a game changer for local news
California may be on the verge of enacting one of the nation’s most consequential measures to support local journalism. In this E&P Digital Exclusive “Shoptalk” column, Rebuild Local News’ Steven Waldman, Matt Pearce and Gene Perry explain how the Community NEWS Act could deliver more than $40 million annually to local news outlets across the state — rewarding organizations for retaining and hiring journalists, creating newsroom jobs and investing in local coverage. What could the leg…

Sen. Thom Tillis rails against Trump's fixation on voting legislation (Cheyanne M. Daniels/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/28/thom-tillis-save-america-act-00979287
http://www.memeorandum.com/260628/p23#a260628p23

Senators in both parties say the odds are rising of another government shutdown in September
after Trump demanded that GOP leaders abolish the filibuster or face a spending showdown and another shutdown.
Trump blindsided GOP leaders on Monday when he warned there could be another shutdown if Senate Republicans don’t abolish the filibuster,
which would allow them to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act and spending legislation without any Democra…

and policymakers can now also incorporate this charging standard into legislation and financing (e.g. the EU’s AFIR and CEF funding - which already partly covered this).

Legislation that would modernize federal labor law began with a handful of lawyers meeting, of all places, in an ice-cream shop.
“We wrote for hours what we would do to amend the National Labor Relations Act,”
said Marni von Wilpert,
a member of the San Diego city council who was then an attorney for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Bringing together “our collective experience as labor lawyers over the years, really trying to unrig the rules so that working…

About — Marni von Wilpert for Congress
Marni von Wilpert is running for Congress to tackle the skyrocketing cost of living, protect reproductive freedom, defend LGBTQ rights, and make Washington work for working families — not just the wealthy few. With a proven record of service, results, and winning tough races, Marni is the battle-tested fighter we need to flip CA-48 and finally send Darrell Issa packing.

National Nurses United (NNU),
the parent union of NYSNA,
has been raising the alarm about the effects AI will have on nurses.
Shuler’s case would be one of the first AI-related layoffs handled by the union.
The union developed an AI bill of rights for patients and nurses,
has been pushing for protections and guardrails in contracts and through legislation,
and protested against employers using untested AI in patient care settings.
“NNU nurses, like …

The New York nurses replaced by AI: ‘It should concern every patient who cares about quality of care’
The union for 12 nurses laid off by Montefiore hospital say company broke contract they recently won through a strike

Shaheen, Blumenthal, Graham, Wicker Announce Agreement on Legislation to Hold Purchasers of Russian Oil Accountable (United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations)
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/press/dem/release/shaheen-blumenthal-graham-wicker-announce-agreement-on-legislation-to-hold-purchasers-of-russian-oil-accountable
http://www.memeorandum.com/260710/p113#a260710p113

When the Nazis set out to legally disenfranchise and discriminate against Jewish citizens,
they weren’t just coming up with ideas out of thin air.
They closely studied the laws of another country.
According to James Q. Whitman, author of Hitler’s American Model, that country was the United States
In 1935, Nazi Germany passed two radically discriminatory pieces of legislation inspired by American laws:
the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection o…

Ignoring EFF’s warnings about the dangersand impossibility of implementing a new mandate for 3D print surveillance software,
the California State Assembly has signed off on legislation to do just that.
In the process, legislators amended the bill to make it even more confusing,
while failing to address the risks to privacy, speech, and consumer rights.
We must renew our call on legislators to drop this bill as it heads to the state senate,
and protect the to…

We Can Still Stop California’s 3D Printer Surveillance Scheme
Ignoring EFF’s warnings about the dangers and impossibility of implementing a new mandate for 3D print surveillance software, the California State Assembly has signed off on legislation to do just that. In the process, legislators amended the bill to make it even more confusing, while failing to address the risks to privacy, speech, and consumer rights. We must renew our call on legislators to drop this bill as it heads to the state senate, and protect the tools of creators in the state.

The KIDS Act Will Lead to Mandatory Age Checks 
Many of the bills in the KIDS Act share the same premise:
that children and teenagers should have different experiences online than adults.
In practice, that requires websites and apps to determine who is under 18
—and who isn’t.
That’s where the problems with the KIDS Act start. 
EFF certainly supports giving all users better privacy and safety tools online.
But those protections should not,
and …

The House Passed The KIDS Act—The Senate Should Reject It 
Last week, the House voted on the KIDS Act, a disjointed package of legislation that seeks to control Americans’ web browsing and private messaging. The package combines a revised version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), with several other internet bills, study bills, reporting requirements,...

Sources: Meta lobbyists are urging California lawmakers to exempt social media platforms from legislation that would increase penalties in child-harm cases (Tyler Katzenberger/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/26/e

A new piece of legislation aims to avert a Social Security crisis
by fast-tracking a solution before cuts are imminent.
But Democrats are torn:
Some say, far from saving the program, the bill could give Republicans an opening to raise the retirement age or cut benefits.
The bipartisan bill, dubbed the "Protecting Retirement Opportunities and Maintaining Income Security for Everyone", or PROMISE, Act,
calls for the nonpartisan Social Security Advisory B…

Will This Bill Save Social Security, or Kill It?
Welcome to The Blue Book! Today, read about the PROMISE Act, Doug Jones’s chances in Alabama, and more ...

The United States Constitution puts control over elections in the hands of the states
and grants Congress the ability to pass federal election legislation.
It gives no explicit authority to the executive branch.
But in early February, Trump said he wanted the Republican-led federal government to “nationalize” or “take over” the running of elections.
“A state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” he said.
Trump had already, in March 2025, signed…

The Many Ways Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms
Here’s how President Trump is using the powers of his office to try to reshape the rules governing the midterms and future elections.

Needs 2/3's of Senate and House to vote yes
and then 38 states to ratify.
https://bsky.app/profile/factpostnews.bsky.social/post/3mpya37w2oi2w

FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social)
Mike Johnson has ordered Congress to pass legislation ending birthright citizenship after the Trump administration's loss at the Supreme Court.

Warning:
A new Florida law gives the state’s chief of domestic security, with the approval of the governor and Cabinet,
power to designate organizations as domestic or foreign terrorist groups.
A designation can trigger dissolution of a corporation,
loss of public funding and benefits,
penalties for defined forms of material support,
and serious consequences for students and campus groups accused of promoting a named group.
A companion law allows inf…

The ‘Free State of Florida’ is watching — and withholding
Domestic ‘terror’ legislation compounds Florida’s free speech backslide

The modern legal landscape of gun legislation begins with
District of Columbia v. Heller in 2008,
when the Supreme Court ruled 5–4 that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms for self-defense
— overturning nearly two centuries of jurisprudence that had centered the right on the organized militia.
Fourteen years later,
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen raised the stakes further,
instructing courts to ev…

Twenty-Seven Words, 400,000,000 Guns
Inside the legal crossfire over the Second Amendment

On Thursday, 33 Democrats joined Republicans to pass a law that would
take federal funding away from academic institutions involved in any kind of boycott of or divestment from Israel.
The legislation passed 237–169.
The Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act,
headed by Republican Representative Virginia Foxx and Democratic Representative Josh Gottheimer,
strips federal funding from any school that carries out a “nonexpressive commercial boycott” of Israel

Every Democrat Who Voted to Defund Schools That Boycott Israel
House Republicans were able to pass the dangerous bill with the help of 33 Democrats.

Kalshi's Clout in Washington Grows as New Regulatory Efforts Languish (Mark Alfred/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/money/kalshi-prediction-market-congress-legislation
http://www.memeorandum.com/260903/p18#a260903p18

One year after Donald Trump signed the law he dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” on the South Lawn of the White House,
it has begun reshaping the country
— altering who gets help from the government and who goes without.
The most consequential legislation of Trump’s second term reaches into nearly every corner of American life.
It supercharges immigration enforcement,
pouring billions into border security and deportations.
It rewrites student loan rules. …

How Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ changed America
President Donald Trump signed his “big, beautiful bill” a year ago. It unleashed the biggest ever rollback of federal programs serving the poor, while extending trillions of dollars in tax breaks disproportionately benefiting the rich.

Speaker Mike Johnson officially sent major housing affordability legislation to Donald Trump’s desk for signature Monday.
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act,
a bipartisan bill aiming to address affordability by increasing housing supply and homeownership,
can now either be vetoed by Trump or signed into law.
Absent the president’s signature, the bill will become law with no action after 10 days not counting Sundays
— around July 10.
Trump abruptly canc…

Republicans in Washington are rolling back federal workplace heat protections as summer temperatures surge.
The Trump administration is moving to rewrite Biden-era rules that would mandate breaks and access to water and shade for workers,
in a step businesses lauded but that labor groups said could weaken already limited federal protections.
Congress is considering legislation that would go a step further, prohibiting the Labor Department from adopting the Biden-era heat p…

Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections
The Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers.

A California law banning streaming services from showing ads
“louder than the video content” that they accompany
is set to take effect on Wednesday, July 1.
(Existing legislation already imposes similar volume restrictions on broadcast and cable TV commercials.) 
Ars Technica notes that streaming services have not shared additional details about how they plan to comply with the law.
While the volume limitations only apply to California for now,
it seems…

California law targeting loud streaming ads takes effect on July 1 | TechCrunch
Streaming ads might be getting a lot quieter.

“American families don’t want experiments with their money,” a voice booms.
“They want jobs, growth, and available credit.
When crypto gets a free pass, communities pay the price.”
The 30-second video, which launched in Washington DC this month,
is part of a six-figure advertising campaign by the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA),
meant to help fight a landmark bill that will determine how America’s multibillion-dollar crypto sector is regulated.…

‘Crypto v community’: 4,000 local US lenders join forces to fight ‘stablecoins’ law
Up to 4,000 community banks fear looming legislation to regulate digital cash will deprive rural firms and farmers of $850bn-worth of loans

Tens of thousands of people gathered in soaring temperatures in Hungary's capital on Saturday
to celebrate the 31st annual
Budapest Pride,
-- the first such LGBTQ march since former Prime Minister Viktor Orbšn
(who had sought to ban the event)
was ousted in an April election.

Tens of thousands march in the first Budapest Pride since Viktor Orbán was voted out
Saturday's Pride march came a little more than a year after Orbán's nationalist-populist government passed legislation and a constitutional amendment to outlaw the event, drawing criticism from human rights groups and politicians across the European Union.

Trump is pushing for ending the filibuster in the Senate
Right now, Republicans have 53 votes.
That’s not close to what they’d need to pass Trump’s controversial
"Save America Act", which would mandate strict ID laws for voting and proof of citizenship to register to vote or after a name change.
All Democrats oppose this legislation.
So even though it passed the Republican-controlled House, it’s stuck in the Republican-controlled Senate because of t…

Analysis | The debate over ending the filibuster in the Senate
It’s the Republicans’ turn to seriously consider this.

The government agency that administers Medicaid has created a new criterion,
‘medically frail,’
which must be met to qualify for the program without working
— even if you only have weeks to live.
It didn’t exist prior to the passage of the "Big Beautiful Bill".
Before that landmark legislation was signed into law, Medicaid was primarily a means-tested program,
accessible to those with low enough incomes to qualify.
But the new rule means even…

Trump wants to deny healthcare to impoverished cancer patients. Welcome to the great American cruelty regime.
A new Medicaid rule could leave poor Americans with cancer, HIV, and other serious illnesses fighting paperwork instead of fighting for their lives.

Trump demands Senate cancel August break until it passes voter suppression bill
Trump on Monday demanded that Senate Majority Leader John Thune cancel the chamber’s upcoming August break until senators pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill
-- even as Republicans lack the votes to advance it.

Trump has repeatedly urged Thune to scrap the legislative filibuster,
which effectively sets a 60-vote threshold for most legislation in the 100-member Senate,
or …

Trump demands Senate cancel August break until it passes voting bill
President Donald Trump is calling on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to keep senators in Washington until they pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill

Congress can play a vital role here.
Even many Republicans in Congress are unhappy about Trum's tariffs,
and they have the power to halt them.
They can start with public criticism, which will raise the political cost for Trump of keeping the tariffs in place.
If he does not yield, they should pass new laws closing the loopholes he has used.
In the case of the Canada tariffs, Congress should pass legislation to make clear that he cannot use the 1930 law to e…

Opinion | The Ludicrous Argument Behind Trump’s Tariffs
Mr. Trump is breaking the law. Congress and the judiciary need to respond.

Sen. John Kennedy says he'd exclude Jan. 6 rioters from 'anti-weaponization' fund legislation (Megan Brand/NBC News)
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Trump on Legislation to Address the Nation's Housing Crisis: 'It's a Yawn' (Shawn McCreesh/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/us/politics/trump-housing-bill.html
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