Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 9/13/25

9/14 - Library of Congress Names Arthur Sze the Nation's 25th U.S. Poet Laureate (LOC)

9/15 - Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell, on Grooming Standards for Facial Hair Outlined in the Rapid Force-Wide Review of Military Standards (DOD/DOW; direct to memo; see also, Task & Purpose article)

9/15 - U.S. Department of Education Makes Historic Grant Investments in Programs That Bolster Educational Outcomes (ED; see also, NYT article)

9/15 - HHS, CDC Announce New ACIP Members (HHS; see also, CNN article)

9/15 - Explore the Greater United States in the Law Library’s New Interactive Map (LOC; direct to website)

9/15 - NEH Announces Largest Grant in Agency’s History—$10.4 Million—for Humanities-Focused Effort to Combat the Normalization of Anti-Semitism in American Society by Focusing on the Study of Jewish Civilization (NEH; see also, Inside Higher Ed article)

9/15 - New NOAA Space Weather Portal Now Available (NOAA; direct to website)

9/16 - DHS Calls for Governor Newsom to Veto California’s "No Secret Police" Act (DHS; see also, 9/20 CA governor release with link to SB 627 signing statement)

9/16 - Stephen I. Miran sworn in as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB; see also, CNN article)

9/16 - NIH launches consortium to reduce risk of stillbirth in the U.S. (NIH; note – UCSD is one of the four research centers)

9/17 - DHS Calls for Media and Far Left to Stop the Demonization of President Trump, His Supporters, and DHS Law Enforcement (DHS)

9/17 - Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the September 16-17 FOMC meeting (Fed; direct to projections; see also, Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement | AP article)

9/17 - FTC Recommends Anticompetitive Regulations for Deletion or Revision (FTC; direct to letter)

9/17 - United States Champions Free Expression, Ceases Censorship Frameworks (State; see also, August Report to Congress on Efforts to Combat Disinformation of Foreign Adversaries and Authoritarian Regimes | 2024 Framework factsheet | S Foreign Relations ranking member statement and letter)

9/17 - USCIS Unveils First Changes to Naturalization Test in Multi-Step Overhaul of American Citizenship Standards (USCIS; see also, NBC News article)

9/18 - Gomez on Kimmel Suspension and Censorship (FCC; see also, Vulture article | Wired article)

9/18 - Release of the America First Global Health Strategy (State; direct to strategy page | see also, Semafor article)

9/19 - US Department of Labor launches Project Firewall to protect America’s highly skilled workforce [re: H-1B visa] (DOL; see also, WH proclamation | 9/20 USCIS guidance | CNN article)

9/19 - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces National Visitor Survey Results (FWS; direct to report page; notes – report covers 2018-2023 period; link for individual refuge reports resolves to national reports page – use the quick search function to search for “visitor survey” and sort by year or go directly to 2023 individual reports page)

9/19 - ACIP Recommends COVID-19 Immunization Based on Individual Decision-making (HHS; see also, ACIP meeting page | NYT article | Wired article)

9/19 - Treasury, IRS issue guidance listing occupations where workers customarily and regularly receive tips under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill (IRS; direct to NPRM; see also, Forbes article)

9/19 - Valuable Pacific Dataset Expanded (NCEI; direct to website)

9/19 - Department of State Releases 2025 Fiscal Transparency Report (State; direct to report page)

9/16 - Federal Funding for Research Increased from 2010 to 2022, yet the Federal Government’s Share of Total Research Funding Declined posted to NCSES website; direct to data tables

9/18 - Expanded 2023 Yearbook Tables 8-11 (Adjustments of Status and New Arrivals) posted to DHS Yearbook of Immigration Statistics 2023 Download Data section

9/19 - Statistical Tables for the Federal Judiciary - June 2025 posted to Statistical Tables for the Federal Judiciary

9/19 - Consolidated Prospect- and Mine-Related Features from U.S. Geological Survey 7.5- and 15-Minute Topographic Quadrangle Maps of the United States posted to USGS Data Releases

9/19 - Consumer Expenditures 2024 Data Release to be Rescheduled notice posted to BLS Consumer Expenditure Surveys (see also, Axios article)

9/16 - Chairman Comer Announces New Actions in Oversight Committee’s Investigation of Federal Government’s Handling of Epstein and Maxwell (H Oversight majority, with links to resources)

9/19 - E&C Democratic Leaders Call for IG Investigation into FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Amid Jimmy Kimmel Suspension (H Energy minority; direct to letter)

9/19 - Ranking Member Lofgren Requests Information from Member of Now-Dissolved Trump Climate Working Group (H Science minority; direct to letter)

See full weekly list of Congressional hearings on congress.gov.

9/16 - Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (S Judiciary; see also, chair and ranking member opening statements | 9/17 H Judiciary hearing and ranking member opening statement| CNN article)

9/16 - Playing God with the Weather – A Disastrous Forecast (H Oversight; see also, Wired article)

9/16 - Unmanned and Unchecked: Confronting the Rising Threat of Malicious Drone Use in America (H Judiciary; see also, ranking member opening statement)

9/17 - Restoring Trust Through Radical Transparency: Reviewing Recent Events at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Implications for Children’s Health (S HELP; includes testimony from recently-fired CDC director; see also, chair and ranking member opening statements | NPR article | S Finance ranking member statement and report about 9/4/25 Kennedy hearing)

9/18 - Oversight of the District of Columbia (H Oversight; see also, chair opening statement)

White House press releases and executive actions

Roll Call Factbase for Trump transcripts (no longer posted to WH website)

Regulations.gov

Trump Trackers

9/15 - FEMA Must Provide Additional Technical Assistance to Support the Timely Rebuilding of Puerto Rico's Electrical Grid (DHS)

9/17 - Audit of the Census Bureau’s Progress in Meeting Workforce Hiring Goals for the 2026 Census Test (DOC)

9/17 - New OIG website rolled out; see IA for archived site (DOE)

9/17 - Notification of Concerns Regarding the Need for Grant Recipients to Safeguard Victim Information When Using Various Technologies (DOJ)

9/18 - Weaknesses in BLM’s Management of Solar and Wind Rights of Way Applications Creates Risks for Federal Lands (DOI)

9/18 - The IRS’s Cybersecurity Program Was Not Effective for Fiscal Year 2025 (TIGTA)

9/18 - The IRS Made Some Progress Implementing Effective Protection for the Enterprise Linux Platform [9/18 IA capture] (TIGTA)

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9/18 - Protecting Revenue for Returned Parcel Select Package (USPS)

9/19 - DOT Changed Its Processes To Address Rising Consumer Complaints but Can Enhance Its Procedures To Hold Airlines Accountable (DOT)

9/15 - Decision: Department of Homeland Security–Application of the Impoundment Control Act to Federal Emergency Management Agency Fiscal Year 2025 Federal Assistance Appropriations (GAO; see also, GovExec article)

9/17 - Proposals to Limit Member of Congress Financial Activities: Analysis of Introduced Legislation in the 119th Congress (CRS)

9/17 - Privacy Act Lawsuits and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) (CRS)

9/18 - The Estimated Effects of Enacting Selected Health Coverage Policies on the Federal Budget and on the Number of People With Health Insurance (CBO)

9/19 - Urban Hospitals: Factors Contributing to Selected Hospital Closures and Related Changes in Available Health Care Services (GAO)

Note: many paywalled articles are freely available via archive.ph

9/13 - Kash Patel's FBI is a total mess (Public Notice, with links to source documents)

9/15 - Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching (404 Media, with source document)

9/15 - Here are the details of Trump’s $1.2-billion call to remake UCLA in a conservative image (LA Times; see also:

• 9/16 - UC employees, not waiting on leaders, sue Trump for ‘financial coercion’ over UCLA cuts (LA Times)
• 9/16 - UC takes heat for sharing student, faculty names with Trump administration (Politico)

9/15 - Trump says U.S. military targeted a second Venezuelan boat allegedly carrying drugs (NBC News; see also, The Independent article on JD Vance)

9/15 - A record number of congressional lawmakers aren't running for reelection in 2026. Here's the list (NPR)

9/15 - Service academies to accept conservative alternative to SAT and ACT (Politico)

9/15 - National park to remove photo of enslaved man’s scars (WaPo)

9/16 - Stephen Miller’s Quota Likely Drove Korean Arrests In Immigration Raid (Forbes; see also, BBC News article)

9/16 - JD Vance backs mass ‘doxing’ campaign to find and harass Charlie Kirk critics (Guardian)

9/16 - Right-Wing Fanatics Are Weaponizing America’s Anti-Discrimination Agency [re: EEOC] (Mother Jones)

9/16 - 60 violations in 50 days: Inside ICE’s giant tent facility at Ft. Bliss (WaPo)

9/17 - Beyond 'draining the swamp': How Trump is knocking down checks on presidential power (NPR)

9/17 - Trump climate panel not exempt from transparency requirements, judge rules (Reuters, with source document)

9/18 - Expanding Our Public Data Project to Include Smithsonian Collections Data (Harvard Library Innovation Lab)

9/18 - Trump Pressures Broadcasters Over Critical Coverage, Escalating Attack on Speech (NYT)

9/18 - A Trump Administration Playbook: No Data, No Problem (NYT)

9/18 - US Senate confirms Trump's pick to run US Patent and Trademark Office (Reuters)

9/19 - 95 Democrats vote to honor far-right activist Charlie Kirk in House resolution (Advocate; see also, roll call vote)

9/19 - Senate rejects both parties' bills to avoid a shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain (NBC News)

9/19 - Pentagon to limit journalists’ access unless they agree not to publish certain information (Politico; see also, memo via NYT)

9/19 - Trump order denying grants to artists over 'gender ideology' violated First Amendment, judge rules (Reuters, with source document)

9/19 - Hi! The @archive.org has many epic features like saving sites and viewing deleted pages, but it's also got some little useful functions like tracking edits, searching broadcasts and visualising topics in news items. I visit all of them in this YouTube tutorial (via Benjamin Strick/Bluesky; direct to YouTube)

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.

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