Jun 22, 2026
85–5
Senate passage
Final text clears the Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support, incorporating provisions from more than 60 separate bills.
July 6–12, 2026 · Sunday Edition · summer recess
358–32
House vote that sent the largest housing bill in a generation to the President's desk — where it sat unsigned for ten days.
At midnight July 11, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became federal law without President Trump's signature — the first major bipartisan housing legislation since the 1990s, enacted through constitutional pocket signature after Trump refused to sign in protest over the stalled SAVE America Act.
Sources: NPR — housing bill becomes law · Congress.gov — H.R. 6644
Follow-up · H.R. 6644
Jun 22, 2026
85–5
Final text clears the Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support, incorporating provisions from more than 60 separate bills.
Jun 23, 2026
358–32
House passes under suspension of the rules — a veto-proof margin in both chambers.
Jun 24, 2026
Canceled
Trump cancels a planned White House ceremony two hours before it was scheduled, demanding Congress pass the SAVE America Act first.
Jun 29, 2026
Presented
Speaker Mike Johnson formally presents the enrolled bill to the President, starting the 10-day clock (Sundays excluded).
Jul 10, 2026
Refused
President posts on Truth Social that he will not sign "in PROTEST" over the Senate's failure to advance voter-ID legislation.
Jul 11, 2026
Enacted
Bill becomes law at 12:01 a.m. ET without presidential signature or veto — authorizing FHA small-dollar mortgage pilots, zoning streamlining, and higher multifamily loan limits.
Sources: HousingWire — ROAD Act · Urban Institute — implementation
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99% reduction · Section 13(d)
On July 8, U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan approved the SEC's consent judgment resolving a late-disclosure case over Elon Musk's 2022 Twitter stake — reducing a potential $150 million exposure to a $1.5 million civil penalty assessed against a revocable trust rather than Musk personally.
Sooknanan wrote she was "constrained" to accept the deal despite "red flags," noting the SEC dropped its disgorgement request and that whether the Executive Branch "has done enough to hold Mr. Musk to account" is "for our citizenry to decide at the ballot box."
Sources: National Law Journal — Musk settlement · Ars Technica — Sooknanan order
FTC enforcement · July 8, 2026
Before
Deere restricted its full diagnostic and repair software suite to authorized dealers — independent repair providers and farmers could not access the tools needed to fix modern digitally-controlled equipment.
After settlement
Deere must make its complete diagnostic and repair tools available to farmers and independent repair providers on "fair and reasonable" terms. Chairman Andrew Ferguson signaled the Commission's preference for settlements delivering "concrete, near-term relief."
Sources: Paul Weiss — Deere settlement · FTC — case library
E.D. Va. · No. 1:25-cv-00612 · bench trial Aug. 24
Deal value
$100M exclusive multifamily listings partnership
Statute
Section 7 Clayton Act — asset acquisition
Ruling
Genuine disputes on product market, geography, and presumptive illegality
Judge Anthony J. Trenga on July 8 denied the FTC's motion for partial summary judgment, declining to declare the Zillow-Redfin rentals partnership an "acquisition of assets" that is presumptively unlawful under 15 U.S.C. § 18. The case proceeds to a bench trial scheduled for August 24.
Source: Real Estate News — Trenga ruling
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USCIS policies that "indefinitely pause" pending immigration benefit applications and treat nationality as a "significant and negative factor" likely violate the Administrative Procedure Act and the Immigration and Nationality Act.
On July 6, U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley in the Southern District of Ohio granted a preliminary injunction for 25 foreign nationals — including medical professionals and university researchers — whose green card, work permit, and travel document applications had been frozen under policies linked to President Trump's travel restrictions.
The order requires USCIS to resume processing plaintiffs' Form I-485 and I-131 applications and to adjudicate pending Form I-765 employment authorization applications within 30 days. The ruling follows a nationwide vacatur of the same policies in Dorcas International v. USCIS (D.R.I.) on June 11.
Sources: Columbus Dispatch — Marbley order · CourtListener — No. 26-cv-494
EPA proposed rule · Jul 9, 2026
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Warranty periods
Proposed reduction of emission-related warranty periods for model year 2027 and later heavy-duty highway engines.
DEF inducements
Replace engine derate and speed-reduction requirements with audible and visible notifications for SCR-equipped diesel engines when Diesel Exhaust Fluid systems fail.
Nonconformance penalties
Make NCPs available to medium and heavy heavy-duty diesel engine manufacturers beginning MY 2027, providing flexibility for compliance timelines.
Docket
EPA-HQ-OAR-2026-0728 · public hearing Jul 29–30 · comments due Aug 29
Sources: EPA — proposed rule · EPA 420-F-26-012 fact sheet
TD 10051 · effective July 9, 2026 · 26 C.F.R. § 1.6011-9
Prior approach
IRS identified abusive Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust-SPIA structures through sub-regulatory notices — a method federal courts rejected in the Mann Construction line of cases under the APA.
Jul 9, 2026
TD 10051 finalizes listed-transaction status through notice-and-comment rulemaking, immunizing enforcement from procedural challenges.
Oct 7, 2026
Participants in covered CRAT-SPIA transactions must disclose within 90 days of the rule's effective date to avoid penalties and extended statutes of limitations.
Trump administration seeks to drop the Biden-era FCPA indictment against Gautam Adani and seven co-defendants over alleged $250 million in bribes to Indian officials.
Judge Nicholas Garaufis calls the government's initial motion "terse, bland, and conclusory" and directs detailed factual support by July 13.
Principal Associate Deputy AG R. Trent McCotter argues the case "should never have been brought," citing jurisdictional flaws and the May 2025 FCPA enforcement memorandum.
DOJ's comprehensive factual brief on the Rule 48(a) dismissal motion is due under Garaufis's June 26 order — the first major test of post-Slaughter enforcement discretion.
Sources: The Wire — Garaufis order · Outlook Business — DOJ filing
"That the defendants have refused to accord a genuine degree of trustworthiness to their representations about the Fund not going forward is particularly concerning."
Judge Leonie Brinkema · Fund for an Open Government v. Trump · E.D. Va.
Sources: NOTUS — Brinkema order · Law & Crime — discovery order
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Follow-up: Congress has still not reauthorized the foreign-surveillance authority that lapsed June 12 — now entering its 31st day. Bipartisan negotiations remain stalled over leadership at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Existing FISC certifications approved in March may permit continued collection through March 2027, but the government cannot issue new targeting directives during the lapse.
Sources: CBS News — 702 lapse · MS NOW — Pulte standoff
Judicial restraint spotlight · SEC v. Musk
"A court presented with a consent judgment is not a rubber stamp. But neither is it an ombudsman."
Judge Sparkle Sooknanan · D.D.C. · July 8, 2026
State highlight · Texas
With H.R. 6644 now law, Texas homebuilders and municipal planners are reviewing the bill's framework for streamlining local zoning processes and manufactured-housing standards. The National Association of Home Builders praised the enactment, but state housing advocates note the law contains no new subsidies for low-income renters — leaving Texas's affordability crisis to be addressed primarily through regulatory reform rather than direct federal investment.
Sources: HousingWire — NAHB reaction · The Conversation — affordability limits
DOJ's detailed factual filing on the motion to dismiss the Gautam Adani FCPA indictment is due in E.D.N.Y. under Judge Garaufis's June 26 order.
Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett testify before House and Senate Appropriations on the Court's fiscal 2027 budget request of $225.1 million — first such appearance since 2019.
Federal Circuit en banc briefing opens in the fired-immigration-judge CSRA removal dispute granted en banc June 17.
Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearings on Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination — with the anti-weaponization fund dispute likely on the agenda.
Justice Department responsive pleading deadline in Fund for an Open Government v. Trump after Judge Brinkema declined to dismiss the anti-weaponization fund challenge.
Deadline to register to testify at the virtual public hearing on heavy-duty engine amendments — hearings scheduled Jul 29–30.
Written comments due on the proposed MY 2027 heavy-duty engine amendments — EPA-HQ-OAR-2026-0728.