Updates announced in the March 2026 Visa Bulletin indicate continued steady (and in some cases surprising) advancement of visa processing queues and relief from visa availability backlogs, especially in the employment-based second and third preference (EB-2 and EB-3) categories.

On Feb. 24, the Senate Armed Services Committee convened a hearing to confront the United States’ deepening reliance on China for critical minerals, a dependency both parties now view as a profound national security risk.

Both before and after a child reaches the age of majority (usually 18 in most states), an advance directive can play a critical role in who has access to medical information and who may make or carry out health care decisions for a child.