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Federal Register recap: Oct 19 to Oct 25, 2026

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From Oct 19 to Oct 25, the Federal Register published 469 documents: 46 rules, 32 proposed rules, 386 notices and 5 presidential documents. Of those, 85 set or changed policy and 384 were routine or administrative. Across the 85 that set or changed policy, the average reading on the Democratic to Republican slider was neutral: 13 leaned Democratic, 55 were neutral and 17 leaned Republican.

Where the week landed

Democratic to Republican Neutral
Democratic Republican
Economic left to right Centrist
Left Right
Libertarian to authoritarian Mixed
Libertarian Authoritarian
Authoritarian Libertarian Economic left Economic right Self-Regulatory Organizations; 24X National Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Warrant Performance Incentive Program (Leaning Republican) Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Exchange's Rules at Options 7, Section 2 (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq PHLX LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the PHLX Pricing Schedule at Options 7, Section 4 (Multiply Listed Options Fees) (Neutral) Notice of Revisions to Performance Area One of the LSC Performance Criteria (Leaning Democratic) Regulations Regarding Payment of Tax by Commercially Acceptable Means (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Engines (Neutral) Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Seeks Comment on Proposed Rebate Categories and Amounts for Radio Altimeter Retrofits To Support the Upper C-band Transition (Neutral) Air Quality Plan; Arizona; Pinal County Air Quality Control District; West Pinal County PM10 Nonattainment Area; Fugitive Dust Rules (Leaning Democratic) Air Quality Plan; Arizona; Agricultural Best Management Practices Rules for the West Pinal County PM10 Nonattainment Area (Leaning Democratic) Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Division Engines (Neutral) Truck Bed Covers From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination (Leaning Republican) Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney RTX Corporation (Type Certificate Previously Held by Pratt & Whitney Division United Technologies Corporation) Engines (Neutral) Alaska; Wildlife, Harvest, and Access (Leaning Democratic) Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve; Use of Off-Road Vehicles for Subsistence Purposes by Residents of Anaktuvuk Pass (Leaning Democratic) Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records (Neutral) Customs Requirements and Payment Procedures for Certain Customs Charges (Neutral) Managing Senior Professional Performance (Neutral) New Mailing Standards for Live Animals (Neutral) Elimination of Time-in-Grade (Leaning Republican) Administrative Leave for Workforce Realignment and Other Purposes (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes (Neutral) Modernizing the Commission's National Environmental Policy Act Rules (Leaning Republican) Interpretation of “Flammable Liquid Fuels” With Respect to Fuel Additives (Neutral) Marine Mammals; Incidental Take of Polar Bears and Pacific Walruses in the Beaufort Sea and North Slope of Alaska (Strongly Republican) Further Definition of “Swap” To Exclude Casino-Style Gambling Products (Neutral) Further Definition of “Swap”-Inclusions (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters (Neutral) Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia (Neutral) Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Sudan (Neutral) Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Neutral) Van-Type Trailers and Subassemblies From China; Determinations (Leaning Republican) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Partial Amendment No. 1, To Amend FINRA Rule 2210 (Communications With the Public) (Leaning Republican) Determination and Certification With Respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CPSA) of 2008 (Leaning Republican) Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action (Neutral) Draft Revised Management Plans for the ACE Basin, Elkhorn Slough, and Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserves; Notice of Proposed Boundary Changes (Leaning Democratic) Medicare Program; Implementation of Sections 6219, 6220, and 6224 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (Leaning Democratic) Minimum Maturation Temperature for Beef and Ovine Meat From Regions Affected With Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Neutral) Environmental Review of Natural Gas Act Applications; Notice of Availability of Draft Policy Statement on Efficient Environmental Reviews of Natural Gas Project Applications (Leaning Republican) Authorizations for Certain Activities at Liquefied Natural Gas Plants (Leaning Republican) Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action (Neutral) Notice of Order Regarding Exclusion and Removal of DeepSeek Products From Federal Civilian Executive Branch Information Technology Systems and Procurements (Leaning Republican) Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries; Closure of the General Category October Through November Fishery for 2026 (Leaning Democratic) Small Vertical Shaft Engines From China; Determinations (Leaning Republican) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Its Fees Schedule (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 11.1(a)(3) To Describe When Unpriced Orders Are Eligible for Execution and To Amend Rule 11.6(q)(2) To Clarify the Expiration of Day Orders Entered During the Overnight Trading Session or Order Acceptance Queueing Time (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; CME Securities Clearing Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the CMESC Risk Management Framework (“RMF”) Related to CMESC's Default Management Practices (Neutral) Hours of Service of Drivers: Association of American Railroads and American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association; Application for Exemption Renewal (Neutral) Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Modify Groundfish Season Timing in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Fisheries (Neutral) Conversion to State-Chartered Credit Union (Leaning Republican) Nonconforming Investment Special Reserve (Leaning Republican) Notification to Members/Shareholders (Leaning Republican) Regulatory Considerations for Prescription Drug Use-Related Software; Guidance for Industry; Availability (Leaning Democratic) Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (Neutral) Guidance Under Section 355 Concerning Device and Active Trade or Business; Partial Withdrawal (Neutral) Implementing the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 (Leaning Republican) Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From India, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of Türkiye, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and Ukraine: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders and Countervailing Duty Orders (Neutral) Modification of the Test of the New Electronic Informal Entry Process for Mail (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Harmonize NYSE Rule 3220 With Certain Changes by FINRA (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 19.3 and Rule 19.4 To Establish Generic Listing Criteria and Continued Listing Standards for Options on Commodity-Based Trusts Holding Multiple Crypto Assets and To Permit the Listing of Options on Exchange-Traded Funds (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Long-Term Stock Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Modify Listing Rules Regarding Dually-Listed Securities (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 5.33(g) and Rule 5.34 (Neutral) Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company Engines (Neutral) Indefinite Suspension of the De Minimis Exemption for Mail Shipments and New Postal Informal Entry Process; Delayed Compliance Extension (Neutral) Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modification of the West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Action #1-#11 (Neutral) Utah Underground Injection Control Program; Class VI Primacy (Neutral) Advancing Women's Health To Improve Outcomes in All Phases of Life (Leaning Democratic) General Applicability Public Interest Waiver to Indian Tribes Proposed Extension of Manufactured Products Waiver (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by The Options Clearing Corporation Concerning Revisions to OCC Rule 213-Cybersecurity Obligations (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 7.10 (Clearly Erroneous Executions) (Neutral) Self-Regulatory Organizations; Texas Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Adopt Corporate Listing Fees on the Exchange (Neutral) Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest; Washington; Amendments to the Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forest Land Management Plans (Neutral) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Electronic Benefits Transfer Card Security Measures (Neutral) Action Levels for Cadmium in Processed Food Intended for Babies and Young Children; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability (Leaning Democratic) 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Prohibition on Large Institutional Investor Purchases of Single-Family Homes (Strongly Democratic) Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 620 in the Gulf of Alaska (Leaning Democratic) Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (Leaning Democratic) Clarification on Department of Justice and Department of Education Guidance Documents Regarding Federal Nondiscrimination Laws (Strongly Republican) Irradiated Fuel Reprocessing Plants (Neutral) Revision of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures; Extension of Comment Period (Leaning Republican) Implementing the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act for the Issuance of Stablecoins by Entities Subject to the Jurisdiction of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (Neutral)
Each dot is one of the 85 scored documents. Hover a dot to see which one.

The week in numbers

Documents
469
Set or changed policy
85
Routine or administrative
384
Rules
46
Proposed Rules
32
Notices
386
Presidential Documents
5

Strongest readings

Leaning Democratic

Leaning Republican

Presidential documents and significant rules

Presidential documents, plus rules the government itself flags as significant, that set or changed policy.

Busiest agencies

Commerce Department

53 documents, 9 scored

Neutral

Transportation Department

40 documents, 12 scored

Neutral

Health and Human Services Department

37 documents, 3 scored

Leaning Democratic

Interior Department

36 documents, 4 scored

Neutral

Securities and Exchange Commission

30 documents, 14 scored

Neutral

This recap is assembled from counts and averages of the stored scores; no text in it is written by an AI model. Scores are automated and can be wrong. How scoring works