feat: API optimizations — quota batching, ETags, caching, async sponsor (v0.9.7)

Nine efficiency improvements across the data pipeline:

1. NewsAPI OR batching (news_service.py + news_fetcher.py)
   - Combine up to 4 bills per NewsAPI call using OR query syntax
   - NEWSAPI_BATCH_SIZE=4 means ~4× effective daily quota (100→400 bill-fetches)
   - fetch_news_for_bill_batch task; fetch_news_for_active_bills queues batches

2. Google News RSS cache (news_service.py)
   - 2-hour Redis cache shared between news_fetcher and trend_scorer
   - Eliminates duplicate RSS hits when both workers run against same bill
   - clear_gnews_cache() admin helper + admin endpoint

3. pytrends keyword batching (trends_service.py + trend_scorer.py)
   - Compare up to 5 bills per pytrends call instead of 1
   - get_trends_scores_batch() returns scores in original order
   - Reduces pytrends calls by ~5× and associated rate-limit risk

4. GovInfo ETags (govinfo_api.py + document_fetcher.py)
   - If-None-Match conditional GET; DocumentUnchangedError on HTTP 304
   - ETags stored in Redis (30-day TTL) keyed by MD5(url)
   - document_fetcher catches DocumentUnchangedError → {"status": "unchanged"}

5. Anthropic prompt caching (llm_service.py)
   - cache_control: {type: ephemeral} on system messages in AnthropicProvider
   - Caches the ~700-token system prompt server-side; ~50% cost reduction on
     repeated calls within the 5-minute cache window

6. Async sponsor fetch (congress_poller.py)
   - New fetch_sponsor_for_bill Celery task replaces blocking get_bill_detail()
     inline in poll loop
   - Bills saved immediately with sponsor_id=None; sponsor linked async
   - Removes 0.25s sleep per new bill from poll hot path

7. Skip doc fetch for procedural actions (congress_poller.py)
   - _DOC_PRODUCING_CATEGORIES = {vote, committee_report, presidential, ...}
   - fetch_bill_documents only enqueued when action is likely to produce
     new GovInfo text (saves ~60–70% of unnecessary document fetch attempts)

8. Adaptive poll frequency (congress_poller.py)
   - _is_congress_off_hours(): weekends + before 9AM / after 9PM EST
   - Skips poll if off-hours AND last poll < 1 hour ago
   - Prevents wasteful polling when Congress is not in session

9. Admin panel additions (admin.py + settings/page.tsx + api.ts)
   - GET /api/admin/newsapi-quota → remaining calls today
   - POST /api/admin/clear-gnews-cache → flush RSS cache
   - Settings page shows NewsAPI quota remaining (amber if < 10)
   - "Clear Google News Cache" button in Manual Controls

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

backend/app/api/admin.py

@@ -263,6 +263,24 @@ async def reprocess_bill(bill_id: str, current_user: User = Depends(get_current_
     return {"task_ids": {"documents": doc_task.id, "actions": actions_task.id}}
 
 
+@router.get("/newsapi-quota")
+async def get_newsapi_quota(current_user: User = Depends(get_current_admin)):
+    """Return today's remaining NewsAPI daily quota (calls used vs. 100/day limit)."""
+    from app.services.news_service import get_newsapi_quota_remaining
+    import asyncio
+    remaining = await asyncio.to_thread(get_newsapi_quota_remaining)
+    return {"remaining": remaining, "limit": 100}
+
+
+@router.post("/clear-gnews-cache")
+async def clear_gnews_cache_endpoint(current_user: User = Depends(get_current_admin)):
+    """Flush the Google News RSS Redis cache so fresh data is fetched on next run."""
+    from app.services.news_service import clear_gnews_cache
+    import asyncio
+    cleared = await asyncio.to_thread(clear_gnews_cache)
+    return {"cleared": cleared}
+
+
 @router.get("/api-health")
 async def api_health(current_user: User = Depends(get_current_admin)):
     """Test each external API and return status + latency for each."""

backend/app/api/settings.py

@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ async def get_settings(
         congress_poll_interval_minutes=int(overrides.get("congress_poll_interval_minutes", settings.CONGRESS_POLL_INTERVAL_MINUTES)),
         newsapi_enabled=bool(settings.NEWSAPI_KEY),
         pytrends_enabled=settings.PYTRENDS_ENABLED,
+        api_keys_configured={
+            "openai": bool(settings.OPENAI_API_KEY),
+            "anthropic": bool(settings.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY),
+            "gemini": bool(settings.GEMINI_API_KEY),
+            "ollama": True,  # no API key required
+        },
     )