WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Cornyn, Hickenlooper, King, Neguse Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Honor Edward J. Dwight, Jr. with Congressional Gold Medal Washington D.C. -- U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Angus King (I-Maine), and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) introduced the bipartisan Edward J. Dwight, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025 to honor the life and legacy of author, sculptor, reti more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law posted the following news release: * * * Civil Rights Groups Sue Trump Administration to Challenge Anti-DEI Executive Orders on Behalf of Nonprofit Serving Diverse Group of Women in the Skilled Trades Chicago-based nonprofit Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) filed a new lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's recent executive orders that severely restrict and chill Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives. Approximately 70 percent of CWIT's participants identify a more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Heritage Foundation Strongly Supports President Trump's Military Leadership Changes at the Pentagon WASHINGTON--Today, The Heritage Foundation heralded President Trump's military leadership changes at the U.S. Department of Defense, including the retirements of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown, Jr. and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Lisa M. Franchetti, among others, and welcomed the nomination of Lieutenant General John D. Caine for more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Bennet, Neguse, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Honor Edward J. Dwight, Jr. with Congressional Gold Medal WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse reintroduced their bipartisan Edward J. Dwight, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025 to honor the life and legacy of author, sculptor, and astronaut Ed Dwight, Jr., who made history at 90-years-old as the olde more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-310) on the Bring Our Heroes Home Act (S. 2315), which aims to provide for the creation of the missing Armed Forces and civilian personnel records collection at the National Archives and require the expeditious public transmission to the Archivist and public disclosure of missing Armed Forces and civilian personnel records. The report was advanced by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, on Dec. 19. 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * I. Pur more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Public News founder Michael Shellenberger from a Feb. 13, 2025, hearing entitled "Eliminating Waste by the Foreign Aid Bureaucracy": * * * Chairman Paul, Ranking Member Peters, and members of the Committee thank you for inviting my testimony. Since its creation by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, has had as its mission the promotion of America's values of f more PR