BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 15 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Urges U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services To Protect Affordable Health Coverage From Federal Attack BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell co-led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in issuing a comment letter to the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding a proposed more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary on April 14, 2025: * * * In re: Delete, Delete, Delete By Jeffrey Westling Introduction and Summary The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a public notice seeking comment on every rule, regulation, or guidance document that the Commission should eliminate for the purpose of alleviating unnecessary regulatory burdens.[2] These comments focus on five high-level topics and highlight specific rules and more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance released the following testimony by Kia Hamadanchy, a senior policy counsel of the National Political Advocacy Division at the American Civil Liberties Union, from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "A Continued Pattern of Government Surveillance of U.S. Citizens": * * * Chairman Biggs, Ranking Member McBath, and members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on be more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, April 15 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta: No One Should Have to Choose Between Their Health and Their Financial Security OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta co-led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter opposing a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that would make over a dozen amendments to rules governing federal and sta more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Condemns 'Unjust Farce' After Trump and Bukele Refuse to Return Maryland Father Wrongly Deported to El Salvador Muslim civil rights and advocacy group also says President Bukele, a Palestinian and the son of an imam, should be at the forefront of demanding justice for all The Maryland office and national headquarters of the Council on American-Islamic Rela more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch released the following testimony by James Townsend, director of the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy in Wayne State University, from an April 9, 2025, public witness day hearing on fiscal 2026 appropriations requests: * * * Chair Valadao, Ranking Member Espaillat and Members of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to offer this testimony regarding ways  more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 14 -- The Indiana University McKinney School of Law issued the following news release: * * * Chief Justice Loretta Rush to Speak at IU McKinney Graduation Celebration Ceremony Indiana Chief Justice Loretta H. Rush will deliver the address to graduating students during IU McKinney's graduation recognition ceremony on May 18 at Everwise Amphitheater in White River State Park. Graduating students and their families will hear remarks from Chief Justice Rush, who took more PR

BELLEVUE, Washington, April 15 -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms issued the following news release: * * * CCRKBA TO BONDI: 2A TASK FORCE SHOULD FOCUS ON 12 STATES BELLEVUE, WA - As U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sets the course of action for the Justice Department's newly-announced "Second Amendment Task Force," the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has suggested in a letter that she unleash the new group on a dozen Democrat-controlled states  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11277) on March 11, 2025, by legislative attorneys Jimmy Balser and Jon O. Shimabukuro: * * * Deferred Resignation or "Fork in the Road": Selected Relevant Legal Challenges and Considerations for Congress On January 28, 2025, federal employees received an email communicating an option to resign from their positions effective September 30, 2025, by replying to the email. This new p more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 (TNSFR) -- The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a modification to its 2022 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Construction General Permit (CGP), expanding permit coverage to include all Lands of Exclusive Federal Jurisdiction. These lands, where the federal government retains sole legislative authority, had not been explicitly included in the scope of the 2022 permit. The April 8, 2025 modification ensures that construction activities dist more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 [Category: Energy] -- Growth Energy, a trade association that represents ethanol producers, issued the following news release: * * * Growth Energy, CFAA Respond to Oil Industry in Case Pushing EPA to Reallocate Lost Biofuel Gallons WASHINGTON, D.C.--Growth Energy and Clean Fuels Alliance America (CFAA) filed a reply brief today in a case challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its failure to reallocate gallons lost due to small refinery exemptions ( more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: DHS Sets the Record Straight about Kilmar Abrego Garcia Washington, D.C. -- Today, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem set the record straight about Kilmar Abrego Garcia in light of misleading mainstream media reports. "This was just one of those examples of an individual that is a MS-13 gang member, multiple charges and encounters with the individuals her more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The White House posted the following news: * * * ICYMI: President Trump Is "President for Main Street, Not Wall Street" Last night, President Donald J. Trump made clear whose side he is on -- everyday Americans, not the globalist politicians who have spent decades selling out American workers to foreign countries. Here's what you missed during President Trump's speech: * President Trump on his motivations: "I'm proud to be the president for the workers, not the outso more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * Impacted Voters, League of Women Voters of North Carolina File Lawsuit to Defend North Carolina Voters from Post-Election Disenfranchisement Raleigh, NC -- Today, the League of Women Voters of North Carolina and four individual voters -- on behalf of other similar voters -- filed a complaint and emergency motion for a temporary restraining order in the US District Court for the Ea more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following testimony by Littler shareholder Daniel L. Nash from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "Game Changer: The NLRB, Student-Athletes, and the Future of College Sports." NLRB is the National Labor Relations Board. * * * Chairman Allen, Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I am a lawyer who has more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Magaziner Statement on Trump Refusal to Follow Supreme Court Ruling and Threat to Send U.S. Citizens to Foreign Prisons WARWICK, RI - U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner (RI-02), Ranking Member of the Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Subcommittee on the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's press conference. "I am more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 15 -- The Maryland Democratic Party issued the following statement on April 14, 2025: * * * MDP Statement on Dual Actions of Trump Admin Refusing to Return Wrongfully Deported Maryland Father AND Trump's Promise to Detain American Citizens in El Salvador Gulags Following breaking news that the President of El Salvador's refuses to release Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who the Trump Administration admitted to wrongfully deported to a foreign gulag, and Trump' more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The New Civil Liberties Alliance issued the following news release on April 14, 2025: * * * NCLA Asks Supreme Court to Decide District Courts Cannot Reinstate Fired Executive Branch Officials The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus curiae brief today urging the U.S. Supreme Court to stay district court injunctions purporting to reinstate National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Chair Gwynne Wilcox and Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) Chair Cathy Harris after more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * New Jersey Monitor: GOP candidates for governor spar over anti-abortion bona fides According to the New Jersey Monitor, the Garden State's GOP gubernatorial candidates spent the weekend fighting over who holds the most extreme anti-choice beliefs in the race and outlining their plans to rip away fundamental freedoms if they are elected. While the report notes that Bill Spadea has racked up endorseme more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Colleagues Condemn Trump's Illegal and Unprecedented Invocation of Alien Enemies Act, Demand Answers About Deportees Lawmakers to Trump: "The government should not be able to falsely accuse individuals in the United States, including U.S. citizens, of gang membership and send them to foreign prisons without any judicial review or remedy" WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Pelosi Joins House Democrats in Filing Amicus Brief Against Unconstitutional Trump Birthright Citizenship Executive Order San Francisco -- Last week, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi joined House Democrats in their continued efforts to push back against President Donald Trump's unlawful executive directives by signing onto an amicus brief in defense of the essential constitutional principle of birthr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- President Trump issued the following memorandum: * * * MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES SUBJECT: DIRECTING THE REPEAL OF UNLAWFUL REGULATIONS Promoting economic growth and American innovation are top priorities of this Administration. Unlawful, unnecessary, and onerous regulations impede these objectives and impose massive costs on American consumers and American businesses. In recent years, the Supreme Court has issued a series of decisio more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on April 14, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Statement on President Bukele's White House Visit WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's visit to the White House: "It is imperative that we keep our more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, D-New York, issued the following floor remarks on April 7, 2025: * * * I rise on this day in opposition to President Trump's unprecedented and alarming efforts to dismantle the Department of Education. With no consideration for the will of Congress or the will of the American people, Donald Trump has commenced an attack on education that we haven't seen the likes of since the racist segregationist Plessy versus Ferguson decision declaring separate more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-California, issued the following floor remarks on April 10, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * (Under the Speaker's announced policy of January 3, 2025, Mr. Kiley of California was recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader.) Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight ten ways in which the State of California is currently under Federal  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Ross Leads NC Democrats in Introducing Legislation to Reaffirm that Military Votes Should Count in All Elections Today, Congresswomen Deborah Ross (NC-02), Alma Adams (NC-12), and Valerie Foushee (NC-04) introduced a resolution reaffirming the long-held right of U.S. military personnel to participate in our elections even while bravely serving our country far from home. This follows a North C more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, April 15 -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release: * * * Ag & Water Desk launches landmark collaborative wetlands reporting project, 'Down the Drain' Wetlands are places where land and water meet. Throughout the Mississippi River watershed, wetlands store floodwater, improve drinking water quality and serve as homes for millions of birds and other animals. But this special ecosystem is facing growing threats from development, p more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 15 -- The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School issued the following news: * * * Cary Coglianese on the future of administrative law Penn Carey Law's Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science has published one of the first scholarly analyses of Supreme Court's landmark Loper Bright decision, which overturned the four-decade-old Chevron doctrine and sparked intense debates over the future of administrative law. Edward B. Shils more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 14, 2025: * * * Van Hollen Requests Meeting with President Bukele to Discuss Return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Announces Intent to Travel to El Salvador This Week if Abrego Garcia is Not Returned U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has requested a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele while he is in the United States this week in order to discuss the return of Maryland father Kilmar  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * VICTORY -- Following AFL Lawsuit, All 15 Counties in Arizona Now Taking Action to Remove Illegal Aliens from Voter Rolls in Major Win for Election Integrity WASHINGTON, D.C. - America First Legal (AFL) has secured a major victory for election integrity, with all 15 counties in Arizona now working to remove non-citizens from the state's voter rolls. Following more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * President Donald J. Trump Directs Repeal of Regulations That Are Unlawful Under 10 Recent Supreme Court Decisions REPEALING UNLAWFUL REGULATIONS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum requiring agencies to rescind regulations that are unlawful under 10 recent landmark Supreme Court decisions. * This memorandum implements President Trump's Executive Order 14219, Ensuring Lawful Governanc more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The White House issued the following news: * * * Week 12's Winners: The American People The American people won big this week following President Donald J. Trump's historic announcements on restoring fair trade and more great economic news. Here is a non-comprehensive list of wins in week 12: * President Trump brought more than 75 countries to the negotiating table following his bold action on reciprocal trade -- and stood up for American workers who have seen their more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on April 14, 2025: * * * Whitehouse Leads Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats in New Letter to U.S. Marshals Service on Escalating Threats Against Judges Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats ask Marshals to proactively investigate unlawful threats and prepare to protect judges and their family members in heightened threat environment Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Ranking M more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch released the following joint written testimony by Heidi Heitkamp and Mel Martinez, co-chairs of the Bipartisan Policy Center Working Group on Congress, Court and Administrative Law, from an April 9, 2025, public witness day hearing on the Government Publishing Office: * * * Chairman Valadao, Ranking Member Espaillat, and members of the House Appropriations Legislative Branch Subcommittee, thank you for the oppo more PR