WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Climate Justice Alliance issued the following news release on May 30, 2025: * * * Supreme Court Ruling on NEPA is a Gut Punch to Hard-working Families and Communities On Thursday, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled to limit the scope of environmental reviews for major infrastructure projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). In response to the justices' decision--one that threatens vital protections against harm and pollution from countless future  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DSCC, DNC, and DCCC Move to Intervene at the U.S. Supreme Court to Block Trump and Republicans' Attempt to Let Billionaires Buy our Elections Today, in response to the Trump administration's extraordinary refusal to defend a longstanding federal election law against attacks by national Republicans, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), Democratic National Committee (DNC), more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13012) on May 30, 2025, by foreign affairs analyst Joshua Klein. Here are excerpts: * * * Election Administration: Federal Grant Programs for States and Localities El Salvador is a small, densely populated country in the "Northern Triangle" region of Central America (see Figure 1) that has deep historical, migratory, and economic ties to the United States. The 119th Congress ma more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on May 30, 2025, to the Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russian Opposition and Russian Resistance: The Landscape Before the Battle for Power By llya Ponomarev Executive Summary: * The Russian opposition is currently fractured, dominated by ideologically diverse groups that lack a coherent strategy, shared goals, or political legitimacy. Many function more as protest movements than viable alternatives to Russian Pres more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Scott Statement on the Passing of Judge Jerrauld C. Jones * NEWPORT NEWS, VA - Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement on the passing of former Delegate and retired Norfolk Circuit Court Judge Jerrauld Jones: "I am deeply saddened by the passing of my longtime friend, Judge Jerrauld Jones of Norfolk. Jerrauld and I have known each other for many years. We serv more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Demand Justice issued the following news release: * * * SCOTUS Revokes Humanitarian Status Of Half A Million Migrants, Helps Further Trump's Mass Deportation Agenda On Friday, the Supreme Court granted a Trump administration request to revoke the humanitarian legal status of over half a million migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela while legal challenges continue in the courts. Justices Jackson and Sotomayor wrote a dissent to the Court's order. In response more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- United We Dream issued the following news release: * * * SCOTUS' Latest Decision Will Render Hundreds of Thousands of People Deportatable This catastrophic ruling is glaring proof that temporary programs, including TPS & DACA, are being dismantled in order to meet cruel and irrational deportation quotas. * In a deeply alarming and catastrophic ruling today, the U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the administration in its ploy to ramp up mass deportations by ending tempo more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Human Rights First issued the following news: * * * Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Circumvent District Court's Ruling and Strip Lawful Immigration Status from Nearly 500,000 People WASHINGTON, D.C.--The U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump Administration's request to stay a district court order in Svitlana Doe v. Noem, stripping the legal status and work permits of an estimated half a million people en masse who came to the U.S. through the humanitarian par more PR

PLANO, Texas, May 30 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Texas Appeals Court Sends Waco Judge's Case Back to Trial Court * Austin, TX --The Court of Appeals for the Third District of Texas today ordered the case of Judge Dianne Hensley, who received a reprimand from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for recusing herself from performing same-se more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 30 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Urgent Intervention by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Needed to Stop Eviction of Mapuche Community * Malargue, Mendoza, Argentina --A May 24th order from a court in the department of San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina could forcibly evict Lof El Sosneado families from their homes and land. As a last resort to prevent the evictions, the community submitted a request for pr more PR