COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 31 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release: * * * AG Yost Names Ohio's New Solicitor General * (COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- Attorney General Dave Yost today announced his pick for Ohio's 12 th solicitor general, the state's top attorney for appeals in state and federal courts. Yost proudly selects Mathura Sridharan for the role following the departure of her predecessor, Elliot Gaiser, who President Donald Trump tapped to lead the U.S. Department of more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Amid Partisan Attempts to Gerrymander Texas, Warner and Kaine Join Colleagues to Restore the Voting Rights Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined all of their Senate Democratic colleagues in reintroducing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, legislation to update and reinforce safeguards in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that have been eroded  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Amid Partisan Attempts to Gerrymander Texas, Warner and Kaine Join Colleagues to Restore the Voting Rights Act * WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined all of their Senate Democratic colleagues in reintroducing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, legislation to update and reinforce safeguards in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that have been eroded in rece more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 31 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Detroit newspaper publishes FFRF op-ed denouncing blasphemy law * * * * * * FFRF Regional Government Affairs Manager Mickey Dollens has had a piece published in the Detroit News decrying the state's still-standing blasphemy law. "Michigan is one of only six states that still have archaic anti-blasphemy laws, alongside Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Joins Durbin and Entire Senate Democratic Caucus in Reintroducing John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act * July 30, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Ahead of the 60 th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Reverand Raphael Warnock (D-GA), along with the rest of her Senate Democrat more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Delivers Opening Statement At Spotlight Forum Examining Trump Administration's Voter Suppression Efforts * July 30, 2025 Today's spotlight forum comes after Durbin and Padilla led all Senate Democrats in reintroducing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today de more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Durbin Delivers Opening Statement At Spotlight Forum Examining Trump Administration's Voter Suppression Efforts U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement at his and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla's (D-CA) spotlight forum entitled "Protecting t more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Questions Judicial Nominees During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing * July 30, 2025 Durbin's questions provided the nominees a chance to clarify their controversial positions and past remarks before the Committee WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned witnesses during a Senate Judiciary Commit more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Durbin Questions Judicial Nominees During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Durbin's questions provided the nominees a chance to clarify their controversial positions and past remarks before the Committee * U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned witnes more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 1 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * FFRF Action Fund and Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania partner to protect worthy judges The FFRF Action Fund is joining forces with Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania to defend fair-minded judges in the state's 2025 judicial re more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Meeks to Introduce Resolution Terminating Brazil Tariffs * Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement concerning the fake national emergency President Trump announced to impose tariffs on Brazil: "Donald Trump's decision to impose 50% tariffs on Brazil more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Human Rights First issued the following news: * * * Human Rights First Deplores Use of Global Magnitsky Sanctions to Support Impunity for Political Allies Human Rights First regrets that the Trump administration's first use of Global Magnitsky sanctions, which targeted the Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes for alleged arbitrary detention, served primarily to highlight the administration's pursuit of impunity for close political allies. The sanctions ag more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 1 -- The Illinois Supreme Court issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * ILLINOIS CIRCUIT CLERKS AND STAFF MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN CERTIFIED COURT MANAGER PROGRAM The Illinois Judicial College has approved a group of Illinois Circuit Clerks and selected members of their staff to participate in the Certified Court Manager (CCM) Program, a nationally recognized professional development initiative developed by the National Center for State Courts (N more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * In Spotlight Forum, Durbin Questions Witnesses About Preventing Partisan Gerrymandering * July 30, 2025 In his and Padilla's spotlight forum on voting rights, Durbin questioned witnesses about tactics used by Republican campaigns and state legislatures to attack Americans' right to vote WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Comm more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * In Spotlight Forum, Durbin Questions Witnesses About Preventing Partisan Gerrymandering In his and Padilla's spotlight forum on voting rights, Durbin questioned witnesses about tactics used by Republican campaigns and state legislatures to attack Americans' right to vote * U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal Demands Answers from DOJ on Efforts to Denaturalize U.S. Citizens * SEATTLE, WA -- U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, is leading dozens of Members of Congress in demanding answers from Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice (DOJ) over an internal memo prioritizing the denaturali more PR

MANILA, Philippines, July 31 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * Justice Lopez to Lyceum Law Graduates: Be Willing to Risk Comfort, Reputation in the Pursuit of Justice Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Jhosep Y. Lopez delivers the commencement address during the graduation ceremony of the Lyceum of the Philippines (LPU) College of Law on July 26, 2025, at the JPL Hall of Freedom, LCU Manila Campus. (Photo courtesy of the SC Communications Offic more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Schumer, Shaheen, & Wyden Announce Intent to Challenge Trump's Tariffs on Brazil * WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) announced their intent to file privileged legislation to challenge President Donald Trump's tariffs on goods from Brazil in response to steps Brazil is more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 31 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Massachusetts paper publishes FFRF op-ed urging blasphemy law repeal * * * * * * FFRF Regional Government Affairs Manager Mickey Dollens has been given space in the Massachusetts newspaper Telegram & Gazette to urge the repeal of an archaic anti-blasphemy law. "Until 1697, [blasphemy] was punishable by death, and later by branding the blasphemer's tongue  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * Meeks to Introduce Resolution Terminating Brazil Tariffs Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement concerning the fake national emergency President Trump announced to impose tariffs on Brazil: "Donald Trump's decision to impose 50% tariffs on Brazil more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, July 31 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy posted the following news release: * * * Michigan Caregivers Sue to Block Forced Union Representation * MIDLAND, Mich. -- Family home caregivers Tammy Martin and Dick Sullivan have filed a lawsuit to stop an unlawful attempt by the state of Michigan to force them and thousands of others to join a union. The caregivers, represented by the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, argue tha more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, July 31 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release: * * * National Right to Work Foundation Submits Comments Opposing Proposed DOL Rule Loosening Union Financial Disclosures * Comments: Rule will let huge number of unions escape meaningful scrutiny over how union bosses spend worker funds while providing no tangible benefits Washington, DC (July 31, 2025) - The National Right to Work Foundation has just submitted comment more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla Questions 9th Circuit Nominee Eric Tung on Sexist Comments, Narrow Legal Experience * WATCH : Padilla warns of Trump's pattern of nominating extremely partisan ideologues to the bench WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, pressed Eric Tung, nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, headquartered in  more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 31 -- Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture), an environmental advocacy organization, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Repealing the Endangerment Finding would be a huge mistake Ignoring the evidence won't stop climate change -- it'll make it worse. * PennFuture vehemently opposes any action to repeal the Endangerment Finding, which would threaten the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s ability to protect Americans from cl more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Pettersen Meets With Providers & Administrators at Planned Parenthood Arvada Health Center Following Trump's Effort to Ban Medicaid-Covered Planned Parenthood Treatments * SEE PICTURES FROM TUESDAYS EVENT LAKEWOOD - U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) visited the Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountain's (PPRM) Arvada clinic to hear from providers and administrators about t more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Introduces Circuit Court Nominee Joshua Dunlap of Scarborough at Judiciary Committee Hearing * Click HERE for a full-resolution image Click HERE to watch and HERE to download video of Senator Collins introducing Mr. Dunlap Washington, D.C. - Today, at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senator Susan Collins introduced Joshua Dunlap of Scarborough, Maine, who has  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Releases Discussion Draft of Legislation to Keep TikTok Online and Protect National Security * Bill Text (PDF) | One Pager (PDF) Washington (July 31, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today released a discussion draft of legislation, called the TikTok Transparency and Data Security Act, that would add more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * Shaheen, Kaine, Schumer, Wyden Announce Intent to Challenge Trump's Tariffs on Brazil Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tim Kaine (D-VA), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), announced their intent to file privileged legisla more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Earthday.org, part of the environmental movement, issued the following news release: * * * STATEMENT FROM DENIS HAYES, ORGANIZER OF THE FIRST EARTH DAY & KATHLEEN ROGERS, PRESIDENT EARTHDAY.ORG EARTHDAY.ORG joins leaders from across the United States to unequivocally condemn the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding * EARTHDAY.ORG (EDO) condemns EPA Administrator Zeldin's announcement that he plans to dismantle the EP more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 1 -- Equal Rights Advocates issued the following statement on July 31, 2025: * * * STATEMENT: Andrea Lucas EEOC Confirmation Threatens Civil Rights Protections for Workers Statement from Noreen Farrell, Executive Director of Equal Rights Advocates, on today's Senate confirmation of Andrea Lucas to serve a second term as a commissioner on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission * SAN FRANCISCO - This evening, the Senate confirmed Andrea Lucas, in a vo more PR

MANILA, Philippines, July 31 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * SC: Company General Information Sheet Not Enough to Prove Stockholder Status The Supreme Court (SC) has clarified that being listed in a corporation's General Information Sheet (GIS) is not enough to prove someone is a stockholder. In a Resolution written by Associate Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando, the SC's First Division ruled that Ma. Christina Patricia C. Lopez (Christina) and J more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Top Senate Democrats Sound Alarm on Treasury Misusing Sanctions Program Meant to Address Serious Human Rights Abuse to Instead Help Trump's Political Allies Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Jeanne more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * Top Senate Democrats Sound Alarm on Treasury Misusing Sanctions Program Meant to Address Serious Human Rights Abuse to Instead Help Trump's Political Allies Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Bank more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48600) on July 16, 2025, entitled "Trump v. CASA, Inc. and Nationwide Injunctions During the Second Trump Administration" by legislative attorney Joanna R. Lampe. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY On June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court decided Trump v. CASA, Inc., a trio of consolidated cases in which the Court limited the ability of federal courts to issue nationwide injunctions - court orders  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48600) on July 16, 2025, entitled "Trump v. CASA, Inc. and Nationwide Injunctions During the Second Trump Administration:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Trump v. CASA, Inc. On June 27, 2025, in Trump v. CASA, Inc., the Supreme Court held that the Judiciary Act of 1789 does not authorize nationwide injunctions that reach more broadly than needed to provide complete relief to parties to  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Colleagues Urge Administration to Reinstate EPA Employees Retaliated Against for Exercising Free Speech Rights * Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) was joined by 16 of his Senate colleagues in pressing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin to reinstate employees placed on administrative leave after they signed a "Declaration of Dissent" expressing  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Padilla Exposes Alarming Surge in Voter Suppression, Republican Push for Racial Gerrymandering in Texas During Spotlight Forum * Padilla: "Instead of running on a record of clawing away health care coverage to pay for tax cuts for billionaires, they're trying to rig the rules of the game." WATCH : Padilla: "The Trump Administration is not focused on protecting your right to vote. They're more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Padilla Questions Former AG Eric Holder on Republican Push for Racial Gerrymandering in Texas During Spotlight Forum on Voter Suppression * Office of Special Counsel Confirms Hatch Act Investigation Following Padilla Letter Holder: "It's both a sign of weakness and a sign of fear... The President and his party are afraid of the voters, and they are trying to manipulate the maps in Texas  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Helps Reintroduce John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Senate Judiciary Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and the entire Senate Democratic caucus in reintroducing the John R. Lewis Voting Advancement Act, legislation that would updat more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on July 30, 2025: * * * President Donald J. Trump Addresses Threats to the United States from the Government of Brazil ADDRESSING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order implementing an additional 40% tariff on Brazil, bringing the total tariff amount to 50%, to deal with recent policies, practices, and actions by the Government of Brazil that constitute an unusual and extraordinary  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * WORST OF WORST: Criminal Proceedings Begin in Case of Transgender Illegal Alien Accused of Child Rape in Sanctuary New York City * This serial criminal entered the U.S. illegally and was released into the country under the Biden Administration WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released additional information on Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez, a transgender cr more PR