WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Arrington Leads Fight to End Government Shutdowns, Hold Congress Accountable * WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) was joined by Senator James Lankford (R-OK) in introducing the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2025, which would take government shutdowns off the table and force Congress to stay in town until their work is done. "In the real world, if you fail to do more PR

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 5 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Secures Major Settlement to Protect Buffalo Families from Dangerous Lead Hazards Attorney General James Secures Major Settlement to Protect Buffalo Families from Dangerous Lead Hazards * New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a major win in her office's fight to protect Buffalo children and families from dangerous lead poisoning in their homes. In Ma more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Environment] -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility posted the following news release: * * * Ban on Rushmore and Badlands Air Tours Upheld * A federal appeals court has rejected a petition by the air tour industry which sought to reopen the skies above Mount Rushmore National Monument and Badlands National Park to air tours, according to the ruling posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which had intervened in th more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Julia Brownley, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Brownley, Democratic Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Rescind Proposed Rule to Ban Abortion Care for Veterans * Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Julia Brownley (CA-26) and fellow Democratic colleagues have urged the Trump administration to rescind its proposed rule to reinstate a near-total ban on abortion care and abortion counseling at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). As a more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Sept. 5 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release: * * * California Nurse Adds New Claim in Federal Labor Board Case Against United Nurses Association of California * Charge: union officials illegally demanded nurse join union, plus maintain illegal policy that restricts right to cut off funding for political spending Woodland Hills, CA (September 5, 2025) - Sarah Warthemann, a nurse at Kaiser Permanente, has just filed n more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Computer Technology] -- The Computer and Communications Industry Association issued the following news release: * * * CCIA Asks Supreme Court to End Outrageous Copyright Liability * Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association has filed a Supreme Court amicus brief in a case that could have broad liability and cost implications for internet and technology companies. CCIA pointed out in its filing that Justices now have an opportunity in the  more PR

PLANO, Texas, Sept. 4 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * District Court Orders State of New York to Pay Over $817,000 in Attorneys' Fees in Religious Liberty Case * Buffalo, NY-- The United States District Court for the Western District of New York ordered the State of New York to pay over $817,000 in attorneys' fees to His Tabernacle Family Church  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Sept. 3, 2025, nominations hearing for professor Jennifer Mascott to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and Robert Chamberlin, James Maxwell, Edmund LaCour, William Lewis and Harold Mooty to various U.S. District Court positions: * * * Good morning, I'd like to welcome everyone to today's hearing. Our first panel features Professor Jenn more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * MEMO: Republicans Said We'd "Get Over" Losing Our Health Care. We Didn't. * REPUBLICANS SAID WE'D "GET OVER" LOSING OUR HEALTH CARE. WE DIDN'T. How Reproductive Freedom for All took action to hold Republicans accountable for their disastrous budget bill during August Recess After passing a deadly budget bill in July to gut Medicaid and more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 5 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2025: * * * Attorney General Platkin Joins Multistate Coalition in Opposing Trump Administration's Proposed Rollback of Abortion Care for Veterans and Their Families Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter opposing the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) proposed federal rule that would elimina more PR

MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 5 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * SC: Written Donation a Must for Subdivision Land Transfer to LGU The Supreme Court (SC) has reiterated that the donation of subdivision land to a local government unit (LGU) must be in writing for ownership to be transferred. In a Decision written by Associate Justice Jhosep Y. Lopez, the SC's Second Division ruled that the Quezon City (QC) LGU failed to prove that the open spaces an more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Q&A: Never Forget 9/11 * Q: What's your message on the anniversary of 9/11? A: This year marks 24 years since 19 hijackers boarded four commercial airliners in the early morning hours on Sept. 11, 2001, to commit acts of terror on U.S. soil. The terrorists commandeered the airplanes to launch suicide attacks against symbolic targets on the eastern seaboard of the United States. They targeted t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain posted the following news: * * * Saudi Arabia's Legal System Targets Children: Jalal Labbad Executed * On 21 August 2025, a new name was added to Saudi Arabia's alarming and ever-growing list of executions: Jalal Labbad, a young man put to death for alleged crimes committed as a child. His supposed offense was participating as a teenager in the 2011 and 2012 Al-Qatif protests against the syste more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Business] -- The National Federation of Independent Business issued the following news release: * * * Small Business Amicus Brief Questions Procedural Manipulation of Jurisdiction * WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 5, 2025) - NFIB filed an amicus brief in the case Enbridge Energy, LP, et al. v. Dana Nessel, Attorney General of Michigan at the United States Supreme Court. The case concerns Section 1446(b), which creates a procedural time limit of 30 days for defendants t more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 5 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: * * * Tennessee Joins 25-State Coalition Defending Second Amendment Rights of Law-Abiding Travelers * Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced today that Tennessee has joined a coalition of 25 states in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging it to strike down Massachusetts' unconstitutional firearm licensing requirements for nonresidents. "Tennesseans' Second Ame more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news: * * * Trump Renames DOD to Department of War * President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order today changing the Defense Department's name to the Department of War as a secondary title. The order -- the 200th signed by the president since taking office -- authorizes Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and DOD subordinate officials to use secondary titles like "Department of War," "Secretary of War" and "Deputy Sec more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville Reintroduces Legislation to End Government Shutdowns * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) helped reintroduce the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act, which would take government shutdowns off the table and force Congress to stay in town until their work is done. "Where I come from, you stay at work until you get the job done," said Senator Tuberville. "The America more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Wildlife Society, an organization that says it inspires, empowers and enables wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation, issued the following news: * * * Void for vagueness * When I reflect on my time as a young field biologist, I find myself reminiscing about nightly fireside chats with coworkers and friends. It's one of those things that feels ordinary in t more PR