WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Seventy-three legal services organizations have expressed strong opposition to a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Education that would impose new restrictions on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. This public comment letter, submitted to Secretary Linda McMahon, contends that the changes threaten to undermine the program's foundational goals and jeopardize legal support for low-income individuals. The proposed rule seeks to redefine qualifying emp more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), Sterling, Virginia, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting scheduled for September 18-19, 2025. The letter raises critical concerns about the universal recommendation for administering the hepatitis B vaccine to all newborns, regardless of maternal hepatitis B status, which it argues is not su more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) advocating for the rescission of regulations implementing Executive Order 11246. This proposed action, outlined in the letter dated September 17, emphasizes that these regulations have long placed burdensome compliance requirements on federal contractors without any statutory basis. NCLA's letter addresses  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12084) on Sept. 19, 2025, by defense policy analyst Anya L. Fink. Here are excerpts: * * * Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCMN) Congress and the executive branch have debated the merits of a new nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N) since the weapon was proposed by the first Trump Administration in 2018. The Biden Administration proposed cancelling t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Universal Corp., a leading global leaf tobacco supplier based in Richmond, Virginia, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration regarding its proposed rule to set maximum nicotine levels in cigarettes and certain other combusted tobacco products. The rule, announced in January 2025, suggests capping nicotine content at 0.70 milligrams per gram of tobacco. In its letter, Universal expressed concer more ST