WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Attorney General Pamela Bondi from an Oct. 7, 2025, hearing entitled "Oversight of the Department of Justice": * * * Good morning Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, and members of the Committee. I am grateful for the opportunity to testify in front of you here today. When I was confirmed as the 87th Attorney General of the United States, I took office with two main goals: to end the weaponization  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Files Brief Defending President Trump's Constitutional Authority to Federalize the Illinois National Guard and Restore Order in Chicago * America First Legal (AFL), in partnership with Boyden Gray PLLC, has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, defending President Trump's  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Jim Harper, a senior nonresident fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, from a Sept. 30, 2025, hearing entitled "Examining the Weaponization of the Quiet Skies Program": * * * Executive Summary The story of Quiet Skies is a useful indictment of an entire genre of counterterrorism program, the "watchlist." Watch-listing is a constitutional and security half- more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 9 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta, Coalition Condemn Trump's Attacks on Nonprofits' Freedom of Speech * Targeting nonprofits and charities based on their beliefs is 'gross violation ' of First Amendment rights, attack on donor intent, and 'deeply un-American' OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 10 attorneys general in issuing a joint statement conde more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cohen to Introduce the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act * In response to current efforts that single out Latino, Black, and immigrant Memphians for stops and searches WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, plans to introduce the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act on Friday. In a statement, Congressman Cohen said: "With the more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 [Category: Sociological] -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws posted the following news release: * * * Florida: Appellate Court Rules That Odor of Marijuana No Longer Constitutes Probable Cause for a Motor Vehicle Search * Tampa, FL: Police may no longer initiate motor vehicle searches solely based on smelling cannabis, according to a ruling issued by judges on Florida's 2 nd District Court of Appeal. In the Court's majority opinion, judges ackno more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 10 -- The Kansas Supreme Court issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2025: * * * Supreme Court announces committee appointment The Kansas Supreme Court appointed Caroline Zuschek to the Appellate Bench-Bar Committee as the capital appellate public defender office representative. Zuschek fills the unexpired term of Laura Stratton and will serve through June 30, 2027. She is the deputy capital appellate defender at the Kansas State Board of Indigents' Defense Servic more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 10 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * KU Libraries enable 'once-in-a-generation' expansion in digital access to primary sources By Wendy Conover A new deal negotiated by KU Libraries with information services provider ProQuest has expanded digital offerings exponentially, providing instant access to opportunities for research, learning and discovery. Beginning last spring and continuing over the summer, KU librarians negotiated with ProQuest more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 10 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2025: * * * Attorney General Brown Condemns Trump Attacks on Nonprofits' Freedom of Speech Targeting Nonprofits and Charities Based on Their Beliefs Is 'Gross Violation of First Amendment Rights,' Attack on Donor Intent, and 'Deeply Un-American' * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 10 attorneys general in issuing a joint statement condemning Pre more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 [Category: Sociological] -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws posted the following news release: * * * Missouri: Supreme Court Ruling Narrows Pool of Marijuana Offenses Eligible for Expungements Under State's Voter-Approved Law * Columbia, MO: A recent state Supreme Court decision restricts which marijuana-related offenses are eligible for expungement under Missouri's voter-approved law. Voters in 2022 passed a ballot initiative legalizing the ad more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 [Category: Animals] (TNSrpt) -- The Animal Welfare Institute issued the following news release: * * * New Analysis: Animal Welfare Act Enforcement Deteriorates Following SCOTUS Ruling * Washington, DC --The US Department of Agriculture, long known for its lackluster enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), appears in recent years to have drifted even further away from enforcement efforts. Since mid-2024 in particular, according to an Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) repo more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (TNSrpt) -- The Alliance for Justice, an organization committed to fortifying the progressive movement through its focus on federal and state courts and building power by providing resources to maximize nonprofits' advocacy capacity, issued the following news release: * * * New State Judges Report Commemorates Hispanic Heritage Month Alliance for Justice has issued the latest volume in its Faces of Justice series, highlighting the diversity among state supreme court justic more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Rep. Robert Garcia, D-California, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Robert Garcia Demands Immediate Testimony from Ghislaine Maxwell to Oversight Committee Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, wrote to Chairman James Comer seeking to immediately schedule a date for Ghislaine Maxwell to testify in front of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2025: * * * Sen. Cantwell Asks the Important Question at Opening of Committee Hearing on Government Censorship: Where is Chairman Carr? U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, asked aloud at today's hearing on government censorship, "Where is Cha more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement on Oct. 9, 2025, at an executive business meeting on judicial and executive nominees: * * * On today's agenda, we have seventeen nominations listed; we'll vote on eleven of them. We'll vote on Rebecca Taibleson to be a circuit judge and on David Bragdon, Lindsey Ann Freeman, Matthew Orso and Susan Courtwright Rodriguez to be district judges in North Caroli more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following floor remarks on Oct. 8, 2025, on the nomination of professor Jennifer Mascott to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: * * * Today, we're going to move to our first vote on Professor Jennifer Mascott's nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Court. I want to take a few minutes to express my support for her nomination and to urge my colleagu more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2025: * * * Shaheen, Warren, Kaine Condemn Trump Administration's Abuse of Global Magnitsky Act Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, and Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ranking Membe more PR