WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2025: * * * AFPI Applauds Supreme Court Stay in Texas Redistricting Case The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) today praised the U.S. Supreme Court for issuing a stay in Abbott v. League of United Latin American Citizens, allowing Texas to proceed with its duly enacted 2025 congressional map. AFPI represented numerous senior elections officials across Texas during the appeals process, aft more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 5 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Arkansas Supreme Court Strikes Down City's Illegal Trash Monopoly * In an important victory for the right to earn a living, the Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Goldwater Institute client Steven Hedrick, striking down efforts by the city of Holiday Island to bar him from running his dumpster business. Steven started his company to serve his rural Northwest Arkansas communi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Castro Statement on SCOTUS Ruling on Texas Congressional Maps * December 04, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) released the following statement: "Donald Trump demanded five congressional seats from Texas. Governor Abbott did what he was told. The conservative Supreme Court sealed the deal. "They can't win by delivering for hardworking Americansso they turn to corru more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Congressional Black Caucus issued the following news release: * * * CBC Statement on SCOTUS Ruling Upholding Trump-Republican Texas Maps * Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement: "The right-wing supermajority on the Supreme Court has dealt a blow to our democracy by shamefully rubber-stamping President Trump and Governor Abbott's coordinated political scheme to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: * * * Commission meetings and hearings The executive session scheduled for December 2 and the open meeting scheduled for December 4 were canceled. * * * Litigation CREW v. FEC (Case No. 25-04116) On November 24, Plaintiff filed a Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia regarding two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed with th more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Dec. 6 -- The Foundation for Economic Education posted the following commentary on Dec. 5, 2025: * * * Spain's Courtroom Politics Lawfare is costing taxpayers and eroding trust. By Mark Nayler If there is a threat to democracy in Spain, it's not from the "far right," that mysterious force to which Socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez wants to attribute all the country's problems. Recent developments have highlighted two issues that are causing much more damage to publi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-New York, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on Dec. 5, 2025: * * * Homeland Republicans Press Apple, Google Over Apps Used to Track Law Enforcement Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY) and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Chairman Josh Brecheen (R-OK) sent letters to Apple and Google concerning mobile applications that permit users t more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 6 -- The Illinois Supreme Court issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2025: * * * Illinois Supreme Court Recalls and Assigns Hon. Mark Clarke to Fifth District Appellate Court Justice David K. Overstreet and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the recall and assignment of the Honorable Mark H. Clarke (ret.) to the Fifth District Appellate Court. Judge Clarke is being assigned to fill the vacancy created by the upcoming retirement of Justice James R. M more PR

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee, Dec. 6 -- Middle Tennessee State University issued the following news: * * * In the News: MTSU faculty talk positive aging, AI, gang graffiti, apples, whiskey, more By Nancy DeGennaro Middle Tennessee State University faculty and staff recently provided the media with their perspectives on various issues, including positive aging, dyslexia and artificial intelligence. * Dr. Robert Fowler, associate professor of aerospace, talked with WKRN-TV News 2 on Sept. 19 about more PR

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 5 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * Labrador Letter: Our Office Celebrates Another Strong Year of Service * Dear Friends, Last month, our entire office gathered at the Idaho State Capitol for our annual Office Wide Meeting. Every November, we bring everyone together to look back on the year's work and recognize the people who made it happen. My Chief of Staff Phil Skinner kicked things off with updates from every divisi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON BLOOMBERG: "REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP HAS MADE CLEAR THEY HAVE NO INTENTION TO EXTEND THE ACA TAX CREDITS" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on Bloomberg TV, where he made clear that as Republicans fail to fix their healthcare crisis and unleash extremism on the American people, House Democrats will continue fighting to lower the hi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON BLOOMBERG: "REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP HAS MADE CLEAR THEY HAVE NO INTENTION TO EXTEND THE ACA TAX CREDITS" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on Bloomberg TV, where he made clear that as Republicans fail to fix their healthcare crisis and unleash extremism on the American people, House Democrats will continue fighting to lower the high cost of living and prot more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 [Category: Political] -- The NAACP posted the following news release: * * * NAACP Condemns Supreme Court Decision Allowing Racially Motivated Gerrymandering in Texas * December 4, 2025 Contact: communications@naacpnet.org WASHINGTON The NAACP strongly denounces today's Supreme Court ruling that allows Texas officials to implement mid-decade congressional map redraws, a move that will erode Black and brown voting power and violate core protections guaranteed under the  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 5 -- Nutter, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Nutter Honored as a 2025 Top Place to Work by The Boston Globe The Boston Globe has recognized Nutter as a 2025 Top Places to Work honoree in Massachusetts. This is the seventh time in the past eight years that Nutter has been named to the annual list. "This award reflects our unwavering dedication to fostering a culture of excellence, in which our people can truly thrive," said Bob Blakeley, chief  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Peterson Institute for International Economics issued the following commentary on Dec. 4, 2025: * * * Will the Supreme Court determine the fate of the Trump tariffs? By Alan Wm. Wolff (PIIE) A decision by the Supreme Court on the legality of President Donald Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs could be delivered any day now. The president has warned that throwing out the tariffs would create an "economic and national security disaster" and that it might cost trillions of d more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN12621) on Dec. 4, 2025, by Peter J. Meyer, Latin American and Canadian affairs specialist: * * * Presidential Pardon of Former Honduran President Convicted of Drug Trafficking On November 28, 2025, President Donald Trump announced on social media that he intended to issue a "full and complete pardon" to former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez. President Trump formally gr more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Crockett's Statement on the Supreme Court's Ruling on Texas's 2026 Map * Washington, D.C.Today, Rep. Crockett released the following statement: "While today's decision from the Supreme Court is disappointing, it's not shocking coming from a MAGA-influenced court. Here's the bottom line: Texans are now being told to vote under maps that a panel of three federal judgesright here in Texassaid w more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Doggett Statement on SCOTUS Decision on Texas Redistricting * Contact: Luis.BFaz@mail.house.gov (link sends email) Washington, D.C. Today, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) released the following statement: "I am most appreciative for the opportunity to have represented our community in public office for most of the last 50 yearsappreciative for the support and encouragement of so many neighbors as  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Stand Up America, an organization was born in 2016 as a digital-first grassroots community working to resist what they say is Donald Trump's corruption, racism and his threats to democracy, issued the following statement on Dec. 5, 2025: * * * SCOTUS AGREES TO HEAR RIGHT-WING FANTASY ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP Stand Up America's Managing Director of Policy and Political Affairs, Brett Edkins, issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court agreeing to hear more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * This Week in Climate Action - December 5, 2025 * Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation. This week, we're covering polluter giveaways from the Trump administration and Congress as well as the release of LCV's Clean Energy for All report. Be sure to follow LCV on Facebook, more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 5 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Week in Review: Exposing Academic Rot * Academic journals play a key role in higher education's advancement of human knowledgeuniversities use them to judge the quality of their faculty, and researchers who get published are more likely to receive tenure and promotion. But a new Goldwater Institute report shows how that system is skewedwith devastating consequenceswhen ideologues take c more PR