WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Barrett Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Establish Term Limits for Federal Judges * Washington, D.C. -Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) today announced a new piece of government reform legislation to build on the first pillar of his Blueprint for a Better America -Restoring Trust in Government. The constitutional amendment would limit federal judges, including Supreme Court justices, to serving a more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Cato Institute issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2026: * * * Cato Legal Expert: Don Lemon Arrest Highlights Constitutional Questions Around FACE Act Last week, former CNN news anchor Don Lemon was arrested under the FACE Act after entering a Minnesota church and reporting on protesters who disrupted a service there. The FACE Act, which was enacted in 1994, bans forcefully disrupting people's ability to enter abortion clinics and to carry out religious services more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget posted the following news release: * * * CRFB Statement on Overdue President's FY 2027 Budget * Under the law, the President is required to submit his budget for the upcoming fiscal year today, on the first Monday in February. However, there are reportedly no plans to release the budget today, and some press reports indicate that we may not get the President's budget until March. more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Joins Schiff, Colleagues in Raising Alarm on EPA's New Rule Abandoning Federal Water Pollution Protections * February 02, 2026 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) and 14 of her colleagues in opposing This link opens in new window or tab. the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USAC more PR

NEW YORK, Feb. 2 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Gambia's Supreme Court to Decide on FGM Ban * Gambia's Supreme Court is considering whether a law protecting women and girls from female genital mutilation (FGM) is constitutional. The practice, common in Gambia, often involves forcibly restraining girls while parts of their genitals are cut, sometimes with the wound sewn shut. FGM constitutes torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment u more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Introduce Resolution to Overturn Trump Administration Rule Ending Life-Saving Abortion Care for Veterans * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and 11 colleagues, including the rest of the SVAC Demo more PR

NEW YORK, Feb. 2 [Category: Media] -- The Interactive Advertising Bureau issued the following news: * * * IAB Releases Draft Legislation Addressing AI Scraping * PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (February 2, 2026) - The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) today released proposed draft legislation titled the AI Accountability for Publishers Act addressing the large-scale scraping of publisher content by artificial intelligence systems. IAB President and CEO David Cohen announced the proposal at IAB's An more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 2 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * Judge Allows Laid Off HHS Employees to Challenge Action Via Class Action Lawsuit * Last week, Judge Beryl Howell ruled that a group of former Health and Human Services (HHS) employees was authorized to pursue a class action lawsuit regarding the circumstances of their layoffs. Back in June 2025, seven HHS employees who los more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Feb. 3 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Montana State again earns prestigious Carnegie community engagement classification Isabel Hicks, MSU News Service Montana State University has once again earned national recognition for its outstanding community engagement efforts. MSU is one of 277 U.S. colleges and universities to receive the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, a classification awarded by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advanc more PR

MANILA, Philippines, Feb. 3 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * SC Updates Rules on Virtual Court Hearings The Supreme Court (SC) En Banc has approved the Amendments to the Guidelines on the Conduct of Videoconferencing, further strengthening the rules on virtual court hearings and remote appearances of parties and witnesses. In a Resolution dated November 4, 2025, in A.M. No. 24-11-02-SC, the SC introduced key reforms to expand access to videocon more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb. 2 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Professor Illegally Forced into DEI Training Deserves His Day in Court * When Arizona State University professor Owen Anderson was illegally forced to take a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training to keep his job, he sued. But a court ruled that he didn't have the right to challenge the illegal mandate. Now the Goldwater Institute is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to allow Ow more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Feb. 2 [Category: Media] -- The Society of Professional Journalists posted the following news: * * * SPJ approves funding to support Utah media coalition's fight for open court proceedings in Charlie Kirk case * The Society of Professional Journalists Legal Defense Fund Committee has approved $1,500 in support for the Utah Headliners Chapter of SPJ as part of a broader effort to protect public access to court proceedings in the prosecution of the suspect charged in the more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Feb. 2 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Veolia Environmental Services Employee Slams Teamsters With Federal Charges for Illegal Termination Threats * Worker maintains that Teamsters Local 63 officials threatened to have her fired for not joining the union and refusing to pay for union politics Colton, CA (February 2, 2026) - An employee of medical waste management firm Veolia Environmental Services has j more PR