WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets released the following testimony by Kia Hamadanchy, senior policy counsel for the National Political Advocacy Division of the American Civil Liberties Union, from a Jan. 22, 2026, hearing entitled "Declassified MLK Records: What They Reveal and Why They Matter." MLK stands for Martin Luther King Jr. * * * Chairwoman Luna, Ranking Member Crockett, and members of the Ta more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (Rep.) -- Del. Aumua Amata Radewagen, R-American Samoa, issued the following news release: * * * Amata Honors President Reagan's Birthday, and Recalls His Message to American Samoa * Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is honoring the February 6 th birthday of the late President Ronald Reagan, and recalling his historic video message sent to American Samoa and the South Pacific Conference, which was hosted in American Samoa that year by Uifa'atali Governor Pe more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Urges White House to Block Unlawful Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Rule Mandating Race and Sex Data in Mortgage Applications * Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a petition urging the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to withdraw approval of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) Regulatio more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 5 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Anne Carney, D-Cape Elizabeth: * * * Committee advances Sen. Carney bill to clarify protections against foreclosure On Jan. 30, the Judiciary Committee advanced a bill from Sen. Anne Carney, D-Cape Elizabeth, to clarify protections against foreclosure in light of a decision by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) in 2024. As amended, LD 1444 would be titled "Resolve, Clarifying the A more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DCCC Statement on Supreme Court's Ruling That the Will of California Voters for Fair Maps Be Honored * Today, DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled that the state's voter-approved congressional map can be used for 2026: "Today's decision is a victory for the people of California, and those who believe in fair representation in Cong more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * DHS Sets the Record Straight on Administrative Warrants and American Public Support of President Trump's Deportations of Illegal Aliens * WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is debunking several of the mainstream media's false narratives related to the use of administrative warrants to arrest illegal aliens, as well as the notion that most Americans do not support immigr more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Husted applauds rule clearly defining Waters of the United States Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) joined a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle in support of the EPA's proposed rule to revise the definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS). The proposed rule would establish a clearer definition of jurisdictio more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Feb. 5 -- The Illinois Supreme Court issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2026: * * * ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT TO HOLD ORAL ARGUMENTS AT WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ON MARCH 11 Western Illinois University will host the 2026 installment of the Illinois Supreme Court's Riding the Circuit program as justices hear oral arguments in two cases on Wednesday, March 11, beginning at 10 a.m., in the University Union Grand Ballroom. "We are thrilled to welcome the Illinois  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2026: * * * Klobuchar Delivers Remarks to the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, delivered remarks to the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Winter Policy confere more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 5 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary on Feb. 4, 2026, by associate Glorimar Irene Abel: * * * Puerto Rico Supreme Court Enforces Private Employment Arbitration Clauses under Act 100 Discrimination Claims In Kendall Hope Tucker v. Money Group, 2026 TSPR 9, 217 DPR ___ (2026), the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico addressed the enforceability of an arbitration clause contained in a private employment contract in the context of a discrimination cl more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * National Girls and Women in Sports Day: Protecting the Legacy of Women's Sports * WASHINGTON D.C. -Today, on National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Independent Women celebrates the extraordinary progress women and girls have made in athletics, underscores the movement in the right direction to keep women's sports female, and highlights the work left to be done in the hig more PR

MANILA, Philippines, Feb. 5 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * SC Hosts Fourth International Judicial Dispute Resolution Network Meeting Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo led the Philippine Supreme Court (SC) in the Fourth Meeting of the International Judicial Dispute Resolution Network (JDRN) held on January 26 to 27, 2026, at the Grand Hyatt Manila in Taguig City and at The Judicial Academy Philippines in Tagaytay City, Cavite. He was joined b more PR

NEW YORK, Feb. 4 -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy posted the following news release: * * * Post-Dobbs state abortion bans tied to higher postpartum depression risk in low-income communities * A new national study of Medicaid enrollees finds that postpartum depression (PPD) rose significantly among women and adolescents living in low-income areas of states that banned or severely restricted abortion following the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobb more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley Urges Congress End Qualified Immunity, Demands Accountability for Families of Loved Ones Killed by ICE * " During negotiations on DHS funding, Democrats must prioritize giving power to the people to protect their rights." "People should be allowed to sue ICE agents for violating their rights and killing their loved ones. Period." Pressley Legislation Would Hold Federal Law Enforcement Off more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Reproductive Freedom for All Endorses Judge Chris Taylor for Wisconsin State Supreme Court * Contact: media@reproductivefreedomforall.org  Washington, DC -Today, Reproductive Freedom for All announced its endorsement of Judge Chris Taylor for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Judge Taylor has a long history of defending reproductive freedom, i more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Scanlon, Judiciary Democrats Demand DHS and ICE Rescind Memo Authorizing Warrantless Home Raids * Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, today joined Reps. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee; Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Smith, Schweikert, Mann: Future Farmers of America Must Explain Ties to Chinese Communist Party Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08), Oversight Subcommittee Chairman David Schweikert (AZ-01), and co-Chair of the Congressional Future Farmers of America (FFA) Caucus, Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01), are calling on the FFA to explain its more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Tlaib Introduces Resolution to Defend the Fourteenth Amendment * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), alongside Popular Democracy, introduced the Defend the Fourteenth Amendment Resolution which reaffirms Congress' recognition of the Fourteenth Amendment as a cornerstone of our multiracial democracy and renews our commitment to actively defend and uphold the rights and pro more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN12650) on Feb. 3, 2026, by foreign affairs analyst Joshua Klein: * * * U.S. Policy Toward Cuba: Recent Developments and Congressional Considerations On January 29, 2026, President Trump issued an executive order (E.O.) stating that, effective January 30, "the policies, practices, and actions of the Government of Cuba constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat" to U.S. nationa more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Feb. 5 -- The University of Virginia School of Law issued the following news: * * * Students Travel to Dominican Republic To Study Impact of Climate Change on Human Rights Trip Is Part of the Yearlong Human Rights Study Project Cooper Allen University of Virginia School of Law students gained a firsthand look at the challenges posed by climate change during the Human Rights Study Project's trip over winter break to the Dominican Republic. The Human Rights Study P more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Warnock, Warren Blast OMB Director Vought Over Proposed Rule to End Discrimination Protections * In a letter to OMB Acting Director Russell Vought, Senators Reverend Warnock and Banking Ranking Member Warren urged Vought to rescind a proposed rule that would end discrimination protections at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau around lending The Equal Credit Opportunity Act's disparate i more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2026: * * * Warnock, Warren, Senate Democrats Urge Vought to Rescind CFPB's Proposal to Gut Civil Rights Protections in Lending "This proposal would gut longstanding civil rights protections, widen the wealth gap, and increase housing, credit card, car loan, and other borrowing costs by undermining ECOA's core pur more PR