LONDON, England, Feb. 25 [Category: Environment] -- Friends of the Earth UK issued the following news release: * * * 2.4 million people at highest risk of flooding, Friends of the Earth finds * * Ahead of the upcoming local elections, Friends of the Earth is calling on all political parties to commit to making polluters pay for flooding defences and fund local authorities and emergency services to meet the escalating threats of the climate crisis. * The environmental justice campaigners' fl more PR

BATH, England, Feb. 26 -- The University of Bath posted the following news: * * * 60th Anniversary: Update and invitation from the Vice-Chancellor * Dear colleagues, A flying start Our 60th anniversary year has certainly started at full tilt. Thank you to everyone involved in the smooth running of the assessment period at the start of the year, including exams and the marking that follows, and with the start of Semester Two. The brighter days have been welcome and, with The SU election more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 27 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida issued the following statement on Feb. 26, 2026: * * * ACLU of Florida Condemns House Passage of Anti-Voter Bill that would Remove Eligible Florida Voters From the Rolls HB 991/SB 1334 imposes new barriers to registration and will prompt widespread voter disenfranchisement * Today, the Florida House of Representatives passed House Bill 991 by Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka by a vote of 83 to 31. HB 991 creates in-person,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Mark Alford, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Alford, Vernetti Introduce Bills to Protect Elections from Illegal Alien Influence * Today, Congressman Mark Alford (R-Lake Winnebago) and State Representative Jeff Vernetti (R-Camdenton) introduced complementary bills to restore the integrity of the citizen initiative petition process. Specifically, both bills will require non-profits that engage in election-related or political work to participate more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso Slams Democrats for Ignoring Working Families * "What Americans saw last night was quite simple. Republicans stood with them. Democrats didn't. They didn't stand for much. Republicans cheered for lower taxes, for safe communities, and safer elections - secure elections, elections people have faith in." WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today del more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on Feb. 26, 2026, by Michael E. Hartmann, senior fellow and director of the Center for Strategic Giving: * * * Amidst historical nescience, recalling the Black, Minton, Anderson, and Buchanan Committees A feared "future" that actually began about nine decades ago. Editorial note: this essay originally appeared at The Giving Review. * * * A number of conservatives have issued warnings about any aggressive pop more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Feb. 24, 2026, by Ferenc Nemeth, research fellow and program manager at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs: * * * More Western, Less Eastern - A Post-Orban Hungary If Hungary's opposition successfully unseats Viktor Orban, relations with Brussels will improve. But only up to a point. * "Orban, but her name is just a coincidence," joked Peter Magyar, Hungary's main opposition leade more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Krishnamoorthi Presses USPS for Answers on Reported Collection Box Closures Ahead of Illinois Primary Election * WASHINGTON -Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which has jurisdiction over the United States Postal Service (USPS), sent a letter to Postmaster General David Steiner raising serious concerns about more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton, Scott to Bondi: Investigate Chinese owned Surrogacy Centers * Contact: Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 February 26, 2026 Washington, D.C. -Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Rick Scott (R-Florida) today sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi urging an investigation into surrogacy centers operated by foreign nationals. Recent reports indicate Chinese nationals systematically e more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Feb. 27 -- Demand Progress issued the following news release: * * * House Dem Leaders to Force Iran Vote Next Week Iran War Powers Vote Will be Key Litmus Test in Future Elections for Years to Come * Washington, D.C. -- On Thursday, House Democratic leadership announced that they will force a vote next week on Reps. Ro Khanna's (D-CA) and Thomas Massie's (R-KY) bipartisan resolution to block President Donald Trump from launching a war in Iran. Senior White House off more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Feb. 26, 2026: * * * DNC Secures Legal Victory in Utah, Breaking Down Barriers for Utahns with Disabilities to Register to Vote As the RNC attempts to kick Americans off of the voting rolls, the DNC is defending the rights of voters across the country * Today, in a major victory for Utahns with disabilities, the state of Utah corrected a violation of Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Feb. 26, 2026: * * * In Wisconsin, JD Vance Fails to Sell Trump's Disastrous Economy Today, JD Vance travelled to Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District to try to spin Donald Trump's economic policies that are costing Wisconsin families over $2,000 a year and destroying thousands of jobs across the state. Vance's trip comes on the heels of Trump's disastrous State of the Union address, in which he sp more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 [Category: Sociological] -- Cato Institute issued the following news release: * * * Expert Available: Trump Executive Order Would Unconstitutionally Nationalize Elections * Recent reports indicate that President Donald Trump and his allies are preparing a draft executive order claiming China interfered in the 2020 election, giving President Trump broad emergency powers over elections. In light of this report, Stephen Richer, a legal fellow with Cato's Robert A. Levy Cen more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on Feb. 26, 2026, by senior fellow Riley Walters to the Global Taiwan Institute: * * * What's In the New US-Taiwan "Agreement on Reciprocal Trade"? On February 12, officials from the United States and Taiwan signed an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) in Washington, DC. The ART is the most significant trade agreement betw more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI Video: After Trump Doubles Down on Anti-Voter Legislation, Blumenthal Slams Republicans for Threatening Integrity & Fairness of Elections * [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today spoke on the Senate Floor to condemn President Donald Trump's mounting attacks on voting rights. Blumenthal's remarks come after President Trump called for t more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2026: * * * Justice Department Sues Five Additional States for Failure to Produce Voter Rolls Today, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced it has filed federal lawsuits against five states -- Utah, Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia, and New Jersey -- for failure to produce their full voter registration lists upon request. This brings the Justice Department's nationwide total  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release: * * * Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Rep. Valerie Foushee for Reelection to Congress * AFGE says Foushee has been a consistent voice for working families and public servants WASHINGTON - The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Rep. Valerie Foushee for reelection to the U.S. House representing North Carolina' more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES, MORELLE STATEMENT ON LATEST TRUMP ATTEMPT TO TAKE OVER ELECTIONS * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Joe Morelle released the following statement: Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants to nationalize our elections, because he intends to steal them. Once again, the President appears inten more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES, MORELLE STATEMENT ON LATEST TRUMP ATTEMPT TO TAKE OVER ELECTIONS * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Joe Morelle released the following statement: Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants to nationalize our elections, because he intends to steal them. Once again, the President appears intent on manufacturing conspir more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-New York, ranking member of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2026: * * * Leader Jeffries, Morelle Statement on Latest Trump Attempt to Take Over Elections Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Joe Morelle released the following statement: Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants to nationalize our elections, because he intends to steal them.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * MEMO: The Elephant in the Chamber: Trump Took a Victory Lap While Americans Pay the Price for His Failed Agenda * TO: Interested Parties FROM: Reproductive Freedom for All RE: DATE: February 26, 2026 If you had the misfortune of watching Trump's nearly two-hour rambling, unhinged State of the Union on Tuesday night-the longest in more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 27 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2026: * * * DISGUSTING: Democrats REFUSE to Stand for Iryna Zarutska's Mother at SOTU Democrats hit a new low at last night's State of the Union address. President Trump's speech highlighted the incredible wins he has achieved over the past 13 months -- yet Democrats, consumed by delusional hatred and obstruction, refused to join in celebrating these victories for the America more PR

NEW YORK, Feb. 26 -- The Peter G. Peterson Foundation posted the following news release: * * * New Poll: This Election Year, Voters Link National Debt to Affordability * Just weeks before the first primary elections, a new Peter G. Peterson Foundation survey shows that voters draw a strong connection between the rising national debt and their personal cost of living. 90% of voters are concerned that the national debt's effect on inflation is increasing the cost of living, as voters across pa more PR

IRVING, Texas, Feb. 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: * * * Nexstar Media Group Reports Fourth Quarter Net Revenue of $1.29 Billion * Reduced 2025 Year-over-Year Losses at The CW by 32% Exceeding Financial Expectations Provides 2026 Standalone Adjusted EBITDA Guidance in a Range of $1.95 Billion to $2.05 Billion STATEMENT FROM PERRY A. SOOK, FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN AND CEO "Nexstar delivered another quarter an more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 27 -- The National Partnership for New Americans issued the following news: * * * NPNA Sounds Alarm on Trump Administration Closing Legal Immigration Pathways, Turning them into "Weapons of the Mass Deportation Machine" WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On the heels of President Trump's State of the Union address, in which he named his support for legal immigration, the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) is sounding the alarm on his administration's intensified efforts to more PR

VIENNA, Austria, Feb. 26 -- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe posted the following news release: * * * ODIHR opens election observation mission in Hungary * BUDAPEST, 26 February 2026 - The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission ahead of the 12 April parliamentary elections, following an invitation from the national authorities and based on the findings of a pre-election needs assessment mission.  more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 27 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following statement on Feb. 26, 2026: * * * Drummond issues statement after Justice Department's request for voter data Attorney General Gentner Drummond today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Justice's request for access to Oklahoma's voter registration data: "The integrity of our elections is foundational to our republic, and efforts to identify and eliminate voter  more PR

LONDON, England, Feb. 26 -- The Royal College of Nursing issued the following news release: * * * RCN Wales Board meets in Cardiff and demands urgent action from Welsh Government on nursing pay progression * The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Wales Board met in Cardiff today and issued a clear call for the Welsh government to act immediately to improve pay progression for nursing staff, warning that Wales risks falling behind the rest of the UK. The recent announcement for NHS nursing staf more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Kevin Mullin, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Mullin Responds to Trump's Threat to Nationalize Elections * The President of the United States has zero role to play in election administration - NONE. Trump and his extremist Republicans who peddle fake and repeatedly disproven claims about the integrity of our elections systems have one goal in mind: Silence the millions of Americans who disagree with their disastrous policies. Reports  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Nancy Mace, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Nancy Mace Highlights Key Moments From President Trump's State Of The Union Address, Calls Out The Left For Sitting On Their Hands * WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 25, 2026) - Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) today highlighted key moments from President Donald J. Trump's 2026 State of the Union Address and called out the Left for refusing to stand and applaud for the American people. "President T more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Common Cause posted the following news release: * * * Rumored Trump Order on Elections Will Be Challenged * In response to the Washington Post's reporting on a likely new presidential executive order on elections, Common Cause and its more than 1 million members are preemptively announcing they will challenge any order that reduces voting rights. "Presidents don't set election law, not now, and not ever," said Virginia Kase Solomon, Common Cause more PR

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on Feb. 25, 2026, at the 50th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Caribbean Community Heads of Government: * * * SECRETARY RUBIO: Well, thank you for allowing me to come. As you can imagine, last night we had the State of the Union; it was two hours, the speech, and then we got on a plane and came here. And when I told my colleagues I needed to come here to Saint Kitts and Nevis on a work trip,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Ashley Brooke Moody, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2026: * * * Senator Moody Works to Secure Elections with SAVE America Act Senator Ashley Moody is working to secure elections with the SAVE America Act. Today on the Senate floor, Senator Moody urged her colleagues to pass the legislation that would make the commonsense reform of requiring an ID to vote. The vast majority of Americans support the idea--according to Pew Research Center, 83 more PR

BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of a news briefing on Feb. 25, 2026, by Secretary Marco Rubio after a meeting with the Caribbean Community leaders: * * * SECRETARY RUBIO: So this morning we were made aware by Cuban authorities of an incident off the coast of Cuba. We immediately began to look into it. As it stands now, the Department of Homeland Security, the Coast Guard, others are involved. The majority of the informatio more PR

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Feb. 27 -- The Alabama Secretary of State issued the following statement: * * * Statement from Secretary of State Wes Allen on Monroe County Ballot Harvesting Indictments "I want to thank law enforcement and Attorney General Steve Marshall and his staff for the hard work and quality investigation skills that lead to these important indictments. Today's news is the latest example of why I fought so hard to pass SB1, the bill that criminalized absentee ballot application ha more PR

SYDNEY, Australia, Feb. 26 -- The University of New South Wales posted the following news: * * * New Resilient Democracy Lab to counter democratic decline UNSW experts will design evidence-based policies and safeguards to strengthen democratic resilience in Australia and worldwide as threats to democracy intensify. Democracy is under threat worldwide. Both new and long-standing democracies are decaying as free elections, civil liberties and other key checks and balances are weakened. Notabl more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Warnock Questions Fulton County Commissioner Over Trump-Directed FBI Seizure of 2020 Ballots * As President Trump attempts to rig the rules ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Senator Reverend Warnock questioned Fulton County Commissioner Mo Ivory in a Wednesday spotlight hearing on election integrity The hearing follows a January FBI raid on a Fulton County election office, spurred by base more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Padilla Leads Charge on Stopping Trump's Attempts to "Take Over" Federal Elections * "It is not a voter ID bill; it is very much a voter suppression bill. It is very much a voter purge bill, and has so much more in that piece of legislation that should concern people." WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Admin more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Padilla Questions Panelists on Fighting Back Against Trump's Attempts to "Take Over" Federal Elections * WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and California's former Secretary of State, questioned elected officials and leading election experts during a Rules Committee Democrats spotlight forum he convened more PR

NEW WILMINGTON, Pennsylvania, Feb. 27 -- Westminster College issued the following news: * * * Dr. Russell Martin Elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society Dr. Russell E. Martin, professor of history at Westminster College, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (RHS), one of the most prestigious historical associations in the United Kingdom. Martin, who has been a member of the Westminster faculty since 1996, was elected at the society's council meeting on Feb. 6, i more PR