WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Americans Against Government Censorship issued the following news release: * * * AAGC Statement on Trump Executive Order on Vote by Mail Americans Against Government Censorship Executive Director Cole Leiter released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's new executive order on vote by mail and latest efforts to federalize our elections. "This executive order is not an effort to protect the integrity of our elections, it is part of an increasin more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary on April 1, 2026, by Andreas Hellmann: * * * Poland's Digital Tax Will Hurt U.S. Businesses Poland's Ministry of Digital Affairs is pushing forward with a Digital Services Tax (DST) that is little more than a thinly veiled shakedown of American technology companies. The proposal -- a 3% levy targeting firms with over Euros1 billion in global revenue and PLN 25 million in Poland-sourced revenue -- has now been offi more PR

DENVER, Colorado, April 2 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Phil Weiser statement on the Colorado Court of Appeals upholding Tina Peters conviction for election tampering * Attorney General Phil Weiser released the following statement regarding today's decision from the Colorado Court of Appeals in The People of the State of Colorado v. Tina Peters : "The original sentence that the court imposed on Tina Peters for illegally t more PR

NEW YORK, April 3 -- Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law issued the following news release on April 2, 2026: * * * Voting Rights Groups Challenge Executive Order on Mail-In Ballots as Illegal Interference in Elections President Trump's unlawful executive order would take control of mail-in ballots from the states and create an unvalidated, error-prone system that would risk disenfranchising eligible voters. The president does not have constitutional authority to r more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus issued the following news release: * * * CAPAC Condemns Trump's Voter Suppression Executive Order * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Grace Meng (NY-06) released a statement following President Trump's executive order restricting access to the ballot box: "President Trump's executive order is nothing more than a power grab to strip Americans of their fundamental right to vote. Un more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following InfluenceWatch wrapup by Jonathan Harsh: * * * InfluenceWatch, a project of Capital Research Center, is a comprehensive and ever-evolving compilation of our research into the numerous advocacy groups, foundations, and donors working to influence the public policy process. The website offers transparency into these influencers' funding, motives, and connections while providing insight often neglected by other watchdog group more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following news release: * * * CFTC Sues Trio of States to Reaffirm its Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Prediction Markets * WASHINGTON -The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today filed lawsuits challenging the actions of Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois against CFTC-registered designated contract markets. Despite the CFTC's clear and longstanding exclusive jurisdiction to regulate event contracts under the Commodi more PR

EAST GREENBUSH, New York, April 3 (TNSxrep) -- The Center for Internet Security issued the following news release: * * * New CIS Report Warns Prompt Injection Attacks Pose Growing Risk to Generative AI CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. -- The Center for Internet Security, Inc. (CIS) has released a new report warning that prompt injection attacks are a serious and growing threat to organizations using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). The report, Prompt Injections: The Inherent Threat to Generativ more PR

NEW YORK, April 2 -- Common Cause - New York issued the following news release on March 31, 2026: * * * Advocates and Voters File to Protect Washington Voters' Privacy Lawsuit challenges DOJ's demand for voter roll data * Common Cause, Washington Conservation Action Education Fund, and a Washington voter have filed a motion to intervene in United States v. Hobbs. The organizations and voters seek to prevent the Department of Justice from obtaining Washingtonians' sensitive personal data. Th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cohen Condemns Trump's Unconstitutional Voting List Power Grab * President has no authority to change state election rules MEMPHIS - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today condemned President Trump's executive order on Tuesday that seeks to interfere with state election laws and procedures involving the eligibility of voters in federal electi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * Crucial Changes in Tennessee Voting Rights Restoration Laws Take Effect * NASHVILLE, Tenn. -Last month, Tennessee lawmakers approved new bipartisan legislation to make it easier for people with previous felony convictions to vote in the state. Senate Bill 0336 and House Bill 067 eliminated the court costs requirement and opened the door for people who are compliant with child suppo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on April 2, 2026, by Victor Cha, president of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department, and Andy Lim, deputy director and fellow with the CSIS Korea Chair: * * * The Impact of the Iran Conflict on South Korea: By the Numbers One month into the Iran conflict, no noncombatant country has been hit harder than South Korea. The effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint thro more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 3 (TNSrpt) -- The European Trade Union Institute issued the following news on April 2, 2026: * * * Tesla vs Europe's social model A comparative analysis of Tesla's practices in Germany, Sweden and the United States shows how the pioneering electric vehicle producer is circumventing collective workers' rights. While operating in an already strained European industrial sector, the company avoids its labour obligations without launching a direct or open challenge against more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements Proposed Rule (CMS-1851-P) * On April 2, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule (CMS-1851-P) that would update Medicare hospice payments and the aggregate cap amount for fis more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, April 2 -- The Foundation for Economic Education posted the following commentary on March 31, 2026, by Mani Basharzad, research associate at the Institute of Economic Affairs: * * * What Nobel Minds Get Wrong The greatest danger to sound economic reasoning is that its conclusions are often counterintuitive. Each year after the Nobel Prize announcements, laureates, who are among the greatest minds of their generation, gather and shape a broader intellectual conversation. At more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 2 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * FSU Election Law Center announces 2026 conference in Washington, D.C. * The Election Law Center at Florida State University College of Law will host its two-day Spring 2026 Conference in Washington, D.C., on April 16-17, 2026, convening the nation's leading election law scholars, policymakers, litigators and election officials to examine the most pressing issues shaping elections in the United States.  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 (TNSrpt) -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 1, 2026: * * * New Report Reveals the Extent of the Brazilian Censorship Regime's Threat to American Free Speech Today, the House Judiciary Committee released an interim staff report titled "The Attack on Free Speech Abroad: The Case of Brazil Part III." The report details new evidence discovered by the Committee proving that Brazil's censorship regime more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 3 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on April 2, 2026, by Stacey Shrader Joslin: * * * House Judiciary Passes Bill to Criminalize Prediction Market Bets The Tennessee state House Judiciary Committee has passed legislation -- HB2079/SB1992 -- that would make it a felony for a person to engage in "conduct intended to influence the outcome of an event" which that person has also bet on through a contract on a prediction market like K more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Club for Growth, an advocacy organization, issued the following news release on April 1, 2026: * * * ICYMI: Make Democrats Answer if they Block the SAVE Act In case you missed it, Club for Growth President David McIntosh published an op-ed in the Washington Times urging Republicans to use a talking filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act. The piece highlights polling that shows over 70% of Americans support the SAVE America Act and dismantles opposition to the bill. Cl more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on April 2, 2026, by Paul Goble, specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Putin's Moves Against Internet Alienate Russians Executive Summary: * Russian President Vladimir Putin's moves against Telegram channels and the Internet more generally have alienated many Russians, angered regime allies in business and government who depend on the web, and undercut the K more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Statement on the Ouster of Attorney General Pam Bondi * East Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on President Trump's ouster of Attorney General Pam Bondi. "Attorney General Pam Bondi turned the United States Department of Justice into Donald Trump's personal law firm," said Larson. "She used her position to slow-walk the release of the E more PR

NEW YORK, April 2 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF Denounces Passage of Florida Anti-Voter Bill that Could Disenfranchise Millions of Floridians in 2027 and Beyond * Yesterday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping anti-voter elections bill into law that will go into effect as soon as January 2027. The bill will not affect any voters trying to register or vote during the 2026 elections. It is similar to the f more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Leaders Jeffries, Schumer, DCCC, DSCC, DGA, DNC File Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Illegal Executive Order Attacking Vote By Mail * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Democratic Governors Association, and the Democratic National Commi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news on April 2, 2026: * * * Leaders Schumer, Jeffries, DGA, DSCC, DCCC, DNC File Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Illegal Executive Order Attacking Vote By Mail Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic Governors Association, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and the Democratic National Committee  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on April 2, 2026: * * * Leaders Schumer, Jeffries, DSCC, DCCC, DGA, DNC File Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Illegal Executive Order Attacking Vote By Mail Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic Governors Association, and the Democratic National Commi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on April 2, 2026: * * * Leaders Schumer, Jeffries, DSCC, DCCC, DGA, DNC File Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Illegal Executive Order Attacking Vote By Mail Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic Governors Association, and the Democratic Nat more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Murray, Warren, Sanders, Wyden, Baldwin Blast New Trump Admin Attempt to Dismantle Education Department, Call for Immediate End to Illegal Transfer of Student Loans to Treasury U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) pressed Secretary of Education Linda McMahon a more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 2 -- Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs posted the following news: * * * New Data from Princeton SPIA Initiative Shows Political Violence in U.S. is on the Rise * Since 2019, the Bridging Divides Initiative at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs has tracked political violence in the United States and identified key risk factors for escalation. According to the latest edition of BDI's yearly trend analysis report,  more PR

STRASBOURG, France, April 3 -- The Parliamentary Assembly, an arm of the Council of Europe, issued the following news: * * * PACE to hold its spring plenary session in Strasbourg Addresses by the Chairperson of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Denis Becirovic and France's Europe and Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot are among highlights of the spring plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which takes place in Strasbourg on 20-24 April 20 more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Pallone Convenes NJ Voting Rights Leaders as Trump Escalates Attack on Free Elections * Voting rights roundtable participants included LWVNJ, NAACP's New Brunswick and Edison branches, NJ Citizen Action, NJ Institute for Social Justice, and ACLU-NJ NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today convened voting rights advocates, civil rights leaders, and policy experts to  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 2 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * Pride Month events at MSU * This story will be updated throughout the month. Pride Month is dedicated to celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and/or queer, intersex, asexual and two-spirit, or LGBTQIA2S+, communities and histories. It is nationally recognized each year in June, a time when most Spartans have returned home for the summer. Michigan State University celebrates more PR

NEW YORK, April 2 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Q&A: War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity by All Sides in Burkina Faso * Human Rights Watch has released a report, " None Can Run Away," about serious human rights abuses against civilians across Burkina Faso by the Burkinabe military, allied militias, and an Islamist armed group since 2022. This questions-and-answers document addresses key issues explored in the report. 1. What were the key  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * Second Unlawful Anti-Voter Executive Order Challenged by Voting Rights Coalition * WASHINGTON - Today, Campaign Legal Center and Democracy Defenders Fund sued the Executive Office of the President -alongside members of the president's Cabinet and select federal agencies -on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Secure Families Initiative and Arizona Studen more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of an interview on March 31, 2026, by Sean Hannity of Fox News with Secretary Marco Rubio: * * * QUESTION: Here with more, joining us is the Secretary of State himself. Marco Rubio is with us. Mr. Secretary, thank you for taking the time. I know you're busy and you've got a lot on your plate. Could we start with the question for those Americans that may not understand why now? I want to go through this in great sp more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on April 2, 2026: * * * Statement from DNC Chair Ken Martin on the Firing of Pam Bondi as Attorney General Donald Trump announced today that he is firing his Attorney General Pam Bondi, after Bondi reportedly begged Trump not to. Bondi's abrupt exit is the second firing of a cabinet secretary in a month, and the latest embarrassment for the Trump administration amid historically low approval ratings for more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 [Category: Political] -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following news release: * * * The Leadership Conference Condemns Executive Order: "Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections" * Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement: Today's executive order on federal elections is a recipe for chaos, disenfranchisement, and constitutional crisis more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 2 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The International Commission of Jurists issued the following news: * * * The UN Human Rights Council makes significant but limited progress in addressing human rights around the world, as atrocities multiply in the Middle East and elsewhere * Geneva, 1 April 2026. The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) has concluded its 61 st regular session 23 February to 31 March, advancing the protection of human rights by adopting 38 resolutions, out of wh more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48887) on March 26, 2026, entitled "U.S. Conflict with Iran." The report is written by Middle Eastern affairs specialists Clayton Thomas, Christopher M. Blanchard, Jeremy M. Sharp and Jim Zanotti: * * * SUMMARY U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, have sparked a wide-reaching regional conflict, with ongoing U.S. and Israeli air operations in Iran and Iranian retaliatory st more PR

NEW YORK, April 1 [Category: Political] -- The Hispanic Federation, an organization that supports and strengthens Latino institutions through education, health, immigration, civic engagement, economic empowerment and the environment, issued the following news release: * * * Voting Rights Advocates Sue to Block Florida's Restrictive "Show Your Papers" Law * Miami, FL - Voting rights advocates filed a federal lawsuit today challenging Florida House Bill 991, a new law requiring documentary pro more PR

NEW YORK, April 2 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * Voting Rights Groups Challenge Executive Order on Mail-In Ballots as Illegal Interference in Elections * President Trump's unlawful executive order would take control of mail-in ballots from the states and create an unvalidated, error-prone system that would risk disenfranchising eligible voters. The president does not have constitutional authority to regulate elections. more PR

NEW YORK, April 2 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * Voting Rights Groups Challenge Executive Order on Mail-In Ballots as Illegal Interference in Elections * Boston, MA - A coalition of voting rights organizations filed a lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massach more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * Voting Rights Groups Challenge Executive Order on Mail-In Ballots as Illegal Interference in Elections * BOSTON, MA - A coalition of voting rights organizations filed a lawsuit today in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenging President Trump's March 31 executive order concerning mail-in voting. The Constitution explicitly states that only Congress and t more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 3 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 2, 2026: * * * Voting Rights Groups Challenge Executive Order on Mail-In Ballots as Illegal Interference in Elections President Trump's unlawful executive order would take control of mail-in ballots from the states and create an unvalidated, error-prone system that would risk disenfranchising eligible voters. * A coalition of voting rights organizations filed a la more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Warning Lights Flashing For Brad Finstad As "Life in the First District is Getting Less Affordable" [Minnesota Star Tribune] * Star Tribune : After years in GOP hands, Democrats see a shot at Tim Walz's old House seat New reporting from the Star Tribune highlights how Brad Finstad is staring down the toughest race of his career. Under Finstad's watch, " life in the First Distr more PR