INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 16 -- The Indiana University Indianapolis campus issued the following news: * * * 4 IU faculty receive prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships * Four Indiana University faculty members have received prestigious fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, which recently announced its 101st class of Guggenheim Fellows. The recipients are Christoph Irmscher and David Polly from IU Bloomington and Edward Curtis and Gerard Magliocca from IU Indianapolis more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 16 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Alleged Hacker-for-Hire Faces First US Court Appearance for Targeting Climate Advocates As Big Oil's Push for Legal Immunity Heats Up * CAMBRIDGE, Ma. (April 16, 2026)-Accused hacker Amit Forlit faces his first appearance in U.S. federal court tomorrow for allegedly orchestrating a hacking operation targeting over 100 individuals working to hold fossil fuel more PR

ALBANY, New York, April 16 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Announces Indictment of Former Board Member For Stealing More Than $3.8 Million from Manhattan Church * New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the indictment of Olof Olsson, 45, of Manhattan for allegedly stealing more than $3.8 million from the Manhattan-based Swedish Church of New York - also known as the Swedish Seamen's Church (the Church) more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL DEFENDS TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR SOMALI NATIONALS * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 16 attorneys general, today opposed the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) unlawful and baseless attempt to strip Somalia's Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation. Raoul and the coalition filed an amicus brief in African Commu more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell to Trump FTC Chair: Protect Consumers, Not the President's Allies * 04.16.26 "The problem is that, instead of being a consumer watchdog, the FTC is now turned into the President's lapdog." WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Senate Finance Committe more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell-Led Bill Would Restore FTC Authority to Return Billions to Consumers Ripped Off by Scams, Fraud & Unfair Practices Consumers lost a record $15.9B to fraud and scams in 2025 For last 5 years, FTC has operated without "13(b)" authority--its strongest tool to secure redress for victims--& refunds dropped to $2B  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Pat Harrigan Votes to Cut EPA Red Tape and Speed Up American Infrastructure * Contact: Lexi Kranich (814) 380-4408 WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, Congressman Pat Harrigan (NC-10) voted in favor of H.R. 6398, the Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations Act, legislation to eliminate a redundant layer of EPA review that has slowed federal construction projects and more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Courtney Votes to Extend TPS for Haitian Immigrants * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement after voting to pass the bipartisan H.R. 1689, which would extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants for three years until April 2029. The bill passed the House by a vote of 224-204. "The humanitarian crisis in Haiti continues to reach  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11419) on April 15, 2026, by legislative attorney L. Paige Whitaker: * * * Election Law and the Supreme Court in 2026: Pending Cases on Redistricting, Campaign Finance and Mail-In Ballots As the November 2026 congressional elections approach, three cases addressing various aspects of election law are pending at the U.S. Supreme Court. In Louisiana v. Callais, the Court i more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Handing a Rebuke to Cruel Trump Immigration Agenda, Larson and House Democrats Vote to Protect Haitians Fleeing Violence from Deportation * Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 350,000 Haitians living in the United States - handing a defeat to the Trump Administration's illegal plan to abruptly end these protections and dep more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * House Passes Pressley-Led Measure to Extend Temporary Protected Status for Haiti, Now Heads to Senate Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Co-Chair of the House Haiti Caucus, secured a major victory in the House of Representatives, passing critical legislation to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti by a vote of 224-204. The effort, which Congresswoman Pressley championed thro more PR

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, April 16 -- High Point University issued the following news release: * * * HPU Poll 120: North Carolina Likely Voters Weigh in on U.S. Senate, North Carolina Supreme Court Races * HIGH POINT, N.C., April 16, 2026 - A new High Point University (r) Poll of North Carolina likely voters examined preferences in the U.S. Senate race between Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley. The poll also looked at the North Carolina Supreme Court race between Anita Earls and Sarah Stevens more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Malliotakis Votes To Save Local Healthcare Workers From Deportation * (WASHINGTON, DC) -Today, Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis voted to restore temporary protections for approximately 350,000 Haitian nationals legally residing in the United States, following the Trump Administration's termination of the program which has been stalled pending legal challenges. After the Trump Administration  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * MEMO: Black Maternal Health Week 2026: Abortion Bans, Medicaid Cuts, and the Growing Toll of Anti-Abortion Extremism * TO: Interested Parties FROM: Reproductive Freedom for All RE: Black Maternal Health Week 2026: Abortion Bans, Medicaid Cuts, and the Growing Toll of Anti-Abortion Extremism DATE: Thursday, April 16, 2026 Black  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Moulton Votes to Extend Haiti TPS Following Successful Discharge Petition Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) voted today to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti. The legislation, passed after Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) led a successful discharge petition to force a vote on the bill, would extend TPS for Haitians for three years, until April 2029. "Haitian TPS holders are more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The National Small Business Association issued the following news release: * * * NSBA Petitions Supreme Court on Corporate Transparency Act, CTA Fighting against the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) for more than a decade, NSBA is taking its challenge of this unconstitutional law to the Supreme Court in a new petition filed this week. * On Wednesday, April 15, 2026, NSBA filed with the Supreme Court of the U.S. a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in our ongoing lawsui more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley Measure to Extend Haiti TPS Adopted by House Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley's (MA-07) effort to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haiti was successfully adopted. By a vote of 220-207, the House of Representatives passed her bipartisan discharge petition to extend Haiti TPS for three years, teeing up a vote on final passage later today on the underlying bill by Rep Laura Gillen (N more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Hoyer Statement on Tax Day * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Ranking Member of the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Subcommittee released the following statement on Tax Day, April 15, 2026: "Each year, Americans dutifully file their taxes on April 15 and, in so doing, ensure our troops are paid and protected, homeless v more PR

PIERRE, South Dakota, April 17 -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the following news release on April 16, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jackley Joins AG Coalition to Support Federal Rule Promoting Transparency in Prescription Drug Pricing South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins a coalition of 45 Attorneys General in sending a comment letter that supports a proposed U.S. Department of Labor rule that would require greater transparency from pharmacy benefit managers  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell to Trump FTC Chair: Protect Consumers, Not the President's Allies U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, blasted the Trump Administration for illegally firing two Democratic Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioners and the fail more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Seeks Data on States Seizing Americans' Unclaimed Assets U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, sent a letter to the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (NAUPA), raising concerns and seeking data regarding rece more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following opening statement on April 16, 2026, at an oversight hearing on President Trump's fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Thank you, Chairman Graham, for convening this hearing. And thank you, Director Vought, for being here today to discuss the President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2027. Your budget opens with a message from you, in which you write, quote: "A historic paradigm shi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: * * * Chairman Moran Leads Hearing to Review Programs for Justice-Involved Veterans & Veterans Treatment Courts Moran welcomes three veterans from Kansas * U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs - led a committee hearing with veterans, advocates from the Veterans Justice Commission and All Rise, the Department o more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Schiff, Leader Schumer, Blumenthal Probe DOJ's Decision to Drop Criminal Charges Against Turkish Bank, Raises Concerns of Trump's Political Interference Administration decision follows years of litigation involving allegations that Halkbank knowingly participated in a scheme to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran.  * Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Co more PR

PLANO, Texas, April 16 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Snohomish Eight Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Correct Ninth Circuit's Misapplication of Title VII * Washington, D.C. -First Liberty Institute, Williams & Connolly, Church State Council, and Jennifer Kennedy filed a petition at the Supreme Court of the United States asking the Justices to reverse  more PR

STANFORD, California, April 17 -- Stanford University Law School issued the following news: * * * Stanford's FutureLaw Explores What Comes Next as AI Reshapes the Law Scholars and AI industry leaders gather at Stanford Law School for a week of conferences, workshops, conversations, and competitions; Professor Daniel Ho receives the 2026 Codex Prize for his groundbreaking research By Monica Schreiber By now, few people in law need to be told that AI is changing the profession. The more urgen more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville Calls for End of Woke Biden-era Gun Rule Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined 12 of his Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Daniel Driscoll, urging the agency to cease enforcement of a vacated Biden-era rule that classified certain braced pistols as short-barrel rifles under the Nat more PR

DEKALB, Illinois, April 16 -- Northern Illinois University issued the following news: * * * UG Student Research Spotlight shines on Lexi Koehl, special education major When Lexi Koehl began her research on federalism and education policy, it started as an honors component for her Political Science course. As the project developed, however, it became clear that her work addressed timely and meaningful issues with lasting relevance, especially for educators entering the field today. Koehl,  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies released the following testimony by U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer from an April 16, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget: * * * Thank you Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Meng for having me today. I'm glad we are finally able to gather for this hearing and I am looking forward to our conversation today. Before I get in to what the Administration has done and what re more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Veterans Committee Witnesses Support Senator King's Mental Care Legislation Senator Angus King (I-ME), a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, today vetted legislation he recently introduced that would allow the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) to provide mental health services to incarcerated veterans. In a conversation with the Director of the Veterans Justice Commission, Brigad more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, issued the following news release on April 16, 2026: * * * Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Salazar Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing on Latin America After the Fall of Maduro Today, House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Maria Salazar delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled "Latin America After the Fall of  more PR