LANSING, Michigan, April 21 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Calls on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Abandon Plan to Decimate Enforcement, Consumer Protection * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to scale back its plans that would severely reduce staffing, undermine the agency's statutory obligation to superv more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 21 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news: * * * Alison LaCroix named speaker for UChicago's 2026 Convocation ceremony * Prof. Alison LaCroix has been named the speaker for the University of Chicago's Convocation on June 6, as part of the campus-wide celebration of the Class of 2026. A renowned scholar of U.S. legal history specializing in constitutional law, federalism, and 18th- and 19th-century legal thought, LaCroix is the Robert Newton Reid Pro more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 21 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * Appeals Court Vacates Preliminary Injunction Against DOGE, Upholds Standing * On April 10, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled to vacate the preliminary injunction that limited the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) access to personal data through the Social Security Administra more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release on April 21, 2026: * * * Bayer Ramps Up Federal Lobbying Before Supreme Court Argument Oral argument set for Monday in Bayer case seeking to block pesticide lawsuits * New federal lobbying declaration records released last night reveal that Bayer ramped up federal lobbying in Q1 2026, upping the stakes of their pressure campaign to block health-related pesticide lawsuits in advance of a high profile Supreme C more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, April 21 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news: * * * Buccino Leadership Institute Hosts Third Annual DC Trip * The Buccino Leadership Institute (BLI) hosted its third annual experiential learning trip to Washington, D.C. The three-day excursion offered a rare, behind-the-scenes look at federal leadership in action. Students gained firsthand insight into the inner workings of the Supreme Court, FBI Headquarters and the Pentagon, bridging the gap betwe more PR

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, an organization that defends the right of Catholics to participate in American public life without defamation or discrimination, issued the following commentary on April 21, 2026, by President Bill Donohue: * * * ELITES ARE ON DEFENSE For over a decade, the Catholic League has been fighting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies in the workforce and in schools. They not only discriminate on the basis of race--ef more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11420) on April 20, 2026, by legislative attorney Alexander H. Pepper and deputy assistant director Michael John Garcia: * * * Congressional Court Watcher: Circuit Splits from March 2026 The U.S. Courts of Appeals for the thirteen "circuits" issue thousands of precedential decisions each year. Because relatively few of these decisions are ultimately reviewed by the Supre more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswomen Ross, Williams, Stevens, Adams, Introduce Legislation to Deliver Relief for Federal Student Loan Borrowers * Washington, D.C. - Congresswomen Deborah Ross (NC-02), Nikema Williams (GA-05 ), Haley Stevens (MI-11), and Alma Adams (NC-12) introduced a suite of bills: the Clean Slate Through Repayment Act, Clean Slate through Rehabilitation Act, and the Clean Slate Through Consolid more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release on April 21, 2026: * * * Record-Breaking 1,000+ Muslim Delegates Participate in 11th Annual National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the nation's largest American Muslim civil society umbrella organization, today announced the successful completion of the 11th Annual National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill, with more than 1,000 Muslim d more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release on April 21, 2026: * * * EWG sues EPA for 7-year inaction on glyphosate in oats, citing risks to children's health Lawsuit aims to force the agency to act on petition seeking to protect kids from weedkiller * The Environmental Working Group today filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming the Environmental Protection Agency is unlawfully delaying a response to the group's petition seeking stricter limit more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: Sociological] -- Cato Institute issued the following news release: * * * Expert Available: Seventh Amendment Requires Jury Before Agency Civil Penalties Are Final * Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in FCC v AT&T and Verizon v FCC, cases that challenge the Federal Communications Commission's authority to impose massive civil penalties without a jury trial. Scholars at the Cato Institute filed a brief in support of the carriers. In a recent blog po more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, April 21 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Four-Partner Litigation Team, Led by Former Acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall, Set to Join Gibson Dunn's Appellate Practice * Gibson Dunn announced today that a four-partner team of leading appellate and strategic litigators will be joining the firm, reinforcing its position as the nation's preeminent destination for litigation talent. Former Acting Solici more PR

MIAMI, Florida, April 21 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Greenberg Traurig's Fred E. Karlinsky Named to News Service of Florida's '50 Over 50' List * TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - April 21, 2026 - Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Global Insurance Regulatory & Transactions Practice Chair Fred E. Karlinsky was recognized on the News Service of Florida 's 2026 "50 Over 50" list. Honorees will be celebrated at an awards reception April 22 at the D more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: Political] -- Demand Justice issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Tapper Calls Out Trump's Judicial Loyalty Test * WASHINGTON, D.C. -CNN's Jake Tapper this week ran a segment zeroing in on the exact pattern Demand Justice has been documenting in its report, A Pattern of Dishonesty and Evasion -which found that when asked, so far all 40 of Trump's second-term judicial nominees gave dishonest or misleading answers about the 2020 election and January 6 more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Cantwell, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to 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 from $11B over prior 5 years Washington, D. more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11422) on April 20, 2026, by legislative attorneys Jared P. Cole and Whitney K. Novak: * * * Parental Rights and Student Gender Transitions at School: Legal Developments How public schools should treat transgender students has generated substantial debate, raising legal questions in contexts such as bathroom access, athletics participation, and pronoun usage. One particu more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 21 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans posted the following news: * * * Rapp Reviewing Commonwealth Court Ruling Reversing Medicaid Abortion Coverage Ban * HARRISBURG -Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, issued this statement following the Commonwealth Court ruling in the case Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services: "The Commonwealth Court's ruling is an  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Reproductive Freedom for All Condemns Anti-Abortion Disinformation Ahead of Mollie Hemingway's "Alito" Book Release A new book by Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway, " Alito, " falsely claims that liberal Supreme Court justices deliberately delayed their Dobbs dissent, and baselessly implies that supporters of reproductive freedom posed more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 21 [Category: Think Tank] -- The Buckeye Institute, an independent research and educational institution that says its mission is to advance free-market public policy, posted the following news release: * * * Ruling in The Buckeye Institute's Sixth Circuit Home Distilling Case Sets Up Blockbuster SCOTUS Showdown * Columbus, OH - Tuesday's decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit tees up a circuit split with its ruling upholding the federal ban on home  more PR

OAKLAND, California, April 21 -- As You Sow Foundation posted the following news release: * * * SCOTUS Ruling on Pesticides Accountability Could Create Investor Crisis * Three converging developments expose an orchestrated collapse of U.S. pesticide accountability weeks before the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Monsanto v. Durnell-a case that could eliminate all state failure-to-warn lawsuits against Bayer for Roundup's glyphosate-related cancer risks EL CERRITO, CALIFORNIA - April 2 more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Subcommittee Ranking Member Johnson's Opening Statement at Hearing Highlighting Need to Balance Copyright Protections with Public Access * Washington, D.C. (April 21, 2026)-Today, Rep. Hank Johnson, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, delivered opening remarks at a hearing focused on strengthening copyright  more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 21 [Category: Think Tank] -- The Buckeye Institute, an independent research and educational institution that says its mission is to advance free-market public policy, posted the following news release: * * * Wall Street Journal Distills What's at Stake in The Buckeye Institute's Two Blockbuster Home Distilling Cases * Columbus, OH - In a hot-off-the-press editorial, The Wall Street Journal features both of The Buckeye Institute's companion cases challenging the federal  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Warnock Presses Trump Fed Nominee on State of Economy for Ordinary Georgians * Senator Reverend Warnock questioned Kevin Warsh, President Trump's nominee to serve as Chair of the Federal Reserve Board, on the state of the economy for the average Georgia worker In December 2025, President Trump graded his economy an 'A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus' despite the fact that the price of many g more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Hawley, Durbin, Sykes, Gooden Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to End 'Texas Two-Step' * The Consumer Protection and Corporate Accountability in Bankruptcy Act would prevent an abusive bankruptcy trick used by big corporations to avoid compensating Americans they have hurt Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) more PR