MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, May 20 -- West Virginia University posted the following news: * * * $100K scholarship gift benefits WVU Statler College civil engineering students in memory of late U.S. Rep. David McKinley * The family of longtime civil engineer and lawmaker David B. McKinley is honoring his wish to establish a $100,000 scholarship to benefit future engineers studying at the West Virginia University Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. The McKinley family's gift endows the David B. McKinley Civil Eng more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 18 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-WI Congratulates Tom Tiffany on Receiving GOP Endorsement for Governor * Madison, WI - Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) congratulated Tom Tiffany after he secured the official endorsement for governor from the Wisconsin Republican Party at their convention over the weekend. Tom will now face off against one of the radical, far-left Democrats looking to succeed Gov. Tony Evers. Wisconsinites will have a c more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on May 19, 2026: * * * WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: "Shockwaves, Anger, Disappointment, and Real Concern Among Republicans" as Trump Endorses Scandal-Plagued "Felon" Ken Paxton GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy: "I thought Ken Paxton was a felon" * Republicans are in full-on meltdown mode after Donald Trump endorsed scandal-plagued, corrupt Ken Paxton in the Senate GOP primary runoff in Texas - a move that Republicans believe "will cost them [...] a critical s more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Democrats Slam Republicans' Effort to Attack Americans' Civil Rights and Silence the Groups that Defend Them Hearing Exposes Baseless Accusations Against the Southern Poverty Law Center * Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, led committee Democrats in exposing House Republicans' ridiculous charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as a blatant attempt to i more PR

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following statement: * * * DGA Statement on the Connecticut Republican Party's Endorsement for Governor DGA spokesperson Kevin Donohoe released the following statement on Ryan Fazio securing the Connecticut Republican Party's endorsement for Governor: "Ryan Fazio has a radioactive record of gutting public education, raising health care costs, defending the Trump administration's abuses, opposing common-sense gun safety reform, and rejecting tax cuts for parents. "As Gov more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on May 19, 2026: * * * DSCC Releases New Digital Video on the Georgia Senate Primary Run-Off: "Four More Weeks" New video highlights the grueling runoff that will damage the eventual GOP nominee in Georgia * At the start of the GOP Senate primary runoff in Georgia, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) is launching a new digital video on the pending showdown between Congressman Mike Collins and Derek Dooley "Four More Weeks."  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on May 18, 2026: * * * ICYMI: "Sour Political Feud" in Texas GOP Senate Primary Grows "Increasingly Personal" as Republicans Worry About Ability to Unify in General Election In case you missed it, new reporting from across Texas is highlighting how the "bitter" and "costly intraparty war" in the state's GOP Senate primary has reached "a fever pitch" and has "curdled into a sour political feud," with Republicans admitting they will "face a cha more PR

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on May 18, 2026: * * * ICYMI: Republicans "Underwater in all Seven [Senate] Battleground States" as Cratering Approval Ratings Signal Rejection of Toxic GOP Agenda In case you missed it, Republicans are on "rocky political footing heading into the midterm elections" as new polls show cratering approval ratings for the GOP and a majority of voters reporting that they "held deeply pessimistic views about the economy." Republicans are facing "p more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MS NOW: "REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ARE IN FREE FALL" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MS NOW's All In with Chris Hayes, where he emphasized that while Republicans are scattered as they prioritize the corrupt interests of the Trump administration, House Democrats remain committed to making life better for the American people. CHRIS HAYES: Congressman Hakeem J more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MS NOW: "REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ARE IN FREE FALL" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MS NOW's All In with Chris Hayes, where he emphasized that while Republicans are scattered as they prioritize the corrupt interests of the Trump administration, House Democrats remain committed to making life better for the American people. CHRIS HAYES: Congressman Hakeem Jeffries of New York, of co more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 19 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party posted the following news: * * * NEW: Lifelong Republican Slams Whatley's Lack Of Integrity & Judgment For Elevating A Convicted Child Sex Predator * In a new Letter to the Editor in the Mountaineer, a "lifelong" Republican slams DC insider Michael Whatley for knowingly appointing a convicted child sex predator to NCGOP leadership multiple times. The Mountaineer: "In recent media reports, Michael Whatley is challenged for his lack of judgment in appointing a convicted  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 [Category: Political] -- Giffords, an organization dedicated to saving lives from gun violence, posted the following news release: * * * NEW POLL: Gun lobby influence collapses among Texas Republicans * GIFFORDS, the national gun violence prevention organization founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, released new polling of the Texas Republican Senate runoff electorate showing Republican voters -including those who support the candidacy of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton -not only reject the gun lobby's arg more PR

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Republicans' 2024 Latino Gains Were Built on Lies and Broken Promises * Polling shows 2024 gains have evaporated New reporting from Axios shows what Democrats have been saying all along: Republican gains with Latino voters were fragile, and Republicans have already wasted their opportunity. Families are feeling the impacts of high costs, unaffordable health care, and Republican extremism. The Republican Party has only delivered  more PR

HAMDEN, Connecticut, May 21 -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news: * * * Trump's Handling Of Economy Hits All-Time Low, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Voters Prefer Dems To Win Control Of House But Give Them Poor Marks For Current Job More than two months after the U.S. launched an attack on Iran and with a jump in oil prices, one third of voters (33 percent) approve of the way President Donald Trump is handling the economy and 64 percent disapprove, the lowest approval on the economy Trump has received in e more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 [Category: Political] -- People for the American Way posted the following news release: * * * While MAGA Attacks Civil and Voting Rights Nationwide, Congressional Republicans Target Dedicated Civil Rights Defenders * House Judiciary Committee Hearing to Amplify Corrupt DOJ's Bogus Indictment of SPLC People For the American Way President Svante Myrick released the following statement about the House Judiciary Committee's May 20 hearing targeting the Southern Poverty Law Center: The Southern Poverty Law Center has saved more PR