WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * At Hearing, Secretary Bessent Defends President Trump's Stock Trades, Dodges Warren's Push For Investigation On Potential Insider Trading * President Trump's recent ethics disclosures reveal more than 3,400 stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars in the first three months of 2026 Warren: "We need stronger anticorruption rules and conflict of interest rules in Washington for eve more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, June 3 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Sends Letter to Federal Judicial Center Strongly Opposing Removal of Climate Science from Judicial Manual * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general, the Cities of New York and Chicago, and Harris County, Texas in a letter to the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) strongly opposing its decision to strike the chapte more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 3 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Opposes Federal Bill That Would Tell Tech Companies They Have No Duty to Protect Kids Online * RALEIGH -A federal bill marketed as children's online safety legislation would tell tech companies they have no legal duty to protect kids, drop any requirement to verify users' ages, and override the stronger state laws already on the books. Attor more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Colleagues Demand Trump Administration Reverse its Rule Authorizing Social Media Review for Tourists * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined a letter led by Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and co-signed by Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to Secretary of State Marco Rub more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11477) by American national government analysts Sarah J. Eckman and Karen L. Shanton. Here are excerpts: * * * Early Voting and Mail Voting: Overview and Issues for Congress Voting in person at a polling place on Election Day is the most widespread voting practice. States and localities also offer some or all eligible voters opportunities to vote without going to the polls on E more PR

NEW YORK, June 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York posted the following news release: * * * Four Tren De Aragua Members Who Illegally Entered The U.S. Plead Guilty To Murdering Two U.S. Citizens On NYC Street * United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Acting Attorney General for the United States, Todd Blanche, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, Director of Joint Task Force Vulcan ("JTFV"),  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 2 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: * * * DOH SURVEY TO ASSESS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OF KAUAI HOUSEHOLDS LIHUE, Hawaii -- The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) Kauai District Health Office will conduct a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey in June, to assess the emergency preparedness of Kauai households. "Routine preparedness CASPERs enable the Kauai District Health Office and our partners to  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 4 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following statement on June 3, 2026: * * * Gov. Green Statement on Lawsuit Challenging Hawaiian Homes Program Governor Josh Green today issued the following statement regarding a federal lawsuit challenging the eligibility requirements within the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act: "The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act was established to address the historic dispossession of Native Hawaiians and reflects a longstanding commitment to t more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 4 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: * * * HAWAII SELECTED FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC MEDICAID DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) announced today that Hawaii has been selected by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to participate in the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Medicaid Demonstration Program. The program, administered through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 4 -- Hawaiian Electric issued the following news release: * * * Hawaiian Electric reaches key milestones in effort to modernize Waiau Power Plant Orders placed for new turbines, transformers - Hawaiian Electric has reached key milestones in its ongoing effort to modernize its Waiau Power Plant by replacing six aging, steam generators with smaller, efficient aeroderivative combustion turbine units. The project, approved by the Public Utilities Commission in March, is o more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 4 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brown Opposes Federal Legislation That Would Weaken State Privacy Protections Federal Data Privacy Law Should Not Preempt Strong State Privacy Laws - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general and state agencies in opposing the Securing and Establishing Consumer Uniform Rights and Enforcement over Data Act (SECURE Data Act), more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla Leads Colleagues in Opposing Education Secretary McMahon's Attacks on English Learners * Senators on the dissolution of the Office of English Language Acquisition: "Dissolving specialized infrastructure does not eliminate the Department's legal obligations to multilingual learners; it weakens the federal government's capacity to fulfill them." U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Cathe more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 3 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: * * * Tuition-free program to teaching: UH expands Hoapili Teacher Pathways statewide The University of Hawaii announced the statewide expansion of Hoapili Teacher Pathways, a highly successful initiative originally launched at UH Maui College to address the state's critical teacher shortage. Now scaling across all 10 UH campuses, this systemwide collaboration offers a clear and supported pathway for Hawai more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Lawmakers Slam White House After Reports of "Egregious Corruption" Involving Lucrative Pentagon Loan Gifted to Trump Jr.-Tied Company * New reporting revealed White House interfered to secure DoD loan for Trump Jr.-linked Vulcan Elements "If this report is accurate, it reveals a staggering level of corruption and influence peddling that... enrich(ed) the President's son at the exp more PR