NEW YORK, June 26 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * At Seattle World Cup, FIFA Lets Rainbow Flags Fly * When the Egypt and Iran teams meet at Lumen Field in Seattle tonight, soccer fans will be free to wave the rainbow flag. The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) confirmed Thursday that it would not bar the symbol from the stadium over formal objections from both countries' football federations. It is the right call. On June 25, FIFA called the tournament "an inclusive e more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Recap - Week of June 22, 2026 * Here's a recap of key moments from House Republican committees during the week: Agriculture On Wednesday, June 24, the Committee on Agriculture held a full committee hearing with USDA Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, Richard Fordyce, to discuss implementation of the agricultural provisions included in H.R. 1. The provisions in H.R. 1 extend  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on June 26, 2026: * * * DNC Launches Nationwide Stuff Costs Too Much Weekend of Action With More Than 200 On-The-Ground Events Taking Place in Communities Throughout the Country While focusing on affordability and holding Republicans accountable for making life more expensive, thousands of Democrats will spend the weekend participating in canvasses, community meetings, voter registration drives, volunteer trainings, phone banks, and service events that more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on June 26, 2026: * * * IN THE STATES: Trump's Refusal To Bring Down Housing Costs Continues To Hurt American Families With Donald Trump reportedly telling Speaker Mike Johnson that "no one gives a [bleep] about housing" and bragging that he doesn't "think about Americans' financial situation," it's clear that Republicans don't care about easing Americans' financial pain. While Democrats in Congress fight to lower costs, Trump would rather throw a temp more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Kelly, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel from New Mexico's Forests * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Adam Schiff (D-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced the bipartisan Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Act to help communities and forest managers remove woody biomass-material left behind from forest thinning operations meant to p more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on June 26, 2026: * * * What They Are Saying: Support Grows for Chairman Boozman's Farm Bill 2.0 Discussion Draft U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) released the discussion draft for Farm Bill 2.0 on Tuesday. Built for the people who feed America, the proposal delivers more certainty for farm families, rural communities and the nat more PR