LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 29 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada issued the following news release: * * * Supreme Court ruling preserves grace period for mail ballots received after Election Day The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada on Monday released the following statement in reaction to the Supreme Court decision in Watson v Republican National Committee. In a 5 - 4 decision, the court held that federal election day statutes do not prevent a state from counting absentee ballots postmarked by election day but received the more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, July 2 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * AG Brown leads multistate opposition to Postal Service's attempt to undermine voting rights * Attorney General Nick Brown co-led a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing a formal comment letter today opposing the Postal Service's attempt to aid the President's efforts to seize control of elections and restrict mail-in voting through a proposed rule, and asking the Postal Service to withdraw the proposed rule.  more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, July 2 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Opposition to Proposed USPS Rule Creating Centralized Voter List, Restricting Mail Voting * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing a comment letter opposing a United States Postal Service (USPS) proposed rule that would facilitate the president's efforts to exert greater control over elections and restrict mail-in voting. The coalit more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, July 2 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Joins Multistate Opposition to Postal Service's Attempt to Undermine Voting Rights * Attorney General Charity Clark joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing a formal comment letter today opposing the Postal Service's attempt to aid the President's efforts to seize control of elections and restrict mail-in voting through a proposed rule and asking the Postal Service to withdraw the proposed rule.  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 2 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL OPPOSES POSTAL SERVICE'S UNLAWFUL ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE VOTING RIGHTS * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 24 attorneys general, took action to oppose the U.S. Postal Service's attempt to aid the president's efforts to seize control of elections and restrict mail-in voting through a proposed rule. The coalition is calling on the Postal Service to withdraw the proposed rule, which th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 2 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10238) by foreign affairs analyst William Piekos. Here are excerpts: * * * Cambodia: Background and U.S. Relations Cambodia, with a population of 17 million, is one of the younger and poorer countries in Southeast Asia. U.S.-Cambodia relations have been complicated since the Vietnam War, during which the United States extensively bombed the country. Following a civil war and the signing of a peace accord in 1991, Cambodia cond more PR

DENVER, Colorado, July 2 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Polis Submits Comments Opposing Proposed Rule to Interfere with Safe, Secure Mail-In Ballots * Governor urges USPS not to interfere in Coloradans' right to cast their votes DENVER - Today, Governor Polis submitted comments to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) urging them to abandon a proposed rule that would unlawfully insert the federal government into State-run elections, interfering with the constitutional power of States to run ele more PR

WASHINGTON, July 2 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Reproductive Freedom for All California Marks Four Years Since Dobbs With Week of Action Events * Last week, Reproductive Freedom for All California marked the four-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization -which stripped away the federal right to abortion access-with a series of Week of Action events to mobilize voters, engage more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES IN PHILADELPHIA: "WE ARE A COUNTRY OF CITIZENS, NOT SUBJECTS" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, alongside Members of Congress and other leaders, delivered remarks at Independence National Historical Park to mark the birth of the United States as part of America250, the bipartisan national celebration of our nation's Semiquincentennial.LEADER JEFFRIES: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Governor Sha more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES IN PHILADELPHIA: "WE ARE A COUNTRY OF CITIZENS, NOT SUBJECTS" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, alongside Members of Congress and other leaders, delivered remarks at Independence National Historical Park to mark the birth of the United States as part of America250, the bipartisan national celebration of our nation's Semiquincentennial. LEADER JEFFRIES: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Governor Shapiro, Members of Congre more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON NPR: "DONALD TRUMP IS DESTROYING THE COUNTRY IN REAL TIME" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on NPR's Morning Edition, where he made clear that upon the 250th anniversary of our nation's founding, Democrats are focused on lowering the high cost of living, protecting access to healthcare, cleaning up corruption and winning back the House of Representatives to hold Donald Trump a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON NPR: "DONALD TRUMP IS DESTROYING THE COUNTRY IN REAL TIME" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on NPR's Morning Edition, where he made clear that upon the 250th anniversary of our nation's founding, Democrats are focused on lowering the high cost of living, protecting access to healthcare, cleaning up corruption and winning back the House of Representatives to hold Donald Trump and Republicans accountable more PR

NEW YORK, July 3 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: * * * NATO Convenes in Ankara as Erdogan Crushes Opposition * Turkey is preparing to host the July NATO summit with the Western alliance firmly focused on keeping its most eastern member on side. The increased geopolitical capital that Turkey has enjoyed since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and tumultuous developments in the Middle East is proving convenient cover for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to jail and remove political rivals and cri more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 3 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * Nurses at HCA Swedish Medical Center join nation's largest nurses union * Registered nurses at HCA HealthONE Swedish (a.k.a., Swedish Medical Center) in Englewood, Colo., voted to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU), the country's largest nurses union, in an election held on July 1 and 2, 2026. "This is a huge victory for the nurses at our hospital and across the HCA system nationwide more PR