WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release on July 14, 2026: * * * House to Senate: SAVE America is a Must-Pass Piece of Legislation The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) applauds the House, under the leadership of Speaker Mike Johnson, for designating the SAVE America Act as a must-pass piece of legislation by merging it with the State Department appropriations package that will be sent to the Senate. "The Department of Homeland Security designates election infrastructure as critical inf more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, July 15 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on July 14, 2026: * * * Governor Newsom calls for renewing the American Dream for working families at NALEO National Conference What you need to know: Governor Newsom supports working families, strengthening democracy, and protecting communities at the 50th NALEO Annual Conference. - LOS ANGELES - Governor Gavin Newsom today highlighted California's work to expand opportunity for working families, strengthen democracy, lower costs, and pr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on July 14, 2026, by non-resident senior fellows Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov: * * * Russia's Spies: Smear Recycling Intelligence agency obsessions can seem eccentric from a distance, but they map the mind and the game theory of the Kremlin's security elite. - It is a time of huge strain on the Russian despotism. Drones strike oil refineries with near-clockwork regularity, fuel queues stretch for miles from filling stations, and the leader's more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- House Democratic Caucus issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Aguilar: Republicans in Washington continue to fail the American people. * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and Vice Chair Ted Lieu held a press conference calling out Trump and Republicans for ignoring the needs of hardworking Americans who are struggling to survive in this economy. You can watch the full press conference here and read the transcript below. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Good morning. So thankful to be j more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 13 [Category: Education] -- Chicago Teachers Union issued the following news release: * * * Chicago Teachers Union Endorses Candidates Running as "Public School Champions" in School Board Race, Says Students' Educational Experience to be Decided in November * CTU's House of Delegates selected the school board candidates they say will refuse to bring back school closings and will keep CPS moving forward with smaller class sizes, reopened libraries, special education, and a commitment to full funding to provide qualit more PR

DENVER, Colorado, July 15 -- The Colorado Secretary of State issued the following news release: * * * RTD Candidate Jessica Sandgren Qualifies for General Election Ballot The Elections Division of the Colorado Secretary of State's Office announced today that Jessica Sandgren, nonpartisan candidate for RTD Board of Directors District K has submitted the required number of signatures to appear on the November 3, 2026 General Election ballot. Candidates for RTD Board of Directors are required to collect 250 signatures within their district as  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- The Congressional Black Caucus issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Black Caucus Statement on Trump's Election Commission Firings Ahead of Midterm Elections * Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement: "Donald Trump and extremist Republicans have made clear they will stop at nothing to cement one-party rule in Washington. The Trump Administration has sought to restrict voter registration, limit acces more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 (Rep.) -- Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-Virgin Islands, issued the following news release: * * * CONGRESSWOMAN PLASKETT EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES ON PASSING OF ATTORNEY MICHAEL JOSEPH * U.S. Virgin Islands - Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett released the following statement on the passing of Attorney Michael Joseph: "I was saddened to hear of the passing of Attorney Michael Joseph, a man whose life reflected a genuine passion for the law and a deep commitment to serving the people of St. Croix. Attorney Joseph dedicated his caree more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release: * * * Federal Court Rejects Trump-Vance Administration's Bid to Pause Ruling Blocking Unlawful SAVE System as Plaintiffs Continue Defending Landmark Privacy and Voting Rights Victory Recent Actions in the Case Demonstrate that the Trump-Vance Administration Continues to Invade Privacy and Suppress Voting Rights - A federal more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * QUICK CLIP: Report: Paxton May Have Violated Texas Election Law [MS NOW] In case you missed it, "scandal-plagued" "felon" Ken Paxton is under fire for appearing to commit voter fraud - a second-degree felony in Texas - by casting ballots from an address where he no longer lives in as many as six recent elections. MS NOW: Report: Paxton May Have Violated Texas Election Law (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUXADxuYF9I&feature=youtu.be more PR

LONDON, England, July 14 [Category: Medical] -- The British Medical Association posted the following news release: * * * Dr Lucy-Jane Davis elected chair of sessional GP committee * Dr Lucy-Jane Davis has been elected chair of the BMA's sessional GP committee, which is part of the General Practitioners Committee (GPC). A locum GP, Dr Davis works in rural and coastal areas of Devon and East Cornwall, as well as teaching at Peninsula Medical School. She received her Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in 2023, having initially train more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 13 -- Gov. Mike Kehoe, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kehoe Takes Action on Remaining Legislation * Jefferson City Today, Governor Mike Kehoe signed the remaining legislation passed by the Missouri General Assembly during the Second Regular Session of the One Hundred Third General Assembly. "Today's bill signings follow a thorough review of all the legislation sent to my desk this year," said Governor Kehoe. "I appreciate the efforts of the men and women of the One Hundred Th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Ranking Member Thompson: Trump's Election Assistance Commission Firings Threaten Election Security Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement after President Trump fired the two Democratic members of the bipartisan U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), escalating his ongoing campaign to undermine confide more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * House passes Golden's bipartisan bill to ban foreign donations in state, local referendums * WASHINGTON -The House of Representatives on Monday unanimously passed the bipartisan Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act, led by Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01). This bill would ban foreign nationals from making political contributions in state and local ballot initiatives and recall elections. "In an increasingly divided worl more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on July 14, 2026, by Paul Goble, specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Gas Crisis Increasingly Serious Political Problem for Putin Executive Summary: * Gas shortages across the Russian Federation that Ukrainian drone attacks have brought on are rapidly acquiring a political dimension despite the Kremlin's assumption that Russians will weather this latest challenge with their usual forbearance.  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Krishnamoorthi Presses FEMA to Stop Conditioning Counterterrorism Funding on Trump's Voter Suppression Demands * WASHINGTON -Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) sent a letter on Monday to Acting Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Robert J. Fenton after the agency announced it would condition more than $1 billion in Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) terrorism prevention funding on states adopting a series of new more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Krishnamoorthi Presses Polymarket Over Its Paid Influencer Deals with Election Deniers * WASHINGTON -Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today sent a letter to Polymarket seeking information about the company's paid influencer partnerships following recent reporting that raised questions about whether the platform sponsored influencers who promoted election denial claims while advertising active election betting markets. The letter reque more PR

LANCASTER, England, July 14 -- Lancaster University issued the following news: * * * Alumni award for TV journalist A Royal Television Society award-winning broadcaster, who has built a career telling stories for some of the UK's leading channels, has received a Lancaster University Alumni Award. Warren Nettleford, who graduated in History and Politics in 2003, has worked for the BBC, Channel 4, 5 News and for ITV News. Working across news and documentaries, Warren, a presenter and reporter for ITN since 2014, has covered major stories in  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- The Congressional Hispanic Caucus posted the following news release on July 13, 2026: * * * Leaders of CHC, CPC, CBC, CAPAC Introduce Resolution Calling For Reforms To Protect Democracy On Wednesday, leaders of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) announced a new House resolution calling for reforms to restore voting rights in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v.  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The League of Women Voters issued the following statement: * * * League of Women Voters Condemns President Trump's Removal of Election Assistance Commission Commissioners The League of Women Voters issued the following statement from CEO Celina Stewart in response to President Trump's removal of the serving commissioners of the bipartisan US Election Assistance Commission (EAC): "Removing the commissioners of the Election Assistance Commission is a direct attack on the independence of our nation's election infrastruc more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * More Attacks Fly in MI-10 Republican Primary * Justin Kirk : "Mike Bouchard [Jr.] is relying upon his family name to go to Congress, but can voters depend on him to show up and vote on the House floor" The Republican primary in Michigan's 10th Congressional District is getting messier and messier. Macomb Daily reported that Justin Kirk went after Mike Bouchard Jr. for " relying upon his family name to go to Congress " while f more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 15 -- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez issued the following news release on July 14, 2026: * * * Attorney General Raul Torrez Announces Victory for New Mexicans Against Trump Administration in Voter Registration Rolls Case Albuquerque, NM - Senior District Court Judge Judith Herrera ruled today that the Trump Administration cannot compel New Mexico to turn over the unredacted portions of its Statewide Voter Registration List. New Mexico is the 14th state to win dismissal of a Trump Administration lawsuit see more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, July 14 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release: * * * New Jersey Cannabis Workers Beat Union Abuse and Delay Tactics, Win Freedom in Decertification Election * After nearly two year delay, Labor Board certifies vote to remove unwanted UFCW union originally installed in abuse-prone "card check" process New Jersey (July 14, 2026) - Employees of Green Thumb Industries have finally regained their freedom, removing United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 360 union more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 [Category: Sociological] -- Voto Latino, a civic advocacy organization that says it is dedicated to educating and empowering the next generation of Latino voters while working to build a more inclusive and representative democracy, issued the following news release: * * * New Voto Latino Research Lays Out Path for Democrats to Win Back Latino Voters in 2026 Polling and ad-testing research finds economic message on Republican "failures," paired with pointed contrast on immigration cruelty, moves swing voters and re-engages more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Ocasio-Cortez, Ranking Member Raskin, Senator Lujan Introduce Bill to Impose $50 Gift Ban on Supreme Court Justices * Legislation Cracks Down on Lavish Gifts to Supreme Court Justices With $50 Limit Aligning Ethics Rules With Gift Ban on Members of Congress, Other Judges, and Executive Branch Officials WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Representative Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ranking Member of the more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * One Year Later - Republicans Struggle To Sell Big, Ugly Bill Everyone Hates * House Republicans are consistently lagging in public polls, with their Big, Ugly Bill being a leading reason why. The legislation is currently underwater by double digits according to recent polling, and it's been turned into such a political liability that President Trump and Republicans barely ever mention the megabill anymore. From recent CNN covera more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Oregon Lawmakers Demand Trump Reverse Course on Plan to Suppress Oregon Voters * Trump threatens Oregon election officials that do not comply with administration's illegal and unconstitutional election requests Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, Val Hoyle, Maxine Dexter and Janelle Bynum today sounded the alarm on the Trump administration's threat against Oregon elect more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Oregon Lawmakers Demand Trump Reverse Course on Plan to Suppress Oregon Voters * Trump threatens Oregon election officials that do not comply with administration's illegal and unconstitutional election requests Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, Val Hoyle, Maxine Dexter and Janelle Bynum today sounded the alarm on the Trump administration's threat against Oregon el more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise: We Will Not Let Communism Prevail * Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) to warn about the growing embrace of communist ideology among a new generation of Democratic candidates, highlight the real-world consequences of communism, and reaffirm House Republicans' commitment to defending America more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise: We Will Not Let Communism Prevail * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) to warn about the growing embrace of communist ideology among a new generation of Democratic candidates, highlight the real-world consequences of communism, and reaffirm House Republicans' commitment to defending Americ more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-New York, ranking member of the House Administration Committee, issued the following statement with Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, ranking member of the Senate Rules Committee: * * * Padilla, Morelle Statement on Firing of Democratic Commissioners of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee with jurisdiction over federal elections, and Representative Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.-25), Ranking Member of the Committee on Hous more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson on the Rise of Radical Communists in the Democrat Party: "The Barbarians are Inside the Gate" * WASHINGTON -This morning, at the House Republican Leadership press conference, Speaker Johnson joined Leader Scalise, Chairwoman McClain, and Rep. Carlos Gimenez - whose family fled communism in Cuba - in highlighting the horrors of socialism and communism. Speaker Johnson also addressed the rise of anti-American, communist candidates c more PR

LONDON, England, July 14 [Category: Religion] -- The Church of England issued the following news release: * * * Synod Roundup: Tuesday July 14, 2026 * The final day of Synod began with debate on a Private Member's motion on support for children and young people in the care system. Introducing the debate Billy-Jo O'Leary spoke of her own experience growing up in care. An amendment to include support for those who care for looked after children was approved in the motion. The motion was carried with unanimous support from members with 282 vot more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * Victory for New York Voters: Federal Court Dismisses DOJ Lawsuit Seeking Private Voter Data * NEW YORK -On Friday, in a victory for voters, a federal judge dismissed the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) lawsuit seeking New York state's complete voter file, which contains voters' driver's license numbers, partial Social Security numbers and other private information. The League of Women Voters of New York State, represented by Ca more PR

NEW YORK, July 15 -- Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law issued the following news release on July 14, 2026: * * * Victory for New York Voters: Federal Court Dismisses DOJ Lawsuit Seeking Private Voter Data Court ruling marks 12th rejection of DOJ lawsuits seeking states' confidential voter data, with a 13th dismissed later in West Virginia - On Friday, in a victory for voters, a federal judge dismissed the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) lawsuit seeking New York state's complete voter file, which contains vo more PR

LONDON, England, July 14 -- The British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office issued the following news: * * * We remain concerned by the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation across West Africa and the Sahel: UK statement at the UN Security Council * First, we remain concerned by the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation across West Africa and the Sahel. We condemn the recent coordinated attacks in Mali, which demonstrate an alarming increase in the sophistication, coordination, and reach of terrorist and a more PR