WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * "We Don't Worship Fauci" Lee Bill Pulls Tax Dollars from Schools that Deny Religious Vaccine Exemptions * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today introduced legislation to keep federal tax dollars from schools that refuse to recognize religious exemptions for vaccinations. The Guaranteeing Religious Accommodation in Childhood Education (GRACE) Act protects religious freedom and parental rights by cutting federal funding from noncompliant schools,  more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, July 23 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration's Renewed Effort to Impose Unlawful Conditions on Billions in Critical Emergency Grants * OAKLAND -Co-leading a coalition of 24 attorneys general and the governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration for imposing unlawful conditions on billions of dollars in federal g more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, July 22 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Files Amicus Brief Supporting Continued Access to Mifepristone as Case Returns to Fifth Circuit * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the manufacturers of mifepristone in Louisiana v. FDA. Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved mifepristone in 2000, an estimated 7.5 million people in the  more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 23 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Sues Trump Administration to Protect Billions of Dollars for Anti-Terrorism and Public Safety Programs * July 23, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined a coalition of 23 other attorneys general and the governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania in suing the Trump administration to stop illegal new threats to billions of dollars in critical funds from the Federal Emergency Managemen more PR

DENVER, Colorado, July 23 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Phil Weiser files lawsuit challenging unlawful conditions on federal counterterrorism funds * July 23, 2026 (DENVER) - Attorney General Phil Weiser joined a coalition of 26 states to stop the Trump administration's continued efforts to use billions of dollars in federal emergency management and homeland security funding to coerce states into complying with the administration's political and policy priorities. The co more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 22 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL CALLS ON CONGRESS TO EXTEND HAITIAN TPS * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 20 attorneys general, urged Congress to take immediate action to protect Haitian Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders. In a letter to congressional leaders, Attorney General Raoul and the coalition called on Congress to pass H.R. 1689/S.4814, which would extend TPS protections for Haiti. The coaliti more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 23 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL FILES LAWSUIT CHALLENGING UNLAWFUL CONDITIONS ON FEDERAL COUNTERTERRORISM FUNDING * Raoul Previously Won Two Lawsuits Against Trump Administration to Protect Same Funding Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul co-led a coalition of 26 states to stop the Trump administration's continued efforts to use federal funds-specifically, billions of dollars in federal counterterrorism and other funds-to coerce states i more PR

SALEM, Oregon, July 23 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Rayfield Sues Federal Administration for Blocking Counterterrorism Funding * AG Rayfield Previously Won Two Lawsuits Against Trump Administration to Protect Same Funding Attorney General Dan Rayfield filed a lawsuit today to stop the Trump administration from holding billions of dollars in federal counterterrorism funding hostage to force states to fall in line with the administration's partisan political agenda. The la more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved revisions to Maine's Clean Air Act Title V operating permit program, concluding that the state's updates clarify existing requirements, reflect long-standing administrative practices and support future electronic permitting without imposing additional federal obligations. The final rule takes effect on August 24, 2026. The revisions apply to Chapter 140, "Part 70 Air Emission License Regulation," and include changes allowing electronic signatures on permit a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 [Category: Agriculture] -- The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition issued the following news release: * * * Farmers Advance Sustainable Agriculture Priorities During NSAC Lobby Day Today, nearly 40 farmers, ranchers, and agriculture stakeholders participated in a National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) Lobby Day. Farmers from 12 states - California, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wisconsin - and a wide array of production types  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 (TNSbrep) -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on July 22, 2026: * * * GAO Report Finds Taxpayers Continue to Subsidize Poverty Wages at Walmart, Amazon, Other Large Corporations as Corporate Welfare Spikes Since 2020 According to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, some of the largest and most profitable American corporations and their wealthy CEOs continue to pay their employees wages so low th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: POLITICO Highlights Advance of Senator Collins' Bipartisan $35 Insulin Cap * WASHINGTON, D.C. - POLITICO highlighted the bipartisan Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee vote to advance the INSULIN Act, landmark legislation led by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), and John Kennedy (R-LA). The legislation advanced by a vote of 17-5, with six Republicans joining al more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 [Category: Business] -- NSSF-The Firearm Industry Trade Association, issued the following news release: * * * IHEA-USA Signs On as Partner for NSSF's First Shots * WASHINGTON, D.C. -NSSF (r), The Firearm Industry Trade Association, is pleased to announce the International Hunter Education Association - United States of America (IHEA-USA) has become an official partner of NSSF's First Shots (r) program. First Shots is an introductory and refresher target-shooting program offering participants a safe, engaging entry into more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, July 23 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Alan Brush * Professor Emeritus Alan H. Brush, 91, of Stonington, an evolutionary biologist who specialized in feather proteins and taught generations of students during 30 years in the Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, died on July 12 after a brief hospitalization for ischemic stroke. Alan was a creative researcher and lab director in molecular biology whose interest in the evolution of feathers led to 7 more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 22 -- The University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Large national study finds differences in multiple sclerosis death rates by age, race and geography * An analysis of more than 42,000 U.S. deaths linked to multiple sclerosis (MS) found that death rates varied by age, geography, and race and ethnicity, with Black patients dying younger than white patients and high blood pressure emerging as a growing contributor. The findings, just published in the journ more PR

NEW YORK, July 23 [Category: Media] -- The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University issued the following news release: * * * Legal Organizations Across Ideologies Urge Appeals Court to Uphold Block on President Trump's Unconstitutional Attacks on Harvard * BOSTON-Late yesterday, legal organizations across the ideological spectrum urged the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to uphold a district court's order blocking the Trump administration's attempted hostile ideological takeover of Harvard University. T more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Legal Organizations Across Ideologies Urge Appeals Court to Uphold Block on President Trump's Unconstitutional Attacks on Harvard Last year, a federal court blocked the Trump administration's efforts at a hostile ideological takeover of Harvard University - Last night, legal organizations across the ideological spectrum urged the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to uphold a district court's orde more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 24 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on July 23, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Files Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Conditions on Federal Counterterrorism Funding Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 26 attorneys general and governors to stop the Trump administration's continued efforts to use federal funds - specifically, billions of dollars in federal counterterrorism and other funds - to coerce states into complying with the administration' more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 24 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on July 23, 2026: * * * AG Davenport Challenges Illegal Conditions on Federal Counterterrorism Funding Co-Leads Coalition Suit Against Unlawful Conditions on Counterterrorism and Other Funds - Attorney General Jennifer Davenport co-led a coalition of 26 states to stop the Trump Administration's continued efforts to use federal funds--specifically, billions of dollars in federal counterterrorism and other funds--to coerce states  more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 24 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on July 23, 2026: * * * Governor Shapiro Takes Legal Action to Challenge Trump Administration's Decision to Hold Critical Security Funding Hostage in Attempt to Control Pennsylvania's Elections The Trump Administration's decision to withhold homeland security funding threatens public safety and critical emergency preparedness work happening across the Commonwealth. - Today, Governor Josh Shapiro sued the Trump Administration over its i more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla Unveils Legislation to Counter Trump's Attacks on American Elections * New bill would provide State AGs and voters with ability to enforce federal election protections and protect voters' ballots from seizure WASHINGTON, D.C. -As President Trump escalates his efforts to interfere in the administration of American elections ahead of the upcoming 2026 midterms, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Comm more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 24 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on July 23, 2026: * * * Attorney General Neronha co-leads lawsuit to stop unlawful conditions on critical emergency grants Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today co-led a coalition of 24 attorneys general and two governors in filing a lawsuit challenging decisions by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to impose unlawful conditions on billions of dollars in federa more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Ramirez, Advocates, Impacted Individuals Call on Congress to End the ICE Age * Ramirez was joined by Sonimar Maria, the sister of Jesus Manuel, a Venezuelan immigrant who was detained on July 13 and died in ICE custody two days later. Washington, DC -Today, after the murders and ICE-related deaths in Maine, Texas, and Florida last week, amidst the deadliest years for immigrant detention in ICE's history, and after members of Congress voted to f more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 [Category: International] -- The Japanese American Citizens League issued the following news release: * * * Statement from JACL Condemning the Excessive Use of Force by ICE Resulting in the Deaths of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) condemns the repeated use of deadly force by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Shortly after the 250th anniversary of our nation's independence, Mr. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Mr. Joh more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville Helps Introduce Bill To Protect Religious Vaccine Exemptions * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) helped introduce the Guaranteeing Religious Accommodation in Childhood ( GRACE) Act, which withholds federal tax dollars from schools that refuse to recognize religious exemptions for vaccinations. The GRACE Act helps protect religious freedom and parental rights by preventing schools from targeting families with religious more PR

ORONO, Maine, July 23 -- The University of Maine posted the following news release: * * * University of Maine graduate Chantelle Flores named prestigious Marcus Urann Fellow * More than a century after University of Maine student Marcus Urann established the university's Phi Kappa Phi chapter, another UMaine scholar has earned the fellowship named in his honor. Chantelle Flores of Oakland, Maine, has been selected as a Marcus Urann Fellow by the national honor society of Phi Kappa Phi. She is one of just six students nationwide to receive more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * With Voting Rights Under Attack by Trump, Pressley, Welch Reintroduce Bill to Expand Right to Vote and End Felony Disenfranchisement * WASHINGTON -Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) reintroduced the Inclusive Democracy Act, legislation that would end felony disenfranchisement in federal elections and guarantee the right to vote for citizens with criminal records. The lawmakers' bill comes a more PR