WASHINGTON, July 30 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * "Combating Corruption" Public Citizen Forum Addresses Corporate and Government Corruption, Introduces Policy Solutions * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, at the National Press Club in Washington DC, Public Citizen, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, (D-NY), U.S. Sen Alex Padilla (D-CA) and U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) along with leading pro-democracy organizations, called out the dangers of government and corporate corruption and pathways to stop it.  more PR

OAKLAND, California, July 31 -- Positive Women's Network-USA issued the following news: * * * #HIVResists: July 2026 Monthly Policy Update Content Warning: many of these updates include information about harmful attacks on Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and LGBTQ+ folks. Hot Topic Increasing Criminalization is the Fascist Playbook! Protests continue following the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Duran Guerrero. ICE has openly fired on 30 people since Trump took  more PR

NEW YORK, July 29 [Category: Political] -- Physicians for Human Rights posted the following news release: * * * After Nearly Two Decades, Kenya's Supreme Court Hears Final Arguments in 2007-08 Election-Related Sexual Violence Case * (Nairobi, Kenya)-Kenya's Supreme Court heard final arguments today in a landmark case that could determine the extent of the state's obligation to provide reparations and effective remedies to survivors of election-related sexual violence. Eight survivor-petitioners of the country's 2007-08 post-election violenc more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 31 -- The Arizona Supreme Court issued the following news release: * * * Arizona Supreme Court Clarifies Clergy Members' Duty to Report Abuse of a Minor Following a congregation member's admission of abuse during confession or confidential communication - The Arizona Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion, has explained when a clergy member must report a congregation member's abuse of a minor under Arizona law, known as the "Reporting Statute." Under the statute, "any person who reasonably believes that a minor" is a  more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 31 -- The Arizona Supreme Court issued the following news release: * * * Arizona Supreme Court Rules Default Was Invalid Because Company Was Not Properly Served The Arizona Supreme Court today ruled that a default entered against Grasshopper Trans, Inc. was invalid because the company had not been properly served with the lawsuit. Brandon McMahan sued Grasshopper after he was injured when a tractor-trailer struck safety barricades at a construction site. The lawsuit papers were delivered to an assistant in the office  more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 30 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Announces Conviction and Sentencing of Florida Man for Investment Fraud Scheme Targeting the Haitian Community * July 30, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the conviction and sentencing of Marc Henry Menard, formerly of Mineola, New York, for operating a three-year securities fraud scheme that targeted the Haitian community in New York, Florida, and Georgia, and stole mor more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 31 (TNSjou) -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center issued the following news: * * * Four Years After Dobbs, Physicians Report That Pregnancy Care Has Been Reshaped Study Finds Dobbs Has Affected Pregnancy Care Beyond Abortion - In 2022, the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision allowed states to ban or severely restrict abortion. Four years later, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) researchers report that the effects of those laws are being felt throughout the health ca more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 29 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * California's Antitrust Laws Are Too Irrational to Spread to Other States * Goldwater Institute lawyers filed a brief yesterday in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals urging the judges not to apply California's unique (and uniquely bad) antitrust laws to people in other states. The case, which involves that state's 1907 Cartwright Act, is a class-action lawsuit by purchasers of vaping products who claim that the Altria company tried to  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CLARKE, SCHAKOWSKY, MENEDEZ, REINTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO RESTORE FTC AUTHORITY TO RETURN MONEY TO DEFRAUDED CONSUMERS * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Yvette Clarke (NY-09), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and Rob Menendez (NJ-08), reintroduced the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act to restore the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Section 13(b) consumer protection authority and ensure the agency can return money to consumers harmed by fra more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Norma J. Torres, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Torres Introduces Bribery Accountability and Discovery "BAD Act" to Crack Down on Public Corruption and Close Federal Bribery Loophole * Washington D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35), a member of the Anti-Corruption Caucus, introduced the Bribery Accountability and Discovery (BAD) Act, legislation to close a dangerous loophole in federal law that allows bribery schemes to evade prosecution simply because they remai more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on July 30, 2026, by non-resident senior associate Emily Benson and program coordinator and research assistant Lexi Linafelter, both of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program: * * * The Kyndryl-Solvinity Case: A Barometer for Investment Security Reviews? Investment screening, once a backstop against discrete security threats, has become a primary instrument in the geopolitics of technology. The United States and the United Kingdom were  more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, July 30 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * Curating the 250th: History Professors Mark Country's Anniversary with Museum Exhibitions * When C-SPAN asks UConn's Manisha Sinha each year to participate in its ranking of U.S. presidents from best to worst, her favorite - Abraham Lincoln - often comes out on top. "I've read every word he ever wrote," she says. "I actually have the multivolume set of Lincoln letters on this shelf up here. Before it was digitized, I'd literally get sucked into L more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Democrats Block Sen. Scott's 'SAFE KIDS Act' as Support Grows for Ending Birth Tourism Loophole * WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, Senate Democrats blocked Senate passage of U.S. Senator Rick Scott's Stopping Adversarial Foreign Exploitation of Kids in Domestic Surrogacy (SAFE KIDS) Act, despite growing support for the bill. WATCH: Democrats Block U.S. Senator Rick Scott's SAFE KIDS Act This legislation prevents adversarial nations, including Communist Chi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11463) by Legislative Attorneys Hillel R. Smith and Kristen Hite: * * * The Department of Homeland Security's Authority to Determine Detention Locations The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may detain aliens who have violated federal civil immigration laws and who are placed in removal proceedings or ordered removed. To carry out this function, Congress has directed the DHS Secretary to "arrange for appropriate plac more PR

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, July 30 -- The Equal Justice Initiative issued the following news: [Category: Sociological] * * * Despite Jury Verdicts for Life, People in Alabama Still Face Execution * Alabama lawmakers recognized nearly a decade ago that Alabama's unique practice of allowing an elected trial judge to reject a jury verdict of life and impose the death penalty was wrong. The state legislature abolished judicial override in 2017. When Governor Kay Ivey signed the bill into law, the "message was unambiguous: sentencing decisions in de more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Federal Workforce Caucus Co-Chairs File Amicus Brief Defending Civil Service Protections for Federal Workers * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), co-chairs of the Federal Workforce Caucus, led 43 Members of Congress in filing an amicus brief in Jackler and Jaroch v. Department of Justice. The brief urges the U.S. Court of Appeals for t more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Fischer in Fox News: The left's war on the Senate and Supreme Court puts our republic at risk * In case you missed it: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, penned an op-ed in Fox News calling for a renewed commitment to preserving America's institutions. After hearing testimony from Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan detailing threats to their safety, Fischer denounces the Democrati more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Fischer Joins "America Reports" on FOX News * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) joined "America Reports" on FOX News with hosts Sandra Smith and Bill Melugin to discuss the Democratic Socialists of America platform and what it means for the future of the country. The interview comes after Fischer penned an op-ed in FOX News: 'The left's war on the Senate and Supreme Court puts our republic at risk." Click here to download more PR

NEW YORK, July 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York posted the following news release: * * * Jamie McDonald Assumes Role As United States Attorney For The Southern District Of New York * Jamie McDonald has assumed the role of United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Earlier today, Judge Laura Taylor Swain, Chief District Judge for the Southern District of New York, informed the Office that the Court has appointed Mr. McDonald to serve as United States Attorney for the Southern Dist more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 [Category: Sociological] -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws posted the following news release: * * * Michigan: Supreme Court Finds Marijuana Odor Is Insufficient Cause for a Motor Vehicle Search * Lansing, MI: Police cannot engage in the warrantless search of a motor vehicle based solely upon the smell of marijuana alone, even in instances where the occupants are under 21 years of age - according to a decision by the Michigan Supreme Court. The decision overturns a lower court ruling determini more PR

DENVER, Colorado, July 29 [Category: Health Care] -- National Jewish Health, a respiratory hospital, issued the following news release: * * * National Jewish Health Appoints R. Stanton Dodge as Chair of Board of Directors * DENVER - R. Stanton Dodge has been named chair of the National Jewish Health Board of Directors. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors for 16 years. He succeeds Evan Zucker, who has served as board chair since July 2023 and will continue to serve as a member of the board and executive committee. Dodge ser more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 31 -- The Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law issued the following school news: * * * Faculty at Work: Recent Scholarship Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is a leading research institution whose faculty produce scholarship that shapes doctrine, influences policy, and changes practice. Their work reaches from legislative chambers to the highest court in the country. This past year our most renowned faculty have published groundbreaking works in the legal field's best journals, spanning a breadth of topics more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla Condemns Trump's Attacks on TPS Holders * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Amid President Trump's attacks on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders and immigrant communities across the country, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) took to the Senate floor alongside their Senate colleagues in support of Van Hollen's Safe Environment from Countries Un more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Peterson Institute for International Economics issued the following commentary on July 30, 2026, by senior research fellow Kimberly Clausing and Maurice Obstfeld: * * * "Optimal tariffs" are far from optimal: Part 1 Advocates of President Donald Trump's tariff policies often bash economists for ignoring real-world complexities. Yet administration officials happily invoke the abstract theoretical concept of the "optimal tariff" to rationalize their incessant rounds of trade warfare. In theory, the "optimal tariff"  more PR

MANILA, Philippines, July 31 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * Justice Singh Highlights Justice Sector Reforms at Parole and Probation Administration Criminal Justice Stakeholders Conference Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh delivered a keynote address on "Legal Feminism and the JSCC's Initiatives on Gender-Fair Language and Courtroom Etiquette" during the 1st Parole and Probation Administration-National Capital Region (PPA-NCR) Criminal Justice Stakeholders Conference more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 31 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion: * * * Rhode Island Joint Reinsurance Association v. Brenda Ricci et al. Present: Suttell, C.J., Robinson, Lynch Prata, Long, and Indeglia (ret.), JJ. OPINION Justice Long, for the Court. The defendants, Brenda and Ernest Ricci (Mrs. Ricci and Mr. Ricci, respectively) (together, the Riccis or defendants), appeal from a final judgment of the Superior Court entered following a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Rhode Island Joint Reinsurance more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 31 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion: * * * Shilo D. Horsman, individually, and in her capacity of as administratrix of the Estate of Eric Horsman and as parent and guardian of Jack Horsman, Matthew Horsman, and Mason Horsman v. Travelers Property Casualty Company of America et al. Present: Suttell, C.J., Robinson, Lynch Prata, Long, and Flaherty (ret.), JJ. OPINION Justice Lynch Prata, for the Court. The plaintiff, Shilo D. Horsman, individually, and in her capacity of as adminis more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Radical Democrats Are Determined to Tear Down Our Country and Tear Up the Constitution * "Today's Democrat Party is driven by its activist wing. These are people who are radical, extreme, dangerous, and scary. They've put it into writing with their manifesto. They're admitting it out loud on television. Here in the United States Senate, Democrat Senators are embracing radical policies." WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Representatives Nadler, Scott, and Senator Murray Introduce Legislation to Protect Workers' Rights by Ending Forced Arbitration in the Workplace * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12), Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former Chair of the Senate He more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Schakowsky, Menendez, Clarke Reintroduce Legislation to Restore FTC Authority to Return Money to Defrauded Consumers * Full Text of Bill (PDF) WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, along with U.S. Representatives Yvette Clarke (NY-09) and Rob Menendez (NJ-08), reintroduced the Consumer Protection and Recover more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Scott, Nadler, Murray Introduce Legislation to Protect Workers' Rights by Ending Forced Arbitration in the Workplace The Restoring Justice for Workers Act would ensure all workers can go to court and band together to vindicate their rights as employees - Today, Representatives Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, Jerro more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Murray, Reps. Nadler, Scott Introduce Legislation to Protect Workers' Rights by Ending Forced Arbitration in the Workplace * The Restoring Justice for Workers Act would ensure all workers can go to court and band together to vindicate their rights as employees Forced arbitration agreements cover more than 60 million workers in the non-union private sector, including 59.1% of Black workers and 57.6% of women workers Washington, D.C. - T more PR

STANFORD, California, July 30 -- Stanford University Law School posted the following news: * * * Stanford Law School Professor Easha Anand Elected to the American Law Institute * Stanford Law School Professor Easha Anand, co-director of the law school's Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, has been elected to the American Law Institute (ALI). Anand joins 27 other current or emeriti Stanford Law faculty, including several who serve as Reporters, in advancing the ALI's century-long mission to clarify, modernize, and improve the law. ALI drafts,  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- TechFreedom, a technology policy think tank, issued the following news release on July 30, 2026: * * * FCC Can't Use ABC's License Renewal Process to Punish Its Editorial Choices Yesterday, TechFreedom filed an opposition to petitions to deny renewal of ABC's broadcast licenses. Some petitions explicitly ask the FCC to punish ABC for its speech in the name of "balance" or "fairness," echoing threats from FCC Chair Brendan Carr and President Donald. Other petitions ask the FCC to deprive ABC of its licenses because of a more PR

FRANKLIN LAKES, New Jersey, July 31 -- Children's Health Defense, an organization that says it restores and protects the health of children by eliminating exposures to environmental toxins, issued the following news: * * * Top Massachusetts Court Deals Blow to Residents Battling Verizon Cell Tower A group of Massachusetts residents who alleged a Verizon tower near their homes is making them sick can't get relief through the state or local court system, a state Supreme Court ruled last week. Instead, they must seek a remedy at the federal lev more PR

HAMPTON, Virginia, July 30 -- Hampton University posted the following news: * * * Trailblazing Alumnus, Adjunct Professor Dr. Michael L. Jones '20 to Lead as Dean of the Historic School of Nursing at Hampton University * First Black Male Dean to Lead One of the Nation's Oldest HBCU Nursing Programs and Virginia's Oldest Nursing School, Brings Representation to the Field During Black Nurses Week Hampton, Va. -Hampton University has appointed Dr. Michael L. Jones '20, an accomplished nurse leader, researcher, educator, and Hampton alumnus, a more PR

SEATTLE, Washington, July 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Washington School of Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Information lacking on remote abortion-care options Many don't know remote options include FDA-approved medications and online conferencing with licensed clinicians, a newly published paper suggests. - Abortion medications can be prescribed remotely and delivered by mail. People who travel across state lines for abortion care are poorly informed about remote options for their care, according to a study publishe more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * Warsh's Fed Holds Rates While Trump's Tariffs and War Keep Inflation High * Trump's economy hammers working families with rising inflation and high prices Today, the Federal Reserve held the federal funds rate steady at 3.50% to 3.75%, its fifth straight meeting without a move. For working families, this means no relief on mortgages, credit cards, or car loans. Although inflation brief more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Campaign for Accountability issued the following news release on July 30, 2026: * * * Watchdog Files to Unseal John Sarcone Disciplinary Proceedings Today, Campaign for Accountability (CfA), represented by Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, petitioned the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division Third Judicial Department to unseal all records concerning the disciplinary proceeding conducted by the Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department against John A. Sarcone III, the First As more PR