NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 6 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog: * * * ABA House of Delegates Acts on Law School DEI Rule * The American Bar Association (ABA) accreditation council's plan to eliminate longstanding diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) requirements for law schools met resistance from the ABA House of Delegates, Reuters reports. The body, meeting as part of the ABA Annual Meeting, rejected an outright repeal of the rule but in a separate vote gave the council expedited more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Accuracy in Media issued the following news: * * * Local governments admit to keeping DEI alive in red South Carolina South Carolinians might be surprised to learn their taxes aren't just going to roads and schools, but also to funding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the local level. Accuracy in Media's undercover journalist caught several local government employees discussing their DEI efforts. "My title is still the same. All of the work is still the same. Still explicitly call things what they are," said City more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Accuracy in Media issued the following news: * * * Professors Caught Admitting They Hide DEI Agenda at American Psychological Association Conference The American Psychological Association's annual conference should be focused on improving mental health care. Instead, Accuracy in Media investigators uncovered professors openly discussing how to conceal political activism in the classroom, disguise DEI initiatives with sanitized language, and shield controversial content from criticism by invoking APA guidelines. The adm more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Again Asks FCC to Apply Long-Standing Legal Requirement Prohibiting Racial Discrimination to ABC Stations' License Renewals * America First Legal (AFL) has filed a reply in support of its July petition urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deny the renewal licenses of eight ABC affiliate stations owned by The Walt Disney Company (Disney) due to Disney's pattern of engaging more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Files New Lawsuit Against Shell Oil Alleging Race Discrimination and Illegal DEI Policies * Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a federal lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas on behalf of its client, Thomas Hutt, against Shell PLC, Shell USA, Inc., and Wayne Hunt, alleging that Shell carried out a racially discriminatory reorganization that forced Mr. Hutt, a decorated veteran who  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following statement on Aug. 3, 2026: * * * Penn State Shakeup Underscores Need to End Ideological Indoctrination in Law Schools The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) issued the following statement from Chief Legal Affairs Officer Leigh Ann O'Neill after Penn State announced that Danielle Conway would immediately step down as dean of Penn State Dickinson Law and return to the faculty: "Under Conway's leadership, first-year students were required to take 'Race and the Equ more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 31 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog: * * * Anti-DEI Group Files Bias Charge with EEOC Against Big Law Firms * Americans for Equal Opportunity (AEO) has filed a discrimination charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), asking the agency to investigate an education nonprofit and 14 of its partner law firms over alleged race-based preferential treatment. According to Bloomberg Law, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, which places incomi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. July 8, 2026 The Honorable Russell Vought Director Office of Management and Budget 725 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20503 Dear Director Vought: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) serves the critical role of ensuring that federal agencies administer funding to advance federal policy goals in an objective and fair manner. We write as members of Congress with th more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. Chairman Ryman LeBeau  Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe P.O. Box 590 Eagle Butte, SD 57625 605.964.4155 July 13, 2026 Mr. Russell Vought Director Office of Management and Budget Executive Office of the President 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 Submitted electronically via Regulations.gov Re: OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance Dear Di more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. July 10, 2026 Russell Vought, Director Office of Management and Budget 725 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20503 Docket OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance Dear Director Vought: We write in strong opposition to the recently released proposed rule by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) entitled, OMB-2026-0034: Regulation for Federal Financi more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. June 26, 2026 The Honorable Russell Vought Director Office of Management and Budget 725 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20503 Dear Director Vought: We write in strong opposition to the Office of Management and Budget's proposed rule titled "Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance," released on May 29, 2026. This proposal would represent the most sweeping and destru more ST

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Aug. 5 -- Faegre Drinker Biddle and Reath, a law firm, issued the following commentary on Aug. 4, 2026, by Brad Boswell, senior government and regulatory affairs attorney, counsel F. Brooke Dunn, associate Asher Friedman Young and partners Cindy Irani and A. Scott Chinn: * * * Indiana Suspends Statutory Supplier Diversity Programs What Indiana's suspension of M/WBE preferences means for public procurement, State of Indiana contractors, and Indiana-funded organizations and municipalities At a Glance * Indiana Executi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * HHS Decertifies Kentucky Organ Procurement Organization to Protect Patients, Restore Trust * LEXINGTON, KY-AUGUST 5, 2026-The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today began the decertification of Network for Hope, the federally designated organ procurement organization (OPO) serving Kentucky and parts of Indiana, Ohio, and West Virginia, after multiple federal reviews found persistent patient safety failures despit more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-727) on the Stop the Sexualization of Children Act (H.R. 7661). The report was advanced by Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, on July 2, 2026. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose Over the last few years, many K-12 schools have become flooded with inappropriate content. Much of this content is so explicit that adults cannot repeat it on television or in school board meetings without being censored. Children should not be exposed to age-inappropriate explici more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-728) on the Truman Scholarship Clean House Act (H.R. 7894). The report was advanced by Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, on July 2, 2026. * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) MINORITY VIEWS INTRODUCTION H.R. 7894, the Truman Scholarship Clean House Act, sponsored by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), amends the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act to make significant changes to the operation of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation ("Truman Foundation" more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Raskin Slams FCC's Unprecedented Move to Threaten ABC Licenses Over Protected Speech Ranking Member Raskin Warns FCC Is Abandoning Constitutional and Statutory Constraints and Turning Broadcast Licenses Into a Tool of Political Pressure - Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, submitted a public comment urging the Federal Communicati more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing and Competitiveness released the following testimony by Robert D. Atkinson, senior fellow, founder and former president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, from a July 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Measuring What Matters: Science, Standards, and Strategic Competition": * * * Chairman Budd, Ranking Member Baldwin, and members of the Committee, I am Robert Atkinson. As the founder, former president, and now a senior fe more PR

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Aug. 5 [Category: Business] -- The International Congress and Convention Association posted the following news: * * * Call for Start-Ups * CALL FOR START-UPS ICCA Congress 2026 - Special Start-Up Stream Panama City, Panama | 8-11 November 2026 Put Your Innovation in Front of the People Who Shape Global Events The world's leading business events decision-makers are looking for what's next. Could it be you? The ICCA Congress Start-Up Programme, in collaboration with IEEE Entrepreneurship, gives selected start-u more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2026: * * * Judiciary Republicans Raise Concerns About South Korea Law Targeting American Companies and Online Speech Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Chairman Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), and R more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. July 13, 2026 Re: OMB-2026-0034, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. To Whom It May Concern, Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on the proposal to revise the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance located in title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), subtitle A (OMB-2026-0034, Office of Manageme more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. July 13, 2026 Russ Vought, Director Office of Management and Budget 725 17th Street, NW Washington DC, 20503 Re: Comments on Update to Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance I write to offer support for the changes to the federal grantmaking process to eliminate the politicization of grantmaking and ideological activities by grantees. I also write to suggest tha more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. July 13, 2026 Russ Vought, Director Office of Management and Budget 725 17th Street, NW Washington DC, 20503 Re: Comments on Update to Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance I write to offer support for the changes to the federal grantmaking process to eliminate the politicization of grantmaking and ideological activities by grantees. I also write to suggest that more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. July 13, 2026 VIA REGULATIONS.GOV Russell T. Vought Director, Office of Management and Budget The White House Re: Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance (OMB-2026-0034) Director Vought, On behalf of the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), thank you for the opportunity to offer these comments on the above-referenced rulemaking (the Proposed Rule) t more ST

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 -- The National Urban League issued the following news release: * * * NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: CONFIRMATION OF BLANCHE AS ATTORNEY GENERAL "WOULD UNDERMINE THE VERY IDEA" OF EQUAL TREATMENT UNDER THE LAW After the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Todd Blanche's nomination for Attorney General, National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial reiterated his call to the full Senate to reject this nomination. "Black communities have already felt the negative impact of his leadership over the Department of Justic more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. Native Village of Afognak To embrace, protect, develop, and enhance Alutiiq culture, protect our traditional use areas and encourage unity among the Alutiiq of the Kodiak Archipelago July 13, 2026 Office of Management and Budget Executive Office of the President 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 Submitted electronically via Regulations.gov Re: OMB-2026-0034, R more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Nonprofits Move for Court Stay of New USDA Rules Preventing Crucial Work To Support Farms and Hunger Relief * Today, Public Citizen Litigation Group, FarmSTAND and Earthjustice filed a request on behalf of five nonprofit organizations for preliminary relief in their new case in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, asking the court to stay new and unlawful terms and conditions the U.S. Department of Agriculture is im more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 7 -- Earthjustice posted the following news release on Aug. 5, 2026: * * * Nonprofits Move for Court Stay of New USDA Rules Preventing Crucial Work To Support Farms and Hunger Relief Plaintiffs and other grantees cannot effectively do that work while subject to the unlawful terms and conditions, we are asking the Court to put these rules on hold while the case continues - Washington, D.C. -- Today, Public Citizen Litigation Group, FarmSTAND, and Earthjustice filed a request on behalf of five nonprofit organi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. July 2, 2026 Submitted electronically via www.regulations.gov The Honorable Russell T. Vought Director, Office of Management and Budget Executive Office of the President 725 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20503 Re: Comments on the Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance Docket No. OMB-2026-0034; RIN 0348-AB81 (lead) 91 Fed. Reg. 32198 (proposed May  more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. July 13, 2026 The O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law strongly opposes the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) proposed rule Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance (Docket OMB-2026-0034). This OMB proposed rule, published May 29, 2026, will have a devasting impact on the pursuit of academic excellence, scientific development, technological innovat more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- MFRR ITALY MISSION REPORT: GROWING POLITICAL PRESSURE ON RAI, CONCERNS OVER MEDIA PLURALISM, AND ESCALATING LEGAL HARASSMENT AND DIGITAL THREATS - A report from Media Freedom Rapid Response - July 2026 (21 pages) Here are excerpts: * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ... 4 Rai and the European Media Freedom Act ... 7 Key findings ... 7 European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) and Article 5 (Safeguards for the independent functioning of public service media providers) ... 7 Composition of the Board of Directors  more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. July 13, 2026 Office of Management and Budget Executive Office of the President 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 Submitted electronically via Regulations.gov Re: OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance To OMB Leadership: The Spirit Lake Tribe (SLT), a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe with a nation-to-nation treaty relationship with the Uni more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48845) on July 27, 2026, entitled "Surface Transportation Reauthorization - Federal Highway Programs:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Federal-Aid Highway Formula and Competitive Discretionary Programs FHWA administers more than 30 federal highway programs, and highway projects are also eligible for funding under multimodal programs administered by other DOT agencies./56 This report focuses on (1) the formula programs (also known as appo more PR