MIAMI, Florida, Aug. 12 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * 6 Greenberg Traurig Intellectual Property Attorneys Listed in 2026 IAM Strategy 300 * BOSTON - Aug. 12, 2026 - Six Intellectual Property & Technology attorneys from global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Boston office are recognized in the 2026 Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Strategy 300 - The World's Leading IP Strategists. According to the publication, the IAM Strategy 300 identifies individuals "leading the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13285) by legislative attorney Amin Aminfar: * * * The Alien Terrorist Removal Court: A Brief Overview On July 16, 2026, the Alien Terrorist Removal Court of the United States (ATRC) issued its first order since it was established by Congress in 1996. The court's order indicated that the government had, the previous day, filed an application to remove an alien terrorist, the first application ever received by the ATRC. Since t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Demands Virginia School Boards Align Policies with Recent SCOTUS Decisions to Protect Sex-Specific Spaces * Today, America First Legal (AFL), alongside the Founding Freedoms Law Center, sent a letter to school board members in all 132 Virginia school districts explaining their obligations under recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions in West Virginia v. B.P.J and Mirabelli v. Bonta. AFL's le more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 13 -- The Arizona Supreme Court issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2026: * * * Arizona Supreme Court Rules on Clergy-Penitent Privilege in Sex Abuse Case The Arizona Supreme Court today issued its opinion in Rodriguez-Ramirez v. State, ruling that a church pastor cannot block secretly recorded statements from being used in his criminal case. The Court said the statements were not a religious "confession" protected by law. The case involves Mario Rodriguez-Ramirez, a Phoenix pastor accused of sexually abusin more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 12, 2026: * * * Democrats On Offense, Slam GOP Health Care Cuts Devastating Their States Democrats in key Senate battleground states continue to go on offense, blanketing the airwaves and sounding the alarm at protests and local roundtables about the devastating impact of Republicans' health care cuts as rural hospitals shutter, labor and delivery units close, and hundreds of thousands of children, seniors, and veterans' families see more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 13 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2026: * * * Tribes Slam U.S. Army Corps for Approving Line 5 Tunnel Enbridge still needs a new permit from the Michigan Public Service Commission - Detroit, MI -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today issued a record of decision approving Canadian company Enbridge's proposal to bore a four-mile tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac to house its Line 5 oil pipeline. Despite the federal agency's approval, Enbridge cannot move forward with const more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The League of Women Voters posted the following news release on Aug. 11, 2026: * * * Federal Court Blocks US Postal Service from Implementing Executive Order Restricting Mail Voting In granting preliminary injunction, court finds that President Trump's 2026 executive order is likely unconstitutional and likely to disenfranchise voters in upcoming elections BOSTON - A federal court today issued a preliminary injunction blocking the US Postal Service (USPS) from implementing President Trump's 2026 executive order restri more PR

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, Aug. 11 -- High Point University issued the following news release: * * * First Female NASA Space Shuttle Pilot Named High Point University's Undergraduate Commencement Speaker for 2027 * HIGH POINT, N.C., Aug. 11, 2026 - Former NASA astronaut Eileen Collins, who was the first woman to pilot a space shuttle and the first woman to command a space mission, will deliver High Point University's Commencement address to undergraduate students on May 1, 2027. A former U.S. Air Force test pilot, Collins solidified her p more PR

PLANO, Texas, Aug. 12 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Forest Service Officer Granted Religious Accommodation Request to Observe Sabbath Obligations * Glenwood Springs, CO-Today, First Liberty Institute and the law firm Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has granted a religious accommodation to Forest Service employee Adam Diemert so he can fulfill his Sab more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven Outlines Efforts to Secure Future of Coal Industry in North Dakota Senator Advancing Crack the Code 2.0, Regulatory Relief to Ensure Continued Access to Reliable Baseload Power from Coal BISMARCK, N.D. - At the Basin Electric Power Cooperative's annual meeting today, Senator John Hoeven discussed the important role that reliable, coal-fired baseload power plays in making the U.S. energy secure and outlined his efforts to ensure the futur more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins The Scott Jennings Show on Salem News Channel Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined The Scott Jennings Show on Salem News Channel to discuss the increasing influence of Socialism in the Democratic Party, conflict with Iran, the debate over birthright citizenship, and his introduction of the Citizenship Act of 2026. Key Excerpt on Iran: Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): "Every single Democrat in the Senate has voted to tie President Trump's more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47884) on July 28, 2026, entitled "Identifying Minors Online" by Clare Y. Cho, industrial organization and business policy specialist: * * * SUMMARY Concerns about potential harms to minors on the internet, particularly on social media platforms, have grown in recent years. Dating to the 1990s, policymakers have enacted legislation seeking to protect minors online, some of which create requirements for entities that provide websites, mobile  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47884) on July 28, 2026, entitled "Identifying Minors Online:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Policy Considerations for Legislation Multiple bills introduced in the 119th Congress seek to increase protections for minors online by creating new or amending existing requirements for website operators. Some of these bills would require certain operators to implement age verification methods. For example, the SCREEN Act (H.R. 1623, Title I  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2026: * * * In New Amicus Brief, Ranking Member Raskin Urges Supreme Court to Enforce First Step Act Brief Warns Bureau of Prisons Is Not Complying With Key Provisions of Bipartisan Law Aimed at Reducing Recidivism and Promoting Rehabilitation - Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, filed an amicus brief in Maxwell v. Thomas urging the Supreme Court to enf more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * In the Los Angeles Times, Sen. Schiff: How Democrats Can Repair the Broken Supreme Court * Schiff: "Future Democratic majorities in Congress -perhaps starting as soon as January -should make repairing the court and reforming the judicial branch a priority to make sure it does not continue to operate as a partisan and retrograde institution." Read the full op-ed here. Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a member of the more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 12 [Category: International] -- The Center for Human Rights in Iran posted the following news release: * * * Iran's New Weapon: Group Prosecutions of Protesters Send Dozens Toward the Gallows * Protesters are being tried collectively, in fast-tracked prosecutions that deny defendants individual trials and due process and end in death sentences and executions August 12, 2026 -In an extraordinary escalation of post-protest repression, Iranian authorities have sentenced dozens of protesters to death in group prosecutions that h more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Aug. 13 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond co-leads 25-state coalition urging Supreme Court to take up Iowa immigration enforcement case Attorney General Gentner Drummond is co-leading a coalition in supporting Iowa's law criminalizing illegal entry into the state. Drummond and 24 attorneys general filed an amicus brief today in Bird v. Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case challenging a ruling by the U.S. Court of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Peterson Institute for International Economics issued the following commentary on Aug. 12, 2026, by senior research staffer Monica de Bolle: * * * Mercosur is at risk from US tariffs and politics Some 35 years ago, at a time of economic and political turmoil in South America, a group of farsighted countries signed the Treaty of Asuncion, establishing a common market to promote economic development and social justice through economic integration. Since then, the Southern Common Market, or Mercosur, has increased reg more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11108) by legislative attorney Dave S. Sidhu: * * * The Second Amendment at the Supreme Court: Challenges to Federal Gun Laws Ratified in 1791, the Second Amendment provides, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." For over two hundred years, the Supreme Court remained largely silent on the scope and meaning of the more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 [Category: Financial Services] -- Americans for Financial Reform, which describes itself as a nonpartisan and nonprofit coalition of more than 200 civil rights, consumer, labor, business, investor, faith-based and civic and community groups, posted the following news release: * * * States Sue to Block Big Bank Power Grab * State Attorneys General say the Trump administration's banking regulators are blocking states from protecting consumers Washington - Today, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and New York Attorney more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * The Case Against Bryan Steil * "Bryan Steil is a creature of Washington with a rolodex of special interests and insider allies who know he'll do their bidding. Steil backed every Trump price hike now hurting Wisconsin families in order to give a handout to his wealthy donors. While Steil has been working to solely serve the one percent, Mitchell Berman dedicated his career to serving veterans and families in times of need as a VA  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * The Case Against Rhett Marques * "Shomari Figures is the fighter that the people of Alabama need in Congress. He's laser-focused on the issues that matter most: lowering costs, expanding access to health care, and creating economic opportunity. While Shomari shows up and puts in the work, his opponent Rhett Marques sells out to the ultra-wealthy who fund his political campaigns. This race will be a choice between a true public ser more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 [Category: International] -- The Federation for American Immigration Reform issued the following news release: * * * Victory! Trump Can Roll Back Invasion by Appointment * DC Circuit nixes order against speedy removal of parolees WASHINGTON-Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit dismissed a federal lawsuit against the Trump Administration's efforts to roll back Biden mass parole programs, which had let millions of aliens who are not immigrants pour into the United States. The Federation for American Immigr more PR

PLANO, Texas, Aug. 12 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Virginia College Student Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Restore Equal Treatment of Students * ADF Media Relations, (480) 444-0020 or www.adfmedia.org/book-interview WASHINGTON-The National Legal Foundation, Claybrook LLC, Troutman Pepper Locke, First Liberty Institute, and Alliance Defending Freedom filed a petition Tuesday at the U.S. Supreme more PR