ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 13 -- The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy issued the following analysis: * * * Trump Administration Issues Sweeping Executive Order on Childhood Vaccine Schedule On Aug. 10, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) titled "Delivering Gold-Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans," which substantially revises federal recommendations for the childhood vaccination schedule. The order promulgates new federal recommendations divided into three categories; directs the Department of Health and Human more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2026: * * * AFPI Responds to Federal Ruling on Election Security The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) today responded to U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani's nationwide ruling in Boston blocking President Trump's executive order directing the U.S. Postal Service to verify mail-ballot eligibility, in the latest example of judges substituting their own policy preferences for the ordinary process of agency rulemaking and judicial review. more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 13 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Announces Charges Against 5 Non-Citizens for Voting in 2024 Elections in Michigan * LANSING - Today, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced charges against five non-citizens alleged to have voted in Michigan's 2024 November general election, and one U.S. citizen alleged to have registered their non-citizen spouse to vote. Throughout 2025, the Michigan Department of State referred to the Department of Attorney Gene more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 -- Agudath Israel of America, an arm and voice of American Orthodox Jewry, issued the following news: * * * Agudath Israel Helps Drive Extraordinary Turnout in St. Louis, Detroit, and Minneapolis Orthodox Jewish Communities in 2026 Primary Elections Agudath Israel of America's nonpartisan voter registration and turnout campaigns produced extraordinary participation among Orthodox Jewish communities in St. Louis, Missouri; Detroit, Michigan; and Minneapolis, Minnesota, during a stretch of closely watched 2026 state and congr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following commentary on Aug. 13, 2026, by Director of Media Logan Sekulow: * * * Major Fight To Bring Jailed Pastor Home Longtime followers of the ACLJ likely remember our advocacy on behalf of Pastor John Cao, who served a seven-year prison sentence after sharing the love of Christ through humanitarian work. Even though he ultimately served his entire sentence, his release should have marked the beginning of freedom, healing, reunion, and restoration. Unfortunately,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2026: * * * CAP Welcomes Former Election Assistance Commissioner Ben Hovland as Senior Fellow The Center for American Progress is welcoming Ben Hovland, former commissioner of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), as a senior fellow to lead the organization's elections work. Hovland will lead CAP's work on elections, most immediately to safeguard the integrity of U.S. elections, including from any political interference from partis more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (TNSbrep) -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2026: * * * How the Trump Administration Is Interfering in the Midterm Elections To Entrench the Imperial Presidency A new report from the Center for American Progress highlights 15 election subversion tactics being used or threatened by the Trump administration to interfere with the election process so it can entrench power and escape accountability. These tactics are part of an effort to stoke fear, create chaos, and pressure of more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Aug. 13 -- The Center for American Women and Politics issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2026: * * * Primaries Set Up Major Milestones for Women in Minnesota and Tennessee Results from the August 11th primaries from CAWP - Primary elections were held recently in Alabama, Connecticut, Hawaii, Minnesota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, and Wisconsin, and these contests have set up major potential milestones for women's political representation in the United States. Minnesota and Tennessee are all but more PR

MINNETONKA, Minnesota, Aug. 14 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary by policy fellow Josiah Padley to its Thinking Minnesota magazine: * * * Stewardship and the local school Schools of all types benefit from local investment, stewardship, and community care - At the close of the 18th century, the French intellectual elite, the philosophes, produced documents proclaiming the universal rights of man. These proclamations of s more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 12 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Commonwealth Commitment Awards honor Penn State changemakers across Pennsylvania * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -Two Penn State faculty members and a team from the Penn State College of Health and Human Development are the recipients of the inaugural Commonwealth Commitment Awards recognized through three mission-centered categories: inspiring discovery, preparing students and serving Pennsylvania. The awards were created by Penn State Outreach more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * MAGA Congressman Tom Tiffany Can't Answer How He'll Differentiate Himself From Unpopular Trump On the first day of Wisconsin's general election, MAGA Congressman Tom Tiffany just couldn't escape questions about his lockstep loyalty to Donald Trump. In two separate interviews with Milwaukee's WISN12 and CBS58, Congressman Tiffany was asked about his ties to Trump and whether he wanted Trump to come campaign with him. Both times, he ducked the questio more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Derrick Van Orden Refuses to Return Campaign Cash from Alleged Domestic Abuser Max Miller * New reporting from Politico details how Derrick Van Orden refuses to return campaign cash from alleged domestic abuser Max Miller and even diminished the credible allegations leveled against him. Van Orden "refused to discuss the matter" and is refusing to return the cash. Politico: "Van Orden, asked Tuesday night about the $2,500 contribu more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 14 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * FFRF AF-endorsed candidates secure key wins in Wis. primary Two FFRF Action Fund-endorsed candidates have obtained key Democratic nominations in Tuesday's Wisconsin primary. Alder Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford defeated four opponents for the Democratic slot in the State Assembl more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The George Washington University Law School issued the following news: * * * GW Law Announces 2026-27 Richey Fellows GW Law will welcome six Richey Fellows throughout the 2026-27 academic year to provide resources and guidance to students considering non-profit and public sector careers. Named in honor of the Hon. Charles R. Richey of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the Richey Fellows Program brings highly accomplished mid-career public interest lawyers to the GW Law campus for a three-d more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 13 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary by Hugh Williamson, director in the Europe and Central Asia Division: * * * Russia's Supreme Court Bars Pro-Peace Party from Elections Blatant Violation of Rights to Political Participation and Freedom of Expression - The Supreme Court of Russia canceled on August 10 the registration of a key opposition party, Yabloko (Apple), for the upcoming elections to the State Duma, Russia's lower parliament chamber. Yabloko's election slogans include " more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release: * * * Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Delaware's Chris Coons and Sarah McBride for Reelection to Congress * AFGE says Coons and McBride will fight the attacks on federal workers' jobs and union rights CORAOPOLIS, Pa. - The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsements of Christopher Coons for reelection to the U.S. Senate and Sarah McBride for reelection to the U.S. Hous more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 12 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors issued the following news release: * * * NASCUS Announces Election Results and Welcomes New Board and Advisory Council Members at 2026 Annual Meeting * ARLINGTON, VA - The National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors (NASCUS) announced the results of its 2026 elections and welcomed new officers and directors to the NASCUS Regulator Board and Credit Union Advisory Council during the association's A more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Sec. Read to Join Bonamici Town Hall Meeting on Election Security Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) announced that Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read will join her upcoming telephone town hall meeting on election security. Bonamici and Read will provide opening remarks before answering questions from constituents. The telephone town hall meeting will be held on August 26 at 6 p.m. PT. "Oregon's vote by mail elections are safe and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Warren, Colleagues Press Trump Administration on CMS Guidance that Could Threaten Nursing Home Residents' Right to Vote * U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led 11 of their Senate colleagues in urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz to repeal new guidance that threatens nursing home residents' ri more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley, Community Leaders Call for Shift in National Priorities: Away from War, Toward Our Families * Dorchester presser comes as Trump continues war with Iran and proposes $1.5 trillion military budget while exacerbating affordability crisis and attacks on immigrant communities "It is much easier instead for this man to scapegoat immigrants, to vilify our neighbors, than to make good on his promises... It's much easier to inflate the military  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (TNSletter) -- Rep. James McGovern, D-Massachusetts, issued the following letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio: * * * Here is the text of the letter: August 12, 2026 The Honorable Marco Rubio Secretary of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520 Dear Secretary Rubio, As Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, I am deeply troubled by the crisis of security, governance, and human rights now facing the Central Sahel--Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. In a Commission hearing held on May 14, 2026, human  more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 14 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: * * * New Journalism Minor Expands Opportunities for Students Outside Newhouse School The minor gives students a foundation in journalism skills, ethics and media law alongside their primary major. Genaro Armas Syracuse University students majoring outside the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications can now add journalism skills to their degree through a new academic minor. The journalism minor program teaches students to research, write and communicate cl more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 14 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * Corrupt Ken Paxton Slammed For Selling Out To Data Center Donors While Stalling AG Decision San Antonio Current: "Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate campaign has pulled in nearly $450,000 in data center donations" KERA: "Data center industry contributes thousands to Paxton campaign" - Corrupt Ken Paxton is under fire from Texans for raking in "hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations from the data center industry as Texans grow increasingly concerned more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 13 -- The University of Southern California Gould School of Law posted the following news: * * * Telling the whole story * As a scholar in elections law and constitutional law, USC Gould School of Law Dean Franita Tolson noticed a dearth of research on Congress' power over elections. A history of Congress' role in protecting voting rights, Tolson thought, would provide important context as conflicts over voting rights roil the electorate today. "There was something missing from the story we tell about congress more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- 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 on Aug. 12, 2026: * * * Veteran Prosecutors J.P. Cooney and Molly Gaston Join Democracy Forward, Launching Anti-Corruption Initiative to Confront Ethics Abuses and the Weaponization of the Government Against the People Cooney and Gaston Bring Decades of Prosecutorial Experience And Will Build Team Focused on Combatting Corrupt more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Progressive Policy Institute posted the following news release: * * * Wisconsin Democrats Give Their Party a Fighting Chance in November * WASHINGTON (August 12, 2026) -Today, Will Marshall, President of the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), issued the following statement on Tuesday's Wisconsin primary elections: "David Crowley's stunning upset of State Rep. Francesca Hong in yesterday's Wisconsin Democratic primary contest for governor underscores the vulnerability of democratic socialist more PR