WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- AARP issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2026: * * * New AARP Texas Poll: Highly Motivated Older Voters Could Shape Close Senate, Governor Races Bipartisan polling finds Abbott and Talarico holding leads, with 50+ swing voters poised to play a crucial role in November's elections. - WASHINGTON - Today, AARP released new polling highlighting the outsized role Texas's highly motivated older voters are poised to play in the state's closely watched gubernatorial and Senate races in November -- and the issues  more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 11 (TNSida) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * ACLU of Arizona Urges Counties to Protect Voters from Threats of Federal Interference, ICE at Polling Places Letter sent to county elections administrators explains that any presence of federal agents or troops at polls is prohibited by law The ACLU of Arizona sent a letter to election administrators in all 15 Arizona counties and the Secretary of State yesterday reminding them that it is illegal for federal troops o more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 9 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Hilgers Responds to Nebraska Supreme Court Decision in Hilgers v. Weber * LINCOLN -Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced today that the Nebraska Supreme Court has granted his request for a writ of mandamus in State ex rel. Hilgers v. Weber, ordering Lincoln city officials to submit three Lincoln City Charter proposed amendments to the ballot at the November general election. Attorney General Hilgers filed the laws more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Urges Supreme Court to Block Trump's Effort to Restrict Mail-In Voting * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and her colleagues are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to block President Trump's unconstitutional Executive Order and U.S. Postal Service rule that attempts to restrict Wisconsinites' ability to vote by mail ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Specifically, Baldwin joined a bipartisan group of 261 current and fo more PR

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- Brandeis University issued the following news: * * * Crown Center forum looks at how 9/11 shaped the Middle East By Steve Foskett September 10, 2026 The Crown Center for Middle East Studies this week marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with an expert panel examining whether and how the events of that day and the U.S. response have shaped the Middle East today. The program, "Did 9/11 Make Today's Middle East?," considered the history of U.S. involvement in the region befo more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- C-SPAN, a public affairs network providing Americans with unfiltered access to congressional proceedings, issued the following news release: * * * C-SPAN Launches 2027 StudentCam Documentary Competition New theme announced -- students take on the role of a newly elected member of Congress Awarding $100,000 in cash prizes to students and teachers Washington, DC -- C-SPAN's StudentCam documentary competition returns for its 23rd year, inviting students across the country to think critically about the issues shaping th more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 -- Common Cause - New York posted the following news release: * * * Civil Rights Groups Urge Supreme Court to Block USPS Rule Threatening Mail-in Ballots Weeks Before Midterm Elections Filing this Supreme Court brief shows Common Cause's total commitment to protecting vote-by-mail for every single voter, building on our separate federal lawsuit, NAACP v. Trump. WASHINGTON - Asian Law Caucus, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta, Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, S more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 11 -- The Colorado Secretary of State issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2026: * * * Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Blocking Postal Service from Enacting Changes ahead of 2026 General Election Denver, September 10, 2026 - A First Circuit Court of Appeals ruling today kept in place a lower court ruling blocking the Postal Service from limiting who can receive a mail ballot ahead of the 2026 General Election. The Court ruled in favor of 32 plaintiffs - including Colorado - seeking to stop the Postal Service fr more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 -- Common Cause - New York issued the following news release: * * * New Lawsuit Challenges Trump-Vance Administration Plan to Send Armed ICE Officers Into Polling Places Common Cause, LULAC, UnidosUS and the City of Denver are suing about ICE at the polls. - The largest and oldest Latino civil rights membership organization in the United States, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), joined by Common Cause, a voting rights organization with nearly one million members, UnidosUS, the nation's largest Hispanic ci more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary: * * * Where's the Beef This Time? Commentary by William Alan Reinsch Published September 10, 2026 Those of us of a certain age, namely mine, remember the 1984 presidential election campaign. Ronald Reagan defeated Walter Mondale in a landslide, but Mondale arguably had the best slogan. It came from a Wendy's commercial featuring a little old lady staring at an enormous bun containing a tiny burger and yelling, "Where's the beef?" The more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- 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: * * * New Lawsuit Challenges Trump-Vance Administration Plan to Send Armed ICE Officers Into Polling Places Plaintiffs represent millions of voters across the United States September 10, 2026 Washington, D.C. -- The largest and oldest Latino civil rights membership organization in the United States, League of United Latin  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * One Year Later, Senate Republicans Plagued by Epstein Ties, Votes to Conceal Files Across the map, Republican Senate candidates' ties to Epstein and his associates remain a "major issue in the midterm elections" one year after they voted to conceal the Epstein files - protecting billionaire megadonors underwriting their campaigns and Donald Trump over victims of the heinous crimes. As voters continue to "question what else Republica more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * QUICK CLIP: Senator Mark Kelly Touts Democrats' "Real Opportunities" to Flip Senate in November As Democrats continue to build "momentum" heading into the midterms, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Vice Chair Mark Kelly highlighted Senate Democrats' "real opportunities" to win a Senate majority thanks to strong candidates and a relentless focus on the issues that matter. See for yourself: MS NOW: Cook Political Report Rate more PR

ELON, North Carolina, Sept. 10 -- Elon University posted the following news release: * * * Elon University Poll: Cooper maintains double-digit lead in North Carolina U.S. Senate race * Former North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has an 11% lead over Republican Michael Whatley among likely voters in the race for the open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis. With the start of the early voting period now five weeks away, the latest survey by the Elon University Poll finds that former Democratic Gov. Roy Coo more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued the following public notice (PS Docket No. 23-237; WT Docket No. 02-378): * * * The Region 37 (South Carolina)/1 Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Wednesday, October 7, 2026. Beginning at 8:30 a.m., the 800 MHz RPC will convene at the Hilton Resort, 10000 Beach Club Dr., Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 29572. The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes: * Call to Order * Old Business more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper Applauds Denver Lawsuit to Block Armed ICE Agents at Voting Sites * Hickenlooper has previously introduced legislation to stop Trump from using federal law enforcement to interfere with elections WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper released the below statement applauding the lawsuit filed by the City of Denver and civil right groups to block armed ICE agents at voting sites. "The only conceivable reason for ICE more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 10 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- Houlihan Lokey, an investment bank, posted the following news release: * * * Houlihan Lokey Finds That Stress Among the Smallest Private Credit Borrowers Has Climbed More Than Tenfold Since 2023 * * Among borrowers below $20 million of EBITDA, loans valued below 90% of par have risen from roughly 1% in 2023 to 12% today. * The pressure is now reaching the next cohort up, borrowers with $20 million to $100 million of EBITDA, after three years in a narrow range; borrow more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Restoring Election Integrity: Oversight of Voter Fraud in New Jersey" at 2 p.m. on Sept. 15, 2026, at 2141 Rayburn House Office Building: The hearing will examine the importance of upholding American civil liberties and defending the integrity of American elections. Specifically, the hearing will explore how roughly 6,600 noncitizens were improperly registered to vote in New Jersey between June 2023 and June 2024, and  more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary by Giorgi Gogia, deputy director in the Europe and Central Asia Division: * * * Azerbaijani Election Monitor Sentenced after Unfair Trial Anar Mammadli Gets 13 Years as Crackdown on Independent Voices Continues - A court in Azerbaijan on September 7 sentenced the prominent human rights defender and election monitor Anar Mammadli to 13 years in prison following a trial marred by serious due process violations. His co-defendant, civic activist  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * In Victory for Missouri Voters, Lawful Congressional Map Will Be Used in November, Voters to Decide Referendum * WASHINGTON -Today, in People Not Politicians v. Onder, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of a district court's order blocking use of Missouri's lawful congressional map. The effect of the Supreme Court's order is to ensure that Missouri voters will vote under the state's lawful 2022 map this November instead of the more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release: * * * Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Kansas' Adam Hamilton for U.S. Senate and Cindy Holscher for Governor * AFGE says both Hamilton and Holscher will fight for working families OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsements of Adam Hamilton for U.S. Senate and Cindy Holscher for governor representing Kansas in the 2026 elections. Both candidate more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 11 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * Anthony Forlini "Can't Answer" Who Won the 2020 Election LANSING -- When recently asked on Fox2 who won the 2020 presidential election, Republican SOS candidate Anthony Forlini said "I can't answer that." LANGTON: "Did President Biden really beat President Trump?" FORLINI: "I can't answer that... Everyone wants to trip up people on that whole question. That was six years ago. I wasn't even clerk then... How come they're not talking about  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 11 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * The Blue Book: Tariff is Trump's Favorite Word, Michigan Republicans' Newest Nightmare Hello and welcome to The Blue Book, the Michigan Democratic Party's weekly recap to keep you in the know about Michigan politics. Every week, we'll bring you the latest in how Democrats are delivering for Michiganders and standing up to Republican extremism in the Great Lakes State. FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW: 1. A PENNY FOR YOUR PROBLEMS, FIVE-THOUSAN more PR

JACKSON, Mississippi, Sept. 11 -- Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Michael Watson Clarifies Vote Requirements for Mississippi Elected Offices JACKSON, Miss. - Due to recent legislative changes, Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson is providing clarification regarding the vote requirements used to determine winners for elected offices across the state. Mississippi law requires some offices to be won by a majority vote, meaning a candidate must receive more than 50 perce more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- The Center for American Women and Politics issued the following news release: * * * New Record for Women Gubernatorial Nominees And Other Results from New Hampshire & Rhode Island Primaries from CAWP September 10, 2026 Primary elections were held this week in New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Full results for women candidates in federal and statewide executive races are available on this post on our Election Analysis page; there is one undecided race featuring a woman candidate, so this post will be upda more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Abraham Hamadeh, R-Arizona, posted the following news release: * * * One year later, Charlie Kirk's voice still carries * One year ago, an assassin's bullet took the life of Charlie Kirk. Charlie was only 31 years old. He was a devoted husband, loving father, man of faith and one of the most consequential conservative leaders of his generation. His greatest contribution was not the organization he built, the elections he helped win or the millions of young Americans he brought into the conservative movement. I more PR

VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 11 (TNSLrpt) -- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights issued the following report entitled "Serbia: Urgent Opinion on the Revised Draft Law Amending the Law on Prevention of Corruption (As of July 2026)." Here are excerpts: * * * EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND KEY RECOMMENDATIONS The Draft Law amending the Law on Prevention of Corruption (Draft Law) was introduced as part of the Government's efforts to strengthen Serbia's anticorruption framework in light o more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 11 -- The Pennsylvania Department of State issued the following news release: * * * Secretary of the Commonwealth Launches Voter Education Efforts Ahead of the 2026 General Election Harrisburg, PA - Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt on Thursday announced the Department of State's 2026 voter education initiative to ensure Pennsylvanians are aware of key election dates, deadlines, and options for casting their ballot in preparation for the Nov. 3 general election. Some counties have started to send out ma more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Fights Back on Trump's Executive Order Limiting Mail-In Voting * In response to President Donald Trump's Executive Order 14399 seeking to exert control over mail-in ballots ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), co-chair of the Congressional Postal Caucus, led 99 members in calling on the Postmaster General to revoke a Postal Service rule codifying the order. In addition to that, Pappas joined a biparti more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * President Trump's Cash Gifts to Staff Violate Federal Law, Campaign Legal Center Complaint Alleges * WASHINGTON -Today, the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, calling for an investigation into whether four employees in the Executive Office of the President -namely Natalie Harp, Chamberlain Harris, Margo Martin and Walt Nauta -accepted cash payments in 2025 from the presi more PR

CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, Sept. 10 -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law posted the following news: * * * Professor Hannah Wiseman interviewed for Penn State News on data center impacts on public lands * UNIVERSITY PARK, PA-Penn State News published a Q&A with Professors Hannah Wiseman and Derrick Taff addressing the impacts of data centers on public lands. You can read the interview by clicking here. One of the many issues addressed in the Q&A was whether data centers will factor into the fall elections. "Data centers are more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * SCHNEIDER JOINS BIPARTISAN GROUP OF OVER 250 CURRENT AND FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS URGING THE SUPREME COURT TO BLOCK TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER LIMITING VOTING BY MAIL * LINCOLNSHIRE, IL - Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) joined a bipartisan group of over 250 current and former Members of Congress in urging the Supreme Court to block President Trump's executive order that would require states to provide a citizenship verification list to the more PR

BARRANQUILLA, Colombia, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks by Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a news briefing at Barranquilla Marriott Hotel: * * * SECRETARY RUBIO: (In Spanish.) Ready? Ready. Are we going to do this in Spanish or English? In Spanglish. Let's go. QUESTION: (In Spanish.) Yes, in Spanish and English QUESTION: Spanglish. SECRETARY RUBIO: In Spanglish? QUESTION: Yeah. (Laughter.) QUESTION: Secretary Rubio, will the tariffs on Colombia be lifted by you [all] SECRETARY RUBIO: (In Spanish.) more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release: * * * Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Jose Manuel Acevedo of RCN Interview Marco Rubio, Secretary of State Via Teleconference September 9, 2026 (Via translation.) QUESTION: Well, it is a tremendous honor to have with us here at RCN and NTN24 the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. Secretary, thank you for being here with us. SECRETARY RUBIO: No, thanks. It's a great honor to be with you as well. QUESTION: They are also watching us in Mi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSletter) -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following letter to the Senate leadership: * * * Here is the text of the letter: September 9, 2026 The Honorable John Thune Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 - The Honorable Chuck Schumer Minority Leader United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 - Dear Leader Thune and Minority Leader Schumer: I write to urge Senate leadership to support the establishment of a bipartisan Senate Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence at t more PR

HILLSBORO, Missouri, Sept. 11 -- St. Louis University issued the following news: * * * SLU/YouGov Poll: Amendment 3 Falls to a Dead Heat While Missourians Back Protections for the Initiative Petition Process by a 27-Point Margin 09/10/2026 Trump approval underwater in SLU/YouGov Poll for the first time; Kehoe, state legislature hit all-time low approval ratings. ST. LOUIS - The August 2026 SLU/YouGov Poll surveyed 900 likely Missouri voters about their opinions regarding the 2026 election, ballot initiatives and amendments, data centers, a more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 [Category: Media] -- The Paley Center for Media issued the following news release: * * * THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA EXAMINES THE FORCES SHAPING THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS * The Media and The Midterms: Determining America's Future, the Latest Program in Paley's Media Impact Series, Will Examine the Campaign Strategies, Media Narratives, and Voter Priorities Driving One of the Year's Most Consequential Elections Featuring Leading Voices from Both Sides of the Aisle in Media and Politics Including Karen Defilippi, Patrick Eg more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Desperate Attempt to Bribe Voters Ahead of Election is a New Low * Washington, D.C. -At a speech at the GOP's midterm convention in Dallas, Texas yesterday, Donald Trump promised,"if the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000." Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen, issued the following statement in response: "Even for the notoriously corrupt and lawless Trump, this explicit and desperate attempt to buy votes i more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 11 (TNSrep) -- The UCLA School of Law Williams Institute issued the following news release: * * * An estimated 323,700 transgender citizens could face barriers to voting at the polls in the 2026 midterm elections An estimated 1.3 million adult transgender U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in the November 2026 midterm elections, according to a new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. In the United States, 36 states have voter ID laws that require voters to present identification when voting a more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 [Category: Sociological] -- UnidosUS posted the following news release: * * * UnidosUS Joins New Lawsuit That Challenges Trump-Vance Administration Plan to Send Armed ICE Officers Into Polling Places * Plaintiffs represent millions of voters across the United States Washington, D.C. -The largest and oldest Latino civil rights membership organization in the United States, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), joined by Common Cause, a voting rights organization with nearly one million members, UnidosUS, the  more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 10 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * How will redistricting impact the midterm elections? VCU political science professor and redistricting expert Alex Keena says the Nov. 3 elections will be a test case for the effectiveness of gerrymandering - and explains why the practice is a riskier strategy than it appears. By Brian McNeill Ahead of the 2026 midterm congressional elections, more than a dozen states have sought to redraw House districts in hopes of maximizing the number of s more PR

HAMDEN, Connecticut, Sept. 10 -- Quinnipiac University Poll posted the following news: * * * Voters Favor Dems Over GOP By 11 Points For Control Of U.S. House, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Trump's Handling Of Canada Trade, Iran & Russia - Ukraine War All Below 30% * With the midterm elections less than two months away, voters give the Democratic Party an 11-point advantage over the Republican Party when it comes to who they would want to see win control of the United States House of Representatives, according to a Quinnipiac ( more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Urge Supreme Court to Block Postal Service Rule Limiting Mail-In Voting * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers and former lawmakers in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of State of California, et al. v. United States Postal Service, et al. The lawsuit, brought by a coalition of state attorneys general, includi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * September 10th, 2026 Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Urge Supreme Court to Block Postal Service Rule Limiting Mail-In Voting WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers and former lawmakers in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of State of California, et al. v. United States Postal Service, et al. The lawsuit, brought by a coalition of state attorneys gene more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The White House issued the following news on Sept. 9, 2026: * * * President Trump Delivers Historic Results for the American People in Under Two Years In less than two years, President Donald J. Trump has driven the most consequential stretch of governing in modern American history. He inherited a disaster -- and turned it into a historic comeback. President Trump sealed the border, drove violent crime to historic lows, unleashed American energy, cut taxes for working families, focused Washington on merit and common s more PR