WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following fact sheet (No. R49481) by Research Librarian William F. Burkhart. Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction Since the beginning of the second Trump Administration on January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump has used various trade authorities to impose tariffs. Following the Supreme Court's ruling on February 20, 2026, invalidating the Trump Administration's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose certain tariffs, Preside more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11487) by legislative attorney Cassandra J. Barnum and supervisory attorney Michael A. Foster: * * * Artificial Intelligence and Federal Criminal Law: Considerations for Congress Recently, leading technology companies that have developed generative artificial intelligence (AI) models and agents disclosed certain cybersecurity incidents and cases of misuse related to their products. For instance, OpenAI disclosed that its more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48448) on Sept. 15, 2026, entitled "Gender and School Sports: Federal Action and Legal Challenges to State Laws" by legislative attorneys Madeline W. Donley and Jared P. Cole: * * * SUMMARY Policymakers have debated how schools should respond when transgender students (students who are assigned one sex at birth but identify with the opposite sex) seek to use facilities or participate in school activities consistent with their gender identiti more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48448) on Sept. 15, 2026, entitled "Gender and School Sports - Federal Action and Legal Challenges to State Laws:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * West Virginia v. B.P.J. In B.P.J., the Supreme Court ruled that state laws determining eligibility for girls' and women's athletics according to biological sex did not violate Title IX or the Equal Protection Clause./123 The decision consolidated the appeal from the Fourth Circuit in B.P.J. a more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 9 -- West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Abuse Doesn't Stop at the State Line. Neither Will We. * This week, October 5 through 9, is Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week. This week is a reminder to us that the misuse of our courts continues to impact small businesses and consumers throughout the state. As Attorney General, I have seen that some of the most consequential abuses of the legal system occur in America and in other state capitals. For too long,  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 9 [Category: Political] -- Progress Michigan, an organization that says it holds public officials and government accountable and assist in the promotion of progressive ideas, posted the following news release: * * * NEW POLL: High Voter Enthusiasm for Michigan Supreme Court Election * 94 percent of Michiganders say the races are important to them personally MICHIGAN -- Recent polling released by Progress Michigan in concert with Public Policy Polling shows that there is near universal consensus that voting in this y more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R49353) on Sept. 17, 2026, entitled "Overview of Continuing Appropriations for FY2027" by Congress and legislative process analyst Drew C. Aherne: * * * SUMMARY On September 2, 2026, the President signed into law H.R. 6500, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027 (P.L. 119-103). Division A of the act - the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 - provides continuing appropriations for FY2027 through December 11, 2026. Measures pro more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB10837) by legislative attorney Jimmy Balser: * * * Ranked-Choice Voting: Legal Challenges and Considerations for Congress Ranked-choice voting (RCV) is an alternative voting system that allows voters to rank multiple candidates on a ballot in order of preference. RCV has been adopted in nearly 50 jurisdictions across the United States, including for statewide and federal elections in Maine, Alaska, and Washington, D.C. M more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48852) on Sept. 15, 2026, entitled "Reverse Warrants and the Fourth Amendment: The Supreme Court Weighs in on Geofence Searches" by legislative attorney Clay Wild. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY From thermal imaging and wiretaps to Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking and various forms of electronic eavesdropping, law enforcement's use of emerging technologies is sometimes in tension with constitutional privacy protections. See, e.g., more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48852) on Sept. 15, 2026, entitled "Reverse Warrants and the Fourth Amendment - The Supreme Court Weighs in on Geofence Searches:" (Continued from part 1 of 2) * * * The Supreme Court's Decision in Chatrie Because a majority of the en banc court in the Fourth Circuit did not resolve the question of whether a geofence search is a Fourth Amendment search, the circuit split that had emerged between the Fourth and Fifth Circuits appeared to ha more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rubio's Meeting with Venezuela's 2015 National Assembly President Dinorah Figuera Readout Office of the Spokesman October 9, 2026 Secretary of State Marco Rubio met today in Washington with Venezuela's 2015 National Assembly President Dinorah Figuera. The Secretary commended Figuera's courageous leadership in advancing political reconciliation following Operation Absolute Resolve and welcomed the tangible progress achieved during the firs more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 9 -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation posted the following news release: * * * TPPF Amicus Brief Urges Texas Supreme Court to Protect Property Rights * AUSTIN -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation filed an amicus brief asking the Texas Supreme Court to review a case involving restrictions on short-term rentals and reaffirm constitutional protections for Texas property owners. The case raises questions about whether land-use restrictions are subject to meaningful judicial review under Article I, Section 19 of the Texas more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * WLF Hails New EPA Proposal Clarifying the Definition of "Waters of the United States" * "When it comes to faithfully applying the Supreme Court's decision in Sackett v. EPA, the agencies should realize they can't swim with the Court's current only part of the way." --Zac Morgan, WLF Senior Litigation Counsel (Washington, DC)--Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) today advised the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U more PR