WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- Accuracy in Media issued the following news: * * * EXPOSED: SMU's "Hidden" DEI Operation Think private universities are abandoning DEI? Think again. An undercover investigation by Accuracy in Media has exposed what an official at Southern Methodist University in Dallas described as an effort to "maneuver" DEI-related work, rename offices, and continue programs under a different banner. Danielle Palomo, Coordinator for Community Engagement, Social Change, and Intercultural Engagement at SMU, spoke candidly to an under more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Sues Alaska Judicial Council To Obtain Records Related to DEI In Judicial Selections * Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a lawsuit against the Alaska Judicial Council (AJC) for failing to produce records requested under the Alaska Public Records Act (APRA). The lawsuit, filed in Alaska Superior Court, demands that the AJC promptly produce records responsive to AFL's request. In 202 more PR

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Sept. 1 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Americans for Limited Government posted the following news release: * * * New Report: Faster Labor Contracts Act Advances Union DEI Agenda Through Politically Appointed Arbitrators * Despite labor support for President Trump, the legislation could advance workplace policies that directly conflict with administration priorities. Sept. 1, 2026, Fairfax, Va.-Americans for Limited Government today released findings in a new expose, "The Faster Labor Contracts Act: Adva more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 4 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL HIGHLIGHTS HIS OFFICE'S EFFORTS TO PROTECT WORKERS IN ANNUAL LABOR DAY REPORT * Chicago - Heading into Labor Day weekend, Attorney General Kwame Raoul highlighted a report detailing actions his office has taken during the past year to advocate for and protect Illinois workers. The Attorney General's Workplace Rights Bureau was codified in state statute in 2020 and has since launched more than 115 investigation more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 5 -- Bethel University issued the following news: * * * Formed for conviction in an age of uncertainty Bethel political science alumni reflect on faith, conviction, and what their education prepared them for. By Jason Schoonover '09, senior web content specialist In many ways, State Rep. Huldah Momanyi-Hiltsley '11, GS'15 is living out her dream. Not only did she become the first Kenyan-born person elected to a state legislature in the U.S. when she was elected in Minnesota District 38A in 2024, but she's doing t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (TNSrpt) -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * Chairman Cassidy Releases Bombshell Report Showing Teachers' Unions Harming Children, Prioritizing Radical Ideology over Student Success U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a report detailing how the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (A more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Nancy Mace, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Nancy Mace Hits 100 Bills Introduced This Congress * WASHINGTON, D.C., (Sept. 4, 2026) - Today, Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC-01) marked a triple-digit milestone: 100 pieces of legislation introduced this Congress. She ranks 5th out of all 435 House members and has introduced more bills than any other member of South Carolina's House delegation. Each bill starts with a real problem facing South Carolinians: a shrimper fighting  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 4 -- Fisher Phillips, a law firm, issued the following Insight on Sept. 3, 2026: * * * White House Proposal Targets Tax-Exempt Status for Private Colleges and Schools Over DEI Concerns: 5 Steps for Educational Institutions A new White House proposal could jeopardize the federal tax-exempt status of thousands of private colleges, universities, and other educational institutions, including K-12 schools, if you maintain programs or practices the government considers racially discriminatory. The Trump administration's pro more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 1 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Goldwater to AZ Supreme Court: Allow Professor to Sue Over Illegal DEI Training * Today, Goldwater Institute attorneys appeared before the Arizona Supreme Court to make a crucial stand for a fundamental principle of law: If a legal right exists, so does the right to enforce it. Specifically, Goldwater is defending the right of Arizona State University Professor Owen Anderson to hold the school accountable in court for forcing him and  more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 31 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Goldwater's Know Your 2026 Arizona Ballot * The Goldwater Institute has taken a position on the following measures that will be on the ballot for Arizona voters in 2026. Vote YES on Prop 142 Ban Discrimination and Raced-Based Preferential Treatment In 2010, Arizona voters ratified-by a 19-point margin-a constitutional amendment to ban racial discrimination (including so-called "affirmative action") policies from our public instituti more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. August 24, 2026 Via Upload to http://www.regulations.gov Re: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors (E.O. 14398) for Contract-Like Instruments, FAR Clause 52.222-90 (ID GSA-GSAR-2026-0166-0003) Roffman Horvitz is a boutique employment law firm with particular expertise in th more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. PUBLIC COMMENT ON INFORMATION COLLECTION 3090-XXXX Docket No. GSA-GSAR-2026-0166 Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors (E.O. 14398) for Contract-like Instruments FAR Clause 52.222-90 Submitted by Daron L. Davis Independent Black Governance Researcher and Public Scholar Affiliation: Independent Scholar August 21, 2026 To the General Services Administra more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Accuracy in Media issued the following news: * * * KC SCHOOLS UNDER FIRE: AIM Video Leads to Suspension, DOJ Sues Over Secret Transitions Kansas City's education establishment faced a rough week. First, UMKC suspended an administrator after he appeared in an Accuracy in Media video exposing the university's continued DEI push through deceptive rebranding. Then, the Department of Justice sued Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools, alleging the district helped students transition without their parents' knowledge. While a more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 4 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Liberty In Action Weekly: A National Honor, a Supreme Court Fight, and a Civics Breakthrough * It was a victory that rang out across the nation-when leftist bureaucrats illegally shut down home building in Phoenix, Ariz., in the name of environmental activism, the Goldwater Institute jumped into action and stopped them. Now, Goldwater has been recognized for its achievement with the prestigious Bob Williams "Guardian of Liberty" Award more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 2 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary by Rod Crane, senior fellow at the Pension Integrity Project: * * * Depoliticizing public employee pension plans: Building robust legal and structural guardrails for sustainability Many political vulnerabilities that threaten sound design and funding of public pensions can be addressed with apolitical guardrails. - The hard-won public pension reforms of recent years remain vulnerable to constant political pressure. Political leaders must deal with de more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * House Republicans Seek Information on Federal Judge Eleanor Ross's Judicial Misconduct Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), and Rep. Clay Fuller (R-GA) sent a letter to Chief Judge William Pryor, Jr., chair of the Judicial Council of the Eleventh Circuit, seeking inform more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (TNSLrpt) -- FEDERAL SPENDING ON INTERSECTIONALITY: The Case for Executive Action to End Identity-Based Preferences in Federal Grantmaking - A report from Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies - August 2026 (23 pages) * * * Executive Summary On May 29, 2026, the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed a Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance that seeks, among other things, to ensure that federal agencies do not use unlawful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ideology as a basis for  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following letter with Reps. Clay Fuller, R-Georgia, and Darrell E. Issa, R-California, chairman of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet, to Eleventh Circuit Judicial Council Chair William H. Pryor Jr.: * * * Here is the text of the letter: September 1, 2026 The Honorable William H. Pryor, Jr. Chair Judicial Council of the Eleventh Circuit 56 Forsyth St. N.W. Atlanta, GA  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Celebrates Groundbreaking of Blatnik Bridge Following USDOT's Billion Dollar Investment * Secretary Duffy ensured taxpayer dollars were not spent on DEI contracts as Representative Stuber secured union labor for the project WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today celebrated the groundbreaking of Blatnik Bridge on I-535 connecting Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wi more PR

TAMPA, Florida, Sept. 3 -- The University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine posted the following news: * * * USF Health Morsani College of Medicine ranks No. 1 in the nation for second straight year in Medical School Excellence Index * The USF Health Morsani College of Medicine has been ranked the No. 1 medical school in the country for the second consecutive year in the 2026 Medical School Excellence Index, released today by the Center for Accountability in Medicine. USF was the only university to receive a perfect score of 10 more PR

TAMPA, Florida, Sept. 4 -- The University of South Florida posted the following news: * * * USF Health Morsani College of Medicine ranks No. 1 in the nation for second straight year in Medical School Excellence Index * The USF Health Morsani College of Medicine has been ranked the No. 1 medical school in the country for the second consecutive year in the 2026 Medical School Excellence Index, released today by the Center for Accountability in Medicine. USF was the only university to receive a perfect score of 100, a designation the college more PR