WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The Atlantic issued the following news release: As Donald Trump lays the groundwork for setting federal troops against the American population, Anne Applebaum asks: What causes people to abandon their principles in support of a corrupt regime? And how do they find their way back? Like the Vichy French in the 1940s or East Germans in 1945, high-ranking members of the Republican Party in 2020 America have chosen to accept an alien ideology that is in sharp conflict with thei  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary by William Alan Reinsch, senior adviser and Scholl chair in International Business: Trade is a difficult issue for Democrats. That has not always been so. For roughly its first 150 years, the Democratic Party supported low tariffs and free trade. Its voters were largely southern farmers who wanted to export their products and workers who wanted the lower prices and greater choice that trade   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following news release: James E. Trainor III was sworn in as a member of the Federal Election Commission. Commissioner Trainor was nominated by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by the United States Senate on May 19, 2020. He was appointed to a term ending April 30 2023, and replaces Commissioner Matthew S. Petersen, who departed the agency on August 31, 2019. "We welcome Trey to the Commission and look forward to working   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following news release: Presidential candidates raised nearly $2.5 billion and spent $2.3 billion in the first 15 months of the 2019-2020 election cycle, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission that cover activity from January 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020. Congressional candidates collected $1.4 billion and disbursed $806.3 million, political parties received $1.1 billion and spent $812.8  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, June 5 -- Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news release: The U.S. postal or mail system, the purse strings of which are controlled by Congress, has been running at a deficit for years, calling into question its financial viability. Yet, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the system has taken on greater importance for Americans. In addition, as we look to the 2020 presidential election, its necessity f  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following news release: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) had the following response to Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) at the committee hearing with former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein titled, "Oversight of the Crossfire Hurricane Investigation: Day 1." GRAHAM: "I'm gonna respond if I may about what I'm doing and why. I believe, and all of us believe, that if the Republican Part  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 2 -- West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner issued the following news release on May 29: Secretary of State Mac Warner released voter registration totals for the June 9 Primary Election. The deadline to register to vote for the 2020 Primary Election was May 19. In all, Warner reported that 1,229,520 eligible citizens are registered to vote and eligible to participate in the June 9 Primary Election. Registrations are as follows: * Democratic Party - 474,96  more