WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48369) on Jan. 27, 2025, entitled "The U.S. Courts of Appeals: Background and Circuit Splits from 2024" by deputy assistant director Michael John Garcia and section research manager Craig W. Canetti. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The U.S. Courts of Appeals frequently act as the final arbiters of questions of law within their respective jurisdictions. Although the Supreme Court of the Unite  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 28 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release: * * * David Furbush Indicted for Financially Exploiting Elderly Adult Concord, NH - Attorney General John M. Formella announces that the Strafford County Grand Jury has returned an indictment charging David Furbush, age 46, of Manchester, with one class A felony count of financial exploitation of an elderly adult. The indictment alleges that between June 22, 2023, and March 15,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-788) on the Bank Resilience and Regulatory Improvement Act (H.R. 8337), which aims to amend the Federal banking laws to improve the safety and soundness of the United States banking system. The report was advanced by Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, on Dec. 3, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary Introduced on May 10, 2024, by Representative Andy Barr, H.R. 8337, the Bank Resilie  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Job openings rates increased in 2 states in November 2024 January 28, 2025 Job openings rates increased in 2 states, decreased in 2 states, and were little changed in 46 states and the District of Columbia in November 2024. The national job openings rate (4.8 percent) was little changed over the month. The increases in job openings rates occurred   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2025: Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke on the Senate floor in opposition to the partisan legislation to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC), highlighted her tireless efforts to come up with a bipartisan compromise to hold the ICC accountable f  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2025: Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced SFRC subcommittee assignments for the 119th Congress. "As we begin the 119th Congress, I look forward to working closely with Senate Foreign Relations Committee subcommittee chairs   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Statement on Trump Administration's Order to Pause All Federal Grants and Loans (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on the Trump administration's far-reaching decision to freeze grants and loans disbursed by the federal government beginning at 5pm today: "The administrati  more