LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 31 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Griffin Announces Arrest of Jacksonville Man on 461 Counts of Child Pornography Charges Griffin: 'It grieves me each time we learn of children being exploited this way, and I am resolved to bring justice to these perpetrators' LITTLE ROCK - Attorney General Tim Griffin released the following statement announcing the arrest of Michael Edwards, 24, of Jacksonville  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on March 31, 2025: * * * Are President Trump's Trade Actions Exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act? By Warren Maruyama, Meghan Anand and William Alan Reinsch On March 14, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a memorandum in the Federal Register that all agency actions involving trade, specifically "the transfer of goods, services, data, technology, and other items across th  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * Trump Administration, DOGE Activities Risk SSA Operations and Security of Personal Data By Jacob Leibenluft, Devin O'Connor and Kathleen Romig Executive Summary Tens of millions of people count on the Social Security Administration (SSA) to reliably deliver benefits they need to pay rent or afford basic household expenses.[2] In recent weeks, however, the Trump Administration -- including   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Courtney, Kaine, Gillibrand Lead Colleagues in Condemning Education Department Changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program NORWICH, CT - Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), a senior member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, and U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) led a group of their colleagues in sending a letter (link is external) to U.S. Secretary of E  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Gillibrand, and Courtney Lead Colleagues in Condemning Education Department Changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) led a bicameral group of their colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon expressing their strong opposi  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 1 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: * * * Higginbotham, Holmes to Serve as Spring 2025 Commencement Speakers By Jackie Torok EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 31, 2025) - A pair of celebrated pioneers - space explorer Joan Higginbotham and gridiron expert Brad Holmes '02 - will serve as North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's Spring 2025 Commencement keynote speakers, university officials  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Schiff Urge Attorney General Bondi to Reverse Course on Unjustified Firings of Immigration Judges The unjustified firings come as immigration courts are already under immense pressure to adjudicate roughly 3.6 million backlogged cases, with further strains expected with Trump's mass deportation agenda WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Sena  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 31 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * Shalala, Sensenbrenner to be awarded honorary degrees from UW-Madison Donna E. Shalala, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services during the Clinton administration and a former chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Jim Sensenbrenner, who represented Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives for 42 years, the longest congressional tenure in state history, will rec  more