WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The Independent Women, a nonprofit organization, released a report titled "Give Teachers a Break: Cutting Red Tape to Unleash the Potential of America's Great Teachers" in May 2025, calling for a significant reduction in bureaucratic obstacles and an end to policies like mandatory grade inflation and the widespread adoption of social-emotional learning (SEL) in schools. Authored by Neeraja Deshpande, with a foreword by former teacher Beanie Geoghegan, the report argues that   more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The Korea International Trade Association (KITA), representing over 71,000 Korean companies, has voiced its strong concerns regarding the U.S. Department of Commerce's Section 232 national security investigation into copper imports. In a letter submitted to Secretary of Commerce Howard W. Lutnick on April 1, 2025, KITA Chairman Jin Sik Yoon argued that imposing tariffs on copper and its derivative products could negatively impact the U.S. economy and urged the U.S. to refrai  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following floor remarks on May 1, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL OF THE RULE SUBMITTED BY THE UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE RELATING TO "ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS; ENDANGERED SPECIES STATUS FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY-DELTA DISTINCT POPULATION SEGMENT OF THE LONG  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12981) on May 2, 2025, by defense policy analyst Anya L. Fink and Air Force fellow Robert Switzer: * * * Defense Primer: U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM or STRATCOM) is a Department of Defense (DOD) functional (as opposed to geographic) combatant command (CCMD) responsible for deterring "strategic attack through a safe, secure, effective, and credible,  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner & Kaine Statement on President's Budget Request WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement after President Donald Trump released his Fiscal Year 2026 discretionary budget request to Congress: "The budget the President released today reflects what we've seen over the past 103 days--that the Trump Administration is laser-focuse  more