WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13038) on June 23, 2025, by legislative attorney Dave S. Sidhu: * * * Affirmative Action at Military Service Academies Under the Trump Administration In 2023, in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard, the Supreme Court held that the race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard College and the University of North Carolina (UNC) were unconstitutional. The Court reasoned  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * Budget Committee Members Champion the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in Op-Eds WASHINGTON, D.C. - This month, Republican members of the House Budget Committee championed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act through a series of op-eds published nationwide. Members highlighted how this transformative legislation delivers the largest tax cuts for families   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Pat Harrigan Introduces FAFO Act to Crack Down on Espionage by Foreign Adversaries * Contact: Lexi Kranich (814) 380-4408 WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, Congressman Pat Harrigan (NC-10) introduced the Foreign Adversary Federal Offense (FAFO) Act (link is external), a bill that imposes tough penalties on individuals who commit economic or defense espionage for America's top enemies: C  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Pat Harrigan Statement on Ceasefire Ending the 12-Day War * Contact: Lexi Kranich (814) 380-4408 WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Congressman Pat Harrigan (NC-10) released the following statement in response to President Trump's announcement of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran, formally concluding the 12-Day War: "This moment marks a turning point in the history of the Middle E  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton, Warner, Colleagues Introduce Intelligence Community Workforce Agility Protection Act * Contact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 June 23, 2025 Washington, D.C. -- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Senator Mark R. Warner (D-Virginia), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today introduced t  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 25 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond issued the following Regional Matters analysis by Nathan Sumner and Jason Kosakow: * * * Fifth District Employment: Findings From the June Business Surveys Introduction In our June business surveys/1, we asked Fifth District firms how their ability to hire workers has changed since last year and what their expectations are for their workforces over the next six months. Firms reported little change in their ability to hire wo  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-103) on the No Wrong Door for Veterans Act (H.R.1969), which aims to amend and reauthorize the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The report was advanced by Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, on May 19, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 1969, the "No Wrong Door for Veterans Act," was introduced by Rep. Mariannette M  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 24 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Pipeline of power: Army Reserve fuel operation drives Mojave Falcon 2025 * FORT BARFOOT, Va. - Thirteen Army Reserve units from more than eight states assembled under the 380th Quartermaster Battalion to carry out a complex fuel supply mission in support of aircraft operations at Langley Air Force Base as part of Mojave Falcon 2025. The mission tested every phase of fuel logistics, from pi  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Tillis, Colleagues Lead Effort to Strengthen Review of Foreign Land Purchases Near Sensitive U.S. Military Sites * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and 10 of his Republican Senate colleagues introduced the Protect Our Bases Act, legislation that strengthens national security by ensuring the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) can effectively review foreign  more