SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, July 19 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization advancing every person's right to live and speak the truth, issued the following news release: * * * Parents ask Supreme Court to protect daughter from secret social transition at public school Attorneys with Child & Parental Rights Campaign, Alliance Defending Freedom file petition with high court requesting it hear Foote v. Ludlow School Committee * WASHINGTON - Attorneys with Child & Parental Rights Campaign  more

ALBANY, New York, July 18 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Sues St. Lawrence County Gun Shop for Violating Gun Safety Laws * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today filed a lawsuit against Bowman's Gun Shop, a gun store in St. Lawrence County, and its owner, Timothy Bowman, for violating New York's gun safety laws, storing guns and ammunition in an unsafe manner, and failing to properly secure the gun   more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Blunt Rochester Joins Schiff, 30 Senate Colleagues in Effort to Protect Small Farmers This letter follows an announcement last week from the Trump administration seeking to undermine Proposition 12 and other state laws. * U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and 30 of their Senate colleagues in strongly objecting the inclusion of the "Food S  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher and Senator Ed Markey Hold Spotlight Hearing Highlighting Attacks on Birth Control Access * This week, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) led a hearing highlighting attacks on birth control access. The hearing comes as the Trump administration freezes family planning funding, and as Republicans in Texas and states across the country rest  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: * * * Cornyn Slams Smithsonian for Playing Politics * WASHINGTON - Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) called out the Smithsonian Institution Museums for playing political games and pandering to the Left rather than objectively displaying and celebrating great Americans' contributions that make up the history of the United States. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn's remarks are below, and video can be found he  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO Communications Workers of America posted the following news release: * * * CWA: NLRB Nominations Display Trump's Anti-Worker Agenda * WASHINGTON, D.C. - In response to the nomination of Jim Murphy and Scott Mayer to be Board members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Claude Cummings Jr., President of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) union, issued the following statement: Trump's anti-worker agenda and disrespect for  more

PLANO, Texas, July 18 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Federal Court Blocks Washington Law Targeting Seal of Confession * Contact: John Manning E-mail : media@firstliberty.org Phone : 972-941-4453 WASHINGTON - A federal court today blocked a new Washington state law that would have forced Catholic priests to face jail time unless they brok  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, July 19 -- The Illinois Supreme Court issued the following news release on July 18, 2025: * * * Justice Lisa Holder White Announces Formation Of Screening Committee To Fill Fifteenth Circuit Vacancy Public invited to submit comments * Justice Lisa Holder White of the Supreme Court of Illinois has announced the formation of a judicial screening committee for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit. The screening committee was formed for the purpose of assessing the qualificati  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 18 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * Labrador Letter: Supreme Court tees up perfect chance to fully protect women's sports * Op-Ed: Supreme Court tees up perfect chance to fully protect women's sports by Attorney General Raul Labrador In 2019, the University of Montana allowed a runner named June Eastwood, a biological male who had adopted a female identity, to compete against women. Among Eastwood's competitors were tw  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Lee Bill Bans Disparate Impact from Civil Rights Law Codifies President Trump's Civil Rights Reforms * U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Restoring Equal Opportunity Act today to codify President Trump's Executive Order prohibiting the use of disparate impact policies that incentivize racial hiring quotas. U.S. Representative Brandon Gill (R-TX) is the legislation's co-lead in the House of Repre  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, July 19 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond fights to protect Oklahoma's energy industry from out-of-state lawsuits OKLAHOMA CITY (July 18, 2025) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond is fighting to protect Oklahoma's vital energy sector and economic sovereignty from overreaching lawsuits. Drummond joined 25 attorneys general in filing a brief with the Supreme Court of Maryland opposing lawsuits that seek to im  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, July 18 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release: * * * San Fernando Valley Kaiser Permanente Nurse Hits UNAC Union With Federal Charges for Forcing Nurses to Fund Union Politics * UNAC union officials stated she would be fired if she refused formal union membership and dues payments for political expenditures Los Angeles, CA (July 18, 2025) - Sarah Warthemann, a nurse at Kaiser Permanente's branch in Woodland Hills, h  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The Humane Society Legislative Fund issued the following statement on July 18, 2025 * * * STATEMENT: GOP-controlled House Ag Committee ignores animal welfare, voter will and state laws Humane Word Action Fund, formerly called Humane Society Legislative Fund, issued the following statement ahead of a scheduled July 23 congressional hearing on California's Proposition 12. Prop 12, as it's commonly referred, is a state law that prohibits covered egg, pork and veal produc  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Tony Wied, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on July 17, 2025: * * * Wied Introduces FIRE Act to Protect 2nd Amendment Rights Today, Congressman Tony Wied (WI-08) introduced legislation to protect American citizens Second Amendment rights by banning federal, state, and local laws targeting magazine capacity. The Freedom from Improper Regulation and Enforcement (FIRE) Act prohibits any federal agency from restricting firearm magazines based on capacity  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs released the following testimony by Michael J. Wishnie, director of the Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School, from a June 24, 2025, hearing on the Veterans Appeals Efficiency Act (H.R. 3835): * * * My name is Michael J. Wishnie. I am the William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School, where I serve as director of the Veterans Legal Services Clinic. I have   more