LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 14 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Achievements | Honors, appointments and publications for Nov. 14 * Recent achievements for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln community were earned by Marianna Burks, Kristen Graves, Andrew Hanna, Emily Kazyak, John Lenich, Angie Pannier, Marc Maguire, Eric Markvicka, Brett Ratcliffe, Steve Willborn, Lan Xu, and researchers in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture. Honors Marianna Burks, an as  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 14 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Renews Call for Court to Block the Extended Federalization of California National Guard Troops * OAKLAND California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom this week renewed their request that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California block the continued federalization and deployment of California National Guard troops in   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 14 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues to End Unconstitutional Taxpayer-Funded Higher Education Work Program that Discriminates Against Religious Students, Including Christians * Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued to end three university work-study programs in Texas that unconstitutionally discriminate against religious students, including Christians, and sectarian employers. The unconstitution  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Beyer Statement On Trump's Tariff Retreat * Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves on the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade and recently joined Reps. Ro Khanna (D-A), Don Bacon (R-NE), and Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) in introducing the bipartisan No Coffee Tax Act to repeal President Trump's coffee tariffs, issued the following statement on the Trump Administration's repeal of its own tariffs   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * Campaign Legal Center Files SCOTUS Brief in Support of Independent Agencies * Washington, D.C. Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC), joined by CLC president and former Republican chairman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Trevor Potter, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Trump v. Slaughter. The Supreme Court is set to consider whether removal protections for of  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto Urges Court to Uphold Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined 126 members of Congress in urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to uphold Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuela, a status that protects immigrants fleeing President Nicolas Maduro's regime of violence and instability.  more

PLANO, Texas, Nov. 13 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Defending Religious Freedom: Ave Maria School of Law and First Liberty Institute File Supreme Court Amicus Brief * NAPLES, FL., (Nov. 13, 2025) First Liberty Institute and Ave Maria School of Law filed an amicus curiae ("friend-of-the-court") brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Air  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Former Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Chairman Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison for Extortion and Tax Crimes * BOSTON - The former Chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and former President of the Tribe's Gaming Authority was sentenced on Nov. 5, 2025 for extortion in connection with the First Light Resort and Casino, which the Tribe's Gaming Aut  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Statement on Trump Tariff Reversal * East Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), a member of the House Trade Subcommittee, released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced they would be ending tariffs on certain food products (link is external), including beef, tomatoes, coffee, and bananas. "After telling us he 'didn't want to hear about the affor  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal Join Entire Senate Democratic Caucus In Demanding Answers From Trump Admin On New "Review" Of Mifepristone Despite Decades Of Evidence Proving Its Safety & Efficacy * WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined the entire Senate Democratic caucus in a le  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (TNSrpt) -- The National Fair Housing Alliance issued the following news release: * * * NFHA Denounces Proposed CFPB Rule Change Eliminating Fair Access to Lending for Women, Underserved Communities The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) vehemently opposes a newly proposed rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that would weaken hard-fought fair lending protections for women and limit affordable credit opportunities for underserved communities--namely  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 [Category: Business] -- Open Markets Institute posted the following news release: * * * Open Markets Files Amicus Brief Defending Congress's Constitutional Authority to Limit Presidential Removal Power and Protect the Federal Trade Commission "Agency members should never be tempted or pressured to violate their legal duties to pander to the President. At times, they may have to make decisions that are not politically expedient. Granting job protections to agency officials   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- TechFreedom, a technology policy think tank, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2025: * * * Preserve Agency Independence, TechFreedom Urges Supreme Court Today, TechFreedom filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to maintain the independence of the Federal Trade Commission and other traditional multimember agencies. In March, President Trump purported to fire two FTC commissioners without cause. In doing so, the President flouted both the FTC Act   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Q&A: Cameras in the Courts * Q: Why are you continuing to push for cameras in federal courtrooms? A: Opening up the federal courthouse to cameras would help foster civic engagement and boost public confidence in our legal system. As a watchdog for good government, I've led a crusade for nearly three decades to let the sun shine on federal court proceedings so people can see the wheels of justi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member DeLauro House Floor Remarks Opposing Republican Health Care Crisis House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in opposition to the Republican plan to allow health care costs to skyrocket for over 20 million Americans: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I yield  more

BOULDER, Colorado, Nov. 14 -- The University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business issued the following Q&A on Nov. 13, 2025, with Edward Van Wesep, professor and chair of the Finance Division: * * * Government reopens but economic uncertainty lingers: What consumers should know After a 43-day shutdown--the longest in U.S. history--the government is reopening, but the effects are far from over. Key economic reports on jobs, inflation and retail sales remain delayed, and in some cases m  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 [Category: Political] -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release: * * * Unlawfully Removed Agency Commissioners and Academic Experts Unite to Offer Invaluable Perspective to Supreme Court * A group of public servants who had been unlawfully removed from the boards of independent federal agencies by President Trump and   more