WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere released the following testimony by Deborah Ullmer, regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the National Democratic Institute, from a Nov. 20, 2025, hearing entitled "Democracy in Peril: the Fight for Free Election in Honduras": * * * Chairwoman Salazar, Ranking Member Castro, and members of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to address this hearing on "Democrac  more

MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 1 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * Chief Justice Gesmundo Receives Judicial and Public Service Excellence Award; Highlights Role of Press in Democratic Society Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo received the Judicial and Public Service Excellence Award during the 24th Anniversary celebration of BizNewsAsia on November 25, 2025, at the New World Hotel Makati. In his message, the Chief Justice underscored the vital role  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36284) entitled "Seven County Infrastructure Coalition - Rail Construction and Operation Exemption - In Utah, Carbon, Duchesne, and Uintah Counties, Utah": * * * In December 2021, the Board granted final approval for an exemption sought by the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition (Coalition) to construct and operate a new line of railroad in Utah, subject to c  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11378) on Nov. 25, 2025, by Legislative Attorney Mainon A. Schwartz. Here are excerpts: * * * Tribal Labor Sovereignty: Current Law and Proposed Legislation In the early 2000s, a legal conflict arose between tribal sovereignty - the precept that federally recognized Tribes (Tribes) maintain a pre-constitutional measure of self-governance - and certain collective bargaini  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following written testimony by Micah A. Christensen, natural resource counsel of the Wyoming County Commissioners Association, from a Nov. 19, 2025, hearing entitled "BLM Land Use Planning Process Under FLPMA." FLPMA is the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. * * * I. Introduction Chairman Lee and Ranking Member Heinrich, thank you for holding a hearing to discuss the planning process under the Federal L  more