WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release on Jan. 22, 2026: * * * 230+ Groups Call for National Moratorium on New Data Centers Letter to Congress Cites Massive Energy and Water Consumption, Ratepayer Turmoil * In a letter sent to Congress today, more than 230 national, state and local organizations from across the country called for a full nationwide moratorium on the approval and construction of new data centers. The letter cites  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2026: * * * Advancing American Strength: President Trump Signs H.R. 6938 Into Law Today, with the swipe of his pen, President Donald J. Trump enacted H.R. 6938, the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026, into law. Following the signing ceremony held at the White House, Chairman   more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Jan. 23 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * AG Brown joins bipartisan group demanding xAI halt creation of nonconsensual sexual content * Attorney General Nick Brown joined a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general today demanding that xAI, the company that owns both the X (Twitter) social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok, do more immediately to prevent its chatbot from generating nonconsensual intimate images a  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 23 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson stands up to woke ideology in the classroom * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson is leading a 21-state friend-of-the-court brief to defend a South Carolina legal provision prohibiting public schools from teaching students that one race or sex is inherently superior to another, or that an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 23 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Leads Bipartisan Coalition Demanding xAI Stop Creating and Remove Grok's Nonconsensual Sexual Images * RALEIGH - Attorney General Jeff Jackson today led a bipartisan coalition of 35 attorneys general demanding that xAI stop its AI chatbot, Grok, from generating nonconsensual sexual images and remove any that remain. xAI owns both the Grok cha  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Schwalb Demands That X Stop Flood of Nonconsensual, Sexually Explicit Images Generated By Grok * Attorney General Brian Schwalb joined a bipartisan coalition of 35 Attorneys General calling on X (formerly known as Twitter) to take additional action to prevent its AI chatbot, Grok, from generating sexually explicit images. Over the past several weeks, Grok ha  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 23 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Demands Action from xAI over Grok's Creation of Nonconsensual Sexual Content * (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong today led a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general demanding that xAI, the company that owns both the X social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok, take additional action to prevent its AI chatbot, Grok, from generating noncon  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo Joins Rounds to Introduce the Life at Conception Act * Washington, D.C.- On the day of the annual March for Life, U.S. Senator for Idaho Mike Crapo, along with 10 of his Republican Seante colleagues, joined U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) to introduce the Life at Conception Act, which would legally recognize the right to life by extending 14th Amendment protections to unborn children.   more

DOVER, Delaware, Jan. 24 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release: * * * AG Jennings, colleagues demand action from xAI over Grok's Creation of Nonconsensual Sexual Content Attorney General Kathy Jennings and a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general today demanded in a joint lette that xAI, the company that owns both the X social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok, take additional action to prevent its AI chatbot, Grok, from generating nonconsensual   more

BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 22 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Little comments on passing of former Rep. Linden Bateman * Boise, Idaho - Governor Brad Little commented today on the passing of former District 33 Representative Linden Bateman from Idaho Falls. Bateman served in the Idaho Legislature from 1977 to 1986 and again from 2010 to 2016. "Linden Bateman was a close friend of mine and a true statesman. He served Idaho with distinction for fifteen yea  more

SALEM, Oregon, Jan. 23 -- Gov. Tina Kotek, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kotek Submits List of Appointments for Senate Confirmation * Today, Governor Tina Kotek submitted a list of state board and commission appointments to the Oregon Senate for confirmation. The Senate Committee on Rules is scheduled to consider the nominations during the 2026 legislative session. The full list of nominees is available here. Governor Kotek announced the appointment of Kacey  more

BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 23 -- The Idaho Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Lauren Necochea: * * * A Message from the Chair: Little Quietly Pushes More Public Dollars Toward Vouchers Public dollars should serve the public. That means supporting public schools that educate every child who walks through the door and prepare the workforce Idaho depends on. This principle is under attack. Last spring, the Republican supermajority passed a $50 million tax-credit voucher scheme   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 24 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Demands Action from xAI over Grok's Creation of Nonconsensual Sexual Content Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and a bipartisan group of 33 attorneys general today demanded that xAI, the company that owns both the X social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok, take additional action to prevent its AI chatbot, Grok, from generating noncon  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Protect Our Care issued the following news: * * * Hospital Crisis Watch: American Health Care in Free Fall as 700 Providers at Risk or Closing Amid Trump-GOP Medicaid Cuts Protect Our Care's Hospital Crisis Watch Map Now Tracks 700 Providers at Risk or Closing Due to the Trump-GOP Health Care Crisis * While billionaires and big corporations bask in the GOP-engineered bonanza of wealth created for the top 1%, the American health care system is in free fall. In Kansas,   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 23 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary: * * * How public schools measure capacity for K-12 open enrollment transfers Far too many public school districts are blocking transfer students they could easily accommodate. By Jude Schwalbach, Senior Policy Analyst With the vast majority of K-12 students attending public schools, it's crucial to continue expanding school choice in ways that benefit them. Since 2020, states have significantly expand  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Risch Statement on Uganda Elections U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the statement below on Uganda's recent elections. "Uganda's elections - like the recent elections in Tanzania - were a hollow exercise, staged to legitimize President Yoweri Museveni's seventh term and four decades in powe  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Rounds Introduces the Life at Conception Act * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) introduced the Life at Conception Act, legislation to legally recognize the right to life by extending 14th Amendment protections to unborn children. The Life at Conception Act clarifies in statute that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being at all stages of lif  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following written testimony by Utah State Rep. Tyler Clancy from a Jan. 14, 2026, hearing on the Star-Spangled Summit Act (H.R. 4684): * * * Chairman Tiffany and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Representative Tyler Clancy and I represent Provo in the Utah House of Representatives. I am here to speak in support of H.R. 4684 also known as the Star-  more