WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Files U.S. Supreme Court Brief on Behalf of U.S. Senators and Representatives Supporting President Trump's Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship * America First Legal (AFL), in partnership with Boyden Gray PLLC, has filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of twelve U.S. Senators and sixteen U.S. Representatives -led by Senat  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 29 -- Gov. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news: * * * Armstrong rolls out statewide program to improve North Dakota's soil health and wildlife habitat * BISMARCK, N.D. - Gov. Kelly Armstrong today rolled out the Governor's Legacy Soil Health and Habitat Program, a cooperative effort to improve soil health and wildlife habitat on marginally productive cropland across North Dakota's rural landscape. Joining Armstrong at a Capitol press conf  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 29 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson continues support for President Trump's birthright citizenship policy * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today he has joined a friend-of-the-court brief with a coalition of 26 attorneys general in support of President Trump's birthright citizenship executive order. On his first day in office, President Trump issued an execut  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Cramer Commends VA Secretary Collins on Reducing Backlog, Expanding Veterans' Access to Care * The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee heard testimony from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) leadership about how proposed changes to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) would affect veterans in North Dakota and the rest of the nation. The VA recently announced the Restructure for Impact   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak announces February staff mobile office hours schedule * Bismarck, ND - Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) today announced the February mobile office hours schedule for her staff to connect with North Dakotans and assist them with federal casework. February office hours: * Grand Forks County, The HIVE - Wednesday, February 4th, 10:00am - 12:00pm CT * Williams County, Willi  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 30 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: * * * Carr Joined by 21 States in Defending Georgia's Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Sex Changes for Prisoners Attorney General Chris Carr is defending Georgia's law that bans taxpayer-funded sex changes for inmates, and now a 21-state coalition has filed a brief supporting his case. "It's absurd that this is even a conversation. Under no circumstance should Georgia taxpayers be forced to cover the co  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance released the following testimony by Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette, acting vice president of policy and government affairs at the Project On Government Oversight, from a Jan. 21, 2026, hearing entitled "When Public Funds Are Abused: Addressing Fraud and the Theft of Taxpayer Dollars": * * * Chair Biggs, Ranking Member McBath, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Identifying and Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges to Protect America's Water Infrastructure" at 10 a.m. on Feb. 4, 2026, at 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, will hold a hearing to examine the cybersecurity challenges impacting American water infrastr  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Senate EPW Committee Holds Permitting Reform Hearing * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing to review the federal permitting process and identify opportunities for reform. U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) began by highlighting not "every transaction in this town requires a loser... we can have winners all around." He also stressed the federal  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 30 (TNSrpt) -- The UCLA School of Law Williams Institute issued the following news release: * * * More than half of transgender youth live in a state with at least one law or policy restricting their rights According to a new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, 53% of transgender youth ages 13 to 17 in the U.S.--approximately 382,800 young people--live in 29 states with laws or policies that restrict access to gender-affirming care, sports, ba  more

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota, Jan. 30 -- The University of North Dakota issued the following news release: * * * UND Nistler College of Business & Public Administration announces newly named Fransen Department of Real Estate, Economics & Finance UND alum Bob Fransen's gift establishes real estate major, renames department * The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education has approved the naming of the Fransen Department of Real Estate, Economics & Finance within UND's Nistler College of Busin  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 30 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release: * * * West Virginia leads fight against efforts by climate activists to improperly influence federal judges West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is leading a coalition of 27 attorneys general calling for the Federal Judicial Center to immediately withdraw an inappropriate new addition to the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence that deals with "climate science.  more