WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Americans Against Government Censorship issued the following statement on Jan. 29, 2026: * * * AAGC Condemns FBI Seizure of Fulton County Ballots as Part of Broader Campaign to Silence Opposition and Control Elections Americans Against Government Censorship Executive Director Cole Leiter released the following statement in response to yesterday's FBI raid of the Fulton County Elections facility in Georgia. "Yesterday's FBI raid on the Fulton County elections office rep  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Americans Against Government Censorship issued the following statement on Jan. 29, 2026: * * * AAGC Opposes MAGA Voter Suppression Bill MEGA Act is SAVE Act 3.0 * Americans Against Government Censorship Executive Director Cole Leiter released the following statement in response to Congressman Bryan Steil's latest, MAGA reincarnation of the SAVE Act. "In less than a week, Republicans in Washington have demanded a state under ICE siege hand over its voter rolls, ordere  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 29 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * ACLU and ACLU of Georgia Respond to FBI Raid on Fulton County Elections Facility * ATLANTA -The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided an elections office in Fulton County, GA, this week to seize ballots as part of President Trump'  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 30 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia issued the following news release: * * * ACLU and ACLU of Georgia Respond to FBI Raid on Fulton County Elections Facility The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided an elections office in Fulton County, GA, this week to seize ballots as part of President Trump's ongoing fixation on his 2020 election loss -- results that have been verified in multiple state and federal investigations. The raid comes amid ongoing a  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Jan. 29 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2026: * * * ACLU Sends Letter to Ypsilanti Township Clerk About Possible Illegal Purging of Up to 200 Michiganders from Voters Rolls The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) today sent a letter to Ypsilanti Township Clerk Debbie Swanson to express serious concerns that, according to an analysis of election data, as many as 200 American citizens may have been   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 30 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2026: * * * Attorney General Kris Mayes Joins Multistate Coalition Condemning DOJ Threats Against Minnesota Attorney General Kris Mayes today joined a coalition of 21 other attorneys general in denouncing the Department of Justice's (DOJ) latest attempt to coerce the State of Minnesota. In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, the  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 28 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta and Secretary of State Weber: California Supreme Court Permanently Shuts the Door on Huntington Beach's Voter ID Law * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. today issued the following statements in response to the California Supreme Court's decision to reject the City of Huntington Beach's petition for  more

SALEM, Oregon, Jan. 29 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Dan Rayfield Condemns DOJ Threats Against Minnesota * Attorney General Dan Rayfield and 21 other attorneys general today denounced the Department of Justice's (DOJ) latest attempt to coerce the State of Minnesota. In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, the coalition condemned the Trump administration's effort to explo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10814) on Jan. 28, 2026, by Cory Welt, Russian and European affairs specialist. Here are excerpts: * * * Belarus: An Overview Belarus, located in eastern Europe, is a close ally of Russia. Belarus's leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has served as president for more than 31 years. Belarus's already substantial dependence on Russia increased further starting in 2020, when a governme  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 29 -- Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2026: * * * Win for Oregonians: Judge Dismisses DOJ Lawsuit Seeking to Seize Private Voter Data The voter file sought by the Justice Department contains sensitive voter data such as driver's license numbers and partial Social Security numbers. * On January 26, 2026, a federal judge dismissed the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) lawsuit seeking Oregon's comple  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Archie Young, British deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, delivered an explanation of a vote at a Security Council meeting in New York regarding the extension of the U.N. Integrated Office in Haiti. Ambassador Young confirmed the United Kingdom voted in favor of the resolution to continue the mission's work on political stability and human rights.  Young emphasized that the resolution maintains resources for the protection of women and children who fac  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Jan. 29, 2026: * * * Unwinding Venezuela's CRINK Ties in the Western Hemisphere By Ryan C. Berg The extraordinary U.S. military operation to capture Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores and whisk them to the United States has opened a multitude of possibilities for rewiring Venezuela's geopolitical alliances with U.S. adversaries. As the United States opted to leave remnants of th  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Jan. 29 -- The Foundation for Economic Education posted the following commentary on Jan. 28, 2026: * * * Reform on the Move By Harry Phibbs Britain's new political party is surging in the polls. Like the United States, the United Kingdom has a first-past-the-post voting system. This tends to entrench a two-party system. It takes a lot for other rivals to break through. The resulting culture of complacency and entitlement by the main parties is certainly less than ideal.   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Jan. 28, 2026: * * * ICYMI: Minnesota Democrats Clinch Landslide Special Election Victories, Breaking Republican House Majority Even in the wake of tragedy, Minnesotans are coming together and showing up to fight back against Republicans' extreme agenda at the ballot box. During last night's special elections, Democratic candidates Shelley Buck and Meg Luger-Nikolai clinched landslide victories in th  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 29 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF Strongly Condemns Raid of Fulton County Elections Office Intended to Validate Debunked 2020 Election Claims * On Jan. 28, FBI agents executed a search warrant at the Fulton County, Georgia, elections office. This raid follows years of President Trump attempting to manufacture evidence of election fraud related to the 2020 presidential election, and directing false clai  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2026: * * * Meeks Statement on the Resumption of Hostilities in Northern Tigray Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued a statement on renewed armed clashes in Ethiopia's Tigray Region. "The recent fighting in Tigray risks embroiling Ethiopia back into a civil war that endan  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 [Category: Political] -- The NAACP posted the following news release: * * * NAACP Denounces Wild Goose Hunt Raid of Fulton County Elections Office * January 28, 2026 Contact: Chyna Fields, cfields@naacpnet.org WASHINGTON - Following reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed a search warrant in the Fulton County election office, near Atlanta, seeking records related to the 2020 election, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson issued the following  more

LONDON, England, Jan. 29 -- The British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office issued the following news: * * * OSCE Moscow Mechanism Invocation: Georgia: January 2026 * I am delivering this statement on behalf of the following delegations: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Ukraine, the United Kingd  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Durbin, Colleagues Urge Trump's Justice Department to Cease Pressure Campaign to Obtain States' Sensitive Voter Data, Purge Voter Rolls * Senators raise alarm on Attorney General Bondi's attempt to coerce Minnesota Governor Walz into relinquishing the state's voter registration list as a condition for the removal of ICE and CBP from Minneapolis following the rejection of DOJ's lawsuits i  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 29 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans posted the following news: * * * Rothman, Rowe Advance Sportsmen Voter Registration Act * HARRISBURG -Legislation aimed at strengthening civic participation among Pennsylvania's hunters and anglers is advancing in both chambers of the General Assembly with the introduction of companion legislation in the Senate. The Sportsmen Voter Registration Act ( HB 1937 ) was originally introduced in April 2025 by Rep. David H. Ro  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Jan. 30 (TNSrep) -- Sedgwick, a provider of technology-enabled risk and benefit solutions, issued the following news release: * * * Sedgwick releases workforce absence and disability trends report New report reveals key patterns and offers forward-looking predictions for HR leaders * Sedgwick, the world's leading risk and claims administration partner, has published new Workforce Absence and Disability Trends Report highlighting key trends from 2025 and offering predict  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Jan. 30 -- The Southern Poverty Law Center issued the following news: * * * SPLC Expresses Deep Concern After FBI Raids Georgia Election Facility for 2020 Election Data ATLANTA -- The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is concerned about the Jan. 28, 2026, FBI raid of the Fulton County election center in Georgia, which was allegedly conducted to obtain 2020 election data. "We are deeply troubled by the execution of a sealed search warrant at a Fulton County election fac  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Steil Introduces Election Reform Package * Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01), Chairman of the House Administration Committee, unveiled a comprehensive package of election reforms. His bill, the Make Elections Great Again (MEGA) Act, puts baseline requirements in place for state election administration. "Americans should be confident their elections are being run with integri  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Top Intelligence Committee Democrats Demand Answers on Gabbard's Presence in Fulton County, Seek Immediate Committee Briefings * WASHINGTON - Today, Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes (D-CT-04) wrote to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard regarding her participati  more

GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 30 (TNSrpt) -- The United Nations Human Rights Council issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2026: * * * UN Human Rights Office report says violations prevented in 2025 Senate and House of Representative by-elections in Nimba County A new report issued today by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Liberia says strategic human rights engagements led by the Government and national institutions during Senatorial and House of Represe  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 29 -- The United Nations posted the following news release: * * * Secretary-General Deeply Concerned over Heightened Violence, Community Targeting in South Sudan, Calls on Parties to Protect Civilians * The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres: The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the continued escalation of violence in South Sudan, most recently in Jonglei State, which has caused many deaths, injuries and th  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Mission to the United Nations issued the following explanation of vote on Jan. 29, 2026, by Jennifer Locetta, alternative representative for special political affairs, following the adoption of a U.N. Security Council resolution on the U.N. Integrated Office in Haiti: * * * Today, this Council made another decisive step towards the stabilization of Haiti. The United States would like to thank our co-penholder Panama on its work in helping the Security Council achi  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 29 -- The Utah State Bar issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2026: * * * Package of Bills Would Remake Utah's Judicial System The Utah State Bar is deeply alarmed by the fast-moving package of bills before the Utah Legislature that would fundamentally remake the state's judicial system. Proposed legislation has been coordinated to work in conjunction with each other to make it easier for lawmakers and the executive branch to remove judges, and just as quic  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Warnock Statement on President Trump's Politicization of FBI to Relitigate the 2020 Election * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) released the following statement after the FBI searched an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia, over unfounded 2020 voter fraud allegations. Georgia State Republican elected officials and President Trump's own Department of  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * WATCH: In Minneapolis, Pressley, Omar Condemn ICE Violence, Renew Calls to Abolish Rogue Agency * "There can never be justice, because true justice would mean that Renee Good and Alex Pretti and Keith Porter would still be alive, but there must be accountability." At the Invitation of Omar, Pressley Meeting with Organizers and Community Members Impacted by Violence Perpetrated by ICE Video (You  more