WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary on March 5, 2026, by John Kartch and Sean Rowen: * * * Trump Can Help Middle Class By Ending the Inflation Tax on Capital Gains Three-fourths of households with a capital gains filing make less than $200k * President Trump can help middle class households by using his rulemaking authority to end the inflation tax on capital gains. IRS data shows that 74% of households with a capital gains filing make less than   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: * * * Commission meetings and hearings No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week. * * * Public Disclosure Updated Coordinated Party Expenditure Limits and Lobbyist Bundling Threshold. On March 3, the Commission published in the Federal Register updated coordinated party expenditure limits and announced that the 2026 lobbyist bundling threshold is $24,000. Please note that the U.  more

HEMPSTEAD, New York, March 7 -- Hofstra University issued the following news: * * * ASIANetwork Grant Supports Student-Led Oral History of Indonesian New Yorkers Four Hofstra School of Health Science (SHS) students are stepping into the role of historians and filmmakers, capturing the voices of Indonesian elders in New York City through a newly funded oral history project. A new $23,880 grant from ASIANetwork will support "Roots, Health, and Resilience: An Oral History of Indonesian New York  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey posted the following news release: * * * Owner and Operations Manager of Wholesale Drug Distributor Admit Conspiring to Divert Nearly $50m of Cancer Medication to Sell Illegally For Profit Two North Jersey men have admitted to conspiring with doctors and others to purchase nearly $50 million worth of oncology and ophthalmology medications, under false pretenses, and then diverting and reselling these  more

ROHNERT PARK, California, March 7 -- California State University Sonoma State University issued the following news: * * * SSU to host major conference for bioscience undergrads Sonoma State University will serve as host for the 49th annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference, bringing together some of the nation's most promising undergraduate scientists for a dynamic celebration of discovery, collaboration, and innovation. For nearly five decades, the conference   more