WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary on March 6, 2026, by Mike Palicz: * * * A Government Panel Negotiating Media Rights Would Ruin College Sports If you want to ruin college sports, have the federal government run them. Apparently some Members of Congress believe the federal government is handling all of its current responsibilities well enough that it now has both the ability and capacity to implement wage and price controls in college athletics a  more

NEW YORK, March 7 -- The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, an organization that defends the right of Catholics to participate in American public life without defamation or discrimination, issued the following commentary on March 6, 2026, by President Bill Donohue: * * * IRISH QUEERS EXPLOIT ST. PAT'S PARADE On March 1, Irish queers marched in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Sunnyside, Queens, and in doing so they made a mockery of the parade's origins. Quite frankly, it's really  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

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on March 6, 2026, by Eric Y.H. Lai, senior fellow at the Center for Asian Law at Georgetown University Law Center, in its China Brief: * * * White Paper Increases Securitization of Hong Kong Executive Summary: * From the mainland's persepctive, Jimmy Lai's sentencing marked a significant moment for Hong Kong's security, as shown by the timing of the new White Paper's release. Past publications have aligned with l  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa posted the following news release on March 6, 2026: * * * United States Attorney David Waterman Announces Southern District of Iowa Senior Leadership Team U.S. Attorney David Waterman has announced appointment of the senior leadership team for the Southern District of Iowa: * Andrew Kahl, First Assistant U.S. Attorney. U.S. Attorney Waterman appointed Kahl to continue his service as First Assistant  more