WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on March 20, 2026, by Bella Grabowski, Sovereign and Strong America campaign director, to Arizona Daily Independent: * * * Secure the Network, Secure the Homeland As global competition intensifies, America's adversaries are increasingly targeting the infrastructure that connects us all together. Telecommunications networks and data centers are no longer just economic assets; they are natio  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 22 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Amy Brass helps future teachers rewrite the story of math * Math can become a quiet kind of gatekeeper long before students ever realize it. Sometimes it arrives as a knot in the stomach before a test. Sometimes it sounds like, "I'm just not a math person." And sometimes it takes hold in the very people who will one day stand at the front of elementary classrooms, shaping how children come to   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Tries to Take Over U.S. Elections, Reed Delivers Speech Opposing Anti-Voter SAVE Act * U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says that when American citizens register to vote, they should be thinking about the issues that matter to them and who they want to cast a ballot for, not on jumping through bureaucratic hoops, locating old documents, and being burdened by financial and logistical barrier  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Navajo Nation President Buu V. Nygren from a March 17, 2026, hearing on fiscal 2027 appropriation requests: * * * Yá'át'ééh, Chairman Simpson, Ranking Member Pingree, and Members of the Subcommittee. My name is Dr. Buu Nygren, President of the Navajo Nation ("Nation"). The Nation is one of the largest Native American tribes in the country. We   more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona Chairman Verlon Jose from a March 17, 2026, hearing on funding requests: * * * Summary of Funding Requests 1. Increased funding for BIA roads maintenance 2. Funding for Interior's implementation of the Nation's 1982 water rights settlement 3. Increased funding for BIA law enforcement and border security 4. Increased  more