COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 25 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson stands against woke DEI practices * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson joined West Virginia and 16 other states supporting a challenge to the New Jersey State Bar Association's DEI quotas for its leadership board. The States argue that the N.J. State Bar Association is using the First Amendment as an excuse to discriminate based on rac  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * Chairman Cassidy, Colleagues Launch Investigation into Abortion Drug Manufacturers, Urge FDA to Crack Down on Illegal Online Sellers U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senators Steve Daines (R-MT), James Lankford (R-OK), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-M  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines on Fox News: Stop the Nonsense, End the DHS Shutdown * "Our Airports Look Like Walmart on Black Friday" WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Martha McCallum on Fox News to discuss his meeting at the White House to end the DHS shutdown. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines on his meeting at the White House on ending the DHS shutdown: What happened yesterday a  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Urges Colleagues to Confirm Katie Lane as Next Federal Judge for the District of Montana in Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing urging his colleagues to support Katie Lane's nomination to serve as the next Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. Read his remarks as prepare  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * During A Senate Judiciary Committee Nominations Hearing, Durbin Denounces The MAGA Nominee Considered Today To A Lifetime Appointment On The Court Of International Trade * March 25, 2026 Durbin: "After losing before the Supreme Court, he [Trump] wants to stack the courts, including the CIT, with MAGA loyalists who will rule in his favor." WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durb  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on March 25, 2026: * * * During A Senate Judiciary Committee Nominations Hearing, Durbin Denounces The MAGA Nominee Considered Today To A Lifetime Appointment On The Court Of International Trade U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement at a Senate Judiciary C  more

HELENA, Montana, March 25 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Gianforte Highlights Innovation in Agriculture * DEER LODGE, Mont. - Governor Greg Gianforte yesterday visited the Felton Angus Ranch in Deer Lodge on Montana Agriculture Day to highlight how Montana producers are using innovative technology to strengthen their operations.  "Our farmers and ranchers are embracing new and emerging technologies to improve their operations and ensure the  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on March 25, 2026: * * * Grassley Opens Senate Judiciary Nominations Hearing Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Nominations Wednesday, March 25, 2026 Good morning, I'd like to welcome everyone to today's hearing. Our panel features four judicial nominees: Sheria Clarke to the District of Sout  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, March 26 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Montana State's Leonardo Marra to deliver spring Orser lecture April 7 Isabel Hicks, MSU News Service The Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Montana State University will host Leonardo Marra for its spring Orser Executive Speakers Forum. The event will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, in the Strand Union Building's Procrastinator Theater. Members of the public are invited to attend  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news: * * * Next Generation of Airmen Sustain Deterrence Mission * At Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, and other intercontinental ballistic missile bases, maintaining the nation's strategic deterrence requires precision, teamwork and a high level of responsibility from the missile maintainers supporting the mission. Many of them step into the role early in their careers, working on complex systems that support   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 26 -- Teach Plus, an organization that empowers teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that affect their students' success, issued the following news release: * * * Teach Plus Announces 4th Cohort of Teacher Leaders to Advocate for Student-Centered Issues at the National Level Washington, D.C. -- Teach Plus, a national nonprofit that empowers teachers to lead student-centered improvements in educational policy and instructional practice, h  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following testimony by John Squires, under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, from a March 25, 2026, hearing on the oversight of the agency: * * * I. Introduction Chairman Issa, Ranking Member Johnson, Chairman Jordan, Ranking Member Raskin, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you  more