WASHINGTON, March 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RL31675) on March 27, 2026, entitled "Arms Sales: Congressional Review Process" by nonproliferation specialist Paul K. Kerr. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY This report reviews the process and procedures that apply to congressional consideration of foreign arms sales proposed by the President. This includes consideration of proposals to sell major defense equipment, defense articles and ser  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on March 23, 2026, by Managing Editor and Director of Content Ken Braun: (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Likewise, Rick Ayers said he and his compatriots were "dangerously poor" while his brother Bill, along with Jones and Dohrn, "always ate good food," and "always slept between clean sheets." According to Rick Ayers, the leadership level "lived off radical lawyers and moneyed friends who told them what the  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, March 26 -- The University of Virginia School of Law posted the following news: * * * J. Harvie Wilkinson III '72, This Year's 'Outstanding Virginian,' Reflects on a Life of Service * As the longest-serving judge in the history of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, J. Harvie Wilkinson III '72 has helped shape the American legal system for more than four decades. But when the history books are written about his long tenure in public life, he said it  more

NEW YORK, March 25 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Japan's Flag Desecration Law Poses a Threat to Freedom of Expression * Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, said on March 17 that they would present a law forbidding the desecration of the national flag during the ongoing Diet session. Currently, Japan's penal code only makes it a criminal offense to d  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government released the following testimony by Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, from a March 18, 2026, hearing entitled "Immigration Policy by Court Order: The Adverse Effects of Plyler v. Doe": * * * Good morning. My name is Thomas A. Saenz, and I am president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educati  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Q&A: Wake-Up Call to Save Social Security * Q: What should Iowans know about the solvency of Social Security? A: The Senate Budget Committee recently held a hearing to examine the facts facing Social Security that every American needs to know. According to the recent projections from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund is on  more