PHOENIX, Arizona, April 4 -- The Arizona Secretary of State issued the following news release on April 3, 2026: * * * Attorney General Mayes and Secretary of State Fontes Sue Trump Administration over Unlawful Executive Order Attempting to Exert Federal Control over Elections Arizona today joined a coalition of states suing President Trump in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, challenging his unlawful Executive Order that attempts to interfere with states' constitution  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * Chairman Cassidy Expands Child Care Fraud Investigation U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, expanded his efforts to protect American families and taxpayers' dollars by rooting out the widespread fraud in federal child care funding. Cassidy previou  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Opposes Trump's Unjustified Defense Budget Increase * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Trump Administration proposed raising the fiscal year 2027 defense budget by 50 percent, to $1.5 trillion, a figure that includes some $350 billion that Trump wants Republicans to pass on a party-line vote outside the annual defense authorization and appropriation process, which means less oversight and fewer st  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Sounds Alarm Over Hegseth Interference with Merit-Based Promotions & String of Senior Military Officer Firings * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, after NBC News reported that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth personally intervened in the promotion process of more than a dozen senior officers across all four service branches and other outlets reported on a string of wartime firings of top Army officers  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, April 3 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * URI team publishes new book centering disability voices * KINGSTON, R.I. - April 3, 2026 - Offering insight into the developmental trajectories of people with disabilities from childhood through adulthood, College of Education faculty Adam Moore and Annemarie Vaccaro will host a talk at the University of Rhode Island about their new book, "Disability Life Stories: Unfiltered Voices on School, F  more