WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Adam Gray Notches Key Endorsement from California Farm Bureau [Turlock Journal] * "No one works harder to deliver for Central Valley families than Adam Gray" - California Farm Bureau President Shannon Douglas Congressman Adam Gray's campaign continues to build momentum - securing a major endorsement from the California Farm Bureau, a "leading voice in the state's powerful agric  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 24 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Moves To Permanently Block President Trump's Executive Order Restricting Mail Voting, Exerting Federal Control Over Elections * Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general, along with the Governor of Pennsylvania, in filing a motion for summary judgment in their ongoing challenge to President Trump's Execu  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following news: * * * Judge Just Stopped Virginia Redistricting By Jordan Sekulow Less than 24 hours after one of the most gerrymandered redistricting maps ever narrowly passed in a ballot measure fraught with legal issues, Virginia Judge Jack Hurley blocked the state from using the new congressional map. Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones plans to appeal the ruling IMMEDIATELY, and the Virginia state Supreme Court   more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 24 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Moves to Permanently Block President Trump's Executive Order Restricting Mail Voting, Exerting Control over Elections * Coalition seeks final ruling after filing lawsuit earlier this month to challenge unlawful executive order OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta yesterday co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general, along with the Governor of P  more

ALBANY, New York, April 24 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Joins Bipartisan Coalition Defending States' Gambling Laws Against Prediction Markets * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined a bipartisan coalition of 37 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting Massachusetts' lawsuit against the prediction market platform Kalshi for illegally offering sports betting in violation   more

SALEM, Oregon, April 24 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Rayfield Moves to Permanently Block President Trump's Executive Order Restricting Mail Voting, Exerting Control over Elections * AG Rayfield: "President Trump wants to turn letter carriers into election gatekeepers." Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 23 other attorneys general, along with the Governor of Pennsylvania have asked a federal court to permanen  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * BOOTLICKER BRINKER: MAGA Republican Brinker Harding Isn't "Walking Away From Trump" [Roll Call] * New reporting from Roll Call reveals that Brinker Harding isn't even attempting to run from his MAGA roots, openly embracing Trump even as his approval continues to take a nosedive. From "eagerly await[ing] the president's endorsement" to "invoking one of the president's trademark phr  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Case Votes Against Measure That Cuts Funding For Election Security Grants, Attacks Clean Energy Programs And Fails To Include Cost Of Living Increase For Federal Employees * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) reported that his Appropriations Committee approved its second Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 funding measure : the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations bill, w  more

EAST GREENBUSH, New York, April 20 -- The Center for Internet Security issued the following news release with Astrix Security and Cequence Security: * * * CIS, Astrix, and Cequence Release New AI Security Companion Guides Partnership delivers practical guidance for securing LLMs, agents, and MCP environments * CLIFTON PARK, N.Y., NEW YORK, and SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The Center for Internet Security, Inc. (CIS), Astrix Security, and Cequence Security today announced the release of three new   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Advancement Project, a non-profit that develops community-based solutions based on legal analysis and public education campaigns, posted the following news release on April 23, 2026: * * * Civil Rights Coalition Calls Florida's "Show Your Papers" Law an Unconstitutional Attack on Democracy Miami, Florida-- Following a press briefing today, a coalition of national and local civil rights organizations reaffirmed their plan to challenge Florida House Bill 991 in feder  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * Coalition Files Brief Urging Court to Block Justice Department's Demand for California Voters' Private Data * PASADENA - Today the League of United Latin American Citizens filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in United States v. Weber, the Department of Justice's lawsuit demanding California's complete voter files. The League is represented by t  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law issued the following news release on April 24, 2026: * * * Coalition Files Brief Urging Court to Block Justice Department's Demand for California Voters' Private Data Voting rights groups argue that the Justice Department's pursuit of California's voter rolls exceeds federal authority and puts voter privacy at risk. The department's lawsuit against California is one of its 31 cases across the country seeking  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 (TNSinfo) -- The Election Assistance Commission issued the following information collection: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) announces an information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. The EAC intends to submit this proposed information collection (2026 Election Administration and Voting Survey, or EAVS) to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for approval. The 2026 E  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest on April 24, 2026: * * * Commission meetings and hearings No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week. * * * Website Initiatives On April 23, the Commission retired the Searchable Electronic Rulemaking System (SERS). As its replacement, the Commission has deployed a new rulemaking search system on the agency's website. The new system provides fast, comprehensive access to FEC rule  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Demand USPS Uphold Federal Law Over President Trump's Illegal Executive Order to Restrict Vote by Mail * Senators Also Join Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Block Trump's Executive Order Restricting Vote By Mail Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Se  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: * * * TUESDAY: Democrats to Hold Hearing on Protecting Elections from a Trump Takeover Next Tuesday, April 28, Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and Committee on Homeland Security Democrats will hold a Democratic forum in Washington, DC to examine how we can protect our elections while President Trump threatens a Federal takeover.   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Americans Against Government Censorship issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Democrats take action to stop Trump's efforts to control elections and restrict ballot access Democrats across Congress are mounting a coordinated response to protect access to the ballot and block President Trump's vote-by-mail executive order -- an effort by the Administration to interfere in election administration and assert control over who can access the ballot. * Senate Demo  more

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 24 [Category: Media] -- The International Media Support, an organisation that says it works to strengthen the capacity of media to reduce conflict and facilitate dialogue, issued the following news: * * * IMS convenes media and experts in Copenhagen to develop joint responses to FIMI * Participants used the Charette to share knowledge of successful models that are currently being used to counter disinformation operations. Experts have co-created four results that c  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary: * * * The Strait of Hormuz Remains Effectively Closed and the U.S. Blockade of Iranian Ports Continues * Key Takeaways 1 The ceasefire in hostilities continues, but so does the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz as the United States continues its blockade of Iranian ports and Iran threatens maritime traffic. 2 The blockade is costing Iran around $13 billion per month, and th  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following written testimony by Internal Revenue Service CEO Frank J. Bisignano from an April 15, 2026, hearing entitled "IRS 2026 Filing Season and IRS Operations": * * * Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden and Members of the Committee, I appear before you as the Chief Executive Officer of the Internal Revenue Service to discuss the 2026 tax filing season and IRS operations. The Working Families Tax Cuts Act (WFTC or PL 119-21)  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy forces SAVE Act vote during late-night reconciliation bill debate * Watch Kennedy's comments here. WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) last night defended commonsense election integrity policies and forced a vote on inserting key parts of the SAVE Act into a Senate Republican plan to re-open the Department of Homeland Security. The final vote was 48-50. It was a close vote but a hea  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news wrapup, This Week in Climate Action - April 24, 2026: * * * TQUOTES OF THE WEEK: "We must ensure that Trump's friends in the oil and gas industry aren't taking advantage of the chaos to rake in record profits at the expense of hard-working American families." -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) on the introduction of the Fair and Transparent Gas Prices Act which would protect consumers  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * League of Women Voters of Oregon, LULAC File Amicus Brief in Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to Defend Voter Privacy * PASADENA - Today the League of Women Voters of Oregon and the League of United Latin American Citizens, represented by Campaign Legal Center, the Brennan Center for Justice and Democracy Defenders Fund, filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals fo  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law issued the following news release on April 24, 2026: * * * League of Women Voters of Oregon, LULAC File Amicus Brief in Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to Defend Voter Privacy Groups urge Ninth Circuit to uphold dismissal as federal courts reject similar DOJ demands in four other states * Today the League of Women Voters of Oregon and the League of United Latin American Citizens, represented by Campaign Leg  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Fight Back Against Trump's Executive Order Restricting Vote by Mail, Press USPS on Unconstitutional Executive Order * Washington, D.C. -Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined over 30 of their Senate Democratic colleagues in introducing the Absentee and Mail Voter Protection Act (Absentee MVP Act). The bill would defend the right to vote by mail, uphold th  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Fight Back Against Trump's Executive Order Restricting Vote by Mail, Press USPS on Unconstitutional Executive Order * Washington, D.C. -Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined over 30 of their Senate Democratic colleagues in introducing the Absentee and Mail Voter Protection Act (Absentee MVP Act). The bill would defend the right to vote by mail, uphold the i  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 24 (TNSrep) -- The National Alliance for Care at Home issued the following news release on April 23, 2026: * * * New Research Shows Earlier Hospice Election Could Save Medicare Over $1 Billion Annually Five-day shift in timing could generate substantial savings while improving end-of-life care * A new analysis commissioned by the Research Institute for Home Care (the Institute) reveals that if Medicare beneficiaries elected hospice care just five days earlier,   more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Robert Garcia, D-California, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on April 24, 2026: * * * Ranking Members Robert Garcia and Joe Morelle Demand U.S. Postal Service Oppose Trump Executive Order Threatening Vote-By-Mail Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Joe Morelle, Ranking Member of the Committee on House Administration, demanded the Postma  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Foushee, Beyer, and Moylan Introduce the Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act to Establish Accountability and Transparency Standards for Generative AI * WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 24, 2026) -Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04), Congressman Don Beyer (VA-08), and Congressman James Moylan (GU-AL) introduced the bipartisan Protecting Consumers From Deceptive AI Act to estab  more

PARIS, France, April 24 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Right to information in the Sahel: Cote d'Ivoire officially endorses the Dakar Declaration on Right to Information in Sahel * The Ivorian government has officially endorsed the Dakar Declaration on the Right to Information in the Sahel, launched by RSF in November 2024, joining Mauritania, The Gambia and Liberia. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes Cote d'Ivoire's strong commitment an  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Women Impacting Public Policy issued the following joint statement: * * * SAVE America Act Exclusion from Reconciliation bill Women's Business Groups Thank Leader Thune for Removing SAVE America Act from Pending Business * As Leader Thune removes the SAVE America Act from pending business this week, the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) CEO Jen Earle and Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) President and CEO Angela Dingle issued the following join  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on April 23, 2026: * * * Senators Blunt Rochester, Coons join colleagues in introducing bill to kill Trump's Executive Order restricting vote-by-mail Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) joined 38 of their colleagues in introducing the Absentee and Mail Voter Protection Act (Absentee MVP Act) to block President Trump's illegal and unconstitutional executive order (EO) attack  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, Blunt Rochester join colleagues in introducing bill to kill Trump's Executive Order restricting vote-by-mail, presses USPS on unconstitutional EO Senators Chris Coons and Lisa Blunt Rochester (both D-Del.) joined 38 of their colleagues in introducing the Absentee and Mail Voter Protection Act (Absentee MVP Act) to block President Trump's illegal and unconstitutional executive o  more

NEW YORK, April 23 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Uganda: Sovereignty Bill Threatens Speech, Assembly * (Nairobi) - A bill before Uganda's parliament that proposes sweeping controls over "foreign funding" and political activity threatens fundamental rights and could be used to shut down civil society, Human Rights Watch said today. The bill emulates laws adopted in recent years by other rights-abusing governments, which have been deemed to vi  more

SYDNEY, Australia, April 24 -- The University of Technology Sydney issued the following commentary on April 23, 2026, by Michael Davis, research fellow in the Centre for Media Transition: * * * Poll-axed The electoral defeat of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party, after 16 years in power, brings to an end his long and relentless campaign to undermine media freedom, including purges at the public broadcaster and the targeting of independent journalists with charges of espionag  more

SYDNEY, Australia, April 24 -- The University of Technology Sydney issued the following commentary on April 23, 2026, by Michael Davis, research fellow in the Centre for Media Transition: * * * The axe swings on A month barely passes without news of another media outfit in financial trouble. Last week, the BBC announced it would cut 10 percent of its staff, or between 1800 and 2000 positions. The organisation attributed the cuts to cost inflation and declining licence fees, BBC's main revenu  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- The Advancement Project, a non-profit that develops community-based solutions based on legal analysis and public education campaigns, issued the following news release: * * * Victory: Virginia Ends Illegal Voter Purge Program Alexandria, Va. -- On April 17, 2026, the commonwealth of Virginia agreed to stop its illegal voter purge program that disproportionately impacted naturalized citizens on the eve of federal elections. This is a major victory for voters after the U  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 20 -- The West Virginia Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * WV Democratic Party Calls Out Deceptive GOP Mailer Designed to Mislead Voters The West Virginia Democratic Party is calling out a blatantly misleading mailer distributed by the West Virginia Republican Party that falsely claims, "Only Registered Republicans Can Vote on May 12th." "This mailer is deliberately deceptive," said WV Democratic Party Chair Mike Pushkin. "That headline  more

NEW YORK, April 24 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Zimbabwe: Crackdown on Student Protesters Intensifies * (Johannesburg) - Zimbabwean authorities have harassed, abducted, and arbitrarily detained student leaders protesting a proposed constitutional amendment to extend presidential terms, Human Rights Watch said today. Constitutional Amendment No 3 would extend the terms of office for the president and members of parliament from five to seve  more