OAKLAND, California, May 13 -- Positive Women's Network-USA issued the following news: * * * #HIVResists: April 2026 Monthly Policy Update Content Warning: many of these updates include information about harmful attacks on Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and LGBTQ+ folks. Hot Topic Voter Suppression Voting will not solve all political problems or transform oppressive systems. It is, nevertheless, a tool that can demonstrate our community's power and is a crucial part of holdi  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following news: * * * Chinese Spy Surrenders Ahead of President Trump's Visit By Logan Sekulow In the wake of President Trump's visit to meet with Xi Jinping, a California mayor just got EXPOSED for being a Chinese spy. Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, admitted to working on behalf of the People's Republic of China to promote Chinese propaganda in the United States. According to the official statement from the U.S. S  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Americans' Anger Over the Economy and Rising Costs Is Destroying Republican Hopes of a Midterm Victory * "It's President Donald Trump's economy -and most Americans aren't happy with it." Prices are rising, inflation is at a three-year high, and Americans' frustrations with the economy are reaching a fever pitch less than six months out from the midterm elections. New polling fro  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Casten, Lieu Urge DOJ to Prosecute Insider Trading on Prediction Market Platforms * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Representatives Sean Casten (IL-06) and Ted Lieu (CA-36) led 54 House Democrats in an effort to urge the Department of Justice (DOJ) to pursue suspected insider trading on prediction market platforms more aggressively. "Trading on confidential, non-public information is illegal in traditional   more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release on May 11, 2026: * * * Chairman Steil Introduces Sweeping Campaign Finance Reforms Today, Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01) introduced the Campaign Finance Transparency Act and the Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act. Together, these comprehensive campaign finance reforms will increase transparency and ensure   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 12 [Category: Sociological] -- The National Partnership for New Americans posted the following news: * * * From Mass Deportation to Mass Denaturalization--NPNA Warns of Escalating Threat to Naturalized Americans * The National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) is sounding the alarm on the Trump Administration's formal expansion of its ongoing denaturalization campaign ahead of the 2026 midterms which CBS reports are targeting Naturalized Americans from Bolivia, Chin  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release: * * * Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Smokejumper and Union Leader Sam Forstag for U.S. Representative * AFGE says Forstag knows our issues as well as any candidate ever has, and will advocate for us as passionately as any lawmaker ever could AURORA, Colo. - The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Sam Forstag   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Presses Secretary Kennedy and Dr. Oz on Unauthorized Public Release of Physician Social Security Numbers * Washington, D.C. - Today, House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) wrote to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz, pressing for answers after   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Let Them Eat Cake: House GOP Prioritizes $1B for Trump's Ballroom * As parents are juggling higher costs at the gas station and grocery store, House Republicans are busy lobbying the Senate to prioritize $1 billion in tax payer dollars to fund the White House ballroom. Meanwhile, the man in charge could not care less about the affordability crisis he created. Standing on the White  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Miller-Meeks Urges Leader Thune to Advance the SAVE Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) penned a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, urging them to schedule a vote on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, and advance it to President Trump's desk. In the letter, Miller-Meeks expressed t  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 12 -- The Ohio Democratic Party posted the following news: * * * Ohio Democratic Party Launches Coordinated Campaign, "OhioWins" * With all eyes on Ohio and competitive elections in every corner of our state up and down the ballot, the Ohio Democratic Party is launching OhioWins, an historic coordinated campaign that will be mobilizing in all 88 counties to elect Democrats who will lower costs for Ohio families, protect Ohioans' freedoms, and grow our state. OhioWins will  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Peterson Institute for International Economics issued the following commentary on May 12, 2026, by senior research staffer Monica de Bolle: * * * The Lula-Trump meh meeting: Three hours, lunch, and a working group President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met with President Donald Trump for nearly three hours on May 7. On paper it was the most substantive US-Brazil engagement in years. Yet there was no joint statement after the session, no tariff rollback, no memorandum on  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R43434) entitled "Policy and Legislative Research for Congressional Staff: Finding Documents, Analysis, News and Training." The report is written by research librarians Sarah K. Braun, Tilly Finnegan-Kennel, Ellen M. Lechman and Michele L. Malloy. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY This report is intended to serve as a finding aid for congressional documents, executive branch documents and inf  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Reproductive Freedom for All on Makary's Resignation as Supreme Court Weighs Sweeping National Mifepristone Restrictions * Washington, DC - Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary's resignation today is the latest sign of instability and political turmoil inside the FDA at a moment when abortion access nationwide-and th  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Ted Lieu, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * REPS LIEU & CASTEN URGE DOJ TO PROSECUTE INSIDER TRADING ON PREDICTION MARKET PLATFORMS * WASHINGTON D.C. - Congressmen Ted W. Lieu (D - Los Angeles County) and Sean Casten (D-IL) led 54 House Democrats in an effort to urge the Department of Justice (DOJ) to pursue suspected insider trading on prediction market platforms more aggressively. "Trading on confidential, non-public information is illegal   more

LONDON, England, May 13 (TNSrpt) -- The Royal Town Planning Institute, an organization that says it engages with governments, experts, advocates and international bodies to promote good planning, lead on policy development and research, issued the following commentary with policy and data analyst Olivia Gibson and public affairs officer Kirsty Fox Hay: * * * Post-election: What's next for Wales's planning system? Last week, Wales went to the polls to elect 96 members of the newly expanded Sen  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and 27 Democratic colleagues, issued the following letter: * * * Here is the text of the letter: April 29, 2026 The Honorable Markwayne Mullin Secretary U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2707 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE Washington, DC 20240 Dear Secretary Mullin: We write to warn the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) against any illegal activit  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 [Category: International] -- The Federation for American Immigration Reform issued the following news release: * * * Trump Moves to Secure Elections * FAIR shows activist challenges to his executive order must fail The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has filed a brief in DC federal district court showing why challenges by activists to President Trump's executive order helping to ensure that only citizens vote in federal elections must be thrown out by th  more

NEW YORK, May 12 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * Voting Rights Groups Vehemently Denounce Supreme Court Order Reinstating Intentionally Discriminatory Alabama Congressional Map and Seek Emergency Relief * The Supreme Court yesterday vacated Alabama's current court-ordered congressional map, despite the fact that voting has already begun in the state's May 19 primary election. The Supreme Court's order creates a path for A  more

NEW YORK, May 12 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * Voting Rights Groups Vehemently Denounce Supreme Court Order Reinstating Intentionally Discriminatory Alabama Congressional Map and Seek Emergency Relief * WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court yesterday vacated Alabama's current court-ordered c  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Warnock Leads Entire Fulton County Congressional Delegation in Letter to Department of Justice Demanding Answers on Fulton County Elections Raid Subpoena * Senator Reverend Warnock is demanding answers from the Department of Justice and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on the recent subpoena issued in the Fulton County Elections Raid case The Senator organized multiple lawmakers to join h  more