WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * 'There Are Only Two Sexes: Male and Female.' Arrington Leads Effort to Restore Biological Sex Standard in Title IX House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced the Title IX Clarification Act, legislation to codify that Title IX nondiscrimination requirements tied to federal education funding are based on the biological reality of sex. This legislation would further uphold President Trump'  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 13 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * 2026 Supreme Court rulings: MSU experts can comment * The U.S. Supreme Court has recently ruled on major cases regarding topics ranging from voting rights to tariff authority to abortion pills. As the end of the term approaches, the high court is set to deliver rulings on key issues touching all aspects of American life. The following legal experts from the Michigan State University College of Law   more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, May 13 -- Roger Williams University posted the following news: * * * A Lasting Legacy: Six Roger Williams Faculty Members Reflect on Careers of Teaching, Mentorship, and Service * For generations of Roger Williams University students, faculty members have served not only as professors, but as mentors, advisors, advocates, and steady presences whose influence extended far beyond the classroom. This year, six longtime faculty members are preparing to close their chapters  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2026: * * * Ahead of Warsh's Final Nomination Vote, Warren Urges Colleagues to Vote No on Trump's Fed Takeover Speech comes ahead of the tightest vote for Fed Chair in U.S. history * Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, delive  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 13 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson to retry Murdaugh murders * South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson released the following statement following the South Carolina Supreme Court's decision on Alex Murdaugh's appeal of his murder conviction:  "While we respectfully disagree with the Court's decision, my Office will aggressively seek to retry Alex Murdaugh for the murders of Maggie  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 13 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Liz Murrill demands immediate rescission of New Orleans Clerk resolutions, or face potential forfeiture of their offices * Attorney General Liz Murrill today sent letters to New Orleans officials warning that their attempt to install a competing Orleans Parish clerk of court triggers serious consequences under Louisiana's usurper laws. The letters were sent to five New  more

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, May 13 -- The University of Notre Dame Law School posted the following news: * * * Class of 2026 Commencement Feature: Amanda and Eddie Soto * Growing up, Amanda (Garcia) and Eduardo "Eddie" Soto lived just 30 minutes from each other in South Florida-without ever meeting. It took their independent decisions to attend Notre Dame Law School for their paths to cross. They met during 1L orientation then began dating several months later. Over time, the futures they had ima  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cohen Discusses Gerrymandering and Voting Rights at Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing * Says "Don't tell me, John Roberts, that the Supreme Court of the United States is not political. It is an arm of the Trump White House." WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, discussed the travesty for representation that is the partisan Congressional   more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DCCC Chair Statement on Missouri Supreme Court Ignoring Voters, Paving Way for Gerrymandered Map in 2026 * Following the Missouri Supreme Court's decision to upend decades of precedent, DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene released the below statement: "Missourians have made it clear they hate Jefferson City Republicans' desperate attempts to cling to power. Instead of trying to lower costs, k  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 [Category: Political] (TNSrpt) -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Detention Center Contractors Line their Pockets by Exploiting Immigrant Workers with $1 Per Day Pay * An estimated 86% of the more than 60,000 immigrant detainees currently held in custody are housed at detention centers run by a handful of for-profit corporations who are reaping immense financial benefits by paying detainees $1 per day to cook, clean, and maintain these facilities, a  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13225) by agricultural policy analyst Zachary T. Neuhofer and legislative attorney Jason O. Heflin: * * * Farm Bill Primer: Horticulture Title Congress has included a horticulture title in the farm bill since the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-234). The horticulture title of a farm bill generally contains reauthorizations, amendments, and new programs that   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 14 -- Fisher Phillips, a law firm, issued the following insight on May 13, 2026: * * * Employer Playbook for Attacking AI Use in Pro Se Litigation: A Roundup of Recent Court Sanctions Against ChatGPT Plaintiffs Pro se litigants are increasingly using GenAI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, or CoPilot to file and maintain lawsuits against their employers - and corporate counsel and defense attorneys need new tools to fight back. We've assembled a collection   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 13 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * FSU Law students earn prestigious fellowships across all three branches of Florida government * Students from the Florida State University College of Law have been selected for some of Florida's most competitive public service fellowships, earning placements across the executive, judicial and legislative branches of Florida state government. This year, five FSU Law students were selected for Class XXI  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Horsford Recently Launches Substack Focused on Democracy, Economic Opportunity, and Public Policy * WASHINGTON D.C. - Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) has recently launched a Substack. In his latest Substack piece, "They've Always Known: The Voting Rights Act and the Fear of Black Power," examines the Supreme Court's recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais and the broader historical effort to su  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 14 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Littler Lightbulb - April 2026 Employment Appellate Roundup At a Glance This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment and labor law developments in the federal courts of appeal in the last month. By Amelia McDermott Fifth Circuit Vacates NLRB Order Regarding Company Subpoenas During Union Organizing Campaign In Starbucks v. NLRB, __ F.4th __ (5th Cir. Apr. 17, 2026), the   more

WASHINGTON, May 13 [Category: Political] -- The NAACP posted the following news release: * * * NAACP Denounces Louisiana Committee Move to Erase Majority-Black District * BATON ROUGE, La. - Today, the NAACP denounces Louisiana lawmakers for advancing a bill that would eliminate the 6th Congressional District, one of the state's two majority-Black congressional districts. The move to advance the new map on a 4-3 vote followed more than 9 hours of testimony and opposition. If finally approved,  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Sewell Speaks Out Against Continued Erosion of the Voting Rights Act Following Callais Decision * Washington D.C. - Last night, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) joined her colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus for a Special Order Hour on the House Floor condemning the continued erosion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 following the Supreme Court's recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais.   more

PIERRE, South Dakota, May 14 -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the following news release on May 12, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jackley Joins Amicus Brief Requesting U.S. Supreme Court Uphold Stay on Mifepristone Requirements South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces he has joined 22 other Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief requesting the U.S. Supreme Court uphold a lower court's stay of a federal regulation that removed the longstanding in-person di  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following statement on May 12, 2026: * * * Klobuchar Addresses Rising Fertilizer Prices at Senate Agriculture Committee Hearing U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today delivered the following opening statement at the Agriculture Committee hearing titled "Perspectives on the  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson: There is Not a Single Democrat Who Believes Border Security or Immigration Enforcement Should Exist * "They have proved that time and time again, both by their word and by their votes." WASHINGTON - This morning, at the House Republican Leadership press conference, Speaker Johnson addressed Republicans' reconciliation bill to fund border security and immigration e  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson: There is Not a Single Democrat Who Believes Border Security or Immigration Enforcement Should Exist * WASHINGTON - This morning, at the House Republican Leadership press conference, Speaker Johnson addressed Republicans' reconciliation bill to fund border security and immigration enforcement and discussed Democrats' failed scheme to gerrymander along racial lines. Speaker Johnson a  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- American Oversight posted the following news: * * * Statement from American Oversight and Historians On Today's Hearing to Block Trump's Efforts to Evade Presidential Records Law * Wednesday, American Oversight and the American Historical Association issued the following statements as they challenge the Trump administration's effort to nullify the Presidential Records Act (PRA) in the U.S. District Court for the District of C  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Senate Minority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Thune Joins the Hugh Hewitt Show * Click here to listen. WASHINGTON -U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined The Hugh Hewitt Show. On the Working Families Tax Cuts: "[The Working Families Tax Cuts was] the most consequential thing I've done in my time in public life... We got the first entitlement reform we've gotten in my entire time in office... getti  more

NEW YORK, May 13 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Venezuela: Exclusions, Procedures Mar Amnesty Law * (Washington, DC) - Venezuela's new amnesty law has serious shortcomings that exclude many people who have been arbitrarily detained and is being applied in ways that may deny release to people who should be eligible, Human Rights Watch said today. The law is ostensibly an effort to help Venezuela move forward from years of political repressio  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Capito Participates in Interior Subcommittee Hearing on EPA Budget * To watch Senator Capito's line of questioning, click here or the image above. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a leader on the Appropriations Committee, participated in an Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee hearing with U.S. Environment  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 14 -- West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on May 13, 2026: * * * Attorney General McCuskey Defends State Court Independence in High-Stakes Virginia Redistricting Case West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court today urging the Court to reject Virginia legislators' attempt to bypass their own state court system and have federal judges override a ruling on Virginia's co  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 [Category: Financial Services] -- Better Markets, an organization that says it promotes pro-market, pro-business and pro-growth policies to help build a better financial system, posted the following news release: * * * When the Supreme Court Said Sports Betting Could Be Legalized, It Left the Issue to the States, Not the CFTC * Benjamin Schiffrin, Director of Securities Policy for Better Markets, issued the following statement in connection with Better Markets ' new Fact S  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Clark on CNN: GOP Agenda Is a "Fundamental Betrayal" of Americans * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined CNN's The Situation Room, where she slammed Republican efforts to rig our elections and Donald Trump's admission that he doesn't care about Americans' financial situation. Below are excerpts from the conversation: On Democrats' Fight for Free and F  more