COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 19 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson defends children from irreversible harms * Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a 22-state friend-of-the-court brief to the North Dakota Supreme Court in support of a North Dakota law that bans sex-change procedures for minors. North Dakota joined many other states in determining that sex-change procedures should not be available to children. The stat  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan Legislation Protecting Taxpayer Due Process Rights Approved by House American taxpayers will be assured their day in court should they have a dispute with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over alleged outstanding tax liabilities thanks to bipartisan legislation approved by the U.S. House of Representatives. The Taxpayer Due Process Enhanceme  more

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 20 -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney issued the following news release: * * * Prime Minister Carney announces members of the Independent Advisory Board to help select the next judge of the Supreme Court of Canada Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, announced the Chair and members of the Independent Advisory Board for Supreme Court of Canada Judicial Appointments. These individuals will identify candidates to fill the upcoming Supreme Court of Canada vacancy creat  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 20 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news: * * * Ten years on the CNBC Disruptor 50: Goldberg helps select 2026 list Veale Institute executive director has spent a decade helping shape CNBC's annual ranking--and watching the list transform around him * The first time Michael Goldberg helped select the CNBC Disruptor 50, the iPhone was less than a decade old, ChatGPT did not exist, and the companies near the top of the list included Airbnb and Snapc  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Cleo Fields, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * CONGRESSMAN FIELDS STANDS WITH CBC AND NAACP TO CALL ON COLLEGE ATHLETICS TO OPPOSE DISMANTLING OF BLACK VOTING POWER * WASHINGTON, D.C. -This afternoon, Congressman Fields released his statement after standing alongside the Congressional Black Caucus and the NAACP to demand college athletic institutions publicly oppose the coordinated efforts to dismantle Black voting power currently taking place:   more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 20 -- The European Parliament posted the following news release: * * * Agreement reached to put EU-US trade on a more stable footing * Sunset clause: tariff preferences set to expire on 31 December 2029, unless renewed * Clear conditions set on reduction of tariffs on steel and aluminium derivatives * Safeguard mechanism to protect EU industry and agricultural sector * On Wednesday morning, Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on two pieces of legi  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 19 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * FSU expert explains how interactive civics education can reconnect younger Americans with Memorial Day * As Memorial Day approaches, recent research shows many younger Americans are disconnected from the holiday's meaning. To help bridge that divide, the Florida State University Institute for Governance and Civics (IGC) is incorporating immersive teaching methods to better engage this audience. Accord  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand, Colleagues Introduce Bill To Expand Service Members' Access To Reproductive Health Care * Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), along with Senators John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), reintroduced legislation to guarantee service members access to reproductive health care wherever they are  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Join Entire Senate Democratic Caucus in Backing Resolution Affirming Abortion Pill as Safe, Effective * FDA approved mifepristone for use over two decades ago "Law and policy governing access to lifesaving, time-sensitive medication abortion care in the United States should be equitable, transparent, and based on the best available peer- reviewed evidence-based science." Washi  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Court Packing: A Threat to the Supreme Court's Legitimacy" at 10 a.m. on May 21, 2026, at 2141 Rayburn House Office Building: The hearing will examine the history and perils of court packing and other policy proposals that threaten to undermine the integrity of the judicial branch. WITNESSES: * Gene Schaer  more

NEW YORK, May 19 [Category: International] -- The Center for Human Rights in Iran posted the following news release: * * * Iran's Baha'i Community Under Intensified State Attack Amid Escalating Domestic Repression * State Campaign of Arrests, Raids, Torture, and Enforced Disappearances in Cities Across Iran Judge: "You Must Pay the Price for Being Baha'i" May 19, 2026 -As Iranian authorities intensify their nationwide repression campaign, they have sharply escalated the persecution of th  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 [Category: Political] -- The NAACP posted the following news release: * * * NAACP Calls on Black Athletes & Fans to Withhold Support of Public Schools in States Attacking Black Voting Rights * The NAACP today launched the "Out of Bounds" campaign, a national call for Black athletes, families, fans, alumni, and consumers to withhold athletic and financial support from public universities in states that have moved to limit, weaken, or erase Black voting representation in the  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The National Center on Sexual Exploitation issued the following news: * * * SCOTUS Declines to Hear Child Exploitation Case Against Twitter (X), Teeing Up Battle in Congress Over Section 230 Reform The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) issued a statement about the U.S. Supreme Court decision not to review a shocking 9th Circuit Court ruling in John Doe #1 and John Doe #2 v. Twitter, Inc. that held Section 230 provided Twitter (now X) with legal immunity for   more

WASHINGTON, May 19 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * NEW: Patient Advocates, Legal Experts React to Supreme Court Denying Pharma Lawsuits Challenging Medicare Drug Price Negotiation * Following the Supreme Court's decision this morning to decline petitions from AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, Janssen, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, and Boehringer Ingelheim challenging the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Patients For Affordable Drugs and Pub  more

CLAREMONT, California, May 20 -- Pomona College issued the following news: * * * Commencement Celebrates and Inspires the Class of 2026 Pomona College's Commencement ceremony May 17 capped off a weekend of celebrations and sent the Class of 2026 off with a charge from President G. Gabrielle Starr to "go forth from this stellar garden of Pomona College, believing in your power to make this world shine bright." The ceremony, the College's 133rd, saw 402 students cross the stage on Marston Quad  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 19 -- The Indiana University McKinney School of Law issued the following news release: * * * Professor McCabe Presents, Shares Environmental Policy Expertise * IU McKinney Professor Janet McCabe has delivered lectures and shared her expertise on environmental policy recently. Professor McCabe previously served as deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from April 2021 to October 2024. In this role, she was key in shaping the nation's environment  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Welch Rebukes Supreme Court's Decision to Turn Back the Clock on Voting Rights: "We should be competing on the basis of our ideas. We should not be competing on how clever we can draw the map to suit our own political bias." * WASHINGTON, D.C.-In a Judiciary subcommittee hearing today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, em  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 20 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion: * * * GEICO General Insurance Company v. Fama Diop et al. Present: Suttell, C.J., Robinson, Lynch Prata, and Long, JJ. OPINION Justice Long, for the Court. The defendant and counterclaim plaintiff, Fama Diop (defendant or Ms. Diop), appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court in favor of the plaintiff and counterclaim defendant, GEICO General Insurance Company (plaintiff or GEICO), in GEICO's   more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen Joins Colleagues in Introducing A Resolution Affirming Mifepristone As Safe, Effective * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined the entire Senate Democratic caucus in introducing a resolution affirming that the abortion medication, mifepristone, is safe and effective. The resolution came as the Supreme Court's initial administrative stay in Louisiana v. FDA was set to expire -whi  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Schmitt: "Racial Gerrymandering is Illegal, DOJ Must Enforce the Law" * Schmitt Chairs Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Enforcing SCOTUS' Callais Decision Across the U.S. U.S. SENATE -U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) today chaired a Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution hearing on the enforcement of the Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais to end the practice of racial ge  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Markey, Pressley Release New Report Warning That Ending Legal Status for Haitian Workers Would Devastate Health Care System * Testimony from organizations representing health care workers reveals workers live in fear of losing legal status, patient families worry about losing committed professionals National Domestic Workers Alliance reports workers are reducing hours, losing jobs  more