WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * "High Gas Prices Could Cost" Juan Ciscomani, Eli Crane "At the Ballot Box" [KTAR News] * 68% of Arizonans say gas prices are "likely to influence" how they vote in the midterms, including 74% of moderates and 56% of Republicans In the latest warning sign for Republicans Juan Ciscomani and Eli Crane, a new survey of Arizonans reveals that roughly 2 in 3 voters - including more tha  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 27 -- The Alabama Secretary of State issued the following news: * * * Secretary of State Wes Allen Reminds Alabamians to Register to Vote Before the Primary Runoff Election Wes Allen, Alabama's Secretary of State, is reminding Alabama citizens that the deadline to register to vote before the June 16, 2026 Primary Runoff Election is Monday, June 1, 2026. "The right to vote in fair and secure elections is among the most important rights guaranteed to eligible American  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following statement on May 26, 2026: * * * Blackwell: Georgia Voters Deserve Transparent, Verifiable Elections The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell, chair of the Center for Election Integrity at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) and former Ohio Secretary of State, today issued the following statement on Governor Brian Kemp's proclamation reconvening the Georgia General Assembly to address the state's voting system ahead  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * Appeal Filed After Court Rules Against Florida Voters Regarding Illegal Gerrymander * TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -On May 26, 2026, in a disappointing ruling for Florida voters, the court permitted an illegal, partisan gerrymandered map to be in place for the 2026 congressional primary and midterm elections. Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and the UCLA Voting Rights Project (VRP) -on behalf of in  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 26 -- The Ohio Democratic Party posted the following news: * * * Brent Larkin: Vivek Ramaswamy's bait-and-switch campaign exposes GOP weaknesses * READ: Vivek Ramaswamy's bait-and-switch campaign exposes GOP weaknesses: Brent Larkin * Vivek Ramaswamy is the most unlikeable candidate for governor in the lifetime of anyone reading this column. * Now there is new evidence the Ramaswamy campaign is in trouble; that the state where Republicans have won eight of the last   more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary by Michael Watson, research director and managing editor for InfluenceWatch: * * * Coercive unionism (briefly) freezes Long Island RR One Long Island Rail Road worker with a $50/hr base salary pulled down $292,435 in 2024. His union went on strike last week, and he believes NY Gov. Hochul has room in the budget to pay more. * Over the weekend, five unions representing 3,500 railroad workers on the Long Island   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 27 -- Fisher Phillips, a law firm, issued the following insight on May 26, 2026: * * * California Governor Aims to Soften AI's Impact on Workers Through New Executive Order: What Employers Need to Know Governor Gavin Newsom just signed a sweeping executive order right before the holiday weekend directing California state agencies to study potential workforce disruptions caused by AI so they can protect displaced workers through new policy recommendations. The May 21 orde  more

TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan, May 23 -- Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities issued the following Q&A involving Peter Sinclair, journalist and longtime contributor to Yale Climate Connections: * * * Keeping family farms farming with clean energy income. Interview with Peter Sinclair AUTHOR: Jeff Smith Today we talk with Peter Sinclair. Videographer, journalist, and longtime contributor to Yale Climate Connections, Peter is an icon of the Michigan climate movement. For years he has worked t  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following testimony by Harvard Law Professor Nikolas Bowie from a May 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Court Packing: A Threat to the Supreme Court's Legitimacy": * * * Member Raskin, and Distinguished Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for inviting me to testify. My name is Nikolas Bowie. I am the Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law at Harvard Law Schoo  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on May 26, 2026, by Miles Yu, director and senior fellow of the China Center, to the Washington Times: * * * Ten China Falsehoods Exposed by the Trump-Xi Summit The May 2026 Trump-Xi summit revealed a dangerous temptation in American foreign policy: the desire to substitute comforting illusions for strategic clarity. But il  more

LONDON, England, May 26 (TNSrep) -- The International Bar Association Human Rights Institute issued the following news release: * * * IBAHRI publishes the report "Guatemala's democracy at a crossroads: challenges and opportunities in the 2026 judicial selection processes" The International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) welcomes the inauguration of the new Attorney General of the Republic of Guatemala and Head of the Public Ministry, Gabriel Estuardo Garcia Luna, carried ou  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Abortion Access and Economic Stability Are Inseparable Issues for Voters Heading Into 2026 Midterm Elections * Last week, NPR reported that voters are deeply concerned about the cost of living, affordability, and access to reproductive healthcare-issues that are increasingly shaping how they think about their lives, families, and fut  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 [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: * * * Let the States Regulate Gambling, Better Markets' Amicus Brief Details * Dominick Freda, Legal Director of Better Markets, issued the following statement on the filing of an amicus brief in support of Tennessee's authority to regulate Kalshi and other so-cal  more

NEW YORK, May 23 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary by legal policy fellow Jarrett Dieterle to Reason: * * * Abigail Spanberger Vetoes Mandatory Collective Bargaining, Defying Virginia Unions The surprising move saves taxpayers from a steep bill--for now. * Since a Democratic trifecta took control of Virginia's government in the 2025 election, two longtime progressive labor policy priorities have been front and center: repealing the state's right-to-wor  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 (TNSletter) -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following letter to Sixteen Thirty Fund: * * * Here is the text of the letter: May 14, 2026 Ms. Amy Kurtz President Sixteen Thirty Fund 1828 L St. NW Washington, DC 20036 Dear Ms. Kurtz: The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is exploring whether legislative reforms are necessary to uphold fundamental American civil liberties and protect   more

WASHINGTON, May 27 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Jesus Garcia, D-Illinois, with 19 co-signers issued the following letter to the U.S. Department of Defense: * * * Here is the text of the letter: May 13, 2026 The Honorable Pete Hegseth Secretary of Defense U.S. Department of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301 Secretary Hegseth, We are deeply concerned by reports of serious human rights violations and the bombing of what appear to have been civilian facilities during joint U.S.-Ecu  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New York, issued the following letter to the U.S. Department of Justice: * * * Here is the text of the letter: May 12, 2026 Todd Blanche Acting Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 Re: Concerns Regarding New York State Senate Bill S88A, Automatic Voter Registration for Medicaid Enrollees Dear Acting Attorney General Blanche, I write to bring to your attention potential elec  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 (TNSletter) -- Reps. Mike Lawler, R-New York, and Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following letter to seven AI executives: * * * Here is the text of the letter: May 13, 2026 Mr. Sam Altman Chief Executive Officer Open AI 3180 18th Street, Suite 100 San Francisco, CA 94110 * Mr. Sundar Pichai Chief Executive Officer Google LLC 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 * Mr. Satya Nadella Chief Executive Officer Microsoft 1 Microsoft Way Red  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 26, 2026: * * * Senator Blunt Rochester Investigates HHS Decision to Delay Review of Measles Elimination Status Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pension, today sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to request information on decision to reschedule the April meeting of the Pan Ame  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 [Category: Political] -- Giffords, an organization dedicated to saving lives from gun violence, posted the following news release: * * * TX-Sen: The gun lobby has lost its grip on Texas GIFFORDS, the national gun violence prevention organization founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, released a statement after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated incumbent Senator John Cornyn, securing the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. Last week, GIFFORDS r  more

NEW YORK, May 26 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * Voting Rights Groups Successfully Block Discriminatory Alabama Congressional Map * Today, the three-judge district court in Milligan v. Allen again blocked Alabama from using a 2023 congressional map that the court found was "tainted by intentional race-based discrimination." The order reinstates the court's remedial map with two Black opportunity districts, which Alabama u  more

NEW YORK, May 26 [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 Successfully Block Discriminatory Alabama Congressional Map * Today, the three-judge district court in Milligan v. Allen again blocked Alabama from using a 2023 congressional map that the court found was "tainted by i  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 26 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Southern Poverty Law Center posted the following news: * * * Voting Rights Groups Will Appeal Ruling on DeSantis' Partisan Map * TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Voting rights groups will challenge Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' overtly partisan congressional map all the way to the Florida Supreme Court, if necessary, after a circuit court judge declined to stop implementation of new districts in advance of the 2026 midterms. Common Cause, the League  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release on May 26, 2026: * * * Voting Rights Groups Will Appeal Ruling on DeSantis' Partisan Map TALLAHASSEE -- Voting rights groups will challenge Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' overtly partisan congressional map all the way to the Florida Supreme Court, if necessary, after a circuit court judge declined to stop implementation of new districts in advance of the 2026 midterms. The League of Wome  more