News Tipoffs - Rhode Island Editors
#HIVResists: May 2026 Monthly Policy Update
OAKLAND, California, May 29 -- Positive Women's Network-USA issued the following news:
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#HIVResists: May 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.
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How YOU Can Take Action Amidst Escalating Anti-Trans Attacks
The Trump Administration is relentless in its attacks on the rights, safety, and dignity of trans and gender diverse people. Starting his
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DHS Responds to Letter From Nine Secretaries of State, States "No Reason for ICE Personnel to Be Deployed to Polling Places"
DENVER, Colorado, May 27 -- The Colorado Secretary of State issued the following news release:
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DHS Responds to Letter from Nine Secretaries of State, states "no reason for ICE personnel to be deployed to polling places."
The Secretary of State's Office has received a letter from Todd M. Lyons, Acting ICE Director, in response to the March 9 letter from nine Secretaries of State that sought confirmation from Homeland Security Director Markwayne Mullin that immigration enforcement agents
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Legal Defense Fund Associate Director-Counsel Cox Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee (Part 1 of 2)
WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following written testimony by Todd A. Cox, associate director-counsel of the Legal Defense Fund, from a May 19, 2026, hearing entitled "Enforcing Callais: Implementing the Supreme Court's Command Against Racial Gerrymandering":
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I. INTRODUCTION
Chairman Schmitt, Ranking Member Welch, and members of the Committee:
My name is Todd A. Cox, and I am Associate Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund
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