WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by William H. Kirkland III, assistant secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, from a May 20, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Chairman Murkowski, Vice Chairman Schatz, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the President's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget request for Indian Affairs. I appreciate the Committee's continued leadership and longstanding co  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * COURT REVERSES UNLAWFUL RENAMING AND HALTS SHUTDOWN OF KENNEDY CENTER, REAFFIRMING THE RULE OF LAW * WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper issued a ruling reversing the unlawful renaming and halting the planned closure of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The court's ruling permanently halts the unlawful effort to rename the Kennedy Center after President Donald Tr  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Clayton Fulton, chief of staff of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service, from a May 20, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Good afternoon, Chair Murkowski, Vice Chair Schatz, and Members of the Committee. Thank you for your support and for inviting me to speak with you about the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget Request for the Indian Health   more

WASHINGTON, May 31 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT FOLLOWING DELANEY HALL OVERSIGHT VISIT * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement after conducting an oversight visit this morning at ICE's Delaney Hall detention facility alongside New Jersey Reps. Rob Menendez, LaMonica McIver and Josh Gottheimer. The conditions of confinement we witnessed firsthand and discu  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT FOLLOWING DELANEY HALL OVERSIGHT VISIT * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement after conducting an oversight visit this morning at ICE's Delaney Hall detention facility alongside New Jersey Reps. Rob Menendez, LaMonica McIver and Josh Gottheimer. The conditions of confinement we witnessed firsthand and discussed with approximately tw  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Cantwell, Colleagues Raise Major Alarms Over Foreign Government Influence in American News Media if FCC Greenlights Paramount-Warner Brothers Investment Deal * Paramount's financing scheme needs FCC approval so Saudi Arabia, UAE & Qatar can own significant stakes in its television stations Foreign governments hostile to a free press could exert extraordinary influence over CNN, CBS News,  more