WASHINGTON, July 14 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following letter to FBI Director Kashyap Patel: * * * Here is the text of the letter: July 8, 2026 The Honorable Kashyap Patel Director Federal Bureau of Investigation 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20535 Dear Director Patel: We write in light of the growing numb  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 (TNSletter) -- Reps. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, ranking member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, issued the following letter to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts: * * * Here is the text of the letter: July 7, 2026 The Honorable Robert J. Conrad, Jr. Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Thurgoo  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Statement from Congressman Ivey in Support of Prince George's County Lawsuit Against USDA Closure of BARC * Today, Prince George's County joined a coalition of labor unions, nonprofit organizations, and other cities and counties in filing a lawsuit to block the USDA and the Trump Administration's efforts to decommission the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) and force mass staff departur  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Statement on Passing of Senator Lindsey Graham * Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the passing of South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham. "I'm deeply saddened by Senator Lindsey Graham's sudden passing. While Lindsey and I disagreed on many, many things, we always had an open line of communication and honest conversation. Whenever possi  more