WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Raskin, Beyer, Norton, Ivey Oppose Trump Administration's Rushed "Redevelopment" of Historic East Potomac Park * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL), Don Beyer (VA-08) and Glenn Ivey (MD-04), along with 43 of their colleagues, demanded transparency about the Trump Administration's new vanity project, the proposed redevelopment of East Potomac  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following letter to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John A. Squires: * * * Here is the text of the letter: July 20, 2026 The Honorable John A. Squires Director United States Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313 Dear Director Squires: I was pleased to read that you have abandoned your still baffling and legally dubious efforts   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Mfume, Smith form new Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Protection and Prevention Caucus in the House of Representatives * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, on the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, Reps. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced that they will be co-chairing the new, bipartisan Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Protection and Prevention Caucus in the U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNSletter) -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Permanent Investigations, issued the following letter to Manette Niu, a former medical officer at the Food and Drug Administration and an infectious disease specialist in Silver Spring, Maryland. * * * July 29, 2026 Manette Niu, M.D. Dear Dr. Niu: Pursuant to its authority under Senate Resolution 94 (119th Cong.), the Permanent Subcommittee on I  more