COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Aug. 21 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson defends parental rights at SCOTUS * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that he is co-leading a friend-of-the-court brief to the U.S. Supreme Court defending the right of parents to send their children to private school without giving up access to generally available public benefits. The States that filed the brief have al  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM Increases Grazing Flexibility in Louse Canyon * VALE, Ore. -The Bureau of Land Management is providing ranchers greater flexibility in how they manage their operations and extending the grazing season to better support long-term rangeland health by issuing three proposed grazing decisions that renew permits across half a million acres in southeast Oregon. "Health  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM Invites Additional Public Feedback for December 2026 Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Utah * SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public comment period to receive public input on plans to include 43 oil and gas parcels totaling 74,550 acres in Utah in a December 2026 sale. The comment period ends September 21, 2026. The BLM completed scop  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * FACT SHEET: Republican Senate Candidates' Corruption Takes Center Stage in Battleground Races GOP Senate candidates are facing scrutiny over extensive lobbying ties and corporate conflicts, mired in corruption and ethics scandals, and caught red-handed in self-dealing Across key Senate battleground states, GOP Senate candidates have a corruption problem - with records chock-full of et  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DSCC FRIDAY TAKEAWAYS: Get Out of My Swamp, Sullivan is Ruined in Alaska, Crumbling Little Bigot Mike Collins, and All-Inclusive Ashley TGIF. Welcome back to Friday Takeaways from the DSCC - your weekly update from the DSCC Press Team on what you need to know across the Senate battlegrounds. There are 74 days until the midterms. DROP US A LINE: press@dscc.org. GET OUT OF MY SWAMP! Dam  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 21 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Dunleavy and Alaska's Congressional Delegation Welcome Trump Administration's Historic Investment in Rural Ferry Program * Aug. 21, 2026 (Anchorage, AK) - Today Governor Mike Dunleavy announced that the Trump Administration has awarded more than $410 million to support the Alaska Marine Highway System with key resources targeted for rural Southeast Alaska. The Alaska Department of Tran  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * HHS Welcomes Mark Cruz as 12th Director of the Indian Health Service * The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that the U.S. Senate has confirmed, and President Donald Trump signed the Commission for, Mark Cruz, a citizen of the Klamath Tribes, to serve a four-year term as director of the Indian Health Service (IHS). Cruz becomes the federal agency's  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 [Category: Environment] -- The Wilderness Society posted the following news release: * * * NCAI and TWS condemn the administration's proposal to rescind the Roadless Rule * WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 21, 2026) -The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and The Wilderness Society condemn the administration's proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule in its entirety, which protects about 45 million acres of national forest land, including areas withi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: "GOP's Senate Map Gets Shakier" as IA and TX Races Shift Toward Dems - Creating "Multiple Paths" to the Senate Majority Cook Political Report's Jessica Taylor on CNN: "Democrats have increasingly expanded the competitive battlefield and are putting Republicans on the defensive in more states in double-digit Trump states that really should not be competitive" MS NO  more