WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The American Federation of Teachers issued the following statement by President Randi Weingarten on the ruling in the Texas vs. U.S. Affordable Care Act case: "While this ruling will not pose an immediate change for the Affordable Care Act, it does present a major threat to the tens of millions of Americans who currently rely on the law for healthcare. "If the court ultimately rules that the individual mandate cannot be 'severed' from the other provisions of the Affordab  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: Congressman Doug Lamborn announced the following staff changes in his Washington D.C. and Colorado Springs offices: District Director: Joshua Hosler Joshua Hosler has joined the Colorado Springs office as the District Director for Congressman Doug Lamborn. A native of Jefferson, Ohio, Joshua served in the United States Marine Corps from 2007-2011 with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines based out of Kane'ohe, Hawa  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 24 -- One Wisconsin Now, a liberal issue advocacy organization that focuses on advancing progressive leadership and values, issued the following news release: * * * - Right-Wing Purge Push Comes as Top Trump Campaign Aide Vows Unprecedented Anti-Voter Effort * * * The communities with the largest numbers of voters targeted in a right-wing instigated voter roll purge also delivered big vote margins for Democrats in 2016, according to data from the Wisconsin Elections   more

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec. 22 -- President Trump issued the following remarks at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit at the Palm Beach County Convention Center: THE PRESIDENT: You know, I don't know if you know it or not: He's got like 39 million people listening. He's been -- from day one, he's been so incredible. Good times, bad times, he doesn't waver because he's tough as hell. He makes like -- they tell me he makes like $50 million a year. And it may be -- that may be on the lo  more

PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec. 25 -- President Trump issued the following remarks at a video teleconference with members of the military at the Mar-a-Lago: THE PRESIDENT: We're in Florida right now, speaking to you through this technological advance that's been made -- that's been incredible, what they've been able to do over the last number of years. Incredible. We'll be talking to you in a little while, and you'll be asking me some questions. We have a lot of the media right here -- our friends f  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 24 -- California Secretary of State Alex Padilla issued the following news release: The Secretary of State's office sent a an email to No Party Preference voters statewide reminding them of the presidential primary rules and their options for requesting a ballot with presidential candidates. The email was sent to over 1.7 million No Party Preference voters who provided an email when registering to vote. All California county elections offices are mailing postcards   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 23 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel released a video of Supreme Court candidate Jill Karofsky promising to be a social justice warrior if elected to Wisconsin's Supreme Court. The Journal Sentinel also revealed how Karofsky's actions match her words, and that her social justice warriorism recently led her to let a hardened criminal off easy in Dane County Court--an act that had disastrous consequences. In 2018,  more