WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on March 16: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will tonight urge Muslim voters in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, and Ohio to turn out and vote in tomorrow's March 17 state primary elections. Tonight, CAIR is launching a 21,118-household targeted get-out-the-vote automated call campaign that urges more than 100,000 A  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- President Trump issued the following remarks on March 18 in a news briefing with Vice President Mike Pence and the members of the Coronavirus Task Force: THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. I would like to begin by announcing some important developments in our war against the Chinese virus. We'll be invoking the Defense Production Act, just in case we need it. In other words, I think you all know what it is, and it can do a lot of good things if we need it. And we will   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 21 -- Princeton University Press published the following book - "Steadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior" by Ismail K. White and Chryl N. Laird: Black Americans are by far the most unified racial group in American electoral politics, with 80 to 90 percent identifying as Democrats--a surprising figure given that nearly a third now also identify as ideologically conservative, up from less than 10 percent in the 1970s. Why has ideological   more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 18 -- The Campaign Legal Center issued the following news release on March 17: A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit heard oral arguments in a case that puts at risk voter-approved reforms designed to end gerrymandering in Michigan, which could impact independent redistricting commissions across the country. In the consolidated cases of Daunt v. Benson and Michigan Republican Party v. Benson, the plaintiffs are challenging the constitutionality of a   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 20 -- The University of Pennsylvania issued the following news: * * * - Political science professor Marc Meredith shares his thoughts with Penn Today on what the coronavirus pandemic could mean for primaries, traditional campaigning activities, and voter turnout. * * * How will the new coronavirus and social distancing efforts affect the upcoming presidential primaries and the general election? Political science professor Marc Meredith shares his thoughts wi  more