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By Robert P. George Published October 14, 2026 Robert P. George is the McCormick professor of jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. More than 170,000 solid organ transplants are performed each year,…

Press release Christopher H. Smith — press releases · 2 weeks ago

ARKANSAS — October 14, 2026… Today, House Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chairman Steve Womack (AR-3) announced that the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) is set to receive a $23 million grant…

Press release Steve Womack — press releases · 2 weeks ago

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to add new legal protections for defendants accused of providing drugs that caused a deadly overdose. The decision from the state’s highest court addressed a frequent criticism of overdose death prosecutions in Pennsylvania:…

News Spotlight PA · 2 weeks ago

Virginia Tech’s Board of Visitors has selected Dr. Richard Linton as the next president of Virginia Tech. In response to this news, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: “As the Congressman for Virginia’s Ninth District with family ties to…

Press release H. Morgan Griffith — press releases · 2 weeks ago

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and state Sen. Christine Drazan, R-Canby, spent their final televised debate for the 2026 Oregon gubernatorial race tussling over who could best spur economic growth, housing and development in the state with a focus on Oregonians outside of Portland.

News Oregon Capital Chronicle · 2 weeks ago

Democratic U.S. Sen Jon Ossoff and Republican Congressman Mike Collins met face to face on the debate stage Tuesday for their second and likely final confrontation before the Nov. 3 midterm elections. The two candidates for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat clashed over issues including…

News Georgia Recorder · 2 weeks ago

I’m leading 12 of my colleagues demanding that Trump rescind the disastrous Russian diesel deal. It betrays American security interests & brave Ukrainians fighting Putin's bloody slaughter.

Video Richard Blumenthal on YouTube · 2 weeks ago

The bedroom community made famous during former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s 2008 vice presidential run took center stage on Monday in the national fight for control of Congress. President Donald Trump came to Wasilla to campaign for U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, a Republican facing a…

News Alaska Beacon · 2 weeks ago

Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams said she would no longer recommend closing any schools next school year, less than a month after first proposing closures. Board Chair Collin Beachy said that he would not allow any resolutions to close schools for the…

News Minnesota Reformer · 2 weeks ago

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S. Department of Energy plans to send $250 million to the Tennessee Valley Authority for grid upgrades that federal and TVA officials said Tuesday will lower power costs and ease congestion, though they did not say by how much. The money will help fund 84…

News Tennessee Lookout · 2 weeks ago

Times columnists comment in real time on the Los Angeles mayoral debate between Karen Bass and Nithya Raman.

News Los Angeles Times Politics · 2 weeks ago

In the course of a single election cycle, the backlash against data centers has grown from an issue at local planning commission and city council meetings to become a flashpoint in state and federal races across the country. Candidates who once touted data centers as an…

News Alaska Beacon · 2 weeks ago

Video Jim Costa on YouTube · 2 weeks ago

Prosecutors say Matthew Alder fired a "reckless shot." His defense attorneys say what happened was a tragedy, but not a crime.

News Utah News Dispatch · 2 weeks ago

The polls are officially open for the midterm elections, and Georgia voters are ready. Nearly 189,000 people cast their ballots during the first day of early voting, surpassing the first day voter turnout during the 2022 midterms by over 50,000 votes. Tuesday’s turnout also set a…

News Georgia Recorder · 2 weeks ago

The history is clear, especially in more modern times. If a sitting U.S. president visits Alaska, it tends to mean a quick few hours in Anchorage, with as much refueling as anything else. Donald Trump in 2019 and 2025. Joe Biden three times from 2022 to 2023. George W. Bush in…

News Alaska Beacon · 2 weeks ago

For Alaskan voters this election, we may not have a candidate we love in every race, but we do have candidates who are much better poised to improve our lives in concrete ways. For families in Alaska, our biggest expense after our mortgage or rent is childcare. This recent…

News Alaska Beacon · 2 weeks ago

Press release Richard J. Durbin — press releases · 2 weeks ago

As the nation’s physician shortage worsens, some fear the Trump administration’s immigration policies will dissuade or prevent doctors who earned their medical degrees in foreign countries from practicing in the United States. Among all U.S. doctors, an estimated one quarter were…

News Georgia Recorder · 2 weeks ago

With days to go until early voting begins in one of the tightest gubernatorial races in the nation, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, a Democrat, is suggesting that his opponent, Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo’s decisions are dictated by campaign contributors rather than policy…

News Nevada Current · 2 weeks ago

More than 80% of the wildfires that the Idaho Department of Lands has responded to this year have been caused by humans, Director Dustin Miller told an interim committee of Idaho legislators Tuesday. “This staggering figure just underscores the importance of not only a robust…

News Washington State Standard · 2 weeks ago

Gov. Tina Kotek ordered the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to pause air and water pollution permits until July 1, 2027.

News Oregon Capital Chronicle · 2 weeks ago

Three weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration’s sprawling project to send sensitive personal information on millions of voters to the Department of Homeland Security has been declared illegal by a federal judge. The blistering court decision comes after the Department…

News Tennessee Lookout · 2 weeks ago

Parents of children harmed by social media and artificial intelligence chatbots called for Colorado to pass stronger protections into law next year, while standing beside the Democrat who could become the state’s next governor. “When I hear from people that they know young people…

News Colorado Newsline · 2 weeks ago

Emigration Canyon residents recently found surveyors for the oil company HF Sinclair poking around their yards. Sinclair wants to lay a new 12-inch gasoline pipeline through the canyon and foothills of Salt Lake City carrying up to 4 million gallons a day of gasoline and…

News Utah News Dispatch · 2 weeks ago

The director of the Clean Elections Commission told the Arizona Supreme Court that two Green Party candidates being investigated for campaign finance fraud are working to “recklessly vilify public servants” through their lawsuit against the commission. “Snide soundbites,…

News Arizona Mirror · 2 weeks ago

***PHOTOS HERE*** Ridgefield, WA – U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, toured the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge’s new Community Nature Center, which officially opened in May. The Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge has over…

Press release Patty Murray — press releases · 2 weeks ago

Federal agents on Monday searched the Washington-area home of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota and member of the “Squad” who has been a frequent critic — and target — of Republican President Donald Trump. The Department of Justice confirmed to news organizations…

News The 19th · 2 weeks ago

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and state Sen. John Braun sought to portray each other as beholden to outside interests in their final debate ahead of the election.

News Seattle Times Politics · 2 weeks ago

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Pennsylvania’s free newsletter here.What happened?The Department of Justice announced Monday that four Pennsylvania residents had been charged…

News Votebeat · 2 weeks ago