CHICAGO, Illinois, July 24 -- The AIDS Foundation of Chicago issued the following commentary on July 23, 2024: * * * Correcting the Record: Gaetan Dugas, Stigma, and the Patient Zero Narrative By Emilio Davis, Policy Communications Specialist We all recall the first case of COVID-19 reported in the US in late January 2020, and the first waves of lockdowns beginning in mid-March of that year; the pandemic's destruction of our sense of normalcy was so rapid it felt instantaneous. In one moment, COVID-19 was a back-page news story about a new  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news release: With tensions rising in the South China Sea and the Indo-Pacific region playing an increasingly important role in global trade and security, The Ripon Society and Franklin Center for Global Policy Exchange hosted a breakfast discussion yesterday morning focused on the alliance between the United States and Japan and why this alliance will be so critical in the years ahead. The discussion featured three leaders who are actively working to shape and strengthen the relat more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: This week, anti-abortion extremist and Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance has come under fire for bizarre, sexist comments about Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats, calling women who haven't given birth "a bunch of childless cat ladies" who shouldn't be in politics because they "don't have a direct stake" in America. Brandon Williams' extreme Republican party recently celebrated Donald Trump pic more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: This week, anti-abortion extremist and Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance has come under fire for bizarre, sexist comments about Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats, calling women who haven't given birth "a bunch of childless cat ladies" who shouldn't be in politics because they "don't have a direct stake" in America. George Logan's extreme Republican party recently celebrated Donald Trump pickin more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: This week, anti-abortion extremist and Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance has come under fire for bizarre, sexist comments about Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats, calling women who haven't given birth "a bunch of childless cat ladies" who shouldn't be in politics because they "don't have a direct stake" in America. Marc Molinaro's extreme Republican Party recently celebrated Donald Trump picki more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: This week, anti-abortion extremist and Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance has come under fire for bizarre, sexist comments about Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats, calling women who haven't given birth "a bunch of childless cat ladies" who shouldn't be in politics because they "don't have a direct stake" in America. Nick LaLota's extreme Republican Party recently celebrated Donald Trump picking more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: Even before Democrats broke 24-hour fundraising records this week, Rudy Salas not only outraised David Valadao once again, but dwarfed the vulnerable incumbent's fundraising in the second quarter of 2024 - bringing in $1.3 million from more than 12,000 unique donors, compared to Valadao's $615,154. Salas now enters the closing months of the campaign with more than $1.74 million cash on hand - nearly matching the incumbent' more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As anti-choice extremist JD Vance desperately tries to cover for the Trump-Vance ticket's anti-choice, anti-freedom agenda, DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: "Donald Trump said himself there's a 'vital role for the federal government' in banning abortion, and then proudly chose JD Vance as his running mate a man who has repeatedly supported national abortion bans and even admitted he wants abortion to be 'illegal nationally. more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-585) in explanation of the accompanying bill (H.R. 9029) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health And Human Services, and Education and related agencies for the fiscal ending Sept. 30, 2025. The report was advanced by Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Alabama, on July 12, 2024. * * * (Continued from Part 17 of 18) MINORITY VIEWS This bill continues the Republican Party's full-scale assault on public education, abandons ongoing health crises, and el more ST

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Here's a recap of what Republicans achieved on the House Floor this week: Condemning Border Czar Harris' Refusal to Secure the Border Under President Biden and Border Czar Vice President Harris, more than 7.9 million illegal immigrants have been caught attempting to enter the U.S., including 372 people on the terrorist watchlist - that we know of. And these migrants aren't just coming from South America: individuals from over 16 more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 26 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * In addition to potentially being a felon, Matt DePerno currently faces charges that could strip him of his law license -- and ability to serve on the state Supreme Court * * * In case you missed it, yesterday, Bridge Michigan reported that MAGA extremist, election denier, alleged felon, and state Supreme Court candidate Matt DePerno might soon add another descriptor to that long list -- disbarred. The Michigan Attorney Griev more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) joined U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) and 11 of their Senate GOP colleagues in a press conference to hold Vice President Kamala Harris and Congressional Democrats accountable for their refusal to stand with Israel and attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress. In his remarks, Mullin expressed his outrage for the Biden administration's absence today and emphasized the United States' commit more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The American Federation of Teachers issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: * * * The AFT Has Added More than 80,000 Members in the Last Two Years amid a Revival of Labor Activism across the Nation * * * HOUSTON--AFT President Randi Weingarten, addressing more than 3,500 delegates at the union's 88th biennial convention Monday, laid out an expansive election-year vision for American progress, freedom and democracy during unprecedented political times. And she announced that the AFT's membership had topped  more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 27 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, issued the following news: A leading media advocacy organization that launched a national ad campaign on the dangers of Project 2025 is FFRF Action Fund's "Secularist of the Week" while the Republican vice presidential nominee has earned our "Theocrat of the Week" epithet. Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, underscores ex more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Ahead of anti-choice extremist JD Vance's rally in Virginia today, DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: "Virginians rejected MAGA Republicans' attacks on reproductive freedoms last year and have zero interest in JD Vance's record of saying he wants abortion to be 'illegal nationally,' suggesting he was open to banning women from traveling out of state to get reproductive care, and attacking exceptions for survivors of rape and  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As JD Vance continues to push his anti-choice extremism that includes saying "two wrongs don't make a right" when asked about abortion ban exceptions for rape and incest, DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: "JD Vance's dangerous and horrifyingly out-of-touch anti-choice extremism includes shamefully attacking abortion ban exceptions for rape or incest, saying 'two wrongs don't make a right.' Vance who wants abortion to be 'ill more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As JD Vance continues to push his anti-choice extremism that includes comparing abortion to slavery, DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: "JD Vance is an anti-choice MAGA extremist who wants to help Donald Trump make abortion 'illegal nationally' because he thinks abortion is 'comparable' to slavery. Vance who has criticized exceptions for rape and incest and voted to block legislation to codify abortion access protections is f more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As JD Vance continues to push his anti-choice extremism that includes attacking exceptions for rape and incest and calling those circumstances "inconvenient," DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: "JD Vance wants to make abortion 'illegal nationally' and has railed against exceptions for rape and incest circumstances he's downplayed as 'inconvenient.' While women across the country suffer under Trump's draconian abortion bans ma more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As JD Vance continues to push his anti-choice extremism that includes saying he "would like abortion to be illegal nationally," DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: "JD Vance owns his cruel anti-choice record, including his desire for abortion to be 'illegal nationally.' Vance has attacked exceptions for rape and incest, voted against protecting IVF, and is now running on a ticket that will enact Trump's extreme Project 2025 pl more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As JD Vance continues to push his anti-choice extremism that includes pushing the Justice Department to restrict access to medication abortion, DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: "After pushing the Department of Justice to crack down on medication abortion access and prosecute doctors with his fellow anti-choice MAGA extremists, JD Vance is now running with Trump to enact a dangerous Project 2025 agenda that would ban abortio more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 22 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following statement on July 21, 2024: * * * "Today's announcement is an acknowledgment of what the American people already knew: Joe Biden is not capable of being President. It also exposes the craven political expediency of the Democrat Party. They have no message, nothing to offer voters, and have benched Joe Biden solely to keep political power. As we saw at the RNC, President Trump and Senator JD Vance lead a united Republican Party that will deliver for t more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 22 -- The New Jersey Democratic State Committee issued the following statement on July 21, 2024: * * * NJDSC Chair LeRoy J. Jones Jr., is releasing the following statement: I've maintained from the outset that I believe President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. has done historically tremendous work serving as our President these last four years. President Biden's decision to step back and allow for the selection of a new candidate to represent the Democratic Party against Donald Trump is just the latest example of what it loo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), and Congressman Nick Langworthy (R-N.Y.) to highlight how Democrat party bosses swapped one failed candidate for another with their anointment of Kamala Harris. Leader Scalise discussed how the Biden-Harris administration has failed at every turn with the worst border c more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), and Congressman Nick Langworthy (R-N.Y.) to highlight how Democrat party bosses swapped one failed candidate for another with their anointment of Kamala Harris. Leader Scalise discussed how the Biden-Harris administration has failed at every turn more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: JD Vance Had a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week We hope Donald Trump kept the receipt JD Vance has turned out to be a worse number two than even we could've imagined. He's breaking polling records in the worst way possible and making history as the "least-liked vice-presidential candidate" in over forty years. Vance has left Trump and the GOP flailing, and MAGA Republicans in the House are openly slamming Vance as "the worst choice of all the more PR

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, July 26 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: A column by Nevada Current editor Hugh Jackson slammed MAGA extremist Sam Brown for canceling a visit to Elko so he could go rub elbows with Donald Trump and Big Tech billionaires at a BitCoin conference in Nashville. According to Jackson, Brown seems more interested in the "star-studded lineup" of the national conference than Elko County voters. * * * Read more about Brown blowing off rural Nevada voters below: Nevada Current (OPINION): Sam Brown  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on July 21, 2024: This morning, Speaker Johnson joined State of the Union on CNN and This Week on ABC News to discuss the Democrat Party's anti-democratic effort to remove President Biden from the ballot and the forthcoming bipartisan House task force investigation into the security failures that led to the attempted assassination of President Trump. Below are excerpts from the interview: On the bipartisan investigation into Secret Serv more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Here's what to watch for on the House Floor today: Establishing a Task Force on the Trump Assassination Attempt On July 13, 2024, the nation watched in horror as a gunman attempted to assassinate the Republican Party's nominee for president, President Donald Trump. Thanks to the grace of God, President Trump narrowly escaped death, but sustained a bullet wound on the side of his head as a result of the attack. Unfortunately, a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The National Archives and Records Administration issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan announced today Dr. Todd Arrington's appointment as the new Director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, KS, effective August 26, 2024. Dr. Arrington will oversee the planning, direction, and administration of all Library programs and activities. "Todd Arrington's dedication to historic preservation and public engagement is unparalleled more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Today, the DNC hosted a press call featuring top union leaders to hold Donald Trump and JD Vance accountable for their anti-worker policies and previewing what a second Trump term would mean for workers' rights. The call featured Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-PA), SEIU President April Verrett, RWDSU President and Executive Vice President of UFCW Stuart Appelbaum, Arizona Democratic Party Chair Yolanda Bejarano and Michigan AFL-CIO President Ron Bieber wh more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 26 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * VCU political science professors offer insight into how the Biden-Harris developments this week have reshaped the election landscape. * * * By Amelia Heymann President Joe Biden's recent decision to step down as the Democratic nominee in the 2024 election, with Vice President Kamala Harris now set to replace him, has reshaped the presidential race. VCU News connected with several professors from Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on July 22, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the below statement following President Biden's decision to pull out of the presidential race: "Today's stunning announcement by President Biden that he is withdrawing from the presidential race is an admission that he cannot win re-election and that in the Democratic Party the will of the political elite is more important than the votes of ordinary Americans. "President Biden won the Democrat more PR