WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Blanche Confirmation Vote, Reed Reminds U.S. Senate That Blanche is Still Covering Up Epstein Files, Concealing Facts, & Not Complying with the Law * WASHINGTON, DC - Ahead of the final confirmation vote on acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to become the next U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is reminding lawmakers that Mr. Blanche continues to cover up the Epstein Fi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Blanche Confirmation Vote, Reed Reminds U.S. Senate That Blanche is Still Not Complying with the Epstein Files Law * WASHINGTON, DC - Ahead of the final confirmation vote on acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to become the next U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is reminding lawmakers that Mr. Blanche appears to be out of compliance with the law requiring full release of the E  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following commentary on Aug. 7, 2026, by Rachel Jacobson, lead researcher of state climate policy on the State Fiscal Policy Team: * * * States Began Scaling Back Expensive Subsidies for Data Centers in This Year's Legislative Sessions, But More Work Is Needed Economic development shouldn't compromise a state's ability to collect revenue for essential services. In this year's state legislative sessions, some states so  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement on Aug. 7, 2026, by Chairman Brendan Carr: * * * Re: Promoting Telehealth in Rural America, WC Docket No. 17-310, Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order (August 6, 2026). If you drive about two hours north of El Paso, Texas, you will find the Mescalero Apache Reservation, which spreads out along the eastern slopes of New Mexico's Sacramento Mountains. When I visited, I had the chance to   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy, Coons bipartisan bill to improve federal court efficiency passes U.S. Senate * WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced that the U.S. Senate passed his bipartisan Diversity Jurisdiction Inflation Adjustment Act, which he introduced with Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) to update the dollar threshold for certain state-law lawsuits between partie  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 10 -- The National Taxpayers Union issued the following brief on June 17, 2026, by Aswin Prabhakar entitled "Ohio's Blueprint: How Market-Oriented Energy Reform Can Help States Win the AI Race." Here are excerpts: * * * I. Introduction As the global race for artificial intelligence (AI) hastens, data centers are driving unprecedented demand growth for electric power. Projections show data centers consuming nearly 10% of total U.S. electricity by 2030, a near fourfo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, with 110 co-signers issued the following letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security: * * * Here is the text of the letter: July 15, 2026 The Honorable Markwayne Mullin Secretary of Homeland Security U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2707 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE Washington, DC 20528 Dear Secretary Mullin, We urge you to shut down the Dilley Immigration Processing Center. There is no humane way to imprison   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media released the following written testimony by Asad Ramzanali, director of artificial intelligence and technology policy at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator, Nashville, Tennessee, from a July 30, 2026, hearing entitled "Intelligent Networks: Powering Artificial Intelligence and Transforming Communications": * * * Chairs Fischer and Cruz, Ranking Members Lujan and Cantwell, and membe  more