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Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 210,000 illegal aliens at the southern border last month, according to preliminary numbers obtained by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). The numbers, first reported by The Washington Times,...

Top climate experts from RTI International, a nonprofit research institute and leading international development organization, will contribute to climate action at the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention...

The past week during which four foreign leaders from countries with different political systems and economic development paths visited Beijing attracted the world's attention, as it was a diplomacy-themed week after the Chinese top leadership laid...

In August 2022 Dr. Griffin announced her candidacy for the US Senate in the attached video, scottiegriffin7.net, and disseminated it extensively to the public via a variety of organizations and social media platforms including Face Book, Twitter,...

The following is a statement from Lynne Ryan, Lawrence County Republican Committee Chairwoman: Lawrence County is composed of hardworking Pennsylvanians who are currently struggling. We're struggling to make ends meet. Struggling to attain a better...

With days until our mid-term elections, new research from Benenson Strategy Group, a strategic research consultancy, reveals that only 59% of voters agree that the United States is a strong democracy, including 66% of Democrats, 55% of Republicans,...

Today marks 20 years for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the U.S. Department of Education's independent and nonpartisan statistics, research, and evaluation arm. Since 2002, the organization has transformed education science through...

Members of the Surgical Care Coalition commend efforts by a bipartisan group of over 40 U.S. Senators, led by Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and John Barrasso, MD (R-Wyo.), who are working to prevent Medicare cuts by the end of the year. The 46...

The League for Law Enforcement, a political organization founded by retired law-enforcement officers, veterans of the US military, and attorneys to fight to protect the rights of America's law enforcement officers, is endorsing a number of top...

The 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule released today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) confirms the nearly 4.5 percent cut to surgeons and anesthesiologists, harming patient access to needed surgical care, the...

A new national study from nonpartisan group The Common Good in association with Emerson College Polling conducted October 8-11, finds the country dangerously divided with a third of Americans now believing that political violence is at least...

To expand access to safe, high-quality anesthesia services to veterans, Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-D) along with 12 Congressional colleagues requested that Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) be granted full practice authority permanently...

"With an anticipated divided government, it will be new territory for job seekers and employers in Washington," says Chris Jones, President of PoliTemps, the nation's premier non-partisan political staffing agency. Jones...

With one of the world's most comprehensive and detailed climate plans, a wealth of natural resources and a skilled workforce, Canada is establishing itself as a global supplier of choice for clean energy in a net-zero world. Governments worldwide are...

With the midterm elections now less than two weeks away, voters are being deluged by campaign ads and candidate debates, lawn signs and robocalls. But after the campaigns end and the last ballot is cast, how much will it matter? When it comes right...

This week, the Council for Innovation Promotion, a bipartisan coalition dedicated to promoting strong and effective intellectual property rights, launched its first major advertising campaign to highlight the important role Members of Congress play...

The Federation for American Immigration Reform issued the following statement, as well as a deeper dive into FY 2022 border numbers, based on data quietly released late Friday night by the Biden administration:...

As midterm election campaigns enter their crucial final days, The Paley Center for Media convenes esteemed journalists, scholars, and news producers to explore how the media are covering the midterm elections during a time when most Americans are...

Invisible Fence® Brand hosted its fourth annual nationwide From Shelter to Forever Home Donation Contest. The mission of this contest was to bring awareness to lost pets. The contest kicked off on July first, in honor of National Lost Pet Prevention...

The Digital LTL Council of the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) has announced the establishment of a new standard for Electronic Bills of Lading (eBOL). The standard is part of the Digital LTL Council's crucial efforts to advance...

A majority of voters (57%) say the government should not make abortion a crime, punishable with prison time or fines. This includes seven-in-ten Democrats and nearly two-thirds of independents. Among Republicans, 77% oppose criminalization before...

The report delivered by Xi Jinping on Sunday at the opening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing came at a pivotal point with China embarking on a new journey to build a modern socialist country in all...

Life After Hate, the first organization founded to help people leave the violent far-right, connect with humanity, and lead compassionate lives, released a white paper revealing the alarming mental health realities facing those who exit violent...

In the current world increasingly perplexed by uncertainty, division and confrontation, the great striving of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is of significance not only for China, but also for the entire world more than ever. China, under the...

ENTEK has been selected as part of the first set of projects funded by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles and the electrical grid and for materials and components...

For a world that is navigating its way through the fogs of escalating geopolitical tensions, runaway inflation, a raging COVID-19 pandemic, and potentially ruinous recession, the monumental convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist...

The Harvard Business Review (HBR) has lately made quite a splash in updating the playbook for winning in the Chinese market, awakening Western multinationals in an opinion piece last week to an often overlooked role of China's huge rural market in...

Florida Congresswoman Kat Cammack told nationally-syndicated talk show host Mark Kaye that she believes the impeachment of President Joe Biden is on the table after November, but the impeachment of Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is almost certain....

Today, the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, met with G7 Gender Equality Ministers over a two-day session to discuss gender equality policies, and support for women in self-employment and entrepreneurship....

Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) and LA Trade Tech College (LATTC) leaders joined Assemblymember Miguel Santiago to highlight recent projects ? both completed and underway that were only possible through BuildLACCD's building program....

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to streamline regulations across our supply chains to make it easier to ship goods to Canadians on time. Today, the Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, announced how the Government of Canada...

WHO: San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria Kevin Blackburn, Federal Home Loan Bank of San FranciscoMartha Mosier, Berkshire HathawayEric Johnson, CALHFADarren Huston, NAREBOther experts WHAT: In his speech, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria will discuss his Housing...

Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to release 64,716 additional H-2B for the fiscal year 2023, with 20,000 of these visas set aside for workers from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Haiti. The H-2B Workforce Coalition...

Market shift under way as mild recession and higher interest rates cut into housing demand. Existing, single-family home sales are forecast to total 333,450 units in 2023, a decline of 7.2 percent from 2022's projected pace of 359,220.California's...

Mr. Vince Couch announces the release of the website www.myvoterscore.com. Mr. Couch, a high school physics teacher and father, believes strongly that the current state of the country (not good) is due simply to ignorant voters. The website provides...

Many college graduates are looking forward to President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, expected to go live this week. This forgiveness is intended to lessen the burden of their financial debt. But while the wait may be agonizing for some...

A new poll by John Zogby Strategies showed that 47% of Democrats want President Biden as their nominee in 2024, 23% do not, and 30% are undecided. Previous polls had showed that a majority of Democrats did not want the President to run again. In...

Rural Investment to Protect our Environment (RIPE), a producer-led organization advancing RIPE100 ? a conservation program that would pay producers $100 per acre or animal unit for stewardship, offering equitable payments above costs associated with...

Consumer Watchdog today applauded Governor Newsom for calling a special session of the legislature to deal with price gouging at the gas pump and endorsing a windfall profits tax....

The following statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), in response to Wednesday's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit declaring the Obama-era Deferred Action for...

DENSO, a leading mobility supplier, has hired Jared Eichhorn as a senior manager and government affairs lead in Washington D.C. In...

Roots Food Group, a mission-driven technology, healthcare and food company that believes in creating healthy outcomes through 'Food Is Medicine',  announced today its unwavering support and commitment to the historic White House Conference on Hunger,...

True the Vote is honored to have played a small role in what must have been a wide ranging and complex investigation. The organization is profoundly grateful to the Los Angeles District Attorney's office for their thorough work and rapid action in...

The members of the Surgical Care Coalition joined more than 100 medical organizations representing more than one million health care professionals in signing a letter supporting H.R. 8800, the Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2022. Sponsored by...

The New York City Regional Center ("NYCRC") is pleased to announce the full repayment of another loan in its private placement EB-5 offerings. This repayment brings the total amount of EB-5 loan proceeds repaid to $852,500,000. ...

Former United States Senate candidate, businessman, and Oklahoma based faith leader Jackson Lahmeyer is starting a podcast called "Unfiltered" this week to address the most...

On the heels of Climate Week NYC 2022, Climate Advocate and Zoetic Global Chairman Jerome Ringo convened members of the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), dignitaries from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and leading Green...

In an exciting development, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the FDA Modernization Act 2.0, S.5002, a bill that was reintroduced yesterday by Senators Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., who co-sponsored the original bill (S.2952). This...

CHIRLA in partnership with dozens of immigrant rights organizations locally, including CARECEN-LA, Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California, and national organizations boosts mobilization efforts to urge Congress for bipartisan support...

Eighteen retired military personnel from the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps sent a letter to President Biden urging him to increase support for domestic energy development today. The former military leaders express the importance of...