WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46565) on Oct. 3, 2024, entitled "Federal Election Results: Frequently Asked Questions." The report is written by American national government specialists Sarah J. Eckman, R. Sam Garrett and Karen L. Shanton: * * * SUMMARY States, territories, and the District of Columbia (DC) administer federal elections. Each of these jurisdictions has its own process for counting votes and declaring elect  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following written testimony by Maya M. Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute, from a Sept. 17, 2024, hearing entitled "A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate Crimes in America": * * * Chairman Durbin, Ranking Member Graham, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today about hate crime in the United States, including since October 7, 2023, and the federal gove  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The National Endowment for the Humanities issued the following statement on Oct. 25, 2024, by Chair Shelly C. Lowe: * * * This morning President Biden issued a formal apology for the United States' 150-year-long system of federal Indian boarding schools, which forcibly separated Native children from their families with the purpose of severing their ties to their communities and cultural practices. At Gila Crossing Community School in Arizona's Gila River Indian Communit  more