STRIPES (Rose Thayer) - New military spouse commission accepts comment submissions | Stars and Stripes
The submission form on the White House website allows for comments within about 700 words.
JUSTTHENEWS (Greg Piper) - Lawsuits advance against governor, lawmakers for firing, censoring critics of gender ideology
Appeals court resurrects Wyoming doctor's lawsuit for removal from medical licensing board. SCOTUS petitioned to review same court's refusal to allow challenge to Colorado Legislature's "decorum" rules in public comment.
NYTIMES (Luke Broadwater) - Planning Commission Approves Trump’s Ballroom, but Legal Roadblocks Remain
The board had been expected to vote to approve the project last month, but it was delayed after about 32,000 mostly negative comments rolled in from across the country.
AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - Trump's White House ballroom project halted by judge
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked President Trump's sprawling plans to build a massive ballroom where the East Wing of the White House once stood. Why it matters: U.S. District Judge Richard Leon said Trump is the "steward," not the "owner" of the White House, and that the project "must stop until Congress authorizes its completion." The big picture: The demolition of the 120-plus years of East Wing history and the $400 million expansion project have roiled Washington as the president leaves his gilded mark on an increasingly Trump-ified district . Driving the news: Leon granted the National Trust for Historic Preservation's request for a preliminary injunction, halting the administration's fast-tracked plans. - The…
NYTIMES (Luke Broadwater and Dylan Freedman) - ‘Cheap’ and ‘Appalling’: Trump’s Ballroom Plans Receive a Flood of Negative Comments
The National Capital Planning Commission received about 32,000 messages during its public comment period. Suffice it to say: Many people are not happy with the president’s ballroom plans.
STRIPES (Linda F. Hersey) - Federal lawsuit challenges new VA rule for rating veterans disability | Stars and Stripes
The lawsuit argues that the rule on disability ratings was implemented without proper notice or prior public comment period.
STRIPES (Linda F. Hersey) - Veterans flood government website with concerns about disability benefits rule | Stars and Stripes
The VA paused a rule that bases compensation on how a veteran does on medication and not on the injury or illness, but it still faces backlash.
YOUTUBE (USCCR) - Commission Business Meeting (Public Comment Period)
Antisemitism on America's College and University Campuses: Current Conditions and the Federal Response The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a briefing on Thursday, February 19, 2026, to investigate the increase in antisemitism on America’s college and university campuses. The briefing will be followed by a public comment session scheduled for Friday, February 20, 2026. The bipartisan investigation, led by Commissioners Peter Kirsanow (R) and Mondaire Jones (D), will examine how institutions of higher education and the federal government responded to allegations of antisemitism on U.S. college and university campuses in violation of federal civil rights protections. This study will primarily examine four subjects: How the Office…
YOUTUBE (USCCR) - Commission Business Meeting 2/19/2026
Antisemitism on America's College and University Campuses: Current Conditions and the Federal Response The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a briefing on Thursday, February 19, 2026, to investigate the increase in antisemitism on America’s college and university campuses. The briefing will be followed by a public comment session scheduled for Friday, February 20, 2026. The bipartisan investigation, led by Commissioners Peter Kirsanow (R) and Mondaire Jones (D), will examine how institutions of higher education and the federal government responded to allegations of antisemitism on U.S. college and university campuses in violation of federal civil rights protections. This study will primarily examine four subjects: How the Office…