WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following InfluenceWatch wrap up on Sept. 11, 2026: * * * InfluenceWatch, a project of Capital Research Center, is a comprehensive and ever-evolving compilation of our research into the numerous advocacy groups, foundations, and donors working to influence the public policy process. The website offers transparency into these influencers' funding, motives, and connections while providing insight often neglected by other watchdog gro  more

FRANKLIN LAKES, New Jersey, Sept. 12 -- Children's Health Defense, an organization that says it restores and protects the health of children by eliminating exposures to environmental toxins, issued the following commentary by Michael Nevradakis, senior reporter for The Defender and host of the Defender In-Depth on CHD.TV.: * * * States Can Sue RFK Jr. Over Vaccine Schedule Changes -- But Not Over Changes to Vaccine Advisory Panel A lawsuit filed by 15 states seeking to overturn recent revisio  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Roger Marshall "Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He's a Senator" [New York Times] New York Times: "Mr. Marshall, a Republican who is seeking re-election this fall, filed lawsuits against more than 700 patients with outstanding bills during his decades-long career as an obstetrician-gynecologist, [...] Patients were arrested in 81 of those cases for missing cour  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 8 -- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health posted the following news: * * * Researchers Reflect on Longterm Health Impacts of 9/11 * The 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks is a reminder that the horrific events of that day continue to be felt a quarter century later. While 2,753 people perished in the initial attacks on the World Trade Center, in the time since, hundreds of people exposed in the aftermath have died from related illnesses. Columbia Mail  more

SWEET BRIAR, Virginia, Sept. 10 -- Sweet Briar College posted the following news: * * * The Honorable Rosie Rios, Chair of America250, to Give Founders' Day Address * Sweet Briar College will welcome the Honorable Rosie Rios, Chair of America250, the United States Congressional Commission that has been coordinating celebrations of the 250th Anniversary of the nation, as the keynote speaker at its annual Founders' Day Convocation on Friday, Sept. 18. Rios was nominated by President Barack O  more

TACOMA, Washington, Sept. 11 -- The University of Puget Sound posted the following news: * * * University of Puget Sound Announces Swope Endowed Lecture Featuring Mathew S. Nosanchuk * The University of Puget Sound is honored to announce that Mathew S. Nosanchuk, Lerner Family Associate Dean for Public Interest and Public Service Law at George Washington University, will deliver the upcoming Swope Endowed Lecture. Nosanchuk will deliver the lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 29, 2026, in Schneeb  more