NEW YORK, Sept. 10 -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * 25 Columbia Ideas and Innovations That Changed the World By David J. Craig Like its Ivy League peers, Columbia started out as a sleepy institution focused on teaching history and literature to undergraduates -- a model of higher education typical of eighteenth-century colleges on both sides of the Atlantic. But its location in New York City, the future industrial hub of America, soon pushed it to broaden its mission.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso: Senate Republicans are Determined to Overcome Senate Democrats' Confirmation Obstruction * "Instead of deliberation, Senate Democrats chose unprecedented delay. That ends now." WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today spoke on the Senate Floor about Senate Republicans will today break the Democrat confirmation logjam and move quickly to confir  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Sept. 12 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * George Saunders G'88 Wins National Book Award * George Saunders G'88, acclaimed author and professor of creative writing in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters (DCAL) by the National Book Foundation. DCAL--a lifetime achievement medal that has been awarded to Toni Morrison, Robert Caro and Edmund White  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 [Category: Political] -- The Human Rights Campaign posted the following news release: * * * Human Rights Campaign Announces Maryland Governor Wes Moore and Congresswoman Sarah McBride as its 2025 National Dinner Keynote Speakers * WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) - the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization - announced Maryland Governor Wes Moore and Congresswoman Sarah McBride, the first openly trans  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Little Rock Central High School NHS Hosts 68th Anniversary of the Little Rock Nine * News Release Date: September 9, 2025 Contact: Brian Schwieger, 501-516-7223 Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site plans to host a free public event on Thursday, September 25, at 7:00 p.m. in the Harry R. Kendall Health Nugent Conference Center at Philander Smith Univ  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RL33487) on Sept. 5, 2025, entitled "Syria: Transition and U.S. Policy" by Middle Eastern affairs specialist Christopher M. Blanchard. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Syria: Transition and U.S. Policy Since the December 2024 collapse of the government of Bashar Al Asad, Syrians have pursued political and economic opportunities created by the end of the country's twelve-year civil war. Inter  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Economy is Bleeding Jobs, So Instead He's Taking Credit Democrats' Infrastructure Wins That He Railed Against Arrow * In response to new reporting highlighting how Donald Trump is taking credit for infrastructure projects funded through President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, despite railing against them, DNC Communications Director Rosemary Boeglin released the following state  more