BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 24 -- Boston University issued the following news: By Joel Brown The war between Hamas and Israel is also a war of words. On TV, on social media, and in ordinary conversation, every sentence about the fighting becomes fraught. Each side has its lexicon and is quick to excoriate those whose word choices, or omission of certain words, are deemed hostile or simply insufficient to their beliefs. News stories (like this one), official statements, and even expressions of  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Ensuring the Safety and Well-Being of Unaccompanied Children, Part II." The hearing builds on the committee's hearingon this issue in June, which featured testimony from child welfare and labor experts, and follows Chair Durbin  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) today introduced new legislation to provide a comprehensive framework to reform the federal government's care and custody of unaccompanied noncitizen children (UC). The Protecting Una  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) today introduced new legislation to provide a comprehensive framework to reform the federal government's care and custody of unaccompanied noncitizen children (UC)  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Christopher Wray, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, will deliver a featured keynote address at the third annual Vanderbilt University Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats, scheduled for April 17-18, 2024. Since August 2017, Wray has served as the eighth director of the FBI, where he leads day-to-day operations of the intelligence-driven and threat-focused law enforcement and inte  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The National Association of Evangelicals issued the following letter: Dear Members of Congress, The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is up for reauthorization. It's a program that has saved over 25 million lives and allowed 5.5 million babies to be born HIV-free. For 20 years, PEPFAR has enriched communities, pushed on progress for human rights, and supported democracy around the world. It's one of the greatest bipartisan success stories of the modern   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) joined Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in introducing new legislation to provide a comprehensive framework to reform the federal government's care and custody of unaccompanied noncitizen children. The Protecting Unaccompanied Children Act wou  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Oct. 25, 2023, on how climate change threatens supply chains: * * * This morning the Budget Committee holds its 12th hearing in 10 months on climate change. Over the course of these hearings, we've heard sensationalist and the alarmist rhetoric used to mislead the public on climate change and draw support for top-down policies. We've   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Ensuring the Safety and Well-Being of Unaccompanied Children, Part II." The hearing builds on the committee's hearing on this issue in June, which featured testimony   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) today introduced new legislation to provide a comprehensive framework to reform the federal government's care and c  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: For the past 50 years, standardized tests have been the norm in American schools, a method proponents say determines which schools are not performing and helps hold educators accountable. Yet for the past 20 years, it has become clear that testing has failed to improve education or hold many accountable, according to a University of Kansas researcher whose new book details its history. "An Age of Accounta  more