WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Oren M. Cass, chief economist at American Compass, from a Jan. 14, 2026, hearing entitled "Winning the AI Arms Race Against the Chinese Communist Party": * * * Good morning Chairman Mast, Ranking Member Meeks, and Members of the Committee. Thank you for inviting me to participate in today's hearing. My name is Oren Cass. I am the chief economist at American Compass, where we recently published a repo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Jan. 23, 2026: * * * Europe's Bazooka Could Hit US Tech In response to US tariff and territorial threats, Europe has loaded its trade bazooka. Silicon Valley could be the first casualty. By William Echikson and Ronan Murphy Until now, Europeans have backed away from confronting Washington, fearful of losing American security support and aid to Ukraine. They signed a lopsided trade deal, accepti  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Jan. 23, 2026: * * * I Can Buy a British Election for $25m: Here's How The UK's protections against political interference are analog in a digital age, leaving it wide open to corruption and foreign interference. By Andy Pryce As an urgent review into foreign financial interference in UK elections gets underway, there is a recognition in London that outright manipulation of electoral campaigns   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11274) on Jan. 22, 2026, by legislative attorneys Peter G. Berris and Clay Wild: * * * Geofence Warrants and the Fourth Amendment Introduction From thermal imaging and wiretaps to GPS tracking and various forms of electronic eavesdropping, the emergence of new technologies and their investigative use have sometimes created legal tension with constitutional privacy protec  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- Scholastic, a children's publishing, education and media company, issued the following news release: * * * Scholastic to Publish Trade Paperback and Movie Tie-In Editions of Sunrise on the Reaping, the #1 Worldwide Bestselling Fifth Novel in the Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announced the publication of both a trade paperback edition and a movie tie-in paperback editi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 24 (TNSjou) -- The American College of Surgeons issued the following news release: * * * Treating Cancer with Medication Before Surgery Continues to Increase, Report Shows Second annual report from the National Cancer Database shows a notable increase in the use of medication therapies such as chemotherapy and immunotherapy to treat cancer before surgery Key Takeaways * New report shows growing use of medications, such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and hormone ther  more

COVENTRY, England, Jan. 23 -- The University of Warwick Business School posted the following commentary: * * * How should digital start-ups pursue growth? Author: Jochem Hummel and Joe Nandhakumar When Douyin launched in 2016, it had no customer base of its own. The Chinese counterpart to TikTok started out as a 'complementor' whose products or services enhanced those of another company. It relied on tech giants like WeChat and Weibo - platforms that are comparable to Facebook and Instag  more