WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Rep. William Keating, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * KEATING STATEMENT ON LATEST ICE SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS * BOURNE, MA - Congressman Bill Keating issued the following statement this evening in response to today's shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis: "Watch the videos. Share them. Count the shots. It's not easy to watch - and it shouldn't be. But every American must understand what federal agents are doing in our name  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following testimony by David Michaels, a professor of environmental and occupational health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health of George Washington University, from a Jan. 14, 2026, hearing entitled "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Protecting the American Stone Slab Industry From Lawfare": * * * Good morning Chairman Jordan, Ranking Membe  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12776) on Jan. 23, 2026, by natural resources policy specialists Pervaze A. Sheikh and Anthony R. Marshak. Here are excerpts: * * * The North Atlantic Right Whale: Conservation Trade-Offs with Selected Marine Sectors and Considerations for Congress The North Atlantic right whale (NARW; Eubalaena glacialis; Figure 1) is an endangered large whale species found in the Atlantic Oc  more

DAVIS, California, Jan. 25 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Davis issued the following news: * * * Biologists and Engineers Follow Goopy Clues to Plant-Wilting Bacteria By Andy Fell Slippery, drippy goop makes Ralstonia bacteria devastating killers of plants, causing rapid wilting in tomato, potato and a wide range of other crops, according to new research. The work, published Jan. 22 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, comes from an unusual collaboration between plan  more