WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on March 2, 2026, by Ken Braun, managing editor and editor of content: * * * Al Gore's 30-plus years of climate errors The former VP has been reliably wrong on climate & energy for more than three decades. Just 537 votes prevented him from winning the presidency in 2000 and turning his bad plots into policy. Editorial note: This retrospective on the career of former U.S. Vice President and anti-energy advocate  more

NEW YORK, March 2 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * The global cost of Trump's foreign aid ideology * U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Jan. 23 announced the new Promoting Human Flourishing in Foreign Assistance Policy. This policy, which has nothing to do with flourishing, is part of the Trump administration's effort to weaponize U.S. foreign assistance to enforce ideological conformity, to police people's identity, and to suppress dissent -both   more