WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following InfluenceWatch wrapup on April 10, 2026, by senior research analyst Robert Stilson: * * * InfluenceWatch, a project of Capital Research Center, is a comprehensive and ever-evolving compilation of our research into the numerous advocacy groups, foundations, and donors working to influence the public policy process. The website offers transparency into these influencers' funding, motives, and connections while providing ins  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Obelisk Tech Systems Inc. has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education addressing critical national security and program integrity vulnerabilities in the Comprehensive Centers (CC) program. The letter includes a broad statutory inventory covering over 60 U.S. Code provisions and a 40-document administrative record detailing the program's risks across procedural, sanctions, export control, foreign influence, financial crimes, criminal, data sec  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 (TNSrpt) -- Resources for the Future issued the following news release: * * * The World Will Exceed the Paris Agreement's 1.5 C Goal, Global Energy Projections Indicate A decade after 196 parties signed on to the Paris Agreement, new analysis indicates that the agreement's "stretch goal" of limiting global average temperature rise to 1.5 C above preindustrial levels before 2050 is no longer plausible. Projected increases in renewable energy around the world will not be en  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 4/3/2026-4/10/2026 * Urging Investigation of Sale of Connecticut Sun [Hartford, CT] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote to the Department of Justice demanding it open an antitrust investigation into the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)'s interference with Connecticut's efforts to keep the Connecticut Sun based in the state. "  more