OTTAWA, Ontario, April 14 -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued the following commentary on April 13, 2026, by senior researcher and political economist Andrew Longhurst: * * * The Alberta government legislates two-tier health care, again As the province becomes the first to encourage self-referral testing--it's literally "me first" policy * On April 13, the Alberta government introduced legislation to become the first province that creates a "me first" legal framework for p  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on April 13, 2026, by Julius Strauss, former foreign correspondent for the Daily Telegraph: * * * Hungary: First the Party, Now the Minefield Hungary's premier-elect will have a honeymoon but tricky problems await. * It was barely mid-evening on April 12 when Viktor Orban, who has ruled Hungary for the last 16 years and turned the country into a lodestone for the international populist movement,   more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on April 13, 2026, by Ferenc Nemeth, research fellow and program manager at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs: * * * Hungary's New Dawn: A Packed Agenda for Peter Magyar As opposition supporters shake off the hangovers from a night of joy, the new government faces a mountain of problems. * After a months-long election campaign filled with smear campaigns, warmongering AI-videos, fo  more

HEMPSTEAD, New York, April 14 -- Hofstra University issued the following news: * * * Stessin Prizes Recognize Achievement in Faculty Publication Ginny Greenberg Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Charles G. Riordan has announced the 2025-2026 recipients of Hofstra's Lawrence A. Stessin Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publication, established to reward the scholarly efforts of early career faculty. Last year, Hofstra earned the distinction of a High Research Spending and   more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: "Democratic Odds of Taking the Senate Increase as Four Ratings Shift in Their Favor" [Cook Political Report] As Senate Democrats continue to build momentum heading into the November midterms, election analysts at Cook Political Report have moved multiple Senate races - including North Carolina, Georgia, and Ohio - in Democrats' favor. Across the map, Democrats have created a cl  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Moreno Op-ed: Trump Gave the GOP a New, Populist Soul * WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) wrote a new op-ed in the Wall Street Journal laying out President Trump's bold vision to return the Republican Party back to its foundation: fighting for American workers, ushering in an American manufacturing renaissance, and putting America first. "The Republican Party for decades stood for   more