WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute posted the following news release: * * * Fed Chair nominee Warsh has mixed signals in Senate hearing * Kevin Warsh's confirmation hearing for Federal Reserve Chair in the Senate today prompted questions about future Fed policies. While his testimony had promising signals, several areas of concern remain unresolved, say CEI experts. Statement by Steve Swedberg, CEI policy analyst: "Warsh's focus on price st  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Jules "Jay" W. Hurst III, acting undersecretary of defense comptroller and CFO, and Lt. Gen. Steven P. Whitney, director for force structure, resources and assessment of the U.S. Department of War Joint Staff, held a press briefing at the Pentagon to detail the fiscal year 2027 defense budget request. Hurst announced a $1.5 trillion proposal aimed at supercharging the defense industrial base and expanding production of major weapons systems across every warfighting doma  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 21 -- NEXT LEVEL VENTURES LLC, Seattle, Washington has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1123242 S1, initially filed April 1, 2024) developed by Lock Man Yee, Merida, Venezuela, for "Mouthpiece for a vaping device."  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Wright to Senator Murkowski: AKLNG is "Number One" Energy Infrastructure Priority * Washington, DC- U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today engaged with the U.S. Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, on a number of Alaska's energy priorities during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Hearing on the Department of Energy's Fiscal Year 2027 budget request. Murkowski and Wright discussed t  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation, issued the following news release: * * * Bacon: We're in a New Era of Cyber Warfare U.S. Representative Don Bacon (R-NE), Chairman of the Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation Subcommittee, delivered the following opening remarks at a hearing on the Cyber Posture of the Department of Defense. Chairman Bacon's Statement as Prepared  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release on April 21, 2026: * * * Economic Fury Targets Iranian Missile and UAV Procurement Networks Additionally Sanctions Actors Tied to Iran's Mahan Air, Which has Transported Weapons for the Iranian Regime * Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning 14 individuals, entities, and aircraft based in Iran, Turkiye, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)   more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 22 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * U-M researcher Marbely Micolta awarded prestigious 51 Pegasi b fellowship Marbely Micolta, a doctoral student in astronomy and scientific computing at the University of Michigan, has been selected as one of eight new 51 Pegasi b Fellows for 2026. "It's been pretty surreal. This is one of the biggest fellowships in astronomy, especially in my field of astronomy," said Micolta, whose work is helping ex  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 21 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party posted the following news: * * * Whatley's Windfalls: Michael Whatley Keeps Pushing for Policies That Enrich Himself & Hurt North Carolinians * DC insider and Big Oil Lobbyist Michael Whatley has repeatedly been exposed for pushing policies that send his personal stocks soaring while hurting North Carolina families: 1\. Whatley actively pushed for a bill that gave "a windfall to pharmaceutical companies," benefiting h  more