WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Adam Gray Notches Key Endorsement from California Farm Bureau [Turlock Journal] * "No one works harder to deliver for Central Valley families than Adam Gray" - California Farm Bureau President Shannon Douglas Congressman Adam Gray's campaign continues to build momentum - securing a major endorsement from the California Farm Bureau, a "leading voice in the state's powerful agric  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary by John Kartch: * * * Examples of Good News Arising from Big Beautiful Bill's Full Business Expensing Provisions In addition to across-the-board tax cuts for households, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4 provides full business expensing for American businesses. In their own words, U.S. employers describe the benefits of the expensing provisions in the bill: Liberty Landscape Sup  more

OTTAWA, Ontario, April 24 -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued the following commentary on April 23, 2026, by senior Ottawa economist David Macdonald and senior researchers and political economists Andrew Longhurst and Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood: * * * Three big ideas for Canada's federal fiscal update Parental leave and primary health care should be a top priority, while implementing a windfalls tax on the oil industry as it profiteers off of the war on Iran * Upon learning   more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on April 24, 2026, by Anda Bologa, senior researcher with the Tech Policy Program: * * * Russia Goes Mad MAX The Kremlin wants to copy China by creating a superapp, MAX, to dominate Russian digital life. It can only succeed through coercion. * MAX is modeled on Tencent's WeChat: a single app for messaging, public services, payments, and digital identity. The Kremlin presents the app as a matter o  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on April 24, 2026, by political analyst Mykyta Vorobiov: * * * No Adult in the Room: The Crisis in Ukraine's Parliament The dismissal of President Volodymyr Zelensky's right-hand man after a corruption scandal has led to a parliamentary crisis in Ukraine. * Andriy Yermak, as Head of the President's Office, wielded unprecedented influence, which he channeled into ensuring the government functioned  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, April 24 -- The University of Notre Dame posted the following news: * * * Democracy scholar David Campbell elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences * David Campbell, the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's oldest learned societies and independent policy research centers. Campbell was one of the 252 leaders in academia, the arts, journali  more

KAMPALA, Uganda, April 24 -- Makerere University issued the following news: * * * Makerere Revives Scholarly Publishing through Journal Editors' Workshop to Boost Global Rankings By Moses Lutaaya Makerere University has stepped up efforts to strengthen its scholarly publishing ecosystem following a Journal Editors' Workshop held on April 23, 2026, in the Smart Room, College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS), aimed at improving journal quality, increasing research visibility, and enha  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 24 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * NMiF discusses President Trump's funding cuts and potential war crimes * This week, New Mexico in Focus heads to the Institute of American Indian Arts. For the second time in as many years, the institute's future is uncertain as President Trump threatens to cut billions in funding for higher education, including more than $350 million from minority-serving programs. That puts IAIA squarely in  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, April 25 (TNSjou) -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Northwestern study finds bipartisan-cited science is rarely used by policymakers New analysis explores how policymakers engage with science * Past research has shown that even though science is commonly viewed as essential for effective policymaking, Democrats and Republicans cite different scientific research when creating policy -- even when addressing the same topic. Now, a new Nort  more

LONDON, England, April 24 (TNSjou) -- Taylor and Francis Group issued the following news: * * * Post-pandemic cycling boom in major cities, as cyclist safety improved thanks to more and better cycling infrastructure Findings of new study - released as fuel prices for motor vehicles soar internationally - include fatality rates dropping, per 10 million trips, by 88% in Paris, 82% in London and 62% in New York City * Cycling in some of the world's largest cities has continued to increase sinc  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48916) on April 23, 2026, entitled "Retailer Inventory and Pricing Behavior During Supply Chain Disruptions:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Selected Policy Options for Congress Some Members of Congress have expressed concern about retailers' price increases and perceptions of price gouging, particularly during supply chain disruptions. These concerns tend to be focused on retailers of   more

PARIS, France, April 25 (TNSrpt) -- Sanofi, a life sciences company, issued the following news release: * * * Sanofi's Cenrifki (tolebrutinib) recommended for EU approval by the CHMP to treat secondary progressive multiple sclerosis without relapses * Recommendation based on the HERCULES phase 3 study which demonstrated that brain-penetrant Cenrifki (tolebrutinib) significantly delayed the onset of disability progression in non-relapsing SPMS * The European Medicines Agency's Committee for   more

DAYTON, Ohio, April 24 -- The University of Dayton posted the following UD in the News wrap up for April 18-24, 2026: * * * UD faculty and staff contributed their expertise to Axios, The Journal of College Admission, The Columbus Dispatch and WLW-AM in Cincinnati while Spectrum News 1 Ohio highlighted the D.C. Flyers program. The pope's English fuels a Trump feud (https://www.axios.com/2026/04/20/pope-leo-english-trump-iran) Axios Vince Miller, religious studies * * * Admission scrut  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Four co-authors - Nigel Driffield, Saul Estrin, Chris Jones and Ha-Phuong Luong published a study examining why certain multinational enterprises continue to invest in countries subject to international sanctions. The research, posted by the University of Warwick Business School, found that companies with stronger resources and extensive international experience are more likely to operate in these high-risk environments, using their capabilities to navigate complex regula  more