WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker Introduces Legislation to Review and Unwind Anticompetitive Corporate Mergers Approved Under Second Trump Administration U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, has introduced legislation to restore integrity and independence to federal antitrust enforcement. The Correcting Lapsed Enforcement  more

OTTAWA, Ontario, April 29 -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued the following commentary on April 28, 2026: * * * Spring economic update wraps up old ideas as new projects Empowered with a majority government and new resource revenue, the feds are doing more of the same * On April 28, the federal government released its spring economic update, a fiscal update that comes halfway through the year between federal budgets. While economic updates are significantly less detailed t  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on April 29, 2026, by President Anatoly Motkin and Regional Director Hanna Myshko, both of the StrategEast Center for a New Economy, and Jason Israel, senior fellow for the Defense Technology Initiative: * * * Blurred Borders: NATO Needs Answers to Hybrid Attacks An exercise testing NATO responses to hybrid attacks revealed a need for the West to be more nimble, and willing to mimic enemy tactics t  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on April 29, 2026, by researcher Niccolo Comini: * * * Europe: A New Defense Council to Shore-Up NATO A European Security Council could provide the unified voice and structural resilience the continent desperately needs. * President Donald Trump's anger at European capitals over their lack of support for the US-Israeli war on Iran, and his repeated warning that Washington may pull out of NATO, le  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news on April 29, 2026: * * * DGA Video Highlights "Slugfest" Debate Between Rick Jackson and Burt Jones The DGA released a new video today titled "Slugfest" highlighting this week's Republican gubernatorial primary in Georgia, where Rick Jackson and Burt Jones tore into each other with vicious personal attacks and devastating accusations of corruption. The video zooms in on the candidates exchanging explosive   more

DETROIT, Michigan, April 29 -- The Foundation for Economic Education issued the following commentary on April 28, 2026, by Editorial Director Katrina Gulliver and Wayne Hoffman, president and CEO of Level Up Humanity: * * * The Tao of Liberty Excerpts from a new book. * FEE's founder Leonard Read was passionate about spreading the message of individual liberty. In the mid-20th century, the greatest threats came from totalitarianism, and Read was writing to an audience fully aware of the nee  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on April 28, 2026, by Taras Kuzio, professor of political science at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy and an associate research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Ukrainian Military Offers Lessons Learned to NATO (Part Three) Executive Summary: * Russia's war against Ukraine has shown how drones are reshaping warfare. Drone-saturated battlefields c  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy thanks King Charles III for speech to Congress, urges him to protect Diego Garcia military base Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) thanked King Charles III for his speech before the joint meeting of Congress and urged the United Kingdom's political leadership to do more to protect the Chagos Islands, including the joint U.S.-U.K. military base on the island of Diego Garcia, in a speech on the U.S.   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 30 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: * * * May 2026 graduate earns invitations to Oxford and King's College London-bound senior produces publishable research analyzing treatment of religion in the journal 'International Organization'. By Janel Shoun-Smith, 615-966-7078 Oreoluwa Sharon Omotola Ajiboye (BA '26), of South Africa, was quite intimidated by research when she first came to Lipscomb. Four years later, however, she finds herself not only h  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, April 29 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * New linguistic professor putting Rhode Island on the language map Moving from Texas to Rhode Island, a new faculty member in the University of Rhode Island's College of Education says Rhode Island's language diversity extends far beyond the state's diminutive size. The lead author of a new article examining the linguistic landscapes in Rhode Island and along the U.S./Mexico border in the journa  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, April 29 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news: * * * Radiating Trust * Ethical leadership is not a checklist or a policy. It is a way of being. At its core, ethical leadership is a lived virtue, an embodied commitment to truth, love and courage. It does not live only in boardrooms or political stages. It shows up in quiet moments when no one is watching: the nurse who stays late to comfort a grieving family, the CEO who chooses transparency over spin,  more

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, April 29 -- Northumbria University issued the following news release: * * * Rethinking trust and democracy in international governance * Northumbria University is spearheading a major international research initiative that explores how people have related to international organisations over the past century - and how these relationships can inform today's pressing global challenges. Led by historian Professor Daniel Laqua, the project Global Governance, Trust   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Study: Faced with a hotter future, America needs better data and response plans A new paper from researchers at the University of Kansas looks at extreme heat events in the United States, arguing a combination of inadequate data and unclear delineation of responsibility among government agencies leaves the nation unprepared for a hotter climate. "We examined extreme heat events, such as heat wave  more