DAVIS, California, May 4 -- The University of California Davis posted the following news: * * * Climate Change Increases Spillover Risk of Rodent-Borne Arenaviruses * Climate change is likely to drive rodent-borne arenaviruses into parts of South America that have never faced these diseases, putting new communities of people at risk, finds a study from the University of California, Davis. For the study, published in the journal npj Viruses, scientists incorporated climate projections, shif  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 4, 2026, by Brad Brooks-Rubin, senior associate (non-resident) with the Human Rights Initiative and Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business: * * * Policy of Truth: Reporting Requirements for Critical Minerals Investments In paper after paper, webinar after webinar, forum after forum, experts from around the world, and especially in Washington, are opining on the   more

DETROIT, Michigan, May 5 -- The Foundation for Economic Education posted the following commentary on May 4, 2026, by Deborah Palma, Brazilian writer who holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from UNINASSAU: * * * Why Socialism Fails The consequences of ignoring market signals. * Economics is not a zero-sum game in which one person's gain comes at another's expense; nor is it just about numbers or purposeless statistical aggregates, but conscious human action. Ludwig von Mis  more

NEW YORK, May 4 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Hungary's Orban Is Gone. Now the EU Unanimity Rule Should Go Too * In power for 16 years, Hungary's outgoing prime minister Viktor Orban was notorious for abusing his government's veto power to taint the European Union's foreign policy with the same anti-rights, illiberal agenda he implemented at home. But while his government was the most vocal and frequent spoiler of principled EU external ac  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 4 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party posted the following news: * * * NEW: NCDP Launches "Wall Street Whatley" Campaign * Today, the North Carolina Democratic Party is announcing a new campaign, "Wall Street Whatley," holding DC insider Michael Whatley accountable for repeatedly pushing policies that benefit his stock portfolio at the expense of North Carolina families. The campaign will highlight Whatley's conflicts of interest as he runs for the U.S. Sena  more

SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts, May 5 -- Tufts University issued the following news release: * * * Tufts Names Lili Palacios-Baldwin General Counsel Lili Palacios-Baldwin, a widely respected attorney experienced in the legal issues surrounding higher education with deep and far-ranging experience at Tufts, has been named vice president and general counsel for the university. Palacios-Baldwin currently serves as deputy general counsel for labor, employment, and dispute resolution for the universit  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11436) on May 1, 2026, by foreign assistance analyst Nick M. Brown and international trade and finance specialist Shayerah I. Akhtar. Here are excerpts: * * * U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) DFC, a federal agency, uses financial tools to promote private investment overseas. Its purpose is to advance U.S. development and foreign policy interests, accounti  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Vindman Leads Bipartisan Effort to Ban U.S. Service Members from Using Prediction Markets to Bet on National Security Matters Vindman's Effort Follows the Arrest of a U.S. Special Operations Soldier Charged with Using Classified Information to Place Bets on Polymarket * Congressman Eugene Vindman (D-Va.-07) today led 15 Members of Congress in sending a bipartisan letter to Secretary Pete Hegseth   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 5 (TNSrpt) -- World Relief issued the following news release on May 4, 2026 with the National Association of Evangelicals: * * * World Relief, NAE, Pastors, Practitioners Gather to Discuss Impact of Immigration Policies on Families New report by World Relief and National Association of Evangelicals shows 1.3 million U.S. citizen children and spouses projected to be separated from family by 2029 * Today, World Relief and the National Association of Evangelicals relea  more