WASHINGTON, May 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11797) on May 4, 2026, by military ground forces specialist Andrew Feickert and U.S. Army fellow Ebrima M'Bai. Here are excerpts: * * * The Army's Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF) The Significance of the Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF) Congress has expressed concern about the threat to U.S. national security posed by Russia and China. The Army believes to address this threat, it m  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Rebukes Trump Administration for Proposal to End a Nearly Century-Old Restriction on the Shipping of Handguns Through USPS * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta, as part of a coalition of 22 attorneys general, today submitted a comment letter opposing an unlawful proposal by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to allow anyone to ship a handgun -without   more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, May 4 -- Samford University issued the following news release: * * * Celebrating 2026 Spring Commencement: 'Samford continues to thrive' * Samford University held six commencement ceremonies May 1-2, where more than 1,400 students walked the stage and received their degrees. "Samford's institutional narrative began on Dec. 29, 1841, when the state of Alabama granted a charter to establish Howard College in the city of Marion," said university President Beck A. Taylor.   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10211) on May 4, 2026, by Congress specialist Jacob R. Straus. Here are excerpts: * * * Foreign Leaders Addressing Congress Foreign leaders are periodically invited to address Congress. The first address by a foreign dignitary occurred on December 10, 1824, when Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette addressed the House. The most recent address took place on April 28, 2  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 (TNSrpt) -- The National Association of Realtors posted the following news release: * * * Home Prices Increased in 71% of Metro Areas in First Quarter of 2026 Home prices rose in 71% of metro markets (167 out of 235) during the first quarter of 2026, according to the National Association of REALTORS(R)' latest quarterly report. This is down from 73% in the fourth quarter. Seven percent of metro areas (16 out of 235) recorded double-digit price gains, up from 5% last quarter.  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 6 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 5, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Files Brief Urging Supreme Court to Stay Restrictions on Mifepristone Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 22 states and the District Columbia in urging the Supreme Court of the United States to stay a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that would restrict access to mifepristone, a safe and effective a  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy Demands Trump Administration Comply With Law, Use Foreign Assistance Funding to Support Global Health, Food Aid, Help Save Lives as Congress Directed * WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought demanding the Trump administration reverse course on illegally withhold  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Science] -- The Carnegie Institution for Science posted the following news: * * * Neighborhood Lecture Recap: The Geological Mystery of Bermuda * At our most recent Neighborhood Lecture, Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow William Frazer walked a packed room through one of the strangest puzzles in modern geology: how to explain the existence of Bermuda. To most of us, Bermuda is a pink-sand vacation destination. To a seismologist, it's a geological problem that doesn'  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 4 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: * * * Pacific Operator Training Day 2026 * JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Laura Lenderman, Pacific Air Forces deputy commander, delivered the opening keynote for Pacific Operator Training Day at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum on Ford Island, April 28, 2026. As a critical first step in the 613th Air Operations Center AI Integration Sprint, this event aimed to improve modern  more

DOVER, Delaware, May 6 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on May 5, 2026: * * * Supreme Court issues stay of restrictions on mifepristone following advocacy by AG Jennings, coalition Attorney General Kathy Jennings yesterday joined a coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that would restrict access to mifepristone, a safe and effective ab  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 6 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on May 5, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jones Joins Multistate Effort to Oppose Postal Service Rule Undermining Federal Gun Law Attorney General Jay Jones joined a multistate comment letter signed by 22 states opposing an unlawful proposal by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to allow a flood of prohibited weapons to move across state borders by mail, endangering the public and further straining sta  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * What's There to Hide? Attorney General Bonta Urges Transparency in Federal Spending of Taxpayer Dollars * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. Office of Management and Budget challenging the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) deactivat  more