SAN JOSE, California, May 7 -- Adobe Inc., a computer software company, issued the following news: * * * Adobe's New Productivity Agent Redefines How People Understand, Create and Share Information * New productivity agent enables people to chat with PDFs, surface insights and quickly create presentations, podcasts, blogs and social posts from their documents * Productivity agent is powering new sharing and publishing capabilities in PDF Spaces in Acrobat that turn static files into interact  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Accuracy in Media issued the following news: * * * AIM Exposes Louisville Sociology Department for Proudly Continuing DEI Goals In Kentucky, HB 4 prohibits DEI in higher education including training, scholarships, and other programs like affirmative action. However, a Sociology professor reveals that DEI still runs rampant through many facets of liberal arts studies at the University of Louisville. Accuracy in Media sent an undercover journalist to speak to Karen Christo  more

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, May 6 -- Bard College issued the following news release: * * * Bard College Faculty M. Gessen and Alumna Juliana Spahr '88 Win Pulitzer Prizes M. Gessen, distinguished visiting writer at Bard College, and Bard alumna Juliana Spahr '88 have been awarded Pulitzer Prizes. The Pulitzer committee awarded Gessen a prize in Opinion Writing for their "illuminating collection of reported essays on rising authoritarian regimes that draw on history and personal experience   more

LONDON, England, May 7 -- PEN International issued the following news: * * * Belarus: Freedom for Andrzej Poczobut must lead to more releases 'Andrzej Poczobut spent over five years in prison in Belarus simply for daring to speak truth to power. That he was released as part of a prisoner exchange demonstrates once again that the Belarusian authorities are using detainees as political pawns. As we warmly celebrate Poczobut's freedom, we call upon Belarus to free all those still unjustly jailed  more

NEW YORK, May 4 -- Bloomberg issued the following news: * * * Bloomberg News Wins 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary Two Bloomberg News Series Named as Finalists in Explanatory Reporting and National Reporting Categories * Bloomberg has won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary for "trAPPed," an investigation in graphic novel form documenting a widespread digital scam in India that has devastated hundreds of thousands of lives. The saga o  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, May 7 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * Is President Trump Upholding Constitutional Norms? Two pundits offer drastically different views during a Dartmouth Political Union debate. Written by Steve Hartsoe In a fast-moving, often heated debate over whether President Donald Trump has upheld constitutional norms, conservative commentator Michael Knowles and liberal journalist Mehdi Hasan clashed over immigration, free speech, the Jan. 6 attacks, and   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-588) on the Child Care Integrity Monitoring Act (H.R. 7722). The report was advanced by Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, on April 6, 2026. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose The purpose of H.R. 7722, the Child Care Integrity Monitoring Act of 2026, is to codify the three-year program review currently in practice. Under current regulations, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) audits state chil  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-593) on the Closing the Provider Fraud Gap Act (H.R. 7677). The report was advanced by Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, on April 6, 2026. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE The purpose of H.R. 7677, the Closing the Provider Fraud Gap Act of 2026, is to instruct the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to do a holistic report on fraud prevention measures in the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCD  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-589) on the Safeguarding Taxpayer Dollars in Child Care Act (H.R. 7723). The report was advanced by Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, on April 6, 2026. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose The purpose of H.R. 7723, the Safeguarding Taxpayer Dollars in Child Care Act of 2026, is to ensure that bad actors cannot defraud multiple federal assistance programs for children. The Safeguarding Taxpayer Dollars in Chi  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-591) on the Stop Child Care Fraud Act (H.R. 7725). The report was advanced by Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, on April 6, 2026. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose The purpose of H.R. 7725, the Stop Child Care Fraud Act of 2026, is to combat siloed data related to child care administration and monitoring. H.R. 7725 requires states, in their annual plans submitted to the Department of Health and Human Serv  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-592) on the No Funds for Repeat Child Care Violations Act (H.R. 7726). The report was advanced by Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, on April 6, 2026. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose The purpose of H.R. 7726, the No Funds for Repeat Child Care Violations Act of 2026, is to strengthen the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary's withholding authority for repeat noncompliance issues. Current statute all  more

NEW YORK, May 6 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following commentary by senior Sahel researcher Ilaria Allegrozzi: * * * Burkina Faso's Junta Escalates Attack on Information Ban on TV5Monde Reflects Broader Offensive Against Independent Media * The military authorities in Burkina Faso are tightening their grip on what people can see, hear, and know. On May 5, Burkina Faso's media regulator ordered the suspension of French broadcaster TV5Monde, accusing it of "di  more

PARIS, France, May 5 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Investigation into Guatemalan journalist's murder must consider link to his work * Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Guatemala's public prosecutor's office and the specialised prosecutor's office for crimes against journalists to conduct a swift, thorough and transparent investigation into journalist Carlos Humberto Cal Ical's murder in the north of the country on 26 April in order to   more

PARIS, France, May 5 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Iran: Narges Mohammadi's life in danger, urgent action needed * The journalist, human rights defender and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been denied emergency medical care since her latest arrest in Iran on 12 December 2025. Reporters Without Borders (RSF), her lawyer Chirinne Ardakani and the Free Narges Coalition are raising the alarm about the state of her health, which ha  more

NEW YORK, May 7 -- Barnard College issued the following news: * * * Jennifer Finney Boylan to Deliver Barnard College's 2026 Commencement Address Distinguished writer and Barnard community member to be honored alongside five exceptional medalists at Radio City Music Hall on May 19 * Barnard College announced today that Jennifer Finney Boylan, acclaimed author, activist, and the current Anna Quindlen Writer in Residence at Barnard, will deliver the keynote address at the College's 134th Comm  more

GREENVILLE, Pennsylvania, May 6 -- Thiel College issued the following news release: * * * Motivational speaker Sabrina Parr addresses Thiel College student-athletes * GREENVILLE, Pa.-Student-athletes at Thiel College heard from coach and motivational speaker Sabrina Parr during a recent presentation in Bly Hall focused on mental toughness, discipline and personal development. Parr, a former Division I athlete and six-time All-American, spoke to students about building resilience and preparin  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Laura Friedman, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Friedman, Chu, Correa Lead Press Conference Fighting Back Against FCC's Weaponization of Regulatory Power to Silence Critics LOS ANGELES, CA -Today, May 6, 2026, U.S. Congresswoman Laura Friedman (CA-30), led a rally with Representatives Judy Chu (CA-28) and Lou Correa (CA-46) to fight back against the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) decision forcing early license renewals for Disn  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 5 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Samar Al Halal: "When surveillance becomes normal, democracy turns into a show" * Samar Al Halal, a computer and communications engineer and expert in digital security and rights, authored the study 'Global Surveillance of Journalists: A Technical Mapping of Tools, Tactics and Threats', commissioned by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and publish  more

SYRACUSE, New York, May 7 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: * * * How a Newhouse Student Reported on White House Correspondents' Dinner Attack Ben Bascuk '27 was attending the April 26 event as a White House Correspondents' Association Scholar when a gunman charged into the venue. Dialynn Dwyer When shots sounded at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 26, Ben Bascuk's first instinct was to reach for his phone to start reporting. Bascuk '27, a broadcast and digit  more

LONDON, England, May 6 -- PEN International issued the following news on May 5, 2026: * * * Venezuela: PEN International demands the withdrawal of charges against journalist Rory Branker 'The Venezuelan authorities must end the judicial persecution of Rory Daniel Branker and others detained or prosecuted for peacefully exercising their right to freedom of expression. Those released from their unjust detention cannot enjoy freedom until the spurious charges against them have also been dropped  more

NEW YORK, May 6 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO Writers Guild of America East issued the following news release: * * * WGAE, SAG-AFTRA, DGA & NewsGuild Rally Albany to Pass the NY FAIR News Act * ALBANY, N.Y. (May 6, 2026) - Journalists and leadership from the Writers Guild of America East, SAG-AFTRA, the Directors Guild of America and the NewsGuild of New York joined Senator Patricia Fahy (D-Albany) and Assemblymember Nily Rozic (D-NYC) today for a press conference to urge the State Legisl  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * WTAS: HHS Launches MAHA Action Plan to Curb Psychiatric Overprescribing * The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on May 4, 2026, announced efforts to curb psychiatric overprescribing at a MAHA Institute summit on mental health and overmedicalization. As the closing speaker, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. laid out a new action plan to promote appropriate psychia  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 6 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Zuliana Lainez elected as new IFJ president at IFJ Centenary Congress in Paris On 6 May, Zuliana Lainez Otero, a Peruvian journalist and the president of the Asociacion Nacional de Periodistas del Peru (ANP), was elected president of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) at the Federation's Centenary World Congress in Paris. She is the first woman from  more