WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Calls Out Trump's FDA for Pattern of Political Interference in Lifesaving Scientific Research U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), today wrote to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Martin Makary, raising concerns about the Trump Administration's disturbing pattern of political interfer  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, May 11 -- Samford University issued the following news release: * * * Brock School of Business Juniors Present Research at National Economics Conference * Three Brock School of Business students represented Samford University on a national stage, April 5-7, at the Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Juniors Jay Clemmer, Anna Lynn Harms and Leah Watson participated in the Undergraduate Research Competition, presenting origin  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on May 12, 2026, by non-resident senior fellow William Echikson and senior researcher Anda Bologa: * * * DMA Two Years In: Fit for Purpose? Europe's landmark Digital Markets Act aimed to jumpstart competition by breaking Silicon Valley gatekeepers' grip over digital markets. Instead, it raises security and privacy risks. * Nobody except European trustbusters seems happy. Tech's largest companies  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on May 12, 2026, by Evgeny Roshchin, head of the Democratic Resilience Program: * * * Moscow Marches to Kyiv's Tune The Kremlin's imagined path to victory in Ukraine is taking some very strange detours, all of which reflect badly on Vladimir Putin. * * * The Victory Day celebrations in Moscow, celebrating the end of World War II, or in the Russian framing, victory in the Great Patriotic War, signal  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 12 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: * * * Guided by Purpose: Jazmine James Finds Her Calling in the Law * Jazmine James decided she wanted to be a lawyer when she was in fifth grade. Years later, that dream seemed deferred. However, a setback became the push she needed to pursue law school. "I was working as a paralegal and loving it, but I was laid off, and alongside applying to more jobs, I finally applied to law schoo  more

ONEONTA, New York, May 12 -- Hartwick College issued the following news release: * * * New Book by Hartwick Professor Explores Abortion Opinion After Dobbs * Hartwick College Professor Laurel Elder continues to bring nationally recognized political research into the classroom and broader public conversation with the release of the new book "Not Going Back: Public Opinion on Abortion in Post-Dobbs America", published May 8 by Temple University Press. Elder, who serves as chair of Hartwick's  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 12 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * Reducing fear is critical for improving trust in law enforcement, according to study * Law enforcement is a critical aspect of ensuring safety in communities. However, unjustified harm has been associated with law enforcement throughout history, resulting in tension between police and communities. Fear of unjustified police harm remains prevalent, especially in minoritized communities. However, res  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48916) 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 certain goods that a  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 12 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * The dam dilemma: How to build dams to best protect community, environment * As the U.S. and other countries expand clean energy, large hydropower dams, often seen as a reliable renewable solution, can come with significant environmental and social costs if not planned thoughtfully. New research from Michigan State University finds that without better planning and community involvement, dam projects  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 12 -- The University of Pennsylvania posted the following news: * * * Want to succeed in academia? Build a network beyond your co-authors * Is one type of collaboration more crucial than the other? To answer this question, a team of researchers led by Lluis Danus, postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Information Networks and Democracy (CIND), and Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, co-director of CIND and Carolyn Marvin Professor of Communication and Sociology at the Ann  more