WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following statement by Mike Pompeo, a former Secretary of State under President Trump: * * * China's Influence Operations Show the Enemy Is Inside the Gates With the world's attention riveted to the summit between President Trump and Xi Jinping, it's worth reflecting on a few other China-related stories that made the headlines this week. In the space of just five days, an American citizen was convicted of operating a sec  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 16 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering posted the following news: * * * At USC Viterbi, 170 newly minted Ph.Ds. stepped forward toward a bright future * Yushun Zeng still remembered the first time he saw what ultrasound could reveal; and what it could not. "Even with today's technology, there are still gaps in resolution and accuracy," he said. "That's where engineering can make a real difference." On Wednesday morning, Zeng  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following InfluenceWatch wrapup on May 16, 2026, by Jonathan Harsh: * * * InfluenceWatch, a project of Capital Research Center, is a comprehensive and ever-evolving compilation of our research into the numerous advocacy groups, foundations, and donors working to influence the public policy process. The website offers transparency into these influencers' funding, motives, and connections while providing insight often neglected by othe  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following document as part of its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (No. 17) on May 7, 2026, entitled "Serologic Evidence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection in a Veterinary Professional Exposed to an Infected Domestic Cat -- Los Angeles County, California, December 2024-January 2025.": Here are excerpts: * * * Summary What   more

MERCED, California, May 17 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * Commencement Celebrates UC Merced's History, Looks Ahead to Future * Smiling even as she cried, Nancy Rodas De Leon stood in UC Merced's University Plaza, accepting hugs, flowers, stuffed animals and cards from extended family. "These are happy tears," said Rodas De Leon, who previously earned both her undergraduate and master's degrees at UC Merced. The eldest of five children, she said it w  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a notice proposing an incidental harassment authorization for marine mammal disturbance connected to research, monitoring, and management activities on the South Farallon Islands in California. Comments must be submitted by June 15, 2026. NMFS announced that the proposed authorization was requested by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge.  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign-Trade Zones Board has received an application seeking to expand Subzone 18G on behalf of Tesla, Inc. in Tracy, California. The notice was published in the Federal Register on May 14, 2026. The application was submitted by the City of San Jose, which serves as the grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 18. According to the filing, Tesla is requesting the addition of a new site to the existing subzone network in Tracy. The request was f  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11432) by legislative attorney Todd Garvey: * * * Congressional Authority to Regulate Presidential Recordkeeping When Richard Nixon stepped from the White House lawn onto Marine One after resigning the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal, he could well have assumed that some of the most familiar remnants of his administration - hundreds of audio tape recordings  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Ami Bera, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Taiwan Caucus Co-Chairs Applaud Taiwan's Special Defense Budget, Call for Full Funding of Taiwan's Defense Priorities * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26), Greg Stanton (AZ-04), and Andy Barr (KY-06), co-chairs of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus, issued the following joint statement after Taiwan's Legislative Yuan passed a spe  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that EPA Region IX issued a final Clean Air Act Tribal Minor New Source Review permit to the Jamul Indian Village Development Corporation for equipment associated with the Jamul Casino Resort, California. The permit was issued under the Clean Air Act Tribal Minor New Source Review Program and authorizes the construction and operation of equipment at the casino resort facility located within the Jamul Indian Village   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to determine that the Portola nonattainment area in Plumas County, California, attained the 2012 annual fine particulate matter standard by the applicable Serious area attainment deadline of December 31, 2025. The proposed rule was published May 14 in the Federal Register and concerns the annual PM2.5 national ambient air quality standard, which limits annual average concentrations of fine particulate matter to 1  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 16 -- Faegre Drinker Biddle and Reath, a law firm, issued the following commentary on May 15, 2026, by partners Jamie E. Levin, Libby Baney Burstein and Steve Lokensgard: * * * MSO-PC Structures in the Crosshairs: California AG Takes Aim at Continuity Agreements Art Center Holdings, Inc. v. WCE CA Art, LLC, No. B338625 (Cal. Ct. App. Mar. 30, 2026) At a Glance * A pending California appellate case -- Art Center Holdings, Inc. v. WCE CA Art, LLC -- is testing the   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve System issued a notice regarding applications involving bank holding company acquisitions in Oklahoma, Oregon, and Washington under the Bank Holding Company Act. The notice, published May 12 in the Federal Register, covers separate filings reviewed through the Federal Reserve Banks of Kansas City and San Francisco. In Oklahoma, B.O.E. Bancshares Inc. of Lawton applied to acquire 23 percent of the voting shares of Reeves Bancshares Inc. of Gould,  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following white paper (No. 2026-10) on April 30, 2026, by Kevin J. Lansing and Adam Shapiro entitled "Measuring Inflation Shock Momentum." Here are excerpts: * * * We develop a non-parametric filter that identifies sustained directional runs in shocks to monthly inflation--a concept we define as "inflation shock momentum." By assessing the shocks to over 100 disaggregated Personal Consumption E  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following white paper (No. 2206-09) on April 29, 2026, by Miguel Faria-e-Castro, Pascal Paul, and Juan M. Sanchez entitled "Stabilization vs. Growth." Here are excerpts: * * * Should firms in financial distress be saved to stabilize an economy, even if less productive ones are kept alive, possibly reducing economic growth? To assess this fundamental stabilization-vs. growth trade-off, we develo  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's 'Scaling Up: Demonstrating Risk Reduction and Cost Compression for Commercial Heat Pump Water Heaters (CRADA 625)' by Carmen Cejudo, report number PNNL-38750, Rev. 0, says the project was intended to prove a systems approach for commercial heat pump water heaters that could reduce risk and lower costs in multifamily buildings. The report says it was issued in December 2025. The report says the project began on April 1, 2024  more

NORTHRIDGE, California, May 15 -- California State University Northridge issued the following news release: * * * Honored Faculty Awards 2026 * Celebrating achievements and excellence at the 2025-26 Honored Faculty Awards reception, on May 1, 2026, at the Orchard Conference Center. Pictured (L-R): Professor Jade Huell; Provost Meera Komarraju; Faculty Senate President Jeff Wiegley; Faculty Senate Secretary Cecile Bendavid; Professor Jennifer Berry, 2025-26 Exceptional Creative Accomplishment  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- PNNL-28549, Grid Impacts of Hyperloop Technology in the United States, was published in March 2019 and studied how conceptual Hyperloop systems could affect the electric grid. The report concludes that Hyperloop's pulsing power demand would likely create voltage and frequency disturbances unless compensation equipment or energy storage is added. The study modeled at-scale Hyperloop systems in California, Colorado, Ohio, and San Francisco, using assumed passenger   more

PALO ALTO, California, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The Learning Policy Institute issued the following research brief on April 17, 2026 by Susan Kemper Patrick, Chazz Higginbotham, Ryan Saunders, Tiffany S. Tan and Steve Wojcikiewicz entitled "Teacher Certification in Texas: District Strategies to Recruit and Retain a Credentialed Workforce." Here is the summary: * * * Texas faces persistently high teacher attrition and declining enrollment in university-based preparation programs. Between 2019-20 and  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 16 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary on May 15, 2026, by shareholders Zoe M. Argento, Philip L. Gordon and Alice H. Wang: * * * Colorado Amends its Artificial Intelligence Law, Substantially Reducing Obligations on Employers At a Glance * Colorado's amended AI law (S.B. 26-189) significantly scales back employer obligations from the prior version and delays the effective date to January 1, 2027. * The law applies to automated decision-mak  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 13 -- The National Science Teaching Association issued the following news release with Shell USA Inc.: * * * Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge Announces 2026 Grand-Prize Winners Shell USA Inc. and the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) today announced the grand-prize winners in the Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge. The competition encouraged K-12 teachers who have found innovative ways to deliver quality lab experiences using limited school and labora  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 (TNSinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following information collection: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Markey, Merkley, Democratic Colleagues Sound Alarm on Homeland Security Proposal to Develop Biometric Smart Glasses * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, joined Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), to lead their Democratic colleagues in pushing back on the Department of Ho  more

PASADENA, California, May 13 -- The Pasadena Community Foundation issued the following news: * * * PCF Awards Nearly $600,000 in Capital Grants The Pasadena Community Foundation (PCF) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2026 Capital Grants Program. This year, PCF awarded nearly $600,000 to 29 Pasadena-area nonprofit organizations in support of facility improvements and equipment purchases. The grants come at a consequential moment. In the months since the Eaton Fire, local nonprofits  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 16 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary by Managing Director of Government Finance Mariana Trujillo: * * * Mayor Mamdani's balanced budget miracle is built on a pension gimmick The mayor's plan will reduce immediate pension debt payments and lead to higher future payments. * New York City's budget has been balanced, boasted Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The city was expecting a $12 billion budget deficit, but Mamdani was able to close it, he claims,   more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 16 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary by Managing Director of Government Finance Mariana Trujillo: * * * No, New York doesn't have a public employee recruitment and retention crisis The state's 2012 pension reform saved its taxpayers $80 billion. Supporters of a rollback point to a recruitment problem--but the data show there isn't one. * New York's unions have put their full weight behind the "Fix Tier 6" campaign, which calls for reversi  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- Resources for the Future issued the following issue brief on May 11, 2026 by Katarina Nehrkorn and Milan Elkerbout entitled "Accounting for the Carbon Price Paid in a Country of Origin Under Carbon Border Measures." Here is the introduction: * * * With the growing number of carbon pricing policies and border measures around the world, a central challenge is determining how to account for carbon prices that are already paid in the country of origin. Border measu  more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, May 12 -- Space Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Space Foundation Announces Winners of National Space Day Competition and Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, announced the winners of the 2026 National Space Sustainability Competition and the recipient of the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award during the premiere of its National Space D  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, May 17 -- The University of Notre Dame posted the following news: * * * The commencement of the Class of 2026 * The University of Notre Dame celebrated its 181st Commencement Ceremony on Sunday (May 17) at Notre Dame Stadium. An audience of more than 20,000 family members, friends, faculty and graduates were in attendance as 2,120 degrees were conferred on undergraduate students. Over the course of Commencement Weekend, the University conferred a total of 3,335 degrees  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Deployment Office, in 'The National Transmission Planning Study' chapter titled 'Stress Analysis for 2035 Scenarios,' says transmission expansion can materially change how the Western Interconnection performs during extreme heat and drought. The chapter, part of the National Transmission Planning Study led with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, is identified in the report as PNN  more

CLAREMONT, California, May 11 -- Pitzer College issued the following news: * * * Two Pitzer Students Awarded 2026 Projects for Peace Grants Abigail Wulimaja '29 and Saif El Mosalami '26 seek to support communities in Ghana and Cairo. * Two students from Pitzer College have been selected to receive $10,000 Projects for Peace grants to design and implement innovative summer initiatives addressing critical global challenges. Each year, Projects for Peace supports student leaders around the wo  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security and Enforcement released the following testimony by Jane Stoever, law professor at the University of California-Irvine, from a May 14, 2026, hearing entitled "Fairfax County, Virginia: The Dangerous Consequences of Sanctuary Policies." Stoever is also the director of the Law Domestic Violence Clinic, Initiative to End Family Violence, and co-chair of the Orange County Domestic Violence Death Review Team. *  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey issued 'Salinas Valley Integrated Hydrologic and Reservoir Operations Models, Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties, California,' authored by Wesley R. Henson, Randy Hanson, Scott Boyce, Joseph Hevesi, Marisa M. Earll, Deidre M. Herbert, and Elizabeth R. Jachens; it is Scientific Investigations Report 20265005 and was prepared in cooperation with Monterey County Resources Agency, Monterey County, and the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater   more