DURHAM, North Carolina, May 14 -- The American Association of Independent Professional Baseball issued the following news release: * * * AABP Begins 2026 Regular Season: Ten Things to Know in the American Association of Professional Baseball This Week The sound of "Play Ball!" will be heard across the Midwest this weekend as the American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) opens the 2026 regular season. The Cleburne Railroaders host the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks in the lid-lifte  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on May 15, 2026, by Walter Clemens, associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University and a professor emeritus of political science at Boston University: * * * Putin's Contradictions Have a Poetic Precedent The writings of a 19th Century Russian poet can help explain the shifting sands of Vladimir Putin's relationship with the West. * After the fall of the USSR in  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on May 15, 2026, by journalist and geopolitical analyst Matthew Fulco in its China Brief Notes: * * * Beijing Reacts To Panama Setbacks Executive Summary: * Since 2025, Panama has pushed back against the People's Republic of China's (PRC) influence in its region by leaving the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative and cancelling Hong Kong firm CK Hutchinson's port concessions on the Panama Canal. In the meantime, Pa  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