WASHINGTON, May 19 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers issued the following news release: * * * AFT's Weingarten Slams Fake 'Freedom Foundation' Report * AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement exposing an error-riddled document from a far-right activist group released today:  "The so-called Freedom Foundation has spent decades collecting tens of millions of dollars in dark money to attack teachers and their unions. These extremists, funde  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary on May 18, 2026, by Energy and Environmental Policy Director Shuting Pomerleau: * * * U.S. Natural Gas Market: Soaring AI Demand and Infrastructure Constraints Executive Summary * The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers is fueling a surge in U.S. electricity demand, positioning natural gas as a main baseload power source to meet the new demand; under a high-demand scenario, natural gas-fi  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following notice in the Federal Register on May 15, 2026. This notice announces the imposition of a 6-month nationwide moratorium on the Medicare enrollment of home health agencies (HHAs). DATES: This moratorium is effective May 13, 2026. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background A. CMS' Authority To Impose Temporary Enrollment Moratoria 1. Statutory and Regula  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, May 20 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * Dartmouth Convenes Second Annual Forum on Rural Health Participants seek to build trust and improve care in America's towns and villages. * The second annual Dartmouth Rural Health Symposium convened on May 13 at the Hanover Inn with a sobering introduction. "Rural populations are older, sicker, less educated and poorer, and have more difficulty accessing healthcare services, and die younger, than urban co  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, May 20 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * Dartmouth Researchers Assess Agentic AI Across campus, scholars balance the promise of autonomous AI with its pitfalls. Written by Harini Barath Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from reactive models that respond to user prompts to proactive agentic AI systems that can write and test code, plan and book travel, and boost office productivity by streamlining and managing tasks. Dartmouth researchers   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 19 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on May 18, 2026: * * * Trump EPA Proposes to Eliminate and Delay Protections from Toxic Forever Chemicals in Drinking Water The plan would weaken protections for up to 105 million people nationwide * Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it plans to repeal federal restrictions on four PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, in drinking water. The move will eliminate the  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the following warning letter to ct-riecig.com from its Center for Tobacco Products: * * * Recipient: ct-riecig.com, 188 Westminster Road Unit 3, Canterbury, CT 06331, United States, SDiamio1971@gmail.com, info@riecig.com Issuing Office: Center for Tobacco Products, United States WARNING LETTER To Whom It May Concern: The Center for Tobacco Products of the U.S. Food and Drug Administr  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the following warning letter to vape4sale.com from its Center for Tobacco Products: * * * Recipient: vape4sale.com, United States, vape4sale.yourshop@gmail.com, (b)(6) Issuing Office: Center for Tobacco Products, United States WARNING LETTER To Whom It May Concern: The Center for Tobacco Products of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently reviewed the website https://vape  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the following warning letter to waterbedsnstuff.com from its Center for Tobacco Products: * * * Recipient: waterbedsnstuff.com, 3933 Brookham Drive, Grove City, OH 43123, United States, sales@waterbedsnstuff.com, sales@stuff4uwholesale.com, admin@waterbedsnstuff.com Issuing Office: Center for Tobacco Products, United States WARNING LETTER To Whom It May Concern: The Center for Tobacco  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a request for information regarding a regulatory science initiative. The aims of the initiative are to advance biomarker validation through the compilation of data from multiple sources and through a specific pilot project focused on aggregating data for biomarkers of drug-induced kidney injury. The purpose of this notice is to inform the public of the aims of   more

CALIFORNIA, Pennsylvania, May 19 -- PennWest posted the following news: * * * Finding her path: How one transfer student discovered purpose at PennWest * Tammi Porterfield didn't arrive at PennWest by chance - her transfer was the result of careful reflection, determination and a clear vision for her future in social work. Living in Somerset, Pennsylvania, and working full time at Torrance State Hospital, she knew that the right academic program would be essential to achieving her long-ter  more

DARTMOUTH, New Hampshire, May 20 -- The Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Geisel's Counseling Service Is Reshaping the Way Future Doctors Ask for Help By Susan Green Historically, medical students, residents, and physicians experience higher rates of stress--such as anxiety, depression, and related mental illness that affects quality of life, productivity, and patient care--but lower rates of seeking support. And because mental health and self-rega  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule on May 12, 2026, classifying a category of diagnostic medical devices designed to detect and identify microorganism nucleic acids and antimicrobial resistance markers in patients with suspected orthopedic infections. Published in the Federal Register, the rule places the device type into Class II with special controls, rather than the more restrictive Class III category  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration published a notice on May 12, 2026, announcing the annual compilation of updates to its Susceptibility Test Interpretive Criteria web page. The notice was published pursuant to requirements established by the 21st Century Cures Act and provides updated information regarding antimicrobial susceptibility testing standards recognized or identified by the agency. The STIC web page, originally  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 20 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: * * * Maine becomes the 11th state to allow community choice aggregation A bill from Rep. Gerry Runte, D-York, to address high electricity costs and give residents more local control over their power is now law. Gov. Janet Mills recently signed the measure. LD 2112 provides Maine towns and the Wabanaki Nations the option to purchase electricity at lower rates and from renewable sources, without taking ove  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 20 -- Gov. Kelly Ayotte, R-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on May 19, 2026: * * * Governor Ayotte Signs Law Expanding Gold Star License Plate Program Ahead of Memorial Day, Governor Ayotte today signed into law House Bill 1078, expanding the State's Gold Star License Plate Program to include Gold Star Fathers and other immediate family members. The program previously applied only to Gold Star Mothers. The Governor was joined by more than a dozen N  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas's Bipartisan Legislation to Cut Red Tape on Trucking Apprenticeship Programs for Veterans * Today legislation introduced by Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the Economic Opportunity Subcommittee of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, and Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02), the Veterans' Transition to Trucking Act, passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on May 19, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Ricketts Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Promote American Global Competitiveness in Tech Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Pete Ricketts (R-NE) introduced the bipartisan U.S. Technology Procurement and Access to Tr  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Hassan Presses for Answers on Major Reported Data Leak at Leading Cybersecurity Agency * Hassan: "This reported incident raises serious questions about how such a security lapse could occur at the very agency charged with helping to prevent cyber breaches" WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, is pressing for answer  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Hassan Statement on Republicans Advancing Partisan Slush Fund for ICE, Trump's Ballroom, Out of Homeland Security Committee * U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released the following statement after Republicans on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted to advance legislation that expands a partisan slush fund for ICE and provides $1 billion in taxpayer dollars f  more