WASHINGTON, May 27 (TNSletter) -- The American Securities Association issued the following letter to the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets: * * * Here is the text of the letter: May 20, 2026 The Honorable Ann Wagner Chair Capital Markets Subcommittee House Financial Services Committee U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 * The Honorable Brad Sherman Ranking Member Capital Markets Subcommittee House Financial Services Committee U.S. House of Rep  more

MONTREAL, Quebec, May 27 -- The Bank of Canada issued the following remarks on May 26, 2026, by External Deputy Governor Nicolas Vincent at the Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis of Organization: * * * Canada's labour market: between cycles and structural change Introduction Good morning, everyone. I am very pleased to be here with you in Montreal. I see a lot of familiar faces in the room--colleagues, and former students. Thank you all for being here. It warms my heart. Today  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- British Ambassador Neil Holland, head of the United Kingdom delegation to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, condemned Russia's recent aerial assaults against Ukraine, including the deployment of nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missiles. During a speech delivered in Vienna, Austria, Holland stated that the attacks constituted the largest single-night drone and missile offensive against Kyiv since 2022, causing extensive civilian casualtie  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on May 27, 2026, by David Kirichenko, freelance journalist and an associate research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society: * * * Russia's Land Bridge Becomes a Highway to Hell The Kremlin's supply lines in occupied Ukraine are being hammered, the result of Kyiv's current superiority in drone technology. - Something significant and unexpected is happening in occupied Ukraine. The critical supply rout  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on May 27, 2026, by Justina Budginaite-Froehly, transatlantic security and defense expert and a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's Europe Center and Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security: * * * Turning Baltic Vulnerability Into Strength The Baltic states know how to use a crisis. They have done it before under Russian pressure, and should do it again now with the growing dron  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 22 -- Politico issued the following transcript of a podcast involving Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Olga Stefanishyna: * * * Full Transcript: Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Olga Stefanishyna on "The Conversation with Dasha Burns" This is a full unedited transcript of POLITICO's interview with Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Olga Stefanishyna on "The Conversation with Dasha Burns": Olga Stefanishyna: Ukrainians are like very mature political na  more

LONDON, England, May 28 -- BloombergNEF, a part of Bloomberg, issued the following news release: * * * Global Clean-Energy Trade Rebounds to $479 Billion in 2025 Despite Tariffs and Geopolitical Turmoil: BloombergNEF KEY TAKEAWAYS * Despite numerous tariffs targeting energy transition sectors and other global markets, US policy failed to stifle overall trade in products central to the energy transition. * Persistent overcapacity, fueled by Chinese overinvestment, continues to compress margi  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on May 27, 2026, by nonresident senior fellow Can Kasapoglu: * * * Ukraine Military Situation Report | May 27 Political-military activity around Belarus is heating up and may constitute what intelligence analysis calls weak signals: ambiguous background noise that can presage major strategic shifts. After reviewing this epis  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on May 27, 2026, by journalist Giorgi Menabde in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Moscow Makes a New Step for Annexation of Georgian Territories Executive Summary: * Russia and the de facto government of Georgia's occupied Tskhinvali Region (South Ossetia) signed the Treaty on Deepening Allied Cooperation on May 9, essentially allowing Moscow gain more control of the region and use it as a tool of pressure on Tbil  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on May 27, 2026, by Contributing Editor Tatiana Vorozhko and senior researcher Victoriia Novikova, both of the Reckoning Project, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russian Authorities Seizing Ukrainian Property to Consolidate Occupation Executive Summary: * Many Ukrainian families have fled the occupied territories of Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion, fearing child deportations, forced co  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly Secures AI Oversight Provisions in Annual Intelligence Bill Passed Out of Committee * Bill also includes Kelly provision targeting uncleared access to classified intelligence Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), announced that he secured key national security priorities in the annual intelligence bill, the Intelligence Authorization Act for  more

NEW YORK, May 27 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Lebanon Joins Mine Ban Treaty * (Beirut, May 27, 2026) - Lebanon 's recent accession to the Mine Ban Treaty amid an ongoing armed conflict underscores the treaty's vital importance for saving lives and rebuilding communities, Human Rights Watch said today. The government's decision should motivate other countries, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, to support the global norm again  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 [Category: Media] -- The National Press Club posted the following news release: * * * National Press Club statement on Russian designation of the Committee to Protect Journalists as an "undesirable" organization * WASHINGTON, May 27 - National Press Club President Mark Schoeff Jr. today issued the following statement on Russia's designation of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) as an "undesirable" organization, which threatens any individual inside Russia who coope  more

LONDON, England, May 27 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued the following news release: * * * PM meeting with Prime Minister Tusk of Poland: 27 May 2026 * The Prime Minister hosted the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, at RAF Northolt and a nearby military museum today. The leaders began by reflecting on the historic relationship between the UK and Poland, including the strong links between the Polish community and RAF Northolt, where the 303 Polish Fighter Squadron had been  more

NEW DELHI, India, May 24 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of a joint news availability by Secretary Marco Rubio and Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Hyderabad House: * * * MODERATOR: Secretary of State of the United States of America, His Excellency Mr. Marco Rubio; Honorable External Affairs Minister of India, Dr. S. Jaishankar; excellencies, distinguished guests, and friends from the media: Namaskar and good afternoon to all of you. I we  more

JAIPUR, India, May 28 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of a news conference on May 26, 2026, by Secretary Marco Rubio at Jaipur International Airport: * * * QUESTION: What do you - about the strikes overnight, the - (inaudible). SECRETARY RUBIO: We're just working on that. Nothing new to report to you right now. Hopefully, as I said - there were some talks going on in Qatar today, so we'll see if we can make progress on - I think it's a lot of talking back and for  more

LONDON, England, May 27 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued the following news release: * * * Treaty between the Republic of Poland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on a Security and Defence Partnership * The Republic of Poland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, hereinafter referred to as "the Parties", Resolving to strengthen close co-operation in security and defence and preparing for the challenges facing both States and E  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 27 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Method and Apparatus for Reconstructing Image Projections ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 26 -- MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC., Lafayette, Colorado has been assigned a patent (No. US 12635962 B2, initially filed April 3, 2024) developed by Patrick A. Helm, Canton, Massachusetts, and Shuanghe Shi, Southborough, Massachusetts, for "Method and apparatus for reconstructing image projections." *** Pre  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 27 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Minnesota. *** Filter Element, Filter Head, and Filter System ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 26 -- DONALDSON COMPANY, INC., Bloomington, Minnesota has been assigned a patent (No. US 12636599 B2, initially filed July 20, 2021) developed by five inventors Erwin Verbelen, Meise, Belgium; Luca Ghisu, Bierbeek, Belgium; Robert A. McGlade, Somerset, Wisconsin; John K. Aune, Edina, Minnesota; and Jared J. Flanigan, St.  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Joins Bill to Increase Tax on Stock Buybacks as Major Oil and Gas Companies Profit Off Trump's War in Iran * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, cosponsored the Taxing Buybacks from Big Oil Windfalls Act, legislation led by Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senator M  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 27 -- World Relief issued the following news release on May 26, 2026: * * * World Relief Responds to Increased Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for FY26, Urges Additional Space for Vulnerable Populations Christian humanitarian organization and refugee resettlement agency urges administration to honor promises to persecuted Christians, allies of the U.S. military and others - Today, a new Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions (PD) just pos  more