LOS ANGELES, California, June 8 -- The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law posted the following news: * * * Geopolitics and crazy-expensive tickets: As the World Cup kicks off, UCLA Law's Steve Bank weighs the legal issues * Business law professor. Taxation scholar. Legal historian. UCLA School of Law's Steve Bank is a man with broad expertise and interests, to be sure. And when soccer stars and fans travel to Los Angeles and elsewhere in North America for the World Cup thi  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on June 8, 2026: * * * Meeks, Shaheen, Press Rubio for Answers on Admin's Inaction on Venezuela, Question Lack of Progress to Secure Democratic Transition Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Secre  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The Peterson Institute for International Economics issued the following commentary on June 8, 2026, by senior research staffer Alejandro Werner: * * * Are Venezuelan bondholders trying to jump the line? On May 13, 2026, the government of Venezuela announced its intent to commence the restructuring process of its sovereign debt and the debt of its state-owned oil company PDVSA. This announcement came as a considerable surprise, as the country currently lacks a viable econ  more