SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 25 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Nov. 24, 2025: * * * Governor Newsom announces appointments Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Claudia Quiroz, of Mill Valley, has been appointed as General Counsel at the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. Quiroz held multiples roles at the United States Department of Justice from 2022 to 2025, including Deputy Chief of the Comput more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Nov. 24, 2025: * * * Can Democracies Prevail? Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin believe their autocratic political and economic systems will gradually defeat the West's democracies. How can they be stopped? By Walter Clemens The liberal international order, which has dominated world affairs since World War II, is now collapsing, and China and Russia appear increasingly confident that top-down dicta more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Nov. 25 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary to Power Line: * * * Panic over Somali TPS ending By Bill Glahn From the Minneapolis Star Tribune, 'Panic' in Minnesota's Somali community after Trump's pledge to end deportation protections. When Pres. Trump first posted his intentions on Friday night, we were told it was a meaningless, merely symbolic more PR

BEDFORD PARK, Australia, Nov. 24 (TNSjou) -- Flinders University issued the following news: * * * Can robots help with reading? Meeting key learning targets in primary school is important, and the early years are the best time to give some children extra help if they fall behind in literacy milestones. New research led by Associate Professor Nathan Caruana at Flinders University, with colleagues in Switzerland and Australia, put social robots on trial as assistants or companions for 35 child more PR

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Nov. 24 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * In the Spotlight: Nov. 24-28, 2025 * Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs. Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community? E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission form. * Department of Educational Specialties professor Patricia Peterson secured a five-year $1.24 million Preparation of Administrators in Special Education (PASE) grant from the more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections released the following testimony by Jessie Hahn, senior counsel for labor and employment policy at the National Immigration Law Center, from a Nov. 19, 2025, hearing entitled "E-Verify: Ensuring Lawful Employment in America": * * * Chairman Mackenzie, Ranking Member Omar, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony on the E-Verify program. My name is Jessie Ha more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Nov. 25 -- The University of New Mexico School of Law issued the following news release: * * * The School of Law and the Law and Indigenous Peoples Program Host the 2025 Gathering of Communities and Nations Convocation On November 7, 2025, the School of Law and the Law and Indigenous Peoples Program hosted the Gathering of Communities and Nations Convocation, featuring former United States Secretary of the Interior and Distinguished Alumna Deb Haaland as the keynote s more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47614) on Nov. 24, 2025, entitled "U.S. Marine Corps Force Design Initiative: Background and Issues for Congress" by military ground forces specialist Andrew Feickert: * * * SUMMARY On March 23, 2020, the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) announced a major force design initiative referred to as "Force Design 2030," which is now known as "Force Design." As part of this 10year initiative, the Marine Cor more PR

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Nov. 24 (TNSjou) -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * When students belong, they're more likely to earn a degree * Students are more likely to attain their degree when they report a stronger sense of belonging in their first year of college, according to a new study by Wake Forest University psychology professor Shannon Brady. A one-point increase on a five-point belonging scale corresponded to a 3.4 percentage-point bump in the likeliho more PR