WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government released the following testimony by Kurt Couchman, a senior fellow in fiscal policy at Americans for Prosperity, from a Dec. 3, 2025, hearing entitled "Balancing the Federal Budget: Examining Proposals for a Balanced Budget Amendment": * * * Chairman Roy, Ranking Member Scanlon, and members of the subcommittee: Thank you for the invitation to discuss a well-crafted balanced budget amendment (BBA more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 13 -- The British Natural History Museum issued the following news release: * * * New research finds climate change will affect human diseases in widespread and varied ways A global review of studies looks at how climate affects zoonotic diseases - infections that spread from animals to humans such as COVID-19, the bubonic plague and the Ebola virus. * The impact of climate change has only been scientifically investigated in around 6% of the 816 zoonotic diseases that a more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48473) on Dec. 12, 2025, entitled "Congressional Involvement in the Celebration of Anniversaries of the Declaration of Independence:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Sesquicentennial--150th Anniversary (1926) In 1926, the United States celebrated the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The sesquicentennial celebration served to mark, in the words of Presi more PR

MUNICH, Germany, Dec. 13 (TNSjou) -- The Technical University of Munich issued the following news: * * * Discovery by TUM Researchers at CERN Reveals Formation of Deuterons Decades-old mystery in particle physics solved * Another long-standing mystery in particle physics has finally been solved. An international research team of the ALICE experiment at CERN's particle accelerator, led by researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has for the first time directly observed how  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46980) on Dec. 11, 2025, entitled "Single-Family Mortgage Pricing and Primary Market Policy Issues" by financial economics specialist Darryl E. Getter. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY A mortgage is a loan secured by the underlying real estate collateral being financed by the loan. Specifically, a single-family mortgage is a loan secured by a residential property dwelling having at least one more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46980) on Dec. 11, 2025, entitled "Single-Family Mortgage Pricing and Primary Market Policy Issues:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Discouraging High-Cost Mortgage Offerings Regulators currently have large amounts of data regarding creditworthy prime borrowers with similar and more predictable prepayment and default rates. The APOR used to determine HMDA rate spread eligibility is large more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, Dec. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * Adding antibody treatment to chemo boosts outcomes for children with rare cancer Phase two trial finds improved survival time among children who have neuroblastoma that comes back or doesn't respond to usual treatment * Children with a rare form of cancer called neuroblastoma which hasn't responded to initial treatment or that has relapsed may benefit from adding antibody treatment to usua more PR

MANCHESTER, England, Dec. 13 -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * Early access to support linked to better recovery after Manchester Arena attack, studies find Two new studies have found that people affected by the 2017 Manchester Arena terrorist attack showed improvement in mental health after engaging with dedicated support services. Led and funded by researchers at The University of Manchester and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIH more PR