WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 [Category: Business] -- The National Federation of Independent Business issued the following news release: * * * 97 Texas Legislative Candidates Earn Crucial Small Business Endorsement AUSTIN (Jan. 26, 2026) -Today the NFIB Texas PAC, comprised exclusively of NFIB members from Texas, endorsed 97 incumbent state legislators for re-election, including 11 in the Senate and 86 in the House of Representatives. "Texas is strong because of the unbridled entrepreneurial spirit  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Americans Against Government Censorship issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2026: * * * After Weekend Shooting, White House Escalates Campaign to Treat Political Opposition as the Enemy Administration Rushes to Label VA Nurse a "Domestic Terrorist" Following Federal Shooting Gun Owners and Second Amendment Advocates Warn Against Dangerous Federal Overreach Bondi Letter Signals Broader Effort to Weaponize Federal Power Ahead of Midterms * In the aftermath o more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 26 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Nessel Demands Action from xAI over Grok's Creation of Nonconsensual Sexual Content * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general have sent a letter (PDF) demanding that xAI, the company that owns both the X social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok, take additional action to prevent its AI chatbot, Grok, from gen more PR

CANBERRA, Australia, Jan. 27 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued the following commentary on Jan. 26, 2026, to The Australian: * * * It's the shared bonds that are our nation's greatest strength The great gift of Australia Day is that it gives us the perfect opportunity to come together to celebrate everything that unites us as a nation and makes us the best country on earth. We look back on the fullness and richness of our history, recognising our extraordinary privilege i more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Bloomberg: "Democrats Hold Early Midterms Advantage" * Democrats are poised to take back the House in November. Current polling shows Democrats in a commanding lead on the generic ballot, the public is souring on Republicans' broken promises to lower costs, and GOP sycophants continue bending the knee to Donald Trump while rubber stamping his harmful, extreme policies. After camp more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on Jan. 26, 2026: * * * Communism and the Democratic Socialists of America The DSA may have been founded by an anti-communist, but in recent years it has been cozying up to the sort of revolutionary communism that seeks to overthrow America. By Robert Stilson Newsweek recently reported that members of the international committee of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) "have been cultivating ties with of more PR

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Jan. 27 (TNSjou) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * Student Research Examines Loyalties of Language Models Tracy Weener '26 assesses national biases in artificial intelligence. * DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence research lab in China, made waves last year by releasing a low-cost, high-performance AI model and chatbot that matched and even surpassed others in the industry. The DeepSeek model quickly topped the global charts, becoming the most-d more PR

NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands, Jan. 26 -- Radboud University posted the following news: * * * Developments demonstrations on campus * In this current overview you will find the latest developments regarding the demonstrations on the Radboud University campus. The latest update is at the top. Monday 26 January 2026 * The Executive Board has adopted the recommendation of the independent Advisory Committee on Partnerships to refrain from entering into a partnership agreement with Ben-Gurion Un more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on Jan. 26, 2026, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Georgia Hopes to Reverse Venezuela's Recognition of Occupied Territories By Nino Lezhava Executive Summary: * Venezuela is among a small group of states--alongside Syria, Russia, Nicaragua, and Nauru--that recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Georgia's territories occupied by Russia, as independent countries in 2009. * Tbilisi has an opportunity to convin more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Lawler Introduces Legislation to End Partisan Gerrymandering * Washington, D.C. - 1/26/26... Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) released the following statement after introducing the Fair Apportionment and Independent Redistricting for Maps that Avoid Partisanship (FAIR MAP) Act, comprehensive legislation to establish clear national standards for congressional redistricting, strengthen election  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * LCV Statement on Accountability for DHS In response to the ongoing actions of the Trump administration and the Department of Homeland Security in Minnesota and across the country, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) issued the following statement: "Our ability to make progress on clean energy and climate change depends on a strong democracy that upholds the rule of l more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Jan. 27 -- Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows issued the following statement on Jan. 25, 2026: * * * Secretary of State Shenna Bellows issues statement on US Attorney General Pam Bondi's announcement making release of the voter file a condition of pulling ICE out of Minnesota Secretary of State Shenna Bellows today issued a statement on U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's announcement making release of the voter file a condition of pulling ICE out of Minnesota: "Attorney G more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy on Substack: My Trip To Texas Confirmed We Can't Fund This Version Of ICE * WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Friday published a Substack post detailing the horrors he observed while visiting the San Antonio immigration court, and calling on his congressional colleagues to take deci more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 26 -- Fortify Rights, a team of human rights defenders, issued the following news release: * * * Myanmar: Junta Increases Attacks on Civilians Using Paramotors and Gyrocopters Spike in bombings from paramotors and gyrocopters marks deadly shift toward low-cost aerial attacks across Myanmar's central lowlands * (BANGKOK) - The Myanmar military junta is increasingly carrying out targeted attacks on civilians using commercial paramotors and gyrocopters, Fortify Rights more PR

GRONINGEN, The Netherlands, Jan. 26 -- The University of Groningen posted the following news: * * * Opinion: Let's hope the Greenlanders remain proud for a long time to come Greenland is currently mostly seen as a piece of ice that is politically or militarily interesting. Or as a place where you can extract all kinds of valuable resources, according to polar researcher and associate professor of Arctic Ecology Maarten Loonen. He often visits the Arctic and sees the value of the Greenlanders' more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * STATEMENT FROM CONGRESSMAN JOE MORELLE ON DEADLY ICE ACTIONS AND DHS FUNDING * (Rochester, N.Y.)-Today, Congressman Joe Morelle issued the following statement on the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions in Minnesota, and the corrupt attempt by Attorney General Pam Bondi to trade access to state voter data for a withdrawing of ICE agents. "The violen more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-New York, ranking member of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2026: * * * Top House Dems Demand Joint Hearing with Bondi, Noem Following DOJ, DHS Clear Abuse of Power in Minnesota Today, Reps. Joe Morelle (NY-25) and Bennie Thompson (MS-02), the Democratic leaders of the Committees on House Administration and Homeland Security, respectively, demanded a joint hearing featuring Attorney General Pam Bon more PR