WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news: * * * Army Tests APEX Counter-UAS Round in Arizona * The Yuma Test Center at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, recently tested a new 30 mm Aviation Proximity Explosive round, primarily developed for firing from the AH-64 Apache helicopter. The APEX closely resembles the fielded M788 training round and M789 high explosive dual-purpose round. Walter McCormick, a test officer at the proving ground, explained more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, March 11 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on March 10, 2026: * * * Governor Newsom blasts Trump for raising gasoline prices on Americans with no plan and no accountability What you need to know: Trump launched military strikes on Iran with no plan to address the consequences, and the cost is now showing up at gas pumps nationwide. Prices are spiking all over the country because oil prices are set in the global market, and wars in th more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on March 10, 2026, by Kateryna Bondar, fellow with the Wadhwani AI Center: * * * Unpacking Iran's Drone Campaign in the Gulf: Early Lessons for Future Drone Warfare The first week of Iran's retaliation campaign during Operation Epic Fury demonstrates that drones are no longer auxiliary strike systems but central instruments of modern air campaigns. Their ability to generate sustained pre more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 10 -- NUIX LIMITED, Sydney, Australia has been assigned a patent (No. US 12572746 B2, initially filed March 14, 2023) developed by three inventors Oleksandr Iakovenko, Odesa, Ukraine; William Kelly, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts; and Stephen Land Stewart, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, for "Deep learning systems and methods to disambiguate false positives in natural language processing analytics." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 10 -- SIMPLISAFE, INC., Boston, Massachusetts has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1117265 S1, initially filed Aug. 30, 2024) developed by nine inventors Jessica Pitocco, Arlington, Massachusetts; Nadeem Hussain, Worcester, Massachusetts; Alice Chiang, Arlington, Massachusetts; Irene Lee, Boston, Massachusetts; Stephanie Leathe, Wenham, Massachusetts; Oleksandra Rudenko, Lviv, Ukraine; Madeleine Fougere, Seattle, Washington; Joey Wong, Foster City, California;  more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 10 -- SIMPLISAFE, INC., Boston, Massachusetts has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1117259 S1, initially filed July 5, 2024) developed by eight inventors Jessica Pitocco, Arlington, Massachusetts; Nadeem Hussain, Worcester, Massachusetts; Alice Chiang, Arlington, Massachusetts; Irene Lee, Boston, Massachusetts; Stephanie Leathe, Wenham, Massachusetts; Oleksandra Rudenko, Lviv, Ukraine; Joey Wong, Foster City, Massachusetts; and Molly Nugiel, Somerville, Massach more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 10 -- SIMPLISAFE, INC., Boston, Massachusetts has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1117260 S1, initially filed July 5, 2024) developed by six inventors Nadeem Hussain, Worcester, Massachusetts; Alice Chiang, Arlington, Massachusetts; Irene Lee, Boston, Massachusetts; Stephanie Leathe, Wenham, Massachusetts; Oleksandra Rudenko, Lviv, Ukraine; and Madeleine Fougere, Seattle, Washington, for "Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface." more PT

WASHINGTON, March 10 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary: * * * Europe Needs to Refill Gas Storage Facilities, But Limited Supplies and Higher Prices Make That More Difficult Key Takeaways 1 Europe is facing higher costs to secure natural gas supplies for next winter due to its own depletion and the conflict with Iran. 2 Europe's gas storage levels were below normal when hostilities began. Still, Qatar's inability to move LNG through the more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13176) on March 9, 2026, by Congress specialist Jacob R. Straus. Here are excerpts: * * * Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA): Foreign Principal Locations and Activities in the United States The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA; 22 U.S.C. Sec.Sec.611-621) requires foreign agents (i.e., individuals and groups) doing political, advocacy, or representational work in the  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 10 [Category: Energy]-- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release: * * * G7 Must Tax Fossil Fuel Windfall Profits As Households Pay For Oil Price Spikes * 350.org today called on G7 countries to enact a windfall tax or tax on the excess profits of oil and gas companies benefiting from price surges following the Iran war. The group made the demand after G7 financ more PR

NEW YORK, March 10 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Haiti: Drone Strikes Put Residents at Risk * (Washington, DC) - Haitian security forces and private contractors working with them have conducted extensive and apparently unlawful lethal drone strikes, Human Rights Watch said today. The strikes, at least some of which appear to be deliberate extrajudicial killings, have been carried out with quadcopter drones armed with explosives in densely po more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 (TNSxrep) -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on March 10, 2026, by nonresident senior fellow Can Kasapoglu: * * * Operation Epic Fury Situation Report | Battlefield Effects and Early Strategic Signals Battlefield Assessment The United States began Operation Epic Fury alongside Israel's Operation Roaring Lion on February 28. By the end of the first week, th more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on March 10, 2026, by independent foreign affairs analyst Fuad Shahbazov in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Astana to Host Regional Ecological Summit Executive Summary: * Astana will hold the Regional Ecological Summit (RES) on April 22-24, aiming to reinforce Kazakhstan's regional leadership by promoting coordinated environmental policies and launching a 2026-2030 program addressing shared ecological challenge more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on March 10, 2026, by Paul Goble, specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Conflict in Iran Creating New Winners and Losers Across Former Soviet Space Executive Summary: * The military conflict in Iran is having a major impact on the countries of the former Soviet space, creating new winners and losers and thereby transforming the relationships these states hav more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on March 10, 2026, by analyst Kassie Corelli in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Diverse Russian Responses to U.S.-Israeli Airstrikes on Iran Reveal Elite Split Executive Summary: * The varied reaction of Russian propaganda to U.S. and Israeli airstrikes against Iran reveals the existence of different elite groups, each with its own interests. Each of these groups' assessments of the airstrikes belies their prio more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 10 -- An inventor from Kyiv, Ukraine, Bogdan Yaroslavovych Gryshchuk has been awarded a patent (No. US 12569272 B2, initially filed July 17, 2020) for "Method for radiofrequency resection of meniscus and arthroscopic instrument for implementation thereof (variants)." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 10 -- An inventor from Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Pylyp Kovalenko has been awarded a patent (No. US 12571072 B2, initially filed April 3, 2023) for "Method for the production of a small-fraction titanium-containing filling for a cored wire." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 10 -- INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AMERICAS CORP., El Segundo, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12569150 B2, initially filed Feb. 2, 2022) developed by three inventors Richard Sweet, Jr., San Diego, California; Igor Kolych, Lviv, Ukraine; and Adrian Mikolajczak, Los Altos, California, for "Methods, devices and systems for biophysical sensing." more PT

WASHINGTON, March 10 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary: * * * Oil and Gasoline Prices Volatile Amid the Conflict with Iran Key Takeaways 1 Oil prices climbed above $100 a barrel on March 9 and reached levels not seen in four years as the conflict in Iran forced exporting nations in the Persian Gulf to cut production. 2 The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to Iranian threats has led storage facilities to reach capacity, for more PR

STRASBOURG, France, March 11 -- The Parliamentary Assembly, an arm of the Council of Europe, issued the following news: * * * PACE President meets the UN Secretary General in New York PACE President Petra Bayr, in New York to attend the UN Commission on the Status of Women, met UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres yesterday for an exchange with him on key issues facing both organisations. "The UN and PACE share the same objectives and concerns: consolidating the rules-based international or more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * PASSED: As Russia Helps Iran Target U.S. Military, Cortez Masto's Bipartisan Bill to Prevent American Tax Dollars from Subsidizing Putin's War Machine Passes Senate * FTP for TV stations of her remarks is available here. Washington, D.C. - Following reports that Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to target American military forces, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) passed h more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 10, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democratic Members Publish Major Report Warning President Trump Has Weakened U.S. in Competition with China Ahead of His Travel to Beijing Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Democratic memb more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Calls on Trump to Shield Americans from Higher Energy Prices Caused by Iran War * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is calling on the Trump Administration to take immediate and comprehensive action to effectively mitigate rising energy prices due to the spike in oil and gas prices caused by President Trump's order to initiate military conflict with Iran. This includes considering more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following transcript: * * * Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine Hold a Press Briefing * SECRETARY OF WAR PETE HEGSETH: Well, to our fellow Americans, brave warriors and steadfast allies, good morning. You know, as someone who led troops, led soldiers in the streets of Baghdad and Samarra, Iraq and who trained counterinsurgents in Kabul, Afghanistan and who still carries the weight more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 10 -- Two inventors, Matthew Simoni, North Olmsted, Ohio, and Clement Coletto, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, have been awarded a patent (No. US 12569079 B2, initially filed July 3, 2024) for "Suspended watch holder display container." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 10 -- SIMPLEWAY TECHNOLOGIES LTD., Ballsbridge, Ireland has been assigned a patent (No. US 12572692 B2, initially filed March 28, 2022) developed by three inventors Artem Bohdan, Berlin, Germany; Ievgen Krutov, Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine; and Ramesh Rajaduray, Toronto, Canada, for "System and method for privacy-preserving artificial intelligence and machine learning." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 10 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Work Vehicle Including Side Battery Housing ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 10 -- KUBOTA CORPORATION, Osaka, Japan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12570134 B2, initially filed Oct. 13, 2023) developed by Fuk Ho Pius Ng, Fremont, California, for "Work vehicle including side battery housing." *** Pedestal for a Substrate Processing System ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 10 -- LAM RESEARCH CORP more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 10 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Multipurpose Sampling Apparatus for Chemical Analyzer ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 10 -- VIKEN DETECTION CORPORATION, Burlington, Massachusetts has been assigned a patent (No. US 12571706 B2, initially filed Jan. 14, 2020) developed by Hanh Lai, Arlington, Massachusetts, and Brandon Chiou, Burlington, Massachusetts, for "Multipurpose sampling apparatus for chemical analyzer." *** Selec more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 10 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington. *** Unobtrusive Self-View for Virtual Meetings ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 10 -- GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12574475 B2, initially filed Jan. 8, 2024) developed by Ryan Fedyk, Brooklyn, New York, and Anton Volkov, Seattle, Washington, for "Unobtrusive self-view for virtual meetings." *** Adversarial Language Imitation With Constrained Exemplars  more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 10 -- AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, Washington has been assigned a patent (No. US 12574479 B1, initially filed March 30, 2023) developed by nine inventors Grzegorz Rozek, Cracow, Poland; Matthew J. England, Santa Monica, California; Oleksii Krasnoshchok, Gdynia, Poland; Maksym Yemelin, Gdansk, Poland; Artem Kavalerov, Veldhoven, Netherlands; Mikhail Donskoi, Brovary, Ukraine; Serhii Diahlev, Kyiv, Ukraine; Serhiy Borshch, Bucha, Ukraine; and Anton Cholpukh, Kyi more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 10 -- SNAP INC., Santa Monica, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12569721 B2, initially filed Oct. 22, 2024) developed by seven inventors Ilteris Canberk, Marina Del Rey, California; Ivan Fekete, Odessa, Ukraine; Shin Hwun Kang, Los Angeles, California; Dmytro Kucher, Odessa, Ukraine; Ihor Kuzin, Kyiv, Ukraine; Vernon James Carlos Manlapaz, Glendale, California; and Artur Sydoran, Uzhhorod, Ukraine, for "Virtual evaluation tools for augmented reality exer more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 10 -- ROUSE ENERGY ENTERPRISES LLC, Miami, Florida has been assigned a patent (No. US 12570913 B1, initially filed Jan. 29, 2025) developed by four inventors Oksana Golovko-Kamoshenkova, Uzhhorod, Ukraine; Michail Sigalas, Agia Paraskevi Attikis, Greece; Igor Moshensky, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Dmitriy Ashurov, Miami, Florida, for "Waste-based additive for solid fuel and related methods." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 10 -- H2CS HYDRO COOL SYSTEMS LIMITED, Toronto, Canada has been assigned a patent (No. US 12570122 B2, initially filed May 17, 2022) developed by three inventors William Joseph John Harney, Toronto, Canada; Pierre-Xavier Pascal Roy, Toronto, Canada; and Yevheni Zotkin, Khmelnitsky, Ukraine, for "Zero carbon emission and highly efficient intelligent hydrogen-powered refrigeration system for transportation." more PT