WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on May 27, 2026, by David Kirichenko, freelance journalist and an associate research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society: * * * Russia's Land Bridge Becomes a Highway to Hell The Kremlin's supply lines in occupied Ukraine are being hammered, the result of Kyiv's current superiority in drone technology. - Something significant and unexpected is happening in occupied Ukraine. The critical supply routes between Russia and Crimea are being pummeled by more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 [Category: Energy] -- The Edison Electric Institute issued the following news release: * * * EEI's Drew Maloney Talks Grid Innovation, Affordability, and Mutual Assistance on The Deciders Podcast * WASHINGTON (May 27, 2026) -On a new episode of The Deciders podcast, EEI President and CEO Drew Maloney joined Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Brody Mullins and veteran D.C. strategist Lisa Camooso Miller to discuss rising electricity demand, responsible data center growth, grid innovation, and challenges facing customers in  more PR

PARIS, France, May 26 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Haiti: Portraits of Junior Celestin and Osnel Esperance, journalists abducted in Port-au-Prince and presumed executed * Two and a half months after Haitian journalists Osnel Esperance and Junior Celestin were abducted in the capital, Port-au-Prince, on 13 March 2026, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls again for full clarification of what happened. Although both journalists are now presumed executed following an investigation by the Natio more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, May 27 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news: * * * ICR: Spring 2026 Semester of Scholarship * Seton Hall's Institute for Communication and Religion (ICR), within the College of Human Development, Culture, and Media (CHDCM), reports a successful and productive Spring semester. The semester began with ICR Director Jon Radwan, Ph.D., interviewing professor, journalist and author Anthony DePalma about his new book On This Ground: Hardship and Hope at the Toughest Prep School in America. Professor DePalma, more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on May 27, 2026, by journalist Giorgi Menabde in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Moscow Makes a New Step for Annexation of Georgian Territories Executive Summary: * Russia and the de facto government of Georgia's occupied Tskhinvali Region (South Ossetia) signed the Treaty on Deepening Allied Cooperation on May 9, essentially allowing Moscow gain more control of the region and use it as a tool of pressure on Tbilisi. * Moscow is toughening its policy toward Geo more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on May 27, 2026, by Contributing Editor Tatiana Vorozhko and senior researcher Victoriia Novikova, both of the Reckoning Project, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russian Authorities Seizing Ukrainian Property to Consolidate Occupation Executive Summary: * Many Ukrainian families have fled the occupied territories of Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion, fearing child deportations, forced conscription, and the hardships of life under Russia more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Cantwell, Colleagues Raise Major Alarms Over Foreign Government Influence in American News Media if FCC Greenlights Paramount-Warner Brothers Investment Deal * Paramount's financing scheme needs FCC approval so Saudi Arabia, UAE & Qatar can own significant stakes in its television stations Foreign governments hostile to a free press could exert extraordinary influence over CNN, CBS News, 60 Minutes & local Paramount-owned TV stations in more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, May 27 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Making an Exoneree challenges Rice students to investigate potential wrongful convictions * The room is quiet as the video begins to play. On screen, a man's voice cuts through. "I've been locked up for 21 years for a crime that I didn't commit." Students sit shoulder to shoulder, watching closely. Some take notes. Others lean forward, studying every detail. These are not just school projects. They are part of an effort to move real cases forward. "Maki more PR

PARIS, France, May 26 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Mexico: RSF, co-organiser of the Breach/Valdez Prize for Journalism and Human Rights, congratulates the eighth edition's winners * Co-organised by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the United Nations, the European Union and several partner organisations, the Breach/Valdez Prize for Journalism and Human Rights honoured the work and commitment of journalists at a ceremony held on 25 May in Mexico City. RSF congratulates the winners of this eig more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 (TNSletter) -- Reps. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following letter to the departments of State and Jutice: * * * Here is the text of the letter: May 22, 2026 The Honorable Marco Rubio Secretary U.S. Department of State 2201 C St NW Washington, DC 20520 * The Honorable Todd Blanche Acting Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC more PR

NEW DELHI, India, May 24 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of a joint news availability by Secretary Marco Rubio and Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Hyderabad House: * * * MODERATOR: Secretary of State of the United States of America, His Excellency Mr. Marco Rubio; Honorable External Affairs Minister of India, Dr. S. Jaishankar; excellencies, distinguished guests, and friends from the media: Namaskar and good afternoon to all of you. I welcome you to this press conference. We'll first ha more PR

NEW YORK, May 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York posted the following news release: * * * Staten Island Man Sentenced For His Role In Plot To Stalk And Murder A Journalist And Prominent Critic Of The Iranian Government * United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, John A. Eisenberg, Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), Donald Holstead, and Assistant Director  more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 27 -- The University of Pennsylvania posted the following news: * * * The grass beneath the American dream: Exploring the many facets of lawns * They evoke images of cornhole and cookouts, fertilizer and fences, and hedges and homeowners' associations. They consume an estimated 9 billion gallons of water per day and more than 80 million pounds of pesticides annually. And they raise multidisciplinary questions about biodiversity, soil chemistry, property rights, labor and leisure, gender roles, suburbia, and w more PR

RIVERSIDE, California, May 26 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Filtering out humanity Author: David Danelski Is the internet losing its soul? A collaborative study by UC Riverside computer and social scientists suggests so. As artificial intelligence increasingly answers our online questions with quick summaries and polished explanations, we may be gaining efficiency while losing something distinctly human in the process. The study found that large language models, or LLMs, such as ChatGPT  more PR