WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on June 9, 2026, by American Prosperity Co-Chair Michael Faulkender and American Security Chair Robert Wilkie to the Wall Street Journal: * * * Inside Trump's Economic War on Iran As the U.S. works to eliminate the threats from the Iranian regime, the economic dimension is as crucial as the military one. The U.S. initiated Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28 to target Iran's nuclear sites, ballistic-missile facilities and command centers. On A more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on June 9, 2026, by Ryan Shaw, managing director at Arizona State University, and Dan Rice, president of the American University Kyiv, Ukraine: * * * NATO Needs a War College in Kyiv The most important classroom for NATO's future officers should be built in Ukraine's capital. - Ukraine is not merely a battlefield that NATO should support. It is the war college NATO needs. If Europe is to assume more responsibility for its own defense, it must le more PR

DALLAS, Texas, June 9 -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center posted the following news release: * * * Disrupted metabolism linked to heart failure, UTSW study finds * DALLAS - June 09, 2026 - When heart cells burn fat without normal metabolic controls, they can deplete a lipid needed to keep mitochondria functioning properly, according to a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers. The findings, published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, identify a mechanism linking disrupted energy metabolism to heart fa more PR

DALLAS, Texas, June 8 -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center posted the following news release: * * * Disrupted metabolism linked to heart failure, UTSW study finds * When heart cells burn fat without normal metabolic controls, they can deplete a lipid needed to keep mitochondria functioning properly, according to a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers. The findings, published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, identify a mechanism linking disrupted energy metabolism to heart failure and point to potent more PR

ITHACA, New York, June 9 -- The Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences posted the following news: * * * Farmed oysters may boost New York's dwindling wild populations * Credit: Provided By Krishna Ramanujan, Cornell Chronicle June 9, 2026 LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Email Share Farmed oysters are mixing with and potentially adding to populations of wild oysters - a once-abundant species in New York's estuaries and rivers that has declined drastically over the last century. A new study, which published April 23 in  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Cramer Authors Policy Essay in Harvard Journal on Legislation * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last year, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and the North Dakota congressional delegation embarked on a mission to overturn the Biden-era Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the state. This effort marked the first use of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn an RMP. Cramer's successful strategy fulfilled the intent o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Ted Lieu, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * REP. LIEU APPLAUDS HOUSE PASSAGE OF HIS SUBNATIONAL DIPLOMACY PROVISION * WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the House passed a provision he authored to enhance subnational diplomacy. The House-passed provision establishes an Office of Subnational Diplomacy, which will be responsible for working with subnational governments -state, county, city, and municipal -within the United Stat more PR

NORWICH, England, June 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of East Anglia issued the following news: * * * Survival of the smallest - why tiny creatures outlived dinosaurs A University of East Anglia researcher has helped uncover why some marine life survived the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. Scientists have shown that tiny marine organisms in polar oceans persisted because they needed less energy and were more tolerant to darkness. Published in the journal Nature, the study resolves a longstanding evolutionary mystery by i more PR

SYDNEY, Australia, June 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of New South Wales posted the following news: * * * Shaking up the coffee world: Entirely new way of making espresso unveiled Researchers at UNSW Sydney have harnessed the power of ultrasonic sound waves to make espresso-strength coffee with room temperature water, cutting energy use by up to 75%. That morning coffee kick from a shot of espresso needs boiling water and high pressure - equalling plenty of energy consumption, right? Now, UNSW researchers have shown that one part of that re more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48973) entitled "Vegetation Management for Wildfire Mitigation Along Electric Power Line Rights-of-Way on Federal Lands" by natural resources policy analyst Alicyn R. Gitlin. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Congress has shown interest in protecting lives and property from catastrophic wildfires and in protecting electric grid reliability. Electric power line rights-of-way (hereinafter, power line ROWs) often cross multiple land jurisdiction more PR