WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following report by Brendan Duke, senior director for Federal Budget Policy: * * * A Framework to Evaluate Affordability Proposals Answers to Two Key Questions to Help Set Priorities - U.S. families are grappling with increased costs for many necessities: groceries, housing, health care, utilities, gasoline, and more. Although Donald Trump pledged as President that he would improve affordability, he has failed on that mark. Instead, he is championing policies that more PR

NEW YORK, June 14 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Addressing Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain A Background Briefing for the UN Informal Exchanges in June 2026 - Introduction Militaries are rapidly integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the making of life-and-death decisions: whom to target, what force to use, and how to weigh the expected harm to civilians. The adoption of AI in the military domain is now a global phenomenon, evident in the conduct of parties to armed  more PR

NEW YORK, June 15 [Category: Media] -- ProPublica, an independent nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism, issued the following news release: * * * ProPublica Hires Caroline O'Donovan, Ben Foldy and Kendall Taggart to Expand Business Coverage * ProPublica has hired three reporters -Caroline O'Donovan, Ben Foldy and Kendall Taggart -to join the new business desk. The team, led by Assistant Managing Editor Jesse Eisinger and Senior Editor Jake Swearingen, will pursue accountability journalism focused on corporate power, fina more PR

LIVERPOOL, England, June 15 -- The University of Liverpool issued the following news release: * * * Study of 5.8 billion medicines dispensed in England exposes stark health inequalities * Scientists have revealed striking inequalities and changing trends in medicines dispensing for more than 52 million people living in England during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The team from University of Liverpool and the BHF Data Science Centre at Health Data Research UK say this type of analysis can offer opportunities for smarter and safer prescr more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 16 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Yale researchers propose 'copyleft' rules for generative AI A new study by Yale's Digital Ethics Center proposes a novel "copyleft" licensing framework that would require AI models trained on open-source software to remain fully transparent. By Mike Cummings The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) poses challenges for the free and open-source software (FOSS) community, a global network that is committed to creating and maintaining pub more PR