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

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * REMINDER: Michiganders Have Tom Barrett to Thank for Higher Prices and Energy Costs * Tom Barrett promised Michiganders he'd lower prices. Instead, he's voted to make everything more expensive while working to enrich himself and his special interest allies. Refresher on Barrett's true record: * Voting to kill energy tax credits and raise electricity prices on Michiganders, so he could give a handout instead to his Big Oil don more PR

PULLMAN, Washington, June 16 (TNSjou) -- Washington State University issued the following news release: * * * Higher tax burden, less corruption: WSU researchers examine civic engagement By Shawn Vestal, WSU News & Media Relations When citizens feel a bigger tax pinch, political corruption goes down and voter turnout rises. That's a key finding from new research led by Washington State University, which concludes that a higher tax burden is associated with increased civic engagement and citizen monitoring of public officials. Using count 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

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on June 15, 2026: * * * ICYMI: "Bitter, Largely Stagnant Intraparty Fight" Reaches Breaking Point in Georgia Senate Runoff as GOP Faces "Infighting" After Trump Endorsement After months of "a bitter, largely stagnant intraparty fight" in the Georgia GOP Senate primary, which has "complicat[ed] the party's prospects in the key battleground," Republicans woke up Sunday morning with a Trump-induced hangover after he endorsed "scandal-plagued" " more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 15 -- The University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Public Policy Center posted the following news release: * * * Jury Service Boosts Public Trust in Courts, But Fewer Americans Are Serving * As public trust in the U.S. Supreme Court continues to fall, new research from the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania finds that jury service is associated with more positive attitudes toward courts and judges - but that Americans' opportunities to serve are shrinking as jury trials becom more PR

ITHACA, New York, June 15 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Listening to political opponents who share common values can ease polarization * Listening to someone who disagrees with you on a controversial topic, but shares basic values, might not change your mind - but it could moderate an extreme position, reducing polarization, new Cornell economics research finds. The research shows that contrary to popular narratives about media and political echo chambers - where people primarily interact with like-minded partisan more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Protect Borrowers (formerly Student Borrower Protection Center) issued the following commentary on June 11, 2026, by Executive Director Mike Pierce: * * * Cleanup on Aisle CFPB The Bureau May Be Mostly Dead, but It's Still the Life of the Party! - Depending on how you think about the current state of consumer financial protection in the Trump Administration, last week either brought a remarkable resurrection of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) or showed us a sad new example of how Acting Director Russ  more PR