EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 1 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * 'The Ground Beneath Us': Inclusive Impact Conference returns to MSU * The Inclusive Impact Conference will return to Michigan State University Aug. 3 for its third annual event, bringing together campus and community partners for a day of learning, connection and collaboration. Held at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center, the event continues to grow as a space for people to share ideas, build skills and strengthen inclusive practices across hi more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 1 -- Consumer Action for a Strong Economy issued the following excerpts of a commentary with DC Journal: * * * CASE Op-Ed in DC Journal: Alaska Has a Winning Pipeline Plan, But Fumbling Legislators Could Make Us Energy Losers For years, the odds of building an Alaskan natural gas pipeline have been on par with obtaining a hunting license in San Francisco, but that could change very soon. That is, if Alaska legislators don't let this opportunity slip through their fingers. The Alaska LNG project and its 800-mile pi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on July 1, 2026, by Elly Rostoum, senior fellow with the Tech Policy Program: * * * AI Confesses Without Penance Pope Leo XIV wants to tame the dangers of artificial intelligence. He has unlikely allies. - The Pope's 42,300-word encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, calls for protections against AI job losses and for children from AI-generated violent, hypersexualized, or fake information. It calls for algorithmic transparency, democratic oversight, an more PR

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on July 1, 2026, by Communications and Information Systems Director Michael Newton: * * * What to Watch at the NATO Summit in Ankara The big decisions are already made. Ankara is about whether NATO allies can deliver. - Implementation, not production. That is how NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has framed the 2026 summit. It convenes in Ankara in early July, hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The last two summits produced landmark more PR

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * The Case Against Gabe Evans "Whether he's lying about gutting health care, misrepresenting his own personal story, or downplaying how his extreme agenda raises costs, it's clear Coloradans just can't trust Gabe Evans. Voters already know Manny Rutinel as a proven fighter who focuses on what matters most to families - lower costs, affordable health care, and a thriving economy. That's why they'll fire Evans and send Manny to Congress more PR

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following memorandum on June 30, 2026: * * * The Case Against Jeff Crank "Jeff Crank works for billionaires, not for Coloradans. While families struggle to make ends meet, Crank is working every day to push tax breaks for his ultra-wealthy bosses who bankrolled his political career - at the expense of everyone else. Unlike Crank, Jessica Killin is running for Congress to lower costs for families, stand up for veterans and military families, and be an independent more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11274) by legislative attorney Clay Wild: * * * Geofence Warrants and the Fourth Amendment: The Supreme Court Weighs In Introduction From thermal imaging and wiretaps to GPS tracking and various forms of electronic eavesdropping, the emergence of new technologies and their investigative use have sometimes created legal tension with constitutional privacy protections. Over the last century, federal courts have considered  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the following testimony by Aseem Malhotra, consultant cardiologist at HUM2N Clinic, from a June 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Plausible Mechanisms of COVID-19 Injections Causing Cancer and Attacks on Scientific Publications and Research": * * * In January 2021, indoctrinated with the unlikelihood of any major harm, I took two doses of Pfizer's mRNA vaccine, unaware at the time that it was in fact a prophylactic gene thera more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 1 -- The Indiana University McKinney School of Law issued the following news release: * * * IU McKinney Welcomes Five New Faculty Members * IU McKinney School of Law welcomes five new tenure track professors to the faculty: Jordan Burton, Ryan Knox, David B. Lourie, Jessica Schnelker, and Eric Swank. Associate Professor Jordan Burton was appointed to the faculty after teaching Legal Communication and Analysis as an adjunct professor and most recently serving as a visiting assistant clinical professor. Professor more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the following testimony by Saskia Mostert, research coordinator of global health and pediatric oncology outreach programs in Indonesia and Kenya, from a June 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Plausible Mechanisms of COVID-19 Injections Causing Cancer and Attacks on Scientific Publications and Research": * * * My name is Dr. Saskia Mostert. I worked as research coordinator of global health and pediatric oncology outreach progr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 2 (TNSletter) -- Public Citizen issued the following letter to members of the Congress: * * * Here is the text of the letter: June 25, 2026 Senate Should Not Slash Funding for OSHA Dear Members of Congress: Public Citizen, a national nonprofit consumer and worker advocacy organization with more than one million members and supporters, writes to urge the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies to reject the Administration's proposed cuts to th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, released the following opening statement from a June 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Plausible Mechanisms of COVID-19 Injections Causing Cancer and Attacks on Scientific Publications and Research": * * * Today's hearing is titled, Plausible Mechanisms of Covid-19 Injections Causing Cancer and Attacks on Scientific Publications and Research. Although it may seem these are two unrelated topi more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 1 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Study finds climate change missing from stories shaping modern culture * For all its urgency in the real world, climate change is largely absent from the stories shaping contemporary culture, according to new research by scholars at Rice University and Colby College. " To Delight and Misinstruct: Strategic Environmental Narratives in New Yorker Fiction " published in the journal Environmental Communication finds that more than 90% of short stories published o more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 1 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news: * * * Thirteen UChicago faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships in July 2026 * Thirteen members of the University of Chicago faculty have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships. Profs. Frederic Chong, Christian Hansen, Augusta McMahon and Marcelo Nobrega have been named distinguished service professorships; Profs. Megan Applewhite, Luis Bettencourt, Susan Burns, E. Summerson Carr, Henry Frisch, Linda more PR

MONTREAL, Quebec, July 1 (TNSjou) -- The University of Montreal (Universite de Montreal, or UdeM) issued the following news: * * * "Stop the war!": the paradox of "pressure petitions" They knew their gesture was futile and could have serious personal repercussions, but that didn't stop over 1.5 million Russians from signing anti-war petitions after their country invaded Ukraine. By Martin LaSalle Hours after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, a wave of pen-and-ink protests to end the war swept the country. In just nine days, 91 sepa more PR