WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following commentary by Director of Media Logan Sekulow: * * * Air Force One Mystery Deepens After New Report By Logan Sekulow A bombshell report claims that Iran has a new plot to take out President Donald Trump, raising questions about the decision to switch planes while heading back from the NATO summit. The Wall Street Journal reported that Israel informed the Trump Administration of Iran's plan: Israel shared new intelligence with the U.S. that it said indicate more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following commentary by Director of Media Logan Sekulow: * * * Convicted Viral Judge's SHOCKING Sentence Shocking legal news out of Wisconsin today as Hannah Dugan, a former Milwaukee County judge, will not face jail time for obstruction - just a $5,000 fine - for helping an illegal immigrant escape ICE agents at her courthouse. As reported by Fox News: Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan was ordered Wednesday to pay a $5,000 fine for obstructing the arrest of an ill more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release on July 9, 2026: * * * Unregulated Prediction Markets Create a National Security Risk and Invite Government Corruption The explosive growth of online prediction markets has created a dangerous new opportunity for government insiders to profit from classified information and policy decisions that may undermine national security, according to a new analysis from the Center for American Progress. Monthly prediction market trading surged from less than $5  more PR

FRANKLIN LAKES, New Jersey, July 11 -- Children's Health Defense, an organization that says it restores and protects the health of children by eliminating exposures to environmental toxins, issued the following news: * * * COVID Vaccine in Early Pregnancy Led to Higher Rates of Two Birth Defects A new study from Iran found that two rare birth defects -- atrioventricular septal defects and cleft palate -- occurred more often in infants whose mothers received an aluminum-containing COVID-19 vaccine during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy compar more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on July 9, 2026, by Vice President Emily Harding and senior fellow Cynthia R. Cook, both of the CSIS Defense and Security Department. Emily Harding is also the director of the Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program. * * * Formula 1 on the Front Lines The United States and Israel began their war on Iran at the end of February 2026, and while there has been intermittent progress toward a ceasefire, continuing and new str more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on July 10, 2026: * * * IN THE STATES: American Families Are Feeling the Harmful Impacts of Trump and Republicans' "Big Ugly Bill" It's been one year since Donald Trump and Republicans sold out working families with their so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill" -- trading away lifesaving healthcare and food assistance to deliver the largest wealth transfer in history for their billionaire buddies. While Trump and Republicans reward billionaires and big co more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 11 -- The European Policy Centre issued the following commentary on July 9, 2026, by Media Outreach Executive Rajnish Singh to the European Business Review: * * * The football World Cup controversy couldn't kill Football may be a simple game, but it has never been a simple business. It can be tribal, combustible, even an excuse for violence between rival supporters. Yet at its best, it remains what millions insist it is: the beautiful game. Liverpool manager Bill Shankly captured its intensity with his famous line: " more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 11 -- The European Policy Centre issued the following commentary on July 9, 2026, by policy analyst Juraj Majcin: * * * NATO delivers in Ankara, but the Alliance's European shift is just beginning NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte dubbed the summit in Ankara a "delivery summit". In many ways, it lived up to that description. It did not remove the political uncertainty surrounding US President Donald Trump's approach to NATO. However, it acknowledged that Europeans and Canadians were shaping their renewed commitment to more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R49023) on July 7, 2026, entitled "FY2027 Defense Budget: Funding for Selected Weapon Systems" by defense policy analyst Daniel M. Gettinger. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The second Trump Administration's Department of Defense (DOD) budget request for FY2027 included $1.1 trillion in discretionary funding and $350.0 billion in mandatory funding. (DOD is "using a secondary Department of War designation," under Executive Order 14347, dated more PR

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego, Colleagues Push Trump Administration to Release Affordable Housing Construction Funds As President Trump continues to slow-walk a bipartisan housing affordability bill that already passed through Congress, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a member of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee and the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, joined a group of colleagues in urging the president to unlock community development t more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 9 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Healey Signs Budget That Lowers Costs with No New Taxes or Fees * Boston -Governor Maura Healey today signed the Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) state budget, delivering a balanced spending plan that lowers costs for families, strengthens schools and transportation, supports cities and towns, invests in housing and health care, and enhances public safety, all without raising new taxes or fees. The budget also includes key provision more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on July 9, 2026, by Keystone Defense Initiative Director Rebeccah L. Heinrichs to the Daily Wire: * * * Trump's Hardball With NATO Gets Results In Ankara The partnership enters a stronger, more allied era. - In contrast to the opening meeting in Ankara, yesterday was a good -- even excellent -- day for President Donald Trump and NATO. And that means a bad day for Russia' more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on July 10, 2026, by senior fellow Ken Moriyasu to Turkiye Today: * * * Japan Should Look to Turkiye the Way Israel Looks to India When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed Ben Gurion Airport in February, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hugged him for a full 15 seconds on the tarmac-an unusually long embrace in diplomatic choreography. It signaled the importance  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on July 10, 2026: * * * ICYMI: Democratic Senate Candidates Hammer Republicans Over 'Big, Beautiful Bill' Fallout [The Hill] One year after Republicans enacted their toxic plan that has led to higher costs, less health care, and looming threats of hospital closures, new reporting from The Hill outlines how the fallout is defining Senate races across the country and how Republican candidates on the ballot are "complicit in all of it." From A more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Pushes Trump Administration to Release Affordable Housing Construction Funds * As President Trump continues to slow-walk a bipartisan housing affordability bill that already passed through Congress, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) is teaming up with U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and several colleagues in urging the president to unlock community development tools and promptly release $750 million in federal housing construction funds.  more PR

NEW YORK, July 11 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on July 10, 2026, by City Journal investigative reporter Adam Lehodey to the New York Post: * * * Top Mamdani Official's Shady Meet with Iran Ambassador Goes Beyond NYC Agenda The top official in Mayor Mamdani's Office for International Affairs made plans to meet with Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations. Commissioner Ana Maria Archila was scheduled to meet with Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran's permanent representative to the more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 10 -- NATO issued the following news: * * * NATO deepens security cooperation with Gulf Countries through the launch of flagship projects * At the Summit of NATO Heads of State and Government in Ankara this week, Allied Foreign Ministers met with NATO's partners from the Gulf: Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. They took stock of NATO's relations with these countries and exchanged views on issues of mutual interest and concern, including the security situation in the region. Allies reaffirmed their  more PR

LONDON, England, July 11 (TNSrpt) -- The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors posted the following news release: * * * RICS: UK housing market remains subdued, but downturn shows signs of easing UK Residential Survey June 2026 - The UK housing market continued to show weak momentum in June, although the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) UK Residential Market Survey signals that the recent downturn may be easing. RICS members expressed ongoing concerns about the impact of inflation, the cost of living, domestic pol more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary: * * * Saudi Arabia Considers Expanding Its East-West Pipeline * Key Takeaways 1 Saudi Arabia is considering expanding the capacity of its East-West oil pipeline by up to 2 million barrels per day, bringing it to nearly 9 million barrels per day. 2 The existing system is capable of up to 7 million barrels per day, with about 2 million barrels per day for domestic refinery use and about 5 million barrels per day for export. 3 The S more PR

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, July 9 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Supply chain, economic impact of Iran war will persist long after the conflict ends * The on-again, off-again war between Iran, the United States, and Israel -currently heating up again after a short-lived preliminary peace deal -has increased the cost of goods and disrupted supply chains globally. The impacts are likely to persist long after the conflict eventually ends, says Michael Gravier, Ph.D., chair of Bryant University's Marketing department. "I more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary: * * * Technology Opens Up New Area in the Gulf of America to Oil Production * Key Takeaways 1 The United States continues to apply new technologies to solve problems and create opportunities and jobs for Americans, and the Paleogene area of the Gulf of America is a prime example. 2 Despite the challenging depths and extreme pressures in the Paleogene, industry and the Department of the Interior have worked to make oil and gas produ more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release on July 10, 2026: * * * Treasury Targets Key Supreme Leader Financier and Iran's Shadow Exchange Houses Today, following Iran's resumption of attacks on international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against Iranian financial facilitator Ali Ansari (Ansari), who oversees a sprawling global network of assets benefitting Iran's leader--Mojtaba Khamenei--and other more PR

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Demand Trump-Vance Administration Release Affordable Housing Construction Funds WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) and several colleagues in a letter urging the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to unlock community development tools and promptly release $750 million in federal housing construction funds. Earlier this month, Congress passed the bipartisan 21st Ce more PR