WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * BACKROOM BRAUN: John Braun Consistently Voted to Protect Big Pharma, Insurance Industry Profits While Relying On Their Campaign Cash * "About 10% of all donations made to Braun have come from these two sectors" As Senate Minority Leader, John Braun is one of the most powerful political insiders in Olympia. But rather than use his position to lower costs for families, new reporting shows Braun consistently voted to protect the pha more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement on Aug. 6, 2026, by Chairman Brendan Carr: * * * Chairman Carr Announces New Legal Advisor Today, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the appointment of Keelin Ferris as Legal Advisor in the Office of the Chairman. Following Callie Coker's move into the private sector earlier this summer, Ms. Ferris will join the Office to focus on matters before the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, and Consumer and Governm more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 7 -- The Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law issued the following school news: * * * Reimagining Legal Education in an AI Era Long before artificial intelligence became a defining topic in legal education, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law professor Emerson Tiller was asking a broader question: How should law schools prepare students for a profession that is rapidly changing? During more than two decades at Northwestern Pritzker Law, that question has shaped his work. Tiller serves as the J. Landis Marti more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSletter) -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, with 12 co-signers issued the following letter to Treasury Acting Inspector General Heather M. Hill: * * * Here is the text of the letter: July 21, 2026 Heather M. Hill Acting Inspector General Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) 901 D Street, SW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20024 Dear Acting Inspector General Hill: We write to request an investigation into alarming reports about White House officials potent more PR

PANAMA CITY, Panama, Aug. 7 (TNSjou)-- The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute issued the following news: * * * Ancient epidemics Archaeologists analyze how diseases impacted Indigenous populations in the Americas during colonial times - A new study examines the history of smallpox epidemics brought to America by European colonists, the absence of archaeological evidence associated with those epidemics, and whether ancient DNA might offer new insights. When Europeans first arrived in the Americas, they brought many infectious diseases more PR

SAO PAULO, Brazil, Aug. 7 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following remarks on Aug. 6, 2026, by President Alberto Musalem at the Center for Public Policy Debate: * * * Monetary Policy and Productivity: Promoting Growth vs. Stabilizing Prices St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem delivered a speech titled "Monetary Policy and Productivity: Promoting Growth vs. Stabilizing Prices," in which he discussed the possibility that monetary policy doesn't merely respond to productivity growth but helps determine it. He examined p more PR