WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following remarks on July 29, 2026, by Chairman Michael S. Selig at the Agricultural Advisory Committee meeting: * * * Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for being here today. I'm excited to reconvene the Agricultural Advisory Committee for the first time in over two years. Welcome to all our new members, and welcome back to our returning members. Now, before I begin, I must note that the views I share today are my own as Chairman and do not necessarily reflect those more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The National Endowment for Democracy issued the following commentary by President and CEO Damon Wilson and Director of External Communications Carolyn Stewart: * * * Free Speech Is the First Freedom Tyrants fear free speech. In North Korea, something as simple as watching a foreign film, listening to K-pop, or sharing a flash drive loaded with news from the outside world can lead to years of hard labor in a prison camp. They fear it for a simple reason: truth breaks monopolies of power. Once people can hear something  more PR