Trent Preszler is a professor of practice and director of the Thoreau Planetary Solutions Initiative at Cornell University. He recently published a book, Evergreen: The Trees That Shaped America, about the natural history of the tree and its future in America.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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The Trump administration has frozen immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries. The following Cornell experts are available to discuss developments. 

Law and Policy

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James Rogers, executive director of the Brooks Tech Policy Institute and NATO Country Director for the Full Spectrum Drone Warfare project, says the rapid progress of the Type 076 highlights the PLA’s intent to project power deeper into the first island chain.  

International

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Raymond Craib, a historian of modern Latin America, says Trump’s interest in Honduras is more about U.S. business interests, than democracy. 

International Reach

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David Silbey is an adjunct associate professor of history at Cornell University, specializing in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis.  

International

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The Trump administration is expected to announce an executive order that would direct the Justice Department to sue states that pass laws regulating artificial intelligence. 

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Judge Orlando Garcia has temporarily blocked a Texas state law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, revealing something crucial says Cornell University expert Landon Schnabel.

Law and Policy

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TikTok is testing a new setting that lets users choose how much AI-generated content they want to see in their “For You” feed. The change is rolling out over the coming weeks. 

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Allen Carlson, an associate professor of government and expert on Chinese foreign policy, says Japan’s refusal to retract the remarks—despite some efforts to de-escalate—has left relations between the two countries the worst they've been in decades.

International

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Erica Groshen, senior economic advisor at Cornell University and former commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says private sector estimates are not necessarily good substitutes for official federal statistics.

Economics and Business

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