WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 3, 2025 ARMY Bechtel National Inc., Reston, Virginia, was awarded a $242,282,475 modification (P00284) to contract W52P1J-09-C-0012 to capture past contract overruns for the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. Work will be performed in Pueblo, Colorado, with an estimated completion date of April 3, 2026. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation, Army funds in t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated March 17, 2025, from Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co., Oklahoma City: * * * To: U.S. Environmental Agency Docket lD: EPA-HQ OLEM-2020-0107 Re: Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company Comments on Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; Legacy CCR Surface Impoundments; Correction -- 90 Fed. Reg. 4635 (Jan. 16, 2025) *  more ST

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * FACT SHEET: Trump Imperils Program to Help Working Americans Heat and Cool Their Homes Trump and RFK Jr. fired entire staff running LIHEAP--putting program that helps 6 million American households heat and cool their homes in grave jeopardy $378 million due to go out to help Americans avoid sweltering heat this summer now at risk Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service's Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (GLCA) in Page, Arizona, has announced plans to repatriate Native American human remains and a funerary object following the completion of a federally mandated inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The notice, published in the Federal Register on April 4, 2025, confirms the remains of one individual and an associated obje more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Hagerty Announces Staff Changes, Promotions, Trump Admin Appointments WASHINGTON --United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today announced 22 additions and changes to his staff over the last year, as well as 14 of his staff appointed to serve in the Trump Administration. "I'm pleased to welcome several additions to my staff and announce well-deserved promotions for others," said Senator Hagerty more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 (TNSFR) -- The Historic Camden Foundation in Camden, South Carolina, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains discovered on a Revolutionary War battlefield and is preparing for their repatriation in compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The announcement, published April 4, 2025, by the National Park Service, marks a significant development in the acknowledgment of Native American presence and heritage at hist more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Mullin Breaks Down the Leaderless Left on Hannity "Their poll numbers show it, 21% favorability across the United States with Democrat voters, that's about as low as it gets." Washington, D.C. -On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) joined Fox News' Sean Hannity on Hannity and spoke to the collapse of the Democrat Party's leadership. Highlights below. Sen. Mullin's full in more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has announced its intention to repatriate human remains in the form of hair clippings taken from six Native American teenagers who attended the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School in Kay County, Oklahoma, during the early 1930s. In a notice published April 4, 2025, in the Federal Register, the National Park Service confirmed the museum's determination of a cultural af more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- President Trump sent 57 nominations to the Senate on March 24, 2025: Herschel Walker, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. Alex Adams, of Idaho, to be Assistant Secretary for Family Support, Department of Health and Human Services. Stacey Feinberg, of California, to be Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Melissa Argyros, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia. Kenneth Howery, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kin more ST

WASHINGTON, April 4 (TNSFR) -- The Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will repatriate two unassociated funerary objects to three federally recognized Cherokee tribes in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The cultural items, two carved shell gorgets, are linked by provenance and cultural tradition to the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. Th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Senate conducted nine committee hearings on April 2, 2025: * * * SAFETY FIRST: RESTORING BOEING'S STATUS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearing to examine restoring Boeing's status as a great American manufacturer, focusing on safety first, after receiving testimony from Robert K. Ortberg, The Boeing Company, Arlington, Virginia. * * * NOMINATIONS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearin more ST

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall and Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Telehealth Access Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) joined U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Mark Warner (D-Virginia), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi) Peter Welch (D-Vermont), John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), and 53 of his Senate colleagues in introducing the Creating Oppo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 (TNSFR) -- Temple University in Philadelphia has formally announced its intention to repatriate the human remains of three Native American individuals along with 14 associated funerary objects, in compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The notice, published by the National Park Service on April 4, 2025, details the university's findings following consultation with several tribal nations and a review of site documentation and cul more PR