WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Pushes Toward Recession, Heinrich & Lujan Demand Answers on Cuts to New Mexico Manufacturing Center WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are demanding answers on the Administration's decision to cancel funding for ten National Institute of Standards and Technology Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers across the country, including in more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 23 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news: * * * Atlantic Union Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Award More Than $900,000 for Affordable Housing in Culpeper, VA RICHMOND, Va. (April 21, 2025) - Atlantic Union Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) announced today the award of a $926,371 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) General Fund to support the developme more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on April 22, 2025: * * * COMMISSIONER GOMEZ LAUNCHES 1st AMENDMENT TOUR TO CHALLENGE GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP AND CONTROL WASHINGTON, DC - FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez announced today that she is partnering with consumer and civil society organizations across the ideological spectrum to participate in speaking engagements and listening sessions focused on protecting the rights and freedoms enshrined more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Andy Harris, R-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Harris Applauds Trump Administration for Halting Foreign Owned Offshore Wind Project Washington, D.C. - Congressman Harris, M.D., Chairman of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration, released the following statement after the Trump Administration halted the construction of a massive offshore wind project off the coast of New Y more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration has released the following public communication dated March 18, 2025, from Affiliated Medical Group PLLC, Jacksonville, North Carolina: * * * To: The Honorable Derek Maltz Acting Administrator United States Drug Enforcement Administration Department of Justice Attention: DEA Federal Register Representative/DPW 8701 Morrisette Drive Springfield, Virginia 22152 RE: RIN 1117-AB40 Docket No. DEA-407 Not more ST

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Dexter Returns from El Salvador After Blocked Attempt to Visit Wrongfully Deported Man, Demands Proof of Life and Accountability PORTLAND, OR -- Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), returned from El Salvador, where she demanded answers and accountability from the Trump Administration on the illegal deportation of immigrants to El Salvador, including Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a wrongfully deported  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Senators Demand President Trump Rescind Harmful Claims That He Will Transfer Incarcerated U.S. Citizens To A Foreign Prison April 22, 2025 In the letter, Durbin also leads his colleagues in a call to return Maryland father wrongfully deported to El Salvador, Kilmar Abrego Garcia CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committ more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 22, 2025: * * * Durbin, Senators Demand President Trump Rescind Harmful Claims That He Will Transfer Incarcerated U.S. Citizens To a Foreign Prison In the letter, Durbin also leads his colleagues in a call to return Maryland father wrongfully deported to El Salvador, Kilmar Abrego Garcia CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-I more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Education has announced a new opportunity for eligible entities to apply for a grant to administer the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) for the fiscal year 2025. This initiative, which targets low-income families in the District of Columbia, particularly those with children attending schools identified as underperforming, aims to expand educational opportunities by allowing students to attend private schools within  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Education has released the following public communication dated April 7, 2025, from SchoolHouse Connection: * * * To: Manager of the Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 4C210, Washington, DC 20202-1200. Docket ID ED-2025-SCC-0011 * * * To whom it may concern: Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments on the 2026-2027 Free Application for Fe more ST

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 22 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Moore Signs Legislation to Promote Public Safety and Criminal Justice ANNAPOLIS, MD -- Governor Wes Moore today presided over the second bill signing ceremony of 2025, which included The Expungement Reform Act, a key piece of the Moore-Miller Administration's legislative agenda. The legislation signed today strengthens the Moore-Miller Administration's all-of-the-above approach to p more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer Joins Over 175 Members of Congress to Demand Trump Administration Preserve and Expand Free Tax Filing Program WASHINGTON, DC - In response to recent reporting (link is external) that the Trump administration plans to end the Direct File program, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led over 175 Congressional Democrats in a letter to Treasury Secreta more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division has announced that the Homeland Security Technology Consortium (HSTech Consortium), formerly known as the Border Security Technology Consortium, has filed an official notification of membership changes pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993. The notice, published in the Federal Register on April 23, 2025, continues the legal framework under which consortium members more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division has announced that the Resilient Infrastructure + Secure Energy Consortium (RISE) has filed updated membership information in accordance with Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993. The notification, published in the Federal Register on April 23, 2025, reveals the addition of several new members to the consortium, all aimed at advancing research in energy resilience and infra more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 23 -- The Maryland State Department of Education issued the following news release on April 22, 2025: * * * Child Care Scholarship Program to Temporarily Freeze New Enrollments Starting May 1 BALTIMORE (April 22, 2025) - Due to program funding capacity, the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) will implement a temporary enrollment freeze for the Child Care Scholarship (CCS) Program, effective Thursday, May 1. The enrollment freeze comes in response to unpr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Tests Ultralight Antennas to Benefit Future National Airspace NASA engineers are using one of the world's lightest solid materials to construct an antenna that could be embedded into the skin of an aircraft, creating a more aerodynamic and reliable communication solution for drones and other future air transportation options. Developed by NASA, this ultra-lightweight aerogel antenna is designed to enable satellite co more PR

PASADENA, California, April 22 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA's EZIE Mission Captures 'First Light' Following its mid-March launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, NASA's EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission has taken its first measurements, beginning a campaign to help scientists better understand Earth's connection to space and mitigate the negative impacts of space weather on society. These "first light" observ more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has formally renewed Special Nuclear Materials License No. SNM-362 for the U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology, authorizing the agency to continue its use of radioactive materials at its Gaithersburg, Maryland campus through April 10, 2035. The license renewal, which was issued on April 10, 2025, permits NIST to possess and use special nuclear material in support of its national function more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Ocasio-Cortez, Ivey Join House Colleagues in Demanding Return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) joined Congressman Glenn Ivey (MD-04) and several House colleagues in a letter last week to President Donald Trump demanding the immediate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador, to the United States,  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 22, 2025: * * * Raskin & Blumenthal Demand Transparency & Accountability From Big Law Firms as Trump Continues Assault on the Rule of Law WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Hassan Calls Out HHS Secretary Kennedy for Hiring Fraudster to Relitigate Long-Disproven Theories WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) is calling out Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s reported decision to hire David Geier, an individual with a history of practicing medicine without a license, to relitigate long-disproven links between vaccines and  more PR

WOODLAWN, Maryland, April 23 -- The Social Security Administration issued the following news release on April 22, 2025: * * * Social Security Administration Reinstates National Social Security Month under the Trump Administration First Time in 6 Years that the Agency Has Held its Annual Campaign to Help Americans Access their Benefits The Social Security Administration (SSA) today announced that it is reinstating National Social Security Month--a public awareness campaign held in April each  more PR