WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Administrator Zeldin Proposes to Approve Arizona's Primacy Application for All Underground Injection Wells Keeping promise to fast track, expand cooperative federalism and bolster energy dominance WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a proposal to approve the State of Arizona's request to oversee Safe Drinking Water Act permitting fo more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services posted the following commentary to the New York Times Opinion by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner: * * * ICYMI: Trump Leadership: If You Want Welfare and Can Work, You Must America's welfare programs were created with a noble purpose: to help those  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following news release on May 15, 2025: * * * CPSC Sets New Record for Safety Notices, Protecting American Families and Leveling the Playing Field for American Business WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued 28 separate product safety recalls and warnings. This is a new agency record and more than double the agency's previous weekly high for safety warnings. Nearl more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Defense Leaders Discuss Threats, Golden Dome During Budget Talks Senior Defense Department officials met with the Senate Armed Services Committee strategic forces subcommittee in Washington, May 13, 2025, to discuss Golden Dome, a next-generation missile defense shield aimed at protecting the U.S. from evolving aerial threats. 48:31 Video Player 00:00 00:00 | 00:00 Captions / Subtitles * None  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: * * * FTC Chairman Testifies Before House Appropriations Committee on Agency's Budget Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson today appeared before the House Appropriations Committee's Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee to discuss the agency's Fiscal Year 2025 operations, Fiscal Year 2026 priorities and ongoing work to protect consumers and promote competition. Testifying o more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued the following news release on May 14, 2025: * * * Historic U.S.-UK Trade Deal Draws Praise WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, May 8th, 2025, the 80th anniversary of Victory Day for World War II, President Trump and Prime Minister Starmer delivered a major victory for U.S.-UK trade relations, expanding our economic integration while strengthening our national security. This breakthrough deal brokered by President Trump advances t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Rollins, Kennedy, Oz, and Turner Publish New York Times Opinion Piece "If You Want Welfare and Can Work, You Must" (Washington, D.C., May 15, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins published a joint opinion piece in the New York Times pushing for work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). She was joined in writing the opinion piece by Health a more PR

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Rollins, Kennedy, Oz, and Turner Publish New York Times Opinion Piece "If You Want Welfare and Can Work, You Must" Washington, D.C., May 15, 2025 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins published a joint opinion piece in the New York Times pushing for work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). She was joined in writing the  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: To Combat Race Discrimination, Energy Department Terminates Funding for Harvard University In case you missed it, the Department of Energy issued a notice to Harvard University this week terminating approximately $89 million in grant funding from DOE's Office of Science and Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy due to the University's policy of racial discrimination. This cancellation from more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * Making America Healthy Again: Innovation for Healthier Lives By Abe Sutton, Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation and Deputy Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Making America Healthy Again: Innovation for Healthier Lives Transforming our health system for prevention, patient empo more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Readiness, Shipbuilding Top Priorities for Navy On Capitol Hill yesterday, Navy Secretary John Phelan told lawmakers that increasing shipbuilding to better outfit the Navy, developing an accountable and innovative warfighter culture and improving the welfare of the fighting force were his top priorities. Phelan, alongside Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James W. Kilby, and Commandant of the Marine Co more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rollins Concludes Visit to U.K., Fights for Key Opportunities for U.S. Agricultural Products (Washington D.C., May 15, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins concludes the final day of her trade delegation visit to the United Kingdom. This visit comes after President Donald J. Trump announced last week, on the 80 th anniversary of Victory Day for World War II, a historic U more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Wright Announces New Policy for Increasing Accountability, Identifying Wasteful Spending of Taxpayer Dollars WASHINGTON - The Department of Energy (DOE) today announced new actions to increase accountability and promote responsible stewardship of American taxpayer dollars. In a Secretarial Memorandum entitled, "Ensuring Responsibility for Financial Assistance," U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Senate Confirms Sean Donahue as President Trump's EPA General Counsel WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate has confirmed Sean Donahue to serve as the General Counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Appointed by President Donald J. Trump, Sean Donahue will work in this new role to advance the agency's core mission of protecting human health and the environment and EPA Administrator Le more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following statement on May 14, 2025, by spokesperson Tammy Bruce: * * * Imposing Sanctions on China- and Iran-based Entities and Individuals that Support Iran's Ballistic Missile Program Today, the United States is sanctioning entities and individuals primarily based in China and Hong Kong for their support to Iran's ballistic missile program. Iran remains heavily reliant on China to conduct its malign activities in the Middle East. T more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * The Trade and Cargo Security Summit 2025 brings CBP and the trade industry together in New Orleans NEW ORLEANS --U.S. Customs and Border Protection hosted the 4th Annual Trade and Cargo Security Summit in New Orleans from May 6-8, 2025. The summit provided a unique opportunity for CBP to engage with members of the trade community to strengthen partnerships, dis more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following transcript: * * * Transcript of a Senior Defense Official Background Briefing on Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness: Implementation Guidance SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL: Thanks. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us. We appreciate your time. Last week, the Supreme Court granted a stay of the preliminary injunction issued in Shilling v United States, and that allows the Department of Defense to implement  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Transcript of a Senior Defense Official Background Briefing on Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness: Implementation Guidance SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL: Thanks. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us. We appreciate your time. Last week, the Supreme Court granted a stay of the preliminary injunction issued in Shilling v United States, and that allows the Department of Defense to implement its po more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following remarks on May 13, 2025, by Deputy Secretary Michael Faulkender at a U.S. Bancorp fly-in meeting: * * * As prepared for delivery. Thank you for inviting me to join you all today. It is a privilege to be with so many banking leaders who play a critical role in shaping the financial landscape throughout our nation. Four days after the attacks on September 11, 2001, I was in Washington, DC for the very first time. I more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * Trump's U.S. Department of Transportation Announces First-of-its-kind Agreement with Connecticut DOT to Get America Building Again Latest move slashes red tape, expedites environmental reviews, and empowers states HARTFORD, CT --U.S. Deputy Transportation Secretary Steven G. Bradbury today joined state officials in Connecticut to announce a first-of-its-kind programmatic agreement establishi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release on May 15, 2025: * * * Trump's U.S. Department of Transportation Announces First-of-its-kind Agreement with Connecticut DOT to Get America Building Again Latest move slashes red tape, expedites environmental reviews, and empowers states HARTFORD, CT--U.S. Deputy Transportation Secretary Steven G. Bradbury today joined state officials in Connecticut to announce a first- more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: * * * UAE and US Presidents attend the unveiling of Phase 1 of new 5GW AI campus in Abu Dhabi Thursday, May 15, 2025 Office of Public Affairs publicaffairs@doc.gov (link sends email) * Breaking ground on 1GW AI Datacenter, part of a planned 5GW UAE-US artificial intelligence campus; largest such deployment outside of the US * Builds on a new Government-to-Government technology framework, "US-UAE more PR