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Tipoffs: President Trump & Federal Agencies Newsletter for 2025-05-22 ( 11 items )  
CMS Rolls Out Aggressive Strategy to Enhance and Accelerate Medicare Advantage Audits (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * CMS Rolls Out Aggressive Strategy to Enhance and Accelerate Medicare Advantage Audits Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a significant expansion of its auditing efforts for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Beginning immediately, CMS will audit all eligible MA contracts for each payment year in all ne more PR

DHS Makes $360 Million Available to Communities to Increase Number of Trained Firefighters and Keep Communities Safe (10)
WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: * * * DHS Makes $360 Million Available to Communities to Increase Number of Trained Firefighters and Keep Communities Safe Additional $36 Million to be Made Available for Research to Improve Firefighter Health and Safety WASHINGTON - Under the leadership of President Trump, states and localities will be empowered to manage disasters and emergencies. These fire more PR

DHS Sets the Record Straight on Media Frenzy over Deportation Flights for Worst of the Worst Including Murderers, Rapists, and Pedophiles (10)
WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * DHS Sets the Record Straight on Media Frenzy over Deportation Flights for Worst of the Worst Including Murderers, Rapists, and Pedophiles President Trump and Secretary Noem are working every day to get vicious criminals out of our country while activist judges are fighting to bring them back onto American soil WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security today hosted a press conferenc more PR

EPA announces $4M in Brownfields Grants to cleanup communities across Alaska (10)
WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA announces $4M in Brownfields Grants to cleanup communities across Alaska Seattle -- Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of $4 million in Brownfields Grants to communities in Alaska. These grants put the agency's commitment to protect human health and the environment into action while remaining good stewards of tax dollars and advancing policies to ener more PR

FTC Renews Challenge of More Than 200 Improper Patent Listings (10)
WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: * * * FTC Renews Challenge of More Than 200 Improper Patent Listings Continuing its efforts to promote competition and lower drug prices, today the Federal Trade Commission renewed its challenges against dozens of improperly listed device patents that shield brand-name asthma, diabetes, epinephrine autoinjector, and COPD drugs from prompt generic competition. Improper patent listings can delay generic alte more PR

Sec. Noem announces Force Design 2028, nominee for the next Commandant during Coast Guard Academy commencement address (10)
WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * Sec. Noem announces Force Design 2028, nominee for the next Commandant during Coast Guard Academy commencement address Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has charged the Coast Guard to "revolutionize how it functions and operates." Speaking at the Coast Guard Academy Commencement ceremony, Secretary Noem described her respect for the Service and committed to staunch more PR

Secretary Noem Delivers Coast Guard Academy Commencement Address, Announces New Coast Guard Leadership and Force Design 2028 (10)
NEW LONDON, Connecticut, May 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release on May 21, 2025: * * * Secretary Noem delivers Coast Guard Academy commencement address, announces new Coast Guard leadership and Force Design 2028 Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced Force Design 2028 (FD2028) Wednesday during the Coast Guard Academy commencement ceremony. This initiative provides a blueprint to transform the Coast Guard into a stronger, more PR

State Dept. Issues Readout of Deputy Secretary Landau Meeting With Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Yilmaz (10)
WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following readout by spokesperson Tammy Bruce on Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau's meeting on May 20, 2025, with Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Nuh Yilmaz: * * * Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau met with Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Nuh Yilmaz. The Deputy underscored the strong U.S.-Turkiye bilateral relationship as a new era of partnership, advancing cooperation between our two nations across a broad range of iss more PR

The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division Dismisses Biden-Era Police Investigations and Proposed Police Consent Decrees in Louisville and Minneapolis (10)
WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division Dismisses Biden-Era Police Investigations and Proposed Police Consent Decrees in Louisville and Minneapolis Today, the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division is beginning the process of dismissing lawsuits against the Louisville, Kentucky and Minneapolis, Minnesota police departments. These lawsuits, which were filed at the last minute b more PR

Treasury Sanctions High-Ranking Members of Foreign Terrorist Organization Cartel Del Noreste (10)
WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: * * * Treasury Sanctions High-Ranking Members of Foreign Terrorist Organization Cartel del Noreste Cartel Engaged in Drug and Arms Trafficking, as well as Deadly 2022 Attack on U.S. Consulate WASHINGTON -- Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two high-ranking members of the Mexico-based Cartel del Noreste (CDN), formerly known as Los Zetas. CDN,  more PR

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Announces Progress on Key Drone Rules as Part of His Innovation Agenda (10)
WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Announces Progress on Key Drone Rules as Part of His Innovation Agenda WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy submitted two proposed rules to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Specifically, he submitted Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations (BVLOS) and restricting Unmanned Airc more PR