SILVER SPRING, Maryland, May 28 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service issued the following news: * * * 50 Years of Monitoring the Stormy Seas: Hurricane Tracking with NOAA's GOES Satellites For 50 years, NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) have kept a constant vigil over the Western Hemisphere. These sentinels in the sky provide essential information to forecasters, first responders, more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Alsobrooks Joins Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Provide Tax Relief for Small Businesses in Maryland Currently, Entrepreneurs Can Only Write Off $5,000 In Costs When Starting A New Business. New Legislation Would Increase Tax Deduction To $50,000 WASHINGTON, DC - During National Small Business Month, U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) joined a group of senators in introducing the Tax Reli more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Alsobrooks, Booker, Warnock, Blunt Rochester Joint Statement on Charges Against Rep. LaMonica McIver WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) issued the following statement: "We stand with Representative LaMonica McIver in the face of efforts to intimidate her and silence those who seek to  more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * CMS Increasing Oversight on States Illegally Using Federal Medicaid Funding for Health Care for Illegal Immigrants The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today increased federal oversight to stop states from misusing federal Medicaid dollars to cover health care for individuals who are in the country illegall more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Food and Drug Administration issued the following recall notice: * * * Coastal Companies Issues Voluntary Recall on Items with Fresh Start Cucumbers Due to the Potential for Salmonella Contamination Summary Company Announcement Date: May 22, 2025 FDA Publish Date: May 27, 2025 Product Type: Food & Beverages Foodborne Illness Reason for Announcement: Potential for Salmonella contamination. Company Name: The Coastal C more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Mfume, Former COVID Select Committee Democrats' Statement on Trump Admin's New COVID-19 Vaccine Policy WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Ranking Member Raul Ruiz (CA-25) and Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Ami Bera (CA-06), Robert Garcia (CA-42), and Jill Tokuda (HI-02), formers Members of the Select Subcommitt more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 27, 2025 AIR FORCE Pond Constructors, Peachtree Corners, Georgia, was awarded a $2,500,000,000 ceiling indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery contract for Department of Defense fuels infrastructure maintenance, repair, and construction. This contract provides for construction of new, additions to, repairs, or upgrades of Department of Defense petroleum, oil, and/or lubricant facilities o more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- NASA issued the following commentary: * * * NASA'S EZIE Begins Study of Auroral Electrojets By Desiree Apodaca, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center NASA's EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission is cleared to begin its 16 -month-long science mission after team members collected "first light" measurements and completed initial checkouts to ensure the satellites are healthy and operating normally after deployment into space. The mission lifted off from Vandenber more PR

WOODLAWN, Maryland, May 27 (TNSrpt) -- The Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General issued the following news release: * * * Social Security Administration Makes Progress on Improper Payments, But Still Has Work to Do In Fiscal Year 2024, the Social Security Administration (SSA) paid over $1.5 trillion in benefits in the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs. SSA must be a responsible steward of the taxpaye more PR

WOODLAWN, Maryland, May 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General issued a 34-page audit report (No. 152415) on May 21, 2025, entitled "The Social Security Administration's Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 in Fiscal Year 2024." Here are excerpts: * * * MEMORANDUM Date: May 21, 2025 Refer to: 152415 To: Frank Bisignano, Commissioner From: Michelle L. Anderson, Assistant Inspector General for Audit Subject: The Socia more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) report, titled "Scamplified: How Unregulated AI Continues to Help Facilitate the Rise in Scams," released in May 2025, warns that the unchecked proliferation of Generative AI (GenAI) technologies is significantly contributing to a dramatic increase in scam-related financial losses across the United States. The report, authored by Ben Winters, Director of AI and Privacy, highlights how these advanced AI tools are being exploited to cr more ST

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * WSU Prof Joins Cantwell & Leading Scientists to Highlight Devastating Impacts of Slashing Funding for Science Research 05.27.25 Trump Administration wants to gut National Science Foundation funding by 55%, would be the most severe reductions in agency's history, overturn bipartisan consensus reached in CHIPS & Science Act; WSU Professor Kalyanaraman: Cuts will "directly undercut" AI precision a more PR