JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * Around the Air Force: U.S. Air Force Academy Commencement, Modernizing Pilot Training, Hurricane Hunters * FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Maryland - In this week's look Around the Air Force, Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink delivers a commencement address to the U.S. Air Force Academy's class of 2025, the T-7A Red Hawk is the future of pilot training, and Air Fo more PR

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, June 9 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * FRCE hosts Navy Reservists for readiness training * Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) recently hosted a training exercise designed to sharpen the skills of a Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Forward Deployed Combat Repair (FDCR) team that travels to forward-deployed and combat locations during conflict and repairs battle-damaged military aircraft to return them to the fight. A more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 9, 2025: * * * Murray, DeLauro, Baldwin Blast Director Bhattacharya for Terminating Thousands of Active NIH Grants, Upending Research, Threatening Patient Treatment Top Democratic appropriators call out NIH for cancelling at least 2,370 active grants, cutting off funding to over 210 institutions, and demand a comprehensive list of terminated gran more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- NASA issued the following news: * * * NASA's PACE Mission Reveals a Year of Terrestrial Data on Plant Health By Erica McNamee A lot can change in a year for Earth's forests and vegetation, as springtime and rainy seasons can bring new growth, while cooling temperatures and dry weather can bring a dieback of those green colors. And now, a novel type of NASA visualization illustrates those changes in a full complement of colors as seen from space. NASA's Plankton, Aeroso more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- NASA issued the following commentary: * * * NASA's SunRISE Mission Reviewing Launch Date, Names New Science Lead The team for NASA's SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) is reviewing the mission's launch date, with anticipated launch no earlier than September. The heliophysics mission is sharing a ride aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan-Centaur rocket carrying U.S. government payloads. The SunRISE mission consists of six toaster-size small satellites, more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- NASA issued the following commentary: * * * NASA's Webb Observations Update Asteroid 2024 YR4's Lunar Impact Odds By Molly Wasser While asteroid 2024 YR4 is currently too distant to detect with telescopes from Earth, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope collected one more observation of the asteroid before it escaped from view in its orbit around the Sun. With the additional data, experts from NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at the agency's Jet Propulsion Lab more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, June 6 (TNSjou) -- The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute issued the following news: * * * Vitamin D supplements may slow cellular aging A new study suggests that Vitamin D supplements may help preserve telomeres--the DNA caps at the ends of chromosomes that maintain genetic stability and protect against cell death. If the findings can be replicated, researchers say, they could point to a "promising strategy" for countering biological  more PR

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, June 9 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * NAVAIR commander recognizes 13 teams, individuals who 'changed the game' at annual Commander's Awards * NAVAIR Commander Vice Adm. Carl Chebi recognized individuals and teams in nine categories aligned directly to NAVAIR's focus areas--speed of capability, affordability and availability--at the 25th annual NAVAIR Commander's Awards held here June 4. Finalists were selected from 1 more PR

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, June 9 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * Navy's T-54A brings new era of pilot training * The U.S. Navy declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the T-54A Marlin II training aircraft in May, giving future naval aviators a modern platform to prepare them for the advanced aircraft they will fly in the fleet. "Achieving IOC reflects our commitment to provide student naval aviators with the most realistic, effective more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * New behavioral health training program helps keep warfighters on the battlefield * WASHINGTON - Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth paused in front of a ballroom of service members and industry leaders at Special Operations Forces Week in Tampa, Florida, and reminded them people matter more than equipment. That stance underpins the Defense Department' more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on June 9, 2025: * * * Reps. David Scott, Scanlon, Frost, and Adams Introduce Legislation to Expand Student Access to Music and Arts Education WASHINGTON D.C. -- Today, Congressman David Scott (GA-13), alongside Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Congressman Maxwell Frost (FL-10), and Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), announced the introduction of the Reimagining Inclusive Arts Education Act. The bill e more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Senate conducted eight committee hearings on June 3, 2025: * * * BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 222, to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole milk, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. * * * NOMINATION Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a heari more ST

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Leads Letter to Champion STARBASE Education Program for Kansas Students * Salina, KS - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) led a bipartisan letter requesting full funding for the U.S. Department of Defense's STARBASE program for fiscal year 2026. Senator Marshall has long been an advocate for the STARBASE programs, which provide unique, hands-on Science, Technology, Enginee more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Share your ideas for the future of Great Falls, Maryland * Date: June 9, 2025 Contact: Christiana Hanson, 301-491-6265 WILLIAMSPORT, Md. - The National Park Service (NPS) invites the public to comment on their experiences and ideas for the future of the Great Falls (Maryland) area of Chesapeake & Canal National Historical Park. Everyone is invited to help shape the l more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on June 9, 2025: * * * Ways and Means Members Call on Labor Department to Prevent Retroactive Pandemic Unemployment Payments WASHINGTON, D.C. - An Ohio court is attempting to force U.S. taxpayers to retroactively pay nearly $1 billion in four year old pandemic era unemployment insurance (UI) benefits as the last remnant of a coordinated effort by activists to  more PR