WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * DHS awards contract for 27 miles of new border wall in Arizona; issues waiver to accelerate construction in Texas * U.S. Customs and Border Protection awarded another contract for border wall construction, the second of President Trump's second term in office, to Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. for $309,463,000 to construct approximately 27 miles of new border wall  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * DOD Will Pass Audit by 2028, Comptroller Confirms * The Marine Corps has already passed a financial audit, and the Defense Department has until 2028 to do the same, the department's comptroller said today during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington. "The first day we came in, [the audit] was one of the first topics the secretary and I discussed, and he actually just put out  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release: * * * Energy Department Announces New Pathway to Test Advanced Reactors * WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the start of a new pilot program to expedite the testing of advanced nuclear reactor designs under DOE authority outside of the national laboratories. In accordance with President Trump's Executive Order, Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy ( more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy issued the following news release on June 18, 2025: * * * Energy Department Announces New Pathway to Test Advanced Reactors New pilot program unlocks private funding and provides fast track to commercial licensing * WASHINGTON-- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the start of a new pilot program to expedite the testing of advanced nuclear reactor designs under DOE authority outside of the nation more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release: * * * Energy Secretary Wright Testifies Before Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on FY2026 Budget Request * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright testified (link is external) today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on the Department of Energy's Fiscal Year 2026 budget request. Earlier this month, Secretary Wright testified before the U.S. House En more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Homeland Security Warns about the Spike in China-Based Technology Firms' Smuggling of Signal Jammers * The Department of Homeland Security issued a warning on the rise in Chinese-manufactured signal jammers to the United States, which pose a threat to public safety and civilian aviation. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has seen a roughly 830% increase in seizures since 2021, despite C more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- President Trump signed bipartisan joint resolutions preventing California from imposing a nationwide electric vehicle mandate and regulating national fuel economy. The measures effectively preempt California's Advanced Clean Cars II, Advanced Clean Trucks and Omnibus Low NOX programs, ending attempts to dictate vehicle emissions standards across the country and preserve constitutional power allocation. * * * Here is the text of the statement: Today, I signed into law  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The White House issued the following statement on by Secretary Marco Rubio on Israel taking unilateral action against Iran: * * * "Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region. Israel advised us that they believe this action was necessary for its self-defense. President Trump and the Administration have taken all necessary steps to protect our forces and more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rollins Announces Bold Plan to Combat New World Screwworm's Northward Spread * (Edinburg, TX, June 18, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins this morning launched an $8.5 million sterile New World screwworm (NWS) fly dispersal facility in South Texas and announced a sweeping five-pronged plan (https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/nws-visit-policy-brief. more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rollins Takes Bold Action to Put American Farmers First, Cuts Millions in Woke DEI Funding * U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will terminate more than 145 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) focused awards, totaling a maximum savings of $148.6 million.  "Putting American Farmers First means cutting the mi more PR

WOODLAWN, Maryland, June 19 (TNSrep) -- The Social Security Administration issued the following news release on June 18, 2025: * * * Social Security Board of Trustees: Projection for Combined Trust Funds One Year Sooner than Last Year Combined Funds Move One Year Sooner to 2034; OASI Remains at 2033 * The Social Security Board of Trustees today released its annual report on the financial status of the Social Security Trust Funds. The combined reserves of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following statement on June 18, 2025: * * * Deputy Secretary Faulkender Lays Out Guiding Principles for Bank Secrecy Act Modernization WASHINGTON -- Today, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Michael Faulkender spoke at the 62nd Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group (BSAAG)plenary meeting organized by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). At this public-private partnership event, Deputy Secretary Faulkender discussed th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: * * * Treasury Releases Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports WASHINGTON - Following a meeting of the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees, the U.S. Department of the Treasury--joined by Departments of Health and Human Services and Labor, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the Social Security Administration--released the annual Social Security and Medicare T more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * United States Files Civil Forfeiture Complaint Against $225M in Funds Involved in Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud Money Laundering * The Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against more than $225.3 million in cryptocurrency. According to the complaint, law enforcement used blockchain analysis and other investigative  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senate Confirms Rodney Scott as Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection * WASHINGTON -- Today, the United States Senate confirmed Rodney Scott to serve as Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Commissioner Scott is a career law enforcement professional with over three decades of service at CBP. He began his career in 1992 as a  more PR