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*Florida Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for 2025-07-26 ( 25 items )  
143rd ESC Soldiers Learning from Australian Counterparts at Talisman Sabre 2025 (10)
CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * 143rd ESC Soldiers Learning from Australian Counterparts at Talisman Sabre 2025 * QUEENSLAND, Australia -- The 143rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) is participating in Talisman Sabre for the first time, integrating with joint and combined partners to support sustainment operations across a vast geographic area. Talisman Sabre 25 is the largest bilateral military exerci more PR

Cammack Introduces Truth in Women's Healthcare Act (10)
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Cammack Introduces Truth in Women's Healthcare Act * Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03) introduced a House Resolution reaffirming the importance of accurate medical information and guidance for the public, lawmakers and emergency department professionals, treating pregnant women and their unborn children, particularly in the cases involving miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy. more PR

Cantwell, Colleagues Call For Investigations Into Deaths of Americans in Gaza (10)
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell, Colleagues Call For Investigations Into Deaths of Americans in Gaza * 07.25.25 Lawmakers seeking accountability for the July 11 death of Saifulla Kamel Musallet, as well as updates into the deaths of 6 other Americans WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined 28 of her Democratic colleagues in the Senate in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco more PR

CENTCOM Forces Kill Senior ISIS Leader in Al-Bab, Syria (10)
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, July 25 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: * * * CENTCOM Forces Kill Senior ISIS Leader in Al-Bab, Syria * July 25, 2025 Release Number 20250725-01 TAMPA, Fla. \- Early this morning in al-Bab, Aleppo Governate, Syria, CENTCOM Forces conducted a raid resulting in the death of senior ISIS Leader, Dhiya' Zawba Muslih al-Hardani, and his two adult ISIS-affiliated sons, Abdallah Dhiya al-Hardani and Abd al-Rahman Dhiya Zawba al-Ha more PR

Congressional Pro-Life Caucus and Advocacy Groups Condemn Threats Against Rep. Cammack (10)
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Pro-Life Caucus and Advocacy Groups Condemn Threats Against Rep. Cammack * Washington, D.C. -- Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus--Representatives Kat Cammack (R-FL), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Andy Harris (R-MD), Bob Onder (R-MO), and Chris Smith (R-NJ)--released the following statement: "The death threats directed at Congresswoman Kat Camm more PR

Congresswoman Laurel Lee and Congressman Pfluger Introduce Legislation to Cut LNG Bunkering Red Tape (10)
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Laurel Lee, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Laurel Lee and Congressman Pfluger Introduce Legislation to Cut LNG Bunkering Red Tape * Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Laurel Lee (FL-15) and Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) introduced the Cutting LNG Bunkering Red Tape Act, a bill that codifies a Trump-era Department of Energy (DOE) order clarifying that ship-to-ship transfers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) used as marine  more PR

DEA Revokes Taha Dias' Registration (10)
WASHINGTON, July 25 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration announced the revocation of the Certificate of Registration for Taha Dias, a medical doctor based in Frostproof, Florida. This action follows allegations that Dias engaged in acts inconsistent with public interest specifically involving the unlawful prescribing of controlled substances. The order to show cause issued to Dias asserted that between July 2022 and December 2023, he repeatedly violated fed more PR

Fake green card, 4-time illegal reentry leads to 2 criminal alien arrests in Florida (10)
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * Fake green card, 4-time illegal reentry leads to 2 criminal alien arrests in Florida * PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Crescencio Diaz-Diaz, 36, and Marcelo Perez-Santiz, 33, both of Mexico, have been charged in federal court with illegal reentry of a previously removed alien. Diaz-Diaz has also been charged with possession and use of fraudulent employment authori more PR

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Announces Second Quarter 2025 Operating Highlights and Declares Dividend (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, July 26 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news: * * * Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Announces Second Quarter 2025 Operating Highlights and Declares Dividend ATLANTA, July 24, 2025 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (the Bank) today released preliminary unaudited financial highlights for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. All numbers reported below for the second quarter of 2025 are approxim more PR

Florida Democrats Send Letter Pushing State to Join Lawsuit on Frozen Education Funding (10)
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Florida Democrats Send Letter Pushing State to Join Lawsuit on Frozen Education Funding * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Florida House Democrats sent a letter to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Attorney General James Uthmeier urging them to join the 25 states that have filed the lawsuit State of California v. McMahon, challenging the Trump Administration and the Department of Education's illegal freeze of mor more PR

Florida Democrats Send Letter Pushing State to Join Lawsuit on Frozen Education Funding (10)
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Florida Democrats Send Letter Pushing State to Join Lawsuit on Frozen Education Funding * Florida House Democrats sent a letter to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Attorney General James Uthmeier urging them to join the 25 states who have filed the lawsuit State of California v. McMahon, challenging the Trump Administration and the Department of Education's illegal freeze of more than $5.5 billion  more PR

Florida Job Openings and Labor Turnover -- May 2025 (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, July 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Florida Job Openings and Labor Turnover -- May 2025 * Florida had 470,000 job openings in May 2025, compared to 426,000 openings in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the job openings rate in Florida was 4.5 percent in May and 4.1 perce more PR

Graves, Transportation Committee Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Dramatically Reform FEMA (10)
WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Graves, Transportation Committee Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Dramatically Reform FEMA * WASHINGTON, DC - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders introduced legislation in the U.S. House that would provide the most robust legislative reform of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and federal disaster assistance programs in decades. The Fixing Emergency Management for A more PR

Mast Celebrates 250 Years of U.S. Army Medicine (10)
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Mast Celebrates 250 Years of U.S. Army Medicine * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Brian Mast today announced a resolution honoring 250 years of U.S. Army Medicine. The resolution recognizes the generations of American medical professionals who have served with Army soldiers since the nation's founding. "Our U.S. Army medics have been saving lives on the frontlines of every conflict in American h more PR

Murphy Joins Senate Colleagues in Calling On Administration to Conduct Independent, U.S.-led Investigation Into Death of American Citizen in West Bank (10)
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy Joins Senate Colleagues in Calling On Administration to Conduct Independent, U.S.-led Investigation Into Death of American Citizen in West Bank * WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined 28 of his Senate colleagues in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Attorney General Pam Bondi calling on the more PR

NRC Event Notification: Radioactive Material Recovered After Courier Arrest in Florida (10)
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- A radioactive material package, temporarily held at a towing company following the arrest of a courier, has been successfully recovered by Cardinal Health, Gainesville, Florida. The incident, reported by the Florida Bureau of Radiation Control on July 16, 2025, involved a 5 mCi Iodine-131 source. According to the BRC, a courier transporting the radioactive material was involved in a traffic stop and subsequently arrested. The vehicle, along with its contents, was impounde more PR

Pfluger, Lee Introduce Legislation to Reverse Biden-Era LNG Regulation (10)
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Pfluger, Lee Introduce Legislation to Reverse Biden-Era LNG Regulation * WASHINGTON, DC -- As first reported in The Daily Caller, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) and Congresswoman Laurel Lee (FL-15) introduced legislation to reverse a misguided Biden-era regulation on American LNG Exports. The Cutting LNG Bunkering Red Tape Act codifies a Trump-era Department of Energy (DOE) order clarifying that more PR

President Trump Sends 12 Nominations to Senate on July 16, 2025 (10)
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- President Trump sent 12 nominations to the Senate on July 16, 2025: Jeffrey Anderson, of Georgia, to be Representative of the United States of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, with the rank of Ambassador. Julie Callahan, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador. Jerome Francis Gorgon, Jr., of Michigan, to be United States Attorne more ST

President Trump Sends 4 Ambassador Nominations to Senate on July 9, 2025 (10)
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- President Trump sent ambassador and military nominations to the Senate on July 9, 2025: Nicholas Adams, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Malaysia. Eric Meyer, of California, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Sean O'Neill, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand. Julie Stufft, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan. Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Space Force. * * * Presidential nomina more ST

Ranking Members Robert Garcia and Summer L. Lee Demand Department of Homeland Security Explain Use of Masks and Unmarked Vehicles to Terrorize Immigrants (10)
WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. Robert Garcia, D-California, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on July 25, 2025: * * * Ranking Members Robert Garcia and Summer L. Lee Demand Department of Homeland Security Explain Use of Masks and Unmarked Vehicles to Terrorize Immigrants Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Summer L. Lee, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on  more PR

Sen. Rick Scott on Failed Federal Reserve Chairman: Corruption, Mismanagement, Zero Accountability...It's Time for Powell to Go. (10)
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Rick Scott on Failed Federal Reserve Chairman: Corruption, Mismanagement, Zero Accountability...It's Time for Powell to Go. * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Rick Scott released the below statement on the failed Federal Reserve Chairman, Jay Powell. Senator Scott has, for years, been calling out Powell's disastrous leadership at the Fed, and the latest news that the new headquarters is almost a more PR

Senate Conducted 7 Committee Hearings on July 24 (10)
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Senate conducted seven committee hearings on July 24, 2025: * * * BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: An original bill (S. 2431) entitled, "Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026", and An original bill (S. 2465) entitled, "Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026". * * * NOMINATION Committee on Armed more ST

Sens. Rick Scott, Jeanne Shaheen Meet with Venezuelan Democracy Leader Maria Corina Machado; Release Joint Bipartisan Statement on Maduro Regime (10)
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Rick Scott, Jeanne Shaheen Meet with Venezuelan Democracy Leader Maria Corina Machado; Release Joint Bipartisan Statement on Maduro Regime * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Earlier this week, Senators Rick Scott, Jeanne Shaheen, John Curtis, and Tim Kaine issued a joint bipartisan statement reaffirming the United States' support for freedom and democracy in Venezuela as the one-year anniversary of Nicolas Ma more PR

SOUTHCOM Military Housing Moves Forward with Diaz-Balart's Support (10)
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * SOUTHCOM Military Housing Moves Forward with Diaz-Balart's Support * MIAMI, FL - Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee and Member of the Defense Subcommittee on House Appropriations, attended the ceremonial coin laying held by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and U.S. Army Garrison-Miami (USAG-Miami) to officially commemorate the new Department  more PR

Van Hollen, 28 Senators Call on Administration to Conduct Independent, U.S.-Led Investigation into Death of American Citizen in West Bank (10)
WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, 28 Senators Call on Administration to Conduct Independent, U.S.-Led Investigation into Death of American Citizen in West Bank * Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led 28 of his Senate Democratic colleagues in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Attorney General Pam Bondi calling on the Administration to conduct an independent investigation into the death of Saif more PR