WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Adams, Crockett, McBath, Pressley Lead Letter on Extreme Heat Safety in Federal Prisons * WASHINGTON, DC-- Today, Representatives Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), Lucy McBath (GA-06), and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) sent a letter signed by 40 House Democrats to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) William Marshall regarding extreme heat protections for incarc more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following news: * * * APHIS in Action: APHIS Tick Riders Take on New Threat: New World Screwworm * For over a century, a dedicated group of mounted patrol inspectors--known informally as Tick Riders --has patrolled the southern U.S. border. Their mission: protect U.S. cattle from the cattle fever tick, a parasite that causes severe blood loss, weakness, and can transmit deadly dise more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * CBP officers seize more than $600K in cocaine at Hidalgo International Bridge * HIDALGO, Texas --U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge, intercepted $647,000 worth of alleged cocaine concealed within a vehicle. "As this latest interception clearly illustrates, our frontline CBP officers co more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * CBP officers seize over $433K in methamphetamine at Laredo Port of Entry * LAREDO, Texas --U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at the Laredo Port of Entry seized methamphetamine that totaled over $433,000 in street value. "I commend our CBP officers for their exceptional vigilance and commitment to safeguarding our nation more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Keith Self Introduces Bill to Improve Oversight of SNAP and Nutrition Outcomes * Congressman Keith Self introduced the SNAP Study Act of 2025. This bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture to submit an annual report to Congress on the state of food security and diet quality in the United States. The report would also analyze how legislative and executive changes to the Supplemental Nu more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Cruz, Cornyn Bill to Exhume Alleged Serial Murderer from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Passes Senate * U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) released the following statements after their bill to require the U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota, an alleged serial murderer and convicted rapist, from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Dems Decry Trump HHS Hypocrisy After Adding New Red Tape to Medicare * Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Ami Bera (CA-06) led a group of 17 House Democratics in raising concerns about the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) adding new red tape to traditional Medicare that will delay care and worsen health outcomes. This comes on the heels of an announcement a week pri more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release: * * * Ernst, Miller-Meeks, Loeffler Tout Importance of Driving Innovation in the Heartland CORALVILLE, IA - U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), and Small Businesses Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler toured Perspective Therapeutics, one  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration is proposing an amendment to the Class E airspace near George West, Texas. The change would affect the airspace around Live Oak County Airport and is prompted by the decommissioning of the Three Rivers very high frequency omnidirectional range (VOR). The VOR is being removed as part of a nationwide program to modernize air navigation systems. The proposal aims to adjust the boundaries of the Clas more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Founder of Lender Service Pleads Guilty for Role in PPP Fraud Scheme * A founder of the lender service provider Blueacorn pleaded guilty today in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 relief money guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). "During a national emergency, this defendant exploited a taxpayer-funded prog more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * ICE was Hard at Work Over the Weekend Arresting the Worst of the Worst * WASHINGTON -- On August 9 and 10, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested more worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens, including those convicted of rape, hit-and-run, domestic assault, and attempted homicide. "While Americans were enjoying their weekend, ICE was hard at work arres more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Texas Tax Return Preparation Business for Claiming Fabricated Credits and Expenses * Note: view complaint here. The Justice Department filed a complaint today in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to permanently bar Maxumus Tax LLC and its owner and tax return preparer James Carroll III from preparing tax returns for others. Maxumus Tax al more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Major Public Broadcasting Shutdown Announcement Following GOP Funding Cuts * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, issued the following statement in response to the announcement from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) that it will begin shutting down operations after Congr more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * NREIP, ORISE interns present research at NAMRU San Antonio * OINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - Eight student interns enrolled in the Office of Naval Research's Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) and Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) presented their research to mentors, scientists and staff assigned to Naval  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Linda T. Sanchez, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Sanchez, colleagues call for transparency in Congo critical minerals agreement * WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sanchez (D-Calif.) and 51 of her Democratic colleagues called on President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to address serious concerns over the administration's secretive negotiations with the Democratic Republic of Congo regar more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:25-cv-02101; N.D. Tex. filed Aug. 7, 2025) involving Bruce Cameron Conway: * * * On August 7, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against Bruce Cameron Conway, a resident of Dallas, Texas, for insider trading in advance of the August 24, 2020 announcement that Cancer Genetics, Inc. would merge with a privately held biotechnology company. According to the SEC's co more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Moran Joins Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Modernize Weather Radio Emergency Alerts * Legislation expands the coverage and reliability of NOAA Weather Radio during natural disasters WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation - joined Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) in introducing the NOAA Weath more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Sullivan, Coast Guard Commandant Commission Icebreaker Storis in Juneau * JUNEAU, ALASKA --Today, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Admiral Kevin Lunday, acting commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), participated in the commissioning ceremony of the United States Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Storis in Juneau, America's first new icebreaker in a generation. Senator Sullivan has long cham more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: We're Going to Make America Healthy Again * Senator Marshall Joins Newsmax to Discuss the MAHA Commission Report, The Texas Redistricting Fight, and Securing the Border Wichita - On Monday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Newsmax's Wake Up America to discuss the Make America Health Again Commission report, the fight over Texas's redistricting efforts, and wh more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Two Mexican Nationals Charged for Bribing State-Owned Energy Officials * An indictment was unsealed today in the Southern District of Texas charging two Mexican businessmen for their roles in an alleged bribery scheme to retain and obtain business related to Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), the state-owned oil company of Mexico, and PEMEX Exploracion y Produccion (PEP), PEMEX's wholly owned exploration more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Dave Min, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Rep. Min Calls Out Republican Hypocrisy on NewsNation * Washington, D.C. -- On Sunday morning, Representative Dave Min (CA-47) stood up for Orange County, calling out Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans' hypocrisy and dysfunction. He appeared on NewsNation's The Hill Sunday with Chris Stirewalt (link is external) where he slammed Republicans for their partisan politicking, and firmly co more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Demands Documents on Transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell to Minimum-Security Bureau of Prisons Facility Convicted sex trafficker and Jeffrey Epstein associate was transferred without explanation after unusual visit by Trump's Deputy Attorney General  * Late last week, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, sent a letter to Fed more PR