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Tipoffs: President Trump & Federal Agencies Newsletter for 2025-08-21 ( 13 items )  
After Visiting Flood-Stricken New Mexico, Secretary Noem Announces Over $11 Million in Disaster Relief Funding (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * After Visiting Flood-Stricken New Mexico, Secretary Noem Announces Over $11 Million in Disaster Relief Funding * DHS rushed immediate disaster relief funding to New Mexico following deadly flooding RUIDOSO, NM - Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced another $11.4 million in disaster relief funding for disaster recovery projects in Ruidoso, New Mexico afte more PR

Arizona Man Charged With Trafficking Carfentanil Into Alabama (10)
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Aug. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama posted the following news release: * * * Arizona Man Charged with Trafficking Carfentanil into Alabama An indictment charging an Arizona man in a drug trafficking conspiracy has been unsealed, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona. A two-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court charges Ignacio Miguel Tirado-Castillo, 19, with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a fentanyl  more PR

CPSC Withdraws Rules That Are Outdated, Fail to Advance Safety; New Leadership Focuses on Hazards That Pose Real Risks (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following news release: * * * CPSC Withdraws Rules That Are Outdated, Fail to Advance Safety; New Leadership Focuses on Hazards That Pose Real Risks * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today announced it will withdraw several existing and pending rulemakings that no longer align with agency priorities, and which fail to advance safety. These include proposed rulemakings that have rema more PR

DNI Gabbard Launches ODNI 2.0: Reduce Bloat by Over 40% and Save Taxpayers $700+ Million Per Year (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2025: * * * DNI Gabbard Launches ODNI 2.0: Reduce bloat by over 40% and save taxpayers $700+ million per year On Wednesday, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard announced a long-overdue transformation of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to refocus on executing its core national security mission with integrity in the most agile, eff more PR

ICYMI: EXCLUSIVE Trump's EPA Turns to New Tools for Faster Superfund Cleanups (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: EXCLUSIVE Trump's EPA Turns to New Tools for Faster Superfund Cleanups * WASHINGTON - Last week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi sat down with Bloomberg to detail improvements that the Trump EPA has made to increase the cleanup of Superfund sites. Looking at tools such as initiating presumptive remedies to extending the use of removal action more PR

ICYMI: Secretary Chavez-DeRemer crosses halfway mark on 50-state 'America at Work' listening tour (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Secretary Chavez-DeRemer crosses halfway mark on 50-state 'America at Work' listening tour * WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer this week visited the 26th state on her nationwide America at Work listening tour, meeting with Teamsters health care workers in Chicago and touring a family-owned quartz countertop manufacturer in Minnesota. During these two discussio more PR

Interior Department Updates Commingling Policy to Strengthen Energy Production and Safety (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Interior Department Updates Commingling Policy to Strengthen Energy Production and Safety * WASHINGTON -- The Department of the Interior is updating oil and gas commingling rules to align with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The updates, led by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, or BSEE, and the Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, provide clear standards that support safe opera more PR

President Trump Issues Memo on Authorizing Cameron County, Texas, to Construct, Maintain, Operate Pedestrian Border Crossing at Gateway International Bridge Land Port of Entry (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- President Trump issued the following memorandum on Aug. 20, 2025: * * * PRESIDENTIAL PERMIT: AUTHORIZING CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A PEDESTRIAN BORDER CROSSING AT THE GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE LAND PORT OF ENTRY By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America (the "President"), I hereby grant permission, subject to the conditions set forth herein, to Cameron County, Texas (the "permittee"), to con more PR

San Antonio Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening President Trump (10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas posted the following news release on Aug. 20, 2025: * * * San Antonio Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening President Trump The San Antonio man who was charged with making threats against the President last month pleaded guilty in federal court today. According to court documents, Robert Herrera, 52, commented on a San Antonio news outlet's July 10 Facebook post pertaining to President Donald Trump's more PR

Two Violent Criminal Illegal Aliens Charged with Rape, Aggravated Sodomy, and Kidnapping of Woman in Kansas (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Two Violent Criminal Illegal Aliens Charged with Rape, Aggravated Sodomy, and Kidnapping of Woman in Kansas * The female victim reported she was abducted from the First Council Casino & Resort in Newkirk, Oklahoma WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued arrest detainers for Luis Miguel Dominguez-Barrios, curr more PR

U.S. Department of Education Initiates Title VI Investigation into Haverford College for Allegedly Tolerating Anti-Semitic Harassment (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education Initiates Title VI Investigation into Haverford College for Allegedly Tolerating Anti-Semitic Harassment * Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened a directed investigation into Haverford College (Haverford) for allegedly violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI). This investigation comes amid credible reports  more PR

Vance, Hegseth Visit, Thank Troops in Downtown D.C. (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Vance, Hegseth Visit, Thank Troops in Downtown D.C. * Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joined dozens of National Guardsmen for lunch at a Union Station burger eatery in downtown Washington today, where the senior executive branch leaders thanked the troops for their efforts to increase safety throughout the city. Following President Donald J. Trump's Aug. 11 declaration of a cri more PR

WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests in Georgia Skyrocket under Trump Administration (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests in Georgia Skyrocket under Trump Administration * 367% increase in arrests of illegal aliens in the Peach State compared to Biden WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 4,500 illegal aliens in Georgia between January 20 and July 31. These numbers reflect a 367% increase of  more PR