ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 24 [Category: National Defense] -- The Association of the U.S. Army posted the following news: * * * 75th Ranger Regiment Command Values Trust in Training * The ability to take risks in combat starts with building trust at home station, according to the 75th Ranger Regiment's command team, who addressed a session on leadership at the Association of the U.S. Army's 2025 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C. Speaking before a group of 70 battalion comman more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 24 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP Applauds President Trump for Helping Unleash Alaska Energy Production * ARLINGTON, VA On Thursday, the Trump administration announced plans to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), as well as a handful of other actions, aimed at "modernizing land and resource management" as well as "public health and safety" across the state.  more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 24 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-Alaska Celebrates Landmark Victory as Trump Administration Advances ANWR Development * Anchorage, Alaska AFP-Alaska celebrates a historic moment for Alaskans as the Trump administration reaffirms its commitment to the state's economic future and a significant step in unlocking the vast potential of Alaska's natural resources through the Arctic National Wildlife Refug more PR

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Oct. 24 -- Americans for Limited Government issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2025: * * * What If A Recession Was Happening Right Now? End The Shutdown Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement urging the Senate Democrats to end their shutdown: "It's never actually happened before since long government shutdowns are rare but I wonder what the political consequences would be if a recession happened rig more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 24 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * Annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment Provides Relief from Rising Prices, But Falls Short for FERS Retirees * Alexandria, Va. - In response to the final determination of 2026 cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) to federal retirement annuities and Social Security benefits, which will be 2.8% for Civil Service Retirement System (C more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 24 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology issued the following news release: * * * ASTRO marks President Biden's treatment milestone, highlighting radiation therapy's vital role in prostate cancer care The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) congratulates President Joe Biden on completing his course of radiation therapy, which he recently marked by ringing the ceremonial bell alongside his radiation oncology care team. "President Biden's bell-rin more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 24 -- The Virginia Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * BREAKING: As Sears Touts Work as Lt. Gov., She Has "Empty" Schedule And "Spends Long Periods Not Actively Working" * As Virginians call for transparency about what she's done in office, Sears refuses to respond VIRGINIA - New reporting from NOTUS details that while Winsome Earle-Sears touts her work as Lt. Gov., the reality is she has a largely empty schedule and "spends long periods not ac more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Urges American Muslims to Vote in Upcoming State and Local Elections on November 4 * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged American Muslims and all citizens to participate in the upcoming state and local elections on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, which will feature major more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Democrats Vote to Abandon Active Duty Military Members * Washington, DC: Today, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) released the following statement after Senate Democrats voted to block consideration of S. 3012, the Shutdown Fairness Act, a bill that would have ensured pay for essential federal employees and active-duty servicemembers during the ongoing government shutdown: "I am appalled that Senate Democ more PR

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Oct. 23 -- Fairfax County Public Schools issued the following statement on Oct. 23, 2025, by Superintendent Michelle C. Reid: * * * Hello FCPS Staff and Families, Per our commitment to transparency, I am sharing the latest information in our ongoing efforts to resolve a matter with the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) concerning Fairfax County Public Schools' (FCPS) policies and regulations on bathroom and locker room use based on a student's gender identity. At t more PR

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 23 [Category: Sports] -- The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association issued the following news: * * * Fayetteville State Sweeps the 55th Annual CIAA Cross Country Championship in Salem, Virginia * CHARLOTTE, NC (October 23, 2025) The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA(r)) concluded the 55th Annual CIAA Cross Country Championship on Thursday, October 23, 2025, at Green Hill Park in Salem, Virginia, hosted by Livingstone College. Fayettevill more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 24 -- The Virginia Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * Federal Workers Miss First Paycheck as Sears Refuses to Call on Trump to Reopen Government * Virginia is home to thousands of federal workers impacted by the government shutdown VIRGINIA - Today, as federal workers are slated to miss their first full paycheck as the government shutdown continues, Winsome Earle-Sears continues to refuse to call on Donald Trump to stop attempting to fire more more PR

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Oct. 25 -- The George Mason University College of Public Health issued the following news: * * * George Mason Public Health PhD alum tackles barriers to research in postdoc at University of Florida By Katie Pearce When global health studies fall short on participants, critical research can stall. That's the challenge George Mason PhD graduate Kevin Cevasco is tackling through his postdoctoral work at the University of Florida's One Health Center for Excellence. Backed by  more PR

MCLEAN, Virginia, Oct. 25 -- Hilton Worldwide Holdings posted the following news release on Oct. 23, 2025: * * * Hilton Set to Double Its Presence in Oman with Trio Signing, Including the Sultanate's First Waldorf Astoria * Milestone signing also includes hotels under the global hospitality company's flagship Hilton Hotels & Resorts and award-winning DoubleTree by Hilton brands * Located in Barr Al Jissah, the three hotels will open in January 2026 with Al Husn Hotel Muscat undergoing an ext more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * House Democrats Urge USDA To Take Immediate Action To Fund SNAP * Today, Rep. Don Beyer joined Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), House Committee on Agriculture Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02), and 212 House Democrats in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, to urge the agency to use con more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * ICYMI: Virginia's Congressional Republicans Call for Immediate End to Government Shutdown in New Op-ed * VIRGINIA - Today, Representatives Jen Kiggans (VA-02), Ben Cline (VA-06), Morgan Griffith (VA-09), John McGuire (VA-05), and Rob Wittman (VA-01) published an op-ed in The Hill to highlight the serious impacts being felt across Virginia and call on Senate Democrats to end the government shutdown. KEY EX more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Oct. 24 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Johns Hopkins Ph.D. Student Slams UE Union With Federal Charges for Demanding She Divulge Private Info * Union demanded student be discharged even though nothing in union contract or federal law requires students to give up such info Baltimore, MD (October 24, 2025) - Andrea Ori, a molecular biophysics Ph.D. candidate at Johns Hopkins, has filed federal charges ag more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Miller's Op-Ed: How the Shutdown is Impacting Mountaineers * Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) penned the below op-ed discussing the ongoing federal government shutdown and the effect it is having on West Virginians. "All too often in Washington, politicians make decisions without understanding the real-world consequences for everyday Americans. We are witnessing that in r more PR

MERRIFIELD, Virginia, Oct. 23 [Category: Environment] -- The National Wildlife Federation posted the following news release: * * * National Wildlife Federation nombra al Dr. Jacob Carter como nuevo vicepresidente asociado de justicia ambiental * WASHINGTON, D.C. National Wildlife Federation anuncio que el Dr. Jacob Carter se desempenara como vicepresidente asociado del programa de justicia ambiental, salud, resiliencia y revitalizacion comunitaria. Carter jugara un papel fundamental en la di more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia posted the following news release: * * * Pakistani National Sentenced to 40 Years for Transporting Iranian-Made Advanced Conventional Weapons WASHINGTON -- A Pakistani national was sentenced on Oct. 16 to 40 years in prison for charges relating to his transportation of Iranian-made advanced conventional weaponry. On June 5, 2025, a federal jury convicted Muhammad Pahlawan of conspiring to pr more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, Oct. 24 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Redistricting or rigging? Experts available * Northwestern University has fantastic experts in political strategy, political science and law who can weigh in on the growing number of states pushing for mid-decade congressional redistricting. Just yesterday, Virginia Democrats announced plans to redraw congressional maps that could give their party two or three new seats. On Tuesday, North Carolina more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 24 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Saving the best: Meet VCU field hockey star goalie Emma Clements * By Sian Wilkerson As a sophomore in high school, Emma Clements faced an important decision. The star goaltender on the Fredericksburg Academy field hockey team wanted to pursue her sport at the Division I level. She wanted to study biomedical engineering. And she wanted to stick close to home. "I made a long list," Clements s more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 25 -- The University of Richmond issued the following news release: * * * University of Richmond Professor Kurt Beals Awarded National Fellowship for Work in German Translation Kurt Beals, a German studies professor and humanities fellow in literary translation at the University of Richmond, has been awarded a fellowship by the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Founded in 1971, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts is an internationally renowned artist resid more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 24 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release: * * * UPDATE: NCUA Announces New Date for Public Budget Hearing * Agency Requests Comments about Draft Budget ALEXANDRIA, Va. (October 24, 2025) - The National Credit Union Administration has announced a new date for its public hearing on the staff draft budget for 2026-2027. The public hearing will be held on November 5, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern at NCUA headquarters in Alexandria more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Beyer, Walkinshaw, Over 60 Lawmakers Press Administration to Reinstate Furloughed Federal Workers at Agencies Unaffected by Republican Shutdown, Resume Their Pay * Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) and U.S. Representatives Don Beyer and James Walkinshaw (both D-Va.) were joined by more than 60 of their colleagues in the Senate and House ur more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 24 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * VCU students follow in John Milton's footsteps -- literally * By Amelia Heymann and Drew Thompson It's one thing to get wrapped up in a work of literature. It's another to actually inhabit the space, and even the methods, of the author. This past summer, Virginia Commonwealth University students found themselves in "Paradise Lost" author John Milton's world. Sponsored by the Department of Eng more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Vice Chairman Warner, Ranking Member Himes Call for Transparency on Lethal Military Strikes * WASHINGTON - Today, Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Jim Himes (D-CT-04) wrote to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard regarding the Administration's failure to provide Congress with basic infor more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 24 [Category: National Defense] -- The Air and Space Forces Association posted the following news release: * * * Virginia AFA Leads the Way at JBA Air Show * The Joint Base Andrews Air Show, held September 12-14, included the return of AFA as a sponsor and exhibitor for the first time since before the COVID pandemic. Showcasing a collaboration between local AFA Chapters, the National AFA Headquarters, Arnold Air Society and Silver Wings, and the Civil Air Patrol, th more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 25 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Can the red spruce thrive in Appalachia again? Efforts to expand the range of the red spruce focus on acclimatizing the species to warmer climates. By Chris Moody For those who haven't spent time on an Appalachian sky island, the red spruce is a rare site. Sky islands are not a domicile of George Jetson or something out of "Star Wars," they are high elevation mountaintops in the Appalachians cut off by topogra more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 25 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Long-term partnership between Hume Center, RTX creates opportunities for students By Isabella Rossi This spring, Ella Rasmussen walked across the graduation stage and right through the door as a software engineer at RTX. It was a door that opened in part because of her participation in the workforce development program between the global aerospace and defense company and Virginia Tech. "The [RTX Fellowship] pr more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 25 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Murat Kantarcioglu named fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics By Barbara L. Micale Murat Kantarcioglu has been elected a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI). A professor and Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Faculty Fellow in the Virginia Tech Department of Computer Science and core faculty at the Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, Kantarcioglu  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2025: * * * Walkinshaw, Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Beyer, Over 60 Lawmakers Press Administration to Reinstate Furloughed Federal Workers at Agencies Unaffected by Republican Shutdown, Resume Their Pay Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.), and U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-Va.) were joined by more than 60 of their colleag more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 24 -- The Virginia Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * WINSOME, LOSE SOME: With the Final Week of Campaigning Around the Corner, Sears Can't Stop Lying About Her Dangerous Record and Extreme Agenda * # VIRGINIA - With a week and a half to go until Election Day, Winsome Earle-Sears can't stop lying about her dangerous record and her extreme agenda for the Commonwealth. SETTLING THIS WEEK'S SCORE Winsome's Wins: * Sears' Wide-Open Schedul more PR