SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 22 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service posted the following news: * * * 2025: The View from NOAA Satellites * It was a busy - and successful - year for NOAA's Satellite and Information Service. We celebrated 50 years of NOAA's GOES satellites in 2025. The last of our GOES-R Series satellites, GOES-19, became operational in April. And we launched our groundbreaking SWFO-L1 space w more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * At Subcommittee Hearing, Former Trump Administration Official Explains How Antitrust Enforcement in America Has Become Corrupt and Politicized and Americans Are Paying the Price Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Becca Balint led Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Democr more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman McClain Delaney is Introducing Legislation to Overturn the Attempted Renaming of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts * Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (MD-06) is introducing legislation imminently to overturn the recent attempt to add President Trump's name onto the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. "The Kennedy Center is a memorial to a fal more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Cramer, Alsobrooks, Curtis, Merkley Introduce Bill to Reauthorize Wildlife Crossings Program * BISMARCK, N.D. - The Wildlife Crossings Program provides grants for infrastructure improvements designed to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions. States and tribes can apply for grants to create safe paths for wildlife to cross roads and highways, often in the form of enlarged culverts, underpasses, and more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Sarah Elfreth, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Elfreth Releases 2025 End-of-Year Review * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) released her End-of-Year accomplishments. Since January 3rd, 2025, Elfreth has been laser-focused on serving constituents on their hardest days, introducing legislation to improve the lives of all Marylanders, and hearing directly from constituents by phone, mail, and in-person across the Distric more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Government Publishing Office issued the following news release: * * * GPO Print Procurement Helps Local Businesses in 2025 The U.S. Government Publishing Office's (GPO) print procurement program awarded $385 million in contracts with private-sector printing companies across the country to meet the printing and publishing needs of Federal agencies in fiscal year 2025. This work represented more than 61,400 orders. Nearly 79 percent of all printing ordered by Fed more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * House and Senate Immigration Leaders Rebuke Trump DHS Proposal That Would Punish Immigrant Families for Lawfully Accessing Health Care and Food Assistance Proposed "Public Charge" Rule Defies Congress, Threatens Public Health, and Would Make America Sicker and Poorer * House and Senate immigration leaders submitted a formal regulatory comment to the more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Raskin, Rep. Lieu Demand DOJ Investigation into Hegseth's Strike Targeting Survivors Clinging to Shipwrecked Boat Top Democrats Warn Apparent "No Survivors" Orders Appear to Violate Laws of War and Federal Criminal Law * Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Ted Lieu sent  more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Dec. 23 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following statement by Acting Chairman Peter A. Feldman: * * * Statement of Acting Chairman Peter A. Feldman on Auto-Mark v. CPSC The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) appreciates the clarification provided by the federal court in Auto-Mark v. CPSC (D. Minn.) regarding the proper scope of the Portable Fuel Container Safety Act (PFCSA). The court's decision in Auto-Mark makes clear that the Commission more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Two Plead Guilty and Executive of Maryland IT Companies Charged for Conspiracy to Defraud the Federal Government * On Dec. 17, a federal grand jury in Baltimore returned a superseding indictment charging Victor Marquez, a Maryland resident and owner of two IT companies, with a scheme to defraud the federal government that included rigging bids for IT contracts and receiving kickbacks in exchange fo more PR

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Navy launches new acquisition era for Tomahawk missile program with first-ever fixed price incentive fee contract * In an unprecedented move for the Tomahawk program designed to save money and accelerate delivery to the fleet, the U.S. Navy awarded a $785 million fixed-price incentive fee (FPIF) contract to Raytheon, an RTX business, Dec. 23. Under the FPIF contract, Raythe more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * United States Files Complaint Against Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Alleging Delay in Reporting Hazardous Utility Bars and Miter Saws * The Justice Department, together with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), today announced the filing of a civil enforcement action against Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (Black & Decker) for alleged violations of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). Bl more PR