PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, April 22 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * Addressing Challenges Ahead: NAVAIR Leadership Discusses Organizational Changes and Industry's Role at Sea-Air-Space NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--NAVAIR personnel kicked off Tuesday at Sea-Air-Space Exposition 2026 with "Start with the Fleet: Readiness, Capability, Speed," a panel led by NAVAIR Commander Vice Adm. John E. Dougherty IV, who was joined by Rear Adm. Todd Evans, Commander, N more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 21 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Wins Lawsuit Protecting Gender-Affirming Care * Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and a coalition of 22 states secured a federal court order blocking an unlawful attempt by the Trump Administration to threaten healthcare providers that provide care for youth with gender dysphoria. A federal district court issued a written opinion and judg more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 21 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Calls on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Abandon Plan to Decimate Enforcement, Consumer Protection * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to scale back its plans that would severely reduce staffing, undermine the agency's statutory obligation to superv more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 21 -- The University of Baltimore posted the following news: * * * AI is the Team You Can't Afford to Hire Greg Walsh, Ph.D., the Parsons Professor of Digital Communication, Commerce, and Culture, opens a discussion challenging how designers are currently use artificial intelligence in their work. Rather than framing AI as a tool purely for efficiency, he argues that many designers need to challenge the way they are using it. He emphasizes that designers must rethin more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 (TNSinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following information collection: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with the regulations to allow States to impose prohibitions or restrictions on specific articles in addition to thos more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, April 21 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Continues Opposition to Trump Administration's Mandatory Immigration Detention Without Due Process * OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta yesterday co-led a multistate coalition in filing an amicus brief in support of challenges to the Trump Administration's no-bond policy, which mandates the indefinite detention of vast numbers of non-citizens  more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 20 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Pushes For Changes to Make Rental Housing More Affordable * Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a bipartisan group of attorneys general are urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ban hidden and surprise fees that drive up rent costs for North Carolinians. "So much of people's money goes to paying rent, and renters need to know upfront  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 21 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL OPPOSES FEDERAL EFFORT TO STRIP HOUSING SUPPORT FOR MIXED-STATUS IMMIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter opposing a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed rule that would prohibit mixed-status families from living in public housing and  more PR

YONKERS, New York, April 22 -- Consumer Reports posted the following news release on April 21, 2026: * * * Black Women-Owned Businesses Join Consumer Reports in Urging NY Lawmakers to Pass the Beauty Justice Act Consumer Reports (CR) and Black women-owned businesses are at the New York State Capitol today to urge the State Assembly to pass the Beauty Justice Act (S.2057B/A.2054B). This legislation would ban intentionally added toxic substances from personal care and beauty products sold in Ne more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: * * * Carderock Scientists Inspire Future Innovators at Calvert County MESA Day HUNTINGTOWN, Md. - To bridge the distance between a national naval research center and students in rural communities, representatives from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) engaged with students at the Calvert County Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Day. The event took place at Huntingto more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11421) on April 20, 2026, by legislative attorney Cassandra J. Barnum and coordinator of research planning Erin H. Ward: * * * ESA "God Squad" Exemption for Gulf Oil and Gas Activities: Background and Current Litigation On March 31, 2026, the Endangered Species Committee - colloquially referred to as the "God Squad" because of its power to determine the fate of species - more PR

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, April 22 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * FRCSW Produces First Organic Super Hornet to Undergo Block III Modifications San Diego--At Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW), innovation is not a buzzword, it's a daily commitment to the warfighter. That commitment reached an historic milestone with the command's completion of its first fully organic F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III modification. For the first time, U.S. milit more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 21 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Moore Announces $1.5 Million in Philanthropic Awards to ENOUGH Communities to Support Education and Child Care Programs * Governor Wes Moore today announced the distribution of $1.5 million in philanthropic funding awards to strengthen education and child care access in nine ENOUGH communities - Maryland jurisdictions with high concentrations of childhood poverty.  Funding comes f more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 21 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * Hennepin County Medical Center placed on 'RED ALERT' as nurses warn of irreversible impact of federal health care cuts * The nation's largest union of registered nurses, National Nurses United, has placed Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis, MN on "RED ALERT" status, warning policymakers and the public that this potential hospital closure would have a drasti more PR

LAUREL, Maryland, April 21 [Category: Science] -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory posted the following news release: * * * Johns Hopkins APL Contributions Fuel Critical Navy Cybersecurity System * The Navy-engineered Situational Awareness, Boundary Enforcement, and Response (SABER) system, with key capabilities developed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, in collaboration with government and industry partners, has become a vital more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 22 -- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Employment-Based Support Study Begins with a Visit to B'More Clubhouse New research initiative focuses on supported employment at the local and national level. * Through the JHU-AEI Fellowship Exchange Program, members of the CMAP leadership team, Catherine K. Ettman, PhD and Matthew Eisenberg, PhD, in collaboration with Sally Satel, MD of the American Enterp more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * MS-13 Members Sentenced to Decades in Prison for Brutal Murders Committed at Direction of Gang Leaders in El Salvador Eight illegal aliens and members of the violent transnational criminal organization Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, have been sentenced for participating in a racketeering conspiracy that included witness tampering and multiple murders of individuals as young as 14. "The more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 22 [Category: BizAerospace] -- Lockheed Martin posted the following news release: * * * Lockheed Martin Awarded Landmark U.S. Navy Contract to Integrate World's Most Advanced Air Defense Missile, PAC-3(R) MSE, into Aegis Combat System For the First Time New integration enhances Naval integrated air and missile defense * The U.S. government announced a contract with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) for the development, integration and testing of PAC-3(R) Missile Segment  more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 22 [Category: BizAerospace] -- Lockheed Martin posted the following news release: * * * Lockheed Martin's DREXR Upgrade Strengthens E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Delivering proven multi-domain decision dominance anytime, anywhere. * SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), in collaboration with Northrop Grumman, has successfully completed flight testing of the Digital Receiver Exciter Recorder (DREXR) upgrade for the U.S. Navy's E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. The s more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 22 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on April 21, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Opposes Federal Effort to Strip Housing Support for Mixed-Status Immigrant Households Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter opposing a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that would prohibit mixed-status families - families more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 22 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on April 21, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Secures $562,000 Settlement for Investors Defrauded in Fake Affordable Housing Scheme Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced today that his Securities Division has reached a settlement with Otis H. Jackson of Davidson, Maryland, and his two companies, Social Solutions, LLC (Social Solutions) and SITO Capital, LLC (SITO Capital). Thi more PR

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, April 21 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * MISAM Argues for Robust Regulation of Kratom Products Instead of Blanket Bans * On April 16, the Michigan Society of Addiction Medicine (MISAM) sent a letter to members of the House Committee on Government Operations expressing concern with HB 5537. Specifically, HB 5537 would ban all kratom products and potentially criminalize possession. In the lett more PR

PASADENA, California, April 22 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA's Curiosity Finds Organic Molecules Never Seen Before on Mars Seven organic molecules were identified for the first time on Mars, increasing our understanding of the kinds of molecular preservation possible on the Martian surface. After years of lab work, the results are in: A rock that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover drilled and analyzed in 2020 includes the most diverse collection of more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release: * * * The National Gallery of Art Receives Historic $116 Million Gift from the Mitchell P. Rales Family Foundation Endowing "Across the Nation" National Lending Program Made on the occasion of America's 250th anniversary, the monumental gift from National Gallery trustee Mitchell Rales will enable countless Americans to experience masterpieces from the nation's collection in their own communities * The Na more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 21 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * New Orleans nurses announce five-day strike against LCMC's bad faith bargaining * Nurses at University Medical Center New Orleans (UMCNO) in Louisiana today gave notice to their employer, LCMC Health, that they will hold an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike for five days starting May 1, 2026. This notice follows a ULP charge against UMCNO filed with the National Labor Relat more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 22 -- The Oceantic Network, formerly the Business Network for Offshore Wind, issued the following statement on April 21, 2026: * * * Oceantic Statement: Federal Court Strikes Need for DOI's Secretarial Wind Orders Moments ago, a federal judge for Massachusetts District Court ruled in favor of Renew Northeast and eight regional industry associations, issuing a preliminary injunction, striking down the need for Secretarial reviews, enhanced procedures or targeted bott more PR

CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, April 21 -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law posted the following news: * * * Professor Brent E. Newton prevails in a third federal death penalty case * CARLISLE, PA-In Professor Brent E. Newton 's third court-appointed federal death penalty case since June 2025, another federal district court has granted his motion to strike the federal government's notice of its intent to seek the death penalty against a federal capital defendant. A copy of the  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Hoyer: Cursory Consideration is Not Sufficient if We Really Want a Good, Responsible Government Of, By, and For the People * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Ranking Member of the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered opening remarks at the House Committee on Appropriations Full Committee Markup of the FY more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * Sanctuary jurisdictions helped Cuban illegal alien with decades-long rap sheet, law enforcement cooperation in Florida will ensure his crime spree in America is over * ICE Miami took custody of Cuban criminal illegal alien Eledoro Valenzuela Rodriguez March 24 from the Miami-Dade Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where he has pending charges  more PR

NEW YORK, April 20 -- The United Nations posted the following news release: * * * Secretary-General Appoints Rania A. al-Mashat of Egypt Executive Secretary of Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia * United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced today the appointment of Rania A. al-Mashat of Egypt as the next Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). She succeeds Rola Dashti of Kuwait, to whom the Secretary-Gene more PR

WOODLAWN, Maryland, April 21 (TNSLrpt) -- The Social Security Administration Inspector General issued an audit report (No. 032518) on April 13, 2026, entitled "Fiscal Year 2025 Assessment of the Social Security Administration's Charge Card Programs." Here are excerpts: * * * RISK OF ILLEGAL, IMPROPER, AND ERRONEOUS PURCHASES In FY 2024, we determined SSA's overall risk of illegal, improper, or erroneous purchases made through charge card programs was low.4 Because the Agency had not signific more PR

WOODLAWN, Maryland, April 21 (TNSLrpt) -- The Social Security Administration Inspector General issued an audit report (No. 772628) on April 14, 2026, entitled "Single Audit of the Commonwealth of Virginia for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2025." Here are excerpts: * * * BACKGROUND A single audit is an organization-wide financial statement and Federal awards audit of a non-Federal entity that expends $1 million or more in Federal funds in 1 year. It is intended to assure the Government that  more PR

WOODLAWN, Maryland, April 21 (TNSLrpt) -- The Social Security Administration Inspector General issued an audit report (No. 772632) on April 17, 2026, entitled "Single Audit of the State of New Hampshire for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2025." Here are excerpts: * * * BACKGROUND A single audit is an organization-wide financial statement and Federal awards audit of a non-Federal entity that expends $1 million or more in Federal funds in 1 year. It is intended to assure the Government that th more PR

WOODLAWN, Maryland, April 21 (TNSLrpt) -- The Social Security Administration Inspector General issued an audit report (No. 772631) on April 17, 2026, entitled "Single Audit of the State of Oregon for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2025." Here are excerpts: * * * BACKGROUND A single audit is an organization-wide financial statement and Federal awards audit of a non-Federal entity that expends $1 million or more in Federal funds in 1 year. It is intended to assure the Government that the non-F more PR

WOODLAWN, Maryland, April 21 (TNSLrpt) -- The Social Security Administration Inspector General issued an audit report (No. 772629) on April 14, 2026, entitled "Single Audit of the State of Texas for the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2025." Here are excerpts: * * * BACKGROUND A single audit is an organization-wide financial statement and Federal awards audit of a non-Federal entity that expends $1 million or more in Federal funds in 1 year. It is intended to assure the Government that the non- more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 21 [Category: Sociological] -- Demand Progress issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson Courts Dems After FISA Dirty Trick Fails * Jim Himes & House Dems Must Not Go Along with Johnson's Next FISA Ploy Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, Politico reported that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is considering a new plan to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), this time by getting two-thirds of the House to pass a b more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 21 [Category: National Defense] -- The Air and Space Forces Association posted the following news release: * * * Steele Chapter, Cadets Raise a Toast to the Doolittle Raiders * In celebration of AFA's global Doolittle Raiders Memorial Toast, AFA's D.W. Steele Sr. Chapter brought together more than 90 members, guests, and cadets on April 17 at Nighthawk Pizza, a valued Community Partner of the Chapter in Arlington, Va. The event blended fellowship and heritage, as more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * United States Files Complaint Against DC Water in Response to Potomac Interceptor Collapse * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) today filed a complaint against the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) for Clean Water Act (CWA) violations that led to, and resulted from, the collap more PR

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland, April 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base Andrews (316th Wing) issued the following news on April 21, 2026: * * * Washington Nationals honor joint service members at Nats on Base summit By Airman Tylan Alicea 316th Wing Public Affairs Service members representing the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard Stand were recognized during the Nats on Base Summit at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2026. Staff Sgt. Kelly more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 21 -- The Wildlife Society, a wildlife conservation organization, posted the following news: * * * Climate change makes it harder to be a monarch New studies looking at the impacts of climate change on monarch butterflies have painted a not-so-hopeful picture of their future: climate change might make their food less nutritious, change their migration routes and make them sicker. "A warmer world could be a sicker world for monarchs," said Sonia Altizer, a researcher more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 21 -- The Wildlife Society, a wildlife conservation organization, posted the following news: * * * DNA traces in bird feeders leads to rare bat discovery Thanks to traces left at hummingbird feeders, researchers have extended the known range of endangered bats in Arizona. "Mexican long-nosed bats are in Arizona; they feed from hummingbird feeders, and they may be in other areas that we just don't know yet until we do a genetic survey," said Faith Walker, an associat more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on April 21, 2026: * * * Wrap Up: Burdensome Regulations Harm Farmers and Ranchers Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a roundtable on "Farming on Trial: A Roundtable on the Growing Use of Lawfare Against American Agriculture." During the roundtable, members heard directly from participants who have confronted a more PR