CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * 18th TMC leads Army forces during Trident Resolve 26 in Indonesia * BANTEN, Indonesia -Personnel from the U.S. Army Pacific 18th Theater Medical Command arrived in Banten Province on the island of Java to serve as the Army Forces Headquarters for Exercise Trident Resolve 2026, Sept. 20-26. Co-hosted by the United States and Indonesia, XTR 26 is the first field training exercise under the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Mini more PR

JOHNSON, Vermont, Sept. 23 -- Northern Vermont University issued the following news: * * * A Collaborative Research Study on Lyme Disease Makes Hands-On Field and Lab Research Possible for Students Across Vermont State University's Campuses * Maya Suarez spends any spare time she has between her two majors, biology and math, in the Molecular Biology research laboratory on Vermont State University's Johnson campus, where she is entering her senior year. She's worked there for over three years, performing DNA analyses on blacklegged ticks, th more PR

RANDOLPH CENTER, Vermont, Sept. 23 -- Vermont Technical College issued the following news release: * * * A Collaborative Research Study on Lyme Disease Makes Hands-On Field and Lab Research Possible for Students Across Vermont State University's Campuses * Maya Suarez spends any spare time she has between her two majors, biology and math, in the Molecular Biology research laboratory on Vermont State University's Johnson campus, where she is entering her senior year. She's worked there for over three years, performing DNA analyses on blackle more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The American Action Forum issued the following insight: * * * September 23, 2026 A Diesel Export Ban Won't Solve High Fuel Prices Shuting Pomerleau Executive Summary * President Trump is considering an export ban on diesel fuel after retail prices surged to a record-high level of $6.53 per gallon on September 21, even though the United States remains a structural surplus diesel producer--refining roughly 5.3 million barrels per day (b/d) with domestic demand of 3.6 million b/d. * An export ban would not lower pu more PR

DOVER, Delaware, Sept. 24 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release: * * * AG Jennings secures court order blocking Trump Administration's unlawful demand of CDL drivers' personal information September 23, 2026 Attorney General Kathy Jennings and a coalition of 24 attorneys general have announced that a U.S. District Court judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump Administration from gaining access to a database of state-owned records containing the sensitive personal information of 17 more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Alicia Puente Cackley, director of financial markets and community investment at the Government Accountability Office, from a Sept. 16, 2026, hearing on the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Modernization Act (S. 5354): * * * Chairman Murkowski, Vice Chairman Schatz, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to discuss preliminary observations from our ongoing body of work on Native American housin more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 23 -- Kamehameha Schools posted the following news: * * * Halau Lahaina, malu i ka `ulu: The journey to bring abundance back to Lahaina * The recent Lahaina Homecoming brought current and former community members together along Front Street to reconnect with people and place, while looking ahead with hope. The gathering reflected both the progress made and the years of collective effort still needed. As Ke Kula `o Kamehameha works alongside the Lahaina community and in partnership with others, several initiatives are more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 24 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release: * * * NINTH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS HAWAII FIREARM LICENSING REQUIREMENTS Sept. 22, 2026 HONOLULU - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today upheld important provisions of Hawaii's firearm licensing laws, finding that the challenged requirements are consistent with the Second Amendment. In the opinion, the court upheld Hawaii's requirements establishing a 30-day period to use a permit to acquire a handgun and requiring certain newly  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * September 22, 2026 Heinrich Demands Trump Admin Immediately Halt Construction of Trump's 250-Foot Arch Heinrich, colleagues: "Putting the President's ego ahead of these memorials adds another stain on this administration's legacy" - WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led his  more PR

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * HIANG, Philippine Air Force strengthen air defense interoperability * PHILIPPINES -Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) and Philippine Air Force (PAF) personnel strengthened air defense interoperability during a Ground Radar Air Defense Subject Matter Expert Exchange held Sept. 14-18, 2026, at multiple locations across the Philippines. The exchange focused on ground radar operations, air battle management, intelligence integration and organizational more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- TheDream.US, a college and career success program for immigrant youth, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Washington Post Editorial Board: Ending In-State Tuition Access for Dreamers Is "America's Loss" Editorial board makes the case that Dreamers' access to affordable higher education benefits students, states, and the country September 22, 2026 Washington, DC - In a new editorial, The Washington Post examines the push from the U.S. Department of Justice to end in-state tuition access for Drea more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 23 [Category: BizTravel] -- Outrigger Hospitality Group posted the following news release: * * * Iron Chef Thailand Champion, Chef Satya Beeknoo, Cooks by the Catch at OUTRIGGER Phi Phi Island Resort * Executive Chef Satya Beeknoo selecting the catch from Urak Lawoi fishermen. High-Resolution, HERE PHUKET, THAILAND - On Laem Tong Beach at the northern tip of Phi Phi Don, the Andaman Sea does more than frame the view from Edgewater Bar & Grill. It helps decide what goes on the plate. Executive Chef Satya Beeknoo esti more PR

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * Joint Press Release: US, Indonesia Co-chair Largest ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting (ADMM)-Plus Exercise in a Decade with the Participation of 2,200 Personnel from 19 Countries * BANTEN, Indonesia -About 2,200 personnel from the militaries of all 19 ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting (ADMM)-Plus countries and civilian agencies are participating in Exercise Trident Resolve (XTR), held in Banten, Indonesia from 20 to 26 September 2026. XTR is the fi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * September 23, 2026 Lujan, Van Hollen, Colleagues Push Trump to Negotiate AI Guardrails with Xi Senators' letter calls for global cooperation on AI development to preserve public safety and human control - Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and 15 colleagues in calling on President Donald Trump to negotiate a formal agreement between the U.S. and China on guardrails and g more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 23 [Category: BizTravel] -- Outrigger Hospitality Group posted the following news release: * * * OUTRIGGER Waikiki Beach Resort Unveils All-New Guestrooms & Invites the World to "Catch Waikiki's Next Wave" * Download high-resolution images, HERE HONOLULU -OUTRIGGER Hospitality Group today announced that the newly reimagined guestrooms at OUTRIGGER Waikiki Beach Resort are complete and available to book, marking the first guest-facing milestone of the resort's $100 million transformation. To celebrate the moment, the more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Tokuda Urges President Trump to Protect America's AI Advantage Ahead of Bilateral Talks with China * HAWAI`I -U.S. Representative Jill N. Tokuda (HI-02), a member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), led House Democrats in a letter urging President Trump to halt any potential concessions on advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chip sales to Beijing ahead of high-stakes talks with President Xi Jinping. Representa more PR

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * Royal Australian Navy divers train at Pearl Harbor for U.S. Virginia-class submarine sustainment * JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -Inside the flooded ballast tanks of a Virginia-class submarine, where there is no natural light and spaces are tighter than shoulder-width, Royal Australian Navy divers are learning how to sustain one of the world's most advanced undersea platforms. Although the work is gritty, technical, and claustrophobic, it more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz, Blackburn Lead Bipartisan Group of Senators in Calling for Release of Wrongfully Detained American Journalist in Iran, Urge State Department to Step Up Efforts * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today urged the U.S. Department of State to prioritize and step up efforts to bring wrongfully detained American journalist Reza Valizadeh home. Valizadeh, a U.S. citizen and former broadcast journal more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * September 23, 2026 Senators Coons, Warren, Wyden, Gallego introduce bill to impose sanctions on Israeli settlement construction in the E1 area of the West Bank WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) today introduced legislation to impose targeted sanctions on companies, individua more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * September 23, 2026 Senators Coons, Warren, Wyden, Gallego introduce bill to impose sanctions on Israeli settlement construction in the E1 area of the West Bank WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) today introduced legislation to impose targeted sanctions on companies, individuals, and other entities that facilitate the development of Israeli settlements  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news: * * * The KC-130J: Past, present and the future fight * In the vast, unpredictable Indo-Pacific, islands dot the expanse of the sea for miles. Close enough to be a positive, yet far enough apart and sparsely populated to qualify as austere. This part of the world doesn't provide an answer to accessibility, and that question gets even foggier when you employ strategy and tactics. But 3d Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) has an answer: the KC-130J, an aviation platfor more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 23 -- Kamehameha Schools posted the following news: * * * Tropical Depression 15-E update #1 * Ke Kula `o Kamehameha is closely monitoring the storm system currently south of the pae `aina that is expected to strengthen into Tropical Storm Nolo later today and potentially develop into a major hurricane over the next few days. Based on current forecasts, the system could make its closest approach to Hawai`i Island on Saturday, increasing the risk of strong winds, high surf, heavy rain, and flooding. The National Weat more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Admin Set to Impound or Redirect Billions of Dollars in Foreign Policy Investments Congress Made * Washington, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ranking Member of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee, issued the following statement on the Trump administration's refusal to spend foreign assistance investments Congre more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (TNSida) -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Trump SBA to Extend Comment Period After Ranking Member Markey Leads Effort to Rescind SBA Policy that Reclassifies Billion-Dollar Businesses as "Small Businesses" Trump admin policy would reclassify 114,000 larger businesses as "small" to access small business resources and win federal contracts meant for small businesses - (Washington, September 23)  more PR

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * U.S. Army Pacific Builds Mental Health Resilience and Community Empowerment Across the Federated States of Micronesia * FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA -The U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) Oceania Engagement Team (OET) and USARPAC Chaplain Directorate recently completed a two-week community mental health and religious leader engagement across all four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), working with local leaders to strengthen community more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 23 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: * * * UH's 4-year campuses earn high marks in 2027 U.S. News and World Report rankings Sep 22, 2026 The University of Hawaii's three 4-year universities earned national recognition in the U.S. News and World Report 2027 Best Colleges rankings released today, September 22, with UH West Oahu earning two second-place regional rankings and two additional top-10 rankings. UH Manoa, UH Hilo and UH West Oahu were ranked among the country's top 4-year institu more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, More than 15 Senate Democrats Push Trump to Negotiate AI Guardrails with Xi * Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led more than 15 of his colleagues in calling on President Donald Trump to negotiate a formal agreement between the U.S. and China on guardrails and global standards for the development, testing, and use of frontier Artificial Intelligence (AI) models with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The lawmakers also urged more PR