Tuesday - July 21, 2026

Federal Independent Agencies

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National Gallery of Art: Remember Me - Picturing African Americans in Early Photography
WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release on July 20, 2026:

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Remember Me: Picturing African Americans in Early Photography

National Gallery of Art, Washington, November 7, 2026-March 14, 2027

Remember Me: Picturing African Americans in Early Photography charts the evolving understanding of portrait photography as a tool of representation among African Americans and illustrates the richness and complexities of Black life and culture in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Featuring some 70 works drawn from the National Gallery's collection, the exhibition ... Show Full Article
NASA Earth Missions Gear Up to Start Science Flights
PASADENA, California, July 21 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news:

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New NASA Earth Missions Gear Up to Start Science Flights

The first of six new venture-class missions will hit the skies this summer to chase dangerous and little understood pyrocumulonimbus storms out West.

Landslides in Alaska. Air quality in Atlanta. Fire clouds out West. From the Arctic fringes to farm country, NASA's newest class of suborbital Earth Venture missions is gearing up to deliver science that will benefit communities in the United States and beyond.

The six projects will ... Show Full Article
Supporting Community Planning Through Partnership in Mendota
CHICAGO, Illinois, July 20 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, posted the following news:

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Supporting Community Planning Through Partnership in Mendota

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Future housing development starts with understanding local needs. To advance that work, First State Bank partnered with FHLBank Chicago to assist with a housing stock survey in Mendota, Ill. as part of the Illinois Housing Development Authority's Community Revitalization Technical Assistance Program. This initiative helps communities assess conditions and create plans that promote ... Show Full Article
EPA Announces New Members to the Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Advisory Committee
WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release:

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EPA Announces New Members to the Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Advisory Committee

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WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the appointment of 21 new members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FR RCC). The FRRCC provides independent policy advice and recommendations to the Administrator on crucial environmental issues affecting agriculture and rural communities.

Mr. William Thomas McDonald, from Five ... Show Full Article
SBA Opens Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Slidell
WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release:

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SBA Opens Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Slidell

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Original text here: https://www.sba.gov/article/2026/07/18/sba-opens-disaster-loan-outreach-center-slidell
NASA's Psyche Mission Delivers Mars Flyby Data, Time-lapse Video
PASADENA, California, July 18 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news:

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NASA's Psyche Mission Delivers Mars Flyby Data, Time-lapse Video

The spacecraft aced its encounter with Mars. Now mission scientists are studying a trove of data from the flyby in preparation for its arrival at asteroid Psyche in 2029.

NASA's Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars on May 15, using the planet's gravity to gain speed and slightly tilt its trajectory. The flyby also gave the team an opportunity to prep for the science they will be conducting when they reach the metal-rich asteroid ... Show Full Article
Brazil's Piaui State to Modernize Fiscal Management With IDB Support
WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Inter-American Development Bank issued the following news release:

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Brazil's Piaui State to Modernize Fiscal Management with IDB Support

The Board of Executive Directors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a $53 million investment loan to improve revenue and expenditure management in the Brazilian state of Piaui.

The project, part of the third phase of the IDB-backed PROFISCO program in Brazil, will modernize fiscal management in Piaui, strengthening fiscal sustainability and supporting the alignment of the state with Brazil's consumption tax ... Show Full Article