FAIRFAX, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- Fairfax County Economic Development Authority issued the following news on Oct. 29, 2024: Earlier today, CHEMTREC(R), the world's leader in hazardous materials emergency response services, and local leaders along with strategic partners celebrated the opening of CHEMTREC's new, state-of-the-art global headquarters at 3130 Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church, in Fairfax County. CHEMTREC has been based in Fairfax County for the past 12 years and has committed to an add  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation issued a 31-page report in February 2024 entitled "Hope on the Half Shell: Harnessing Oysters to Build Ecological and Community Resilience." Here are excerpts: * * * EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Chesapeake Bay's shoreline stretches over 11,600 miles through Maryland and Virginia--longer than the entire U.S. West Coast./1 Home to nearly nine million people,/2 this coastal area is critically important to the social, economic, and environmental fab  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: Scientists participating in our 2024 Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Survey aboard the F/V ESS Pursuit made an amazing once-in-a-lifetime discovery! It happened during their second dredge haul. As usual, scientists brought the dredge sample aboard the vessel, deposited it onto a series of whirling conveyor belts, and delivered it to the processing area for data collection. While the sample had barely  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind Or Severely Disabled has released the following public communication dated Oct. 22, 2024, from Melwood Horticultural Training Center Inc., Upper Marlboro, Maryland: * * * To: Mr. Jeff Koses Chairperson U.S. AbilityOne Commission Patriots Plaza III 355 E. Street SW Ste. 325 Washington, DC 20024 * Ms. Kim Zeich Executive Director U.S. AbilityOne Commission Patriots Plaza III 355 E. Street SW Ste.325 Was  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Co-Chair of the Congressional Georgia Caucus, and Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH), head of the U.S. delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, released the following statement: "We are deeply concerned by t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon dated Oct. 21, 2024: D. L. MARTIN CO., Mercersburg, Pennsylvania (N64498-25-D-0006), was awarded a combined $10,010,610 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for inspection, repair, restoration, and testing services for naval submarine antenna, periscope, and communications masts and hull mechanical and electrical systems. Each awardee will be awarded $89  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined several colleagues in demanding answers from U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on the Department of Justice's (DOJ) efforts after reports of thousands of cases of illegal aliens registering to vote have emerged. "We are deeply concerned by reports of non-citizens registering to vote and voting in federal elections," the Members of Congress wrote. "As of today, there has   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon dated Oct. 21, 2024: EPSILON SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS INC., Portsmouth, Virginia (N64498-25-D-0007), was awarded a combined $10,010,610 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for inspection, repair, restoration, and testing services for naval submarine antenna, periscope, and communications masts and hull mechanical and electrical systems. Each awardee will be aw  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-530) on Oct. 30, 2024: * * * Re: Network Change Certification Received Verizon Virginia LLC (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules of the Federal Communications  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Federal Reserve System has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 29, 2024: Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.225.41 of the Board's Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank or bank holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the applications are se  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Since Hurricane Helene made landfall, FEMA has been working with governmental and voluntary disability support organizations to ensure survivors with disabilities have the tools they need to recover from the storm. Building relationships with these organizations pre-disaster has been crucial to getting support to survivors as quickly as possible. FEMA's Disabili  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued the following decision (Case No. WA-RP-22-0055): * * * NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE NEWINGTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE (Agency) and INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS LOCAL F-317, AFL-CIO (Petitioner/Labor Organization) and ASSOCIATION OF CIVILIAN TECHNICIANS GRANITE STATE CHAPTER 19 (Incumbent/Labor Organization) WA-RP-22-0055 DECISION AND ORDER ON REVIEW October 28, 2024 * * * Before the Authori  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today sent a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) questioning the methodology regulators used as the basis for a nearly 90 percent reduction to the Atlantic herring fishery quota for the next three years. The fishery supplies the primary bait used in the lobster fishery. "Once again, Maine fisher  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Governor Youngkin as the Commonwealth can resume removing the names of noncitizens from Virginia's voter rolls. The brief order did not explain the majority's reasoning, due to the emergency nature of the case. By granting the emergency stay, Virginia's removal of noncitizens is permitted and may continue. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA)  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon dated Oct. 21, 2024: GSE DYNAMICS INC., Hauppauge, New York (N64498-25-D-0008), was awarded a combined $10,010,610 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for inspection, repair, restoration, and testing services for naval submarine antenna, periscope, and communications masts and hull mechanical and electrical systems. Each awardee will be awarded $891 (me  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: Today, Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01) issued a subpoena to ActBlue, a major Democratic fundraising platform, for documents related to ActBlue's donor verification policies and the potential for foreign actors to use the platform to launder illicit money into U.S. political campaigns. The subpoena was issued foll  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon on Oct. 28, 2024: HYDROGEOLOGIC INC., Reston, Virginia (W912DY-25-D-0053), will compete for each order of the $960,000,000 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract to safely locate, identify, recover, evaluate, assess, package, transport, manage, and make final disposition, as required, of munitions and explosives of concern and hazardous, toxic and  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon on Oct. 29, 2024: JACOBS GOVERNMENT SERVICES CO., Arlington, Virginia (W912PL-25-D-0009), will compete for each order of the $249,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for architect-engineer services. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2029. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco, Cali  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued a 12-page white paper in January 2024 entitled "Lifetime Judges Confirmed During the Biden Administration Through 2023." During the first three years of the Biden administration, the Senate has confirmed 166 lifetime judges. President Biden's appointees have been historically diverse -- both personally and professionally -- and have included brilliant jurists like Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who the Senate conf  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * More modern method a fundamental leap forward in safety * * * An interdisciplinary team at Los Alamos National Laboratory developed a new method for testing explosives that provides more precise data, helping researchers determine whether an explosive is safe enough to handle. The findings were recently published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Cal  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court granted a stay of the lower court's injunction of Governor Glenn Youngkin's voter purge: "Governor Youngkin's decision to purge 1,600 Virginians from the voter rolls 90 days before the election violates federal law. Governor Youngkin and Virginia officials further compounded the situation by failin  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon on Oct. 28, 2024: NAKUPUNA SERVICES-ERRG JV LLC, Arlington, Virginia (W912DY-25-D-0058), will compete for each order of the $960,000,000 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract to safely locate, identify, recover, evaluate, assess, package, transport, manage, and make final disposition, as required, of munitions and explosives of concern and hazard  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: * * * Agency Accepting Comments and Budget Briefing Presentation Requests * * * The National Credit Union Administration's staff draft budget for 2025-2026 is now available on the agency's website for review and comment. The NCUA has also submitted the proposed budget for publication in the Federal Register, and the comment period remains open until November 27. The   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The National Credit Union Administration has released the following public communication dated Oct. 21, 2024, from the Cooperative Credit Union Association Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts: * * * To: Melane Conyers-Ausbrooks Secretary of the Board National Credit Union Administration 1775 Duke Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3428. RE: Financial Data Transparency Act Joint Data Standards (RIN 3133-AF57) * * * Dear Ms. Conyers-Ausbrooks, On behalf of its member c  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The National Credit Union Administration has released the following public communication dated Oct. 21, 2024, from CUSIP Global Services, New York. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Ted Dowd Chief Counsel Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218 Washington, DC 20219 * To: Ann E. Misback Secretary Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20551 * To: James P. Shees  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The National Credit Union Administration has released the following public communication dated Oct. 21, 2024, from the Depository Trust and Clearing Corp., New York: * * * To: Vanessa A. Countryman Secretary Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street NE Washington, DC 20549-1090 * To: Ann E. Misback Secretary Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20551 * To: Christopher Kirkpa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The National Credit Union Administration has released the following public communication dated Oct. 21, 2024, from LSTA: * * * To: Ann E. Misback Secretary Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20551 * To: FDTA-INTERAGENCY RULE c/o Legal Division Docket Manager Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street NW Washington, DC 20552 * To: Clinton Jones General Counsel At  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The National Credit Union Administration has released the following public communication dated Oct. 21, 2024, from the Object Management Group: * * * Re: Supplemental Comments on Proposed Rule: Financial Data Transparency Act Joint Data Standards, RIN 3064-AF96 (August 2, 2024) To: Melane Conyers-Ausbrooks Secretary of the Board National Credit Union Administration 1775 Duke Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3428 * * * Dear Ms. Conyers-Ausbrooks: The Object Manag  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The National Credit Union Administration has released the following public communication dated Oct. 21, 2024, from the Options Clearing Corp., Chicago, Illinois: * * * To: Vanessa A. Countryman Secretary Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street NE Washington, DC 20549-1090 * To: Ann E. Misback Secretary Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20551 * To: Ted Dowd Chief Counsel   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The National Credit Union Administration has released the following public communication dated Oct. 21, 2024, from the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, New York. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Melane Conyers-Ausbrooks Secretary of the Board, National Credit Union Administration 1775 Duke Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3428, USA Re: Docket No. NCUA-2023-0019, 3133-AF57, Financial Data Transparency Act Joint Data Standards Under the Financial Da  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The National Credit Union Administration has released the following public communication dated Oct. 18, 2024, from Workiva Inc.: * * * To: Chief Counsel's Office, Attention: Comment Processing, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218, Washington, DC 20219 To: Ann E. Misback, Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20551 To: James P. Sheesley, Assistant Executi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The National Credit Union Administration has released the following public communication dated Oct. 21, 2024, from XBRL US, New York: * * * To: Ann E. Misback, Secretary Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20551 * To: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Commission Commodity Futures Trading Commission Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581 * To: Comment In  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued the following news: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has announced Mark Munsell as the agency's new Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer. Mark will accept this responsibility in addition to his current role as the director of the Data and Digital Innovation directorate. Munsell will oversee, coordinate and integrate NGA's current and future planned geospatial intelligence AI efforts, including: *   more

NORFOLK, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- The Port of Virginia issued the following news on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * Battery-electric equipment will replace internal combustion infrastructure * * * The Port of Virginia(R) is closer to its goal of eliminating all greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 thanks to a recently announced multi-million-dollar federal grant that will be used to buy electric equipment and the infrastructure needed to support it. On Tuesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announc  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement after Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling: "The Supreme Court order today allowing Virginia to remove 1500 non-citizen voters from its rolls was the only defensible position despite the Biden-Harris administration objections and 3 leftist justices opposing. But it shouldn't even be an issue. The Republican House passed my legislation the SAVE Act, H.R. 8  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a total of $9,615,430 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to make energy efficient renovations to agent housing at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. This grant funding was awarded through DOE's Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (A  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger is urging the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide additional answers on their work to end shortages of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications -- including Adderall. On October 12, 2022, the FDA declared a shortage of amphetamine mixed salts, more commonly known by the brand name Adderall. I  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: Today, Representatives Dave Joyce (OH-14) and Jen Kiggans (VA-02), Josh Gottheimer (NY-05), and Debbie Dingell (MI-06) introduced the Creating Opportunities to Advance Shoreline Treatments (COAST) Act to combat shoreline erosion. Specifically, the COAST Act would increase the authorized funding amount for the Emergency Stream Bank and Shoreline Protection Continuing Authority by $25,500,000 and  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia issued the following news: The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) awarded more than $524,000 in grants to four institutions of higher education to help transform on-campus federal work-study jobs to function more like internships. SCHEV awarded the grants as part of the Virginia Talent + Opportunity Partnership (V-TOP). Germanna Community College, George Mason University, James Madison Univers  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: NEWPORT NEWS, VA Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), co-chair of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus and Dean of the Virginia Congressional Delegation, issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision reversing U.S. District Court Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles' order requiring the Youngkin Administration to reinstate more than 1,600 voters who may have been illegally purged from Virgin  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Jenny Mattingley, vice president of government affairs at Partnership for Public Service, from a Sept. 17, 2024, hearing entitled "Ensuring a Trustworthy Government: Examining the National Security Risks of Replacing Nonpartisan Civil Servants With Political Appointees": * * * Chairman Peters, Ranking Member Paul, and members of the Committee on Homeland Security a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: Saratoga, N.Y. House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik released the following statement: "Despite desperate efforts by Kamala Harris and Joe Biden's weaponized Department of Justice to keep illegals on the voter rolls, today's Supreme Court order will allow Virginia Governor Youngkin and Attorney General Miyares to continue their efforts to preserve the sanctity of American elections and ke  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has released the following public communication dated Oct. 21, 2024, from the Association of National Numbering Agencies, Brussels, Belgium: * * * To: Chief Counsel's Office Attention: Comment Processing Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218 Washington, DC 20219 * Ann E. Misback Secretary Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th Street a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has released the following public communication dated Oct. 21, 2024, from the Bank Policy Institute: * * * To: Ann E. Misback Secretary Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20551 * Christopher Kirkpatrick Secretary of the Commission Commodity Futures Trading Commission Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW Washin  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has released the following public communication dated Oct. 21, 2024, from CUSIP Global Services, New York. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Ted Dowd Chief Counsel Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218 Washington, DC 20219 * Ann E. Misback Secretary Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury has released the following public communication dated Oct. 21, 2024, from the American Bankers Association. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Chief Counsel's Office Attention: Comment Processing Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218 Washington, DC 20219 * Consumer Financial Protection Bureau c/o Legal Division Docket Manager 1700 G Street NW Washington, DC 20552 * Ann E. Misback Secretary Bo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury has released the following public communication dated Oct. 16, 2024, from Blockchain Association and DeFi Education Fund: * * * To: Ted Dowd Chief Counsel Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218 Washington, DC 20219 * Ann E. Misback Secretary Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20551 * James P. Sheesley Assistant Executive   more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- Defense Health Agency issued the following news: By TRICARE Communications If you're enrolled in the TRICARE Dental Program, your TDP monthly premiums will decrease for coverage effective Nov. 1. These new rates will remain in effect until Feb. 28, 2025. "TDP premium rates change periodically," said Douglas Elsesser, a program analyst with the Dental Program Section of the TRICARE Health Plan at the Defense Health Agency. "This helps premiums stay current wi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Two men from Virginia were found guilty on Oct. 29, 2024, of felony and misdemeanor charges related to their actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Peter Willey, 37, of Roan  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following statement on Oct. 30, 2024: * * * Attorney General Jason Miyares issued the following statement after a 6-3 ruling from the United States Supreme Court granted Virginia's emergency stay: "When this began, I promised Virginians we would take this case all the way to the U.S Supreme Court if necessary. Today, I am pleased to report the Court granted our request for an emergency stay," said Attorney Ge  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: * * * Grant will increase Amory Seafood's purchasing, processing, and sales of local wild-caught blue catfish * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that Amory Seafood has been awarded $247,000 through the Governor's Blue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program. This reimbursable grant will support the implementation of a modern quick freeze  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Oct. 30, 2024, on the Supreme Court ruling on Virginia's voter rolls: * * * "We are pleased by the Supreme Court's order today. This is a victory for commonsense and election fairness. I am grateful for the work of Attorney General Jason Miyares on this critical fight to protect the fundamental rights of U.S. citizens. Clean voter rolls are one important part of a comprehensive approach we are t  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: Four people have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed methamphetamine and other drugs in the Tidewater area. Two others have been sentenced to prison for providing firearms to one of the members of the drug trafficking conspiracy. By the fall of 2021, Leonard Tromell Brooks, 41, of Virginia Beach, a previousl  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: A Georgia man pled guilty today to his involvement in a conspiracy to launder tens of millions of dollars in drug proceeds on behalf of foreign drug trafficking organizations, including the Sinaloa cartel and Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (the Jalisco cartel). On Aug. 5, a co-conspirator pled guilty for his role in the same money laundering scheme. Accor  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 25 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks at a campaign event at Shell Energy Stadium: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Kelly and Beyonce! (Applause.) Hey, Texas! (Applause.) Oh, it's good to be back in Texas. (Applause.) Thank you all. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, everybody. Thank you for being here this evening. Can we hear it for Ms. Tina Knowles? (Applause.) For Ms. Kelly? (Applause.) And Beyonce? (Applause.) What a warm Texas welcom  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Oct. 28, 2024: * * * One Month Following Hurricane Helene, Biden-Harris Administration Spearheads Ongoing Recovery Efforts and Support for Survivors Since Hurricane Helene's destructive landfall one month ago, the Biden-Harris Administration has mobilized a Federal response that has provided hundreds of millions of dollars in financial assistance to survivors, substantial debris removal and power restoration,   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) announced that his office has secured over $3.6 million in federal casework funds for residents of Virginia's First District since May 2023. Casework dollars are secured by advocating for constituents facing backlogs and bureaucratic delays with a federal agency, program, or benefit. The Office of Congressman Rob Wittman works to resolve issues ranging from Socia  more