WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released the following public communication dated Oct. 28, 2024, from Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund and 70 collaborators: * * * To: The Honorable Rohit Chopra, Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street NW Washington, DC 20552 Re: Support for petition to address hidden and unnecessary fees in International Remittance Transactions, Docket No. CFPB-2024-0040-0001 * * * Dear Director Chopra:   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Nov. 1, 2024, from Husky Marketing and Supply Co., Dublin, Ohio: * * * To: Nick Parsons Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Assessment and Standards Division US Environmental Protection Agency 2000 Traverwood Dr. Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Re: Comments on Dkt EPA-HQ-OAR-2024-0143; FRL-8513-02-OAR; EPA Proposed Fuels Regulatory Streamlining Amendments * * * Dear Mr. Parsons  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Nov. 4, 2024, from Hilary Lewis, steel director of Industrious Labs, Cincinnati, Ohio. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Abigail Teener Air and Radiation Division (AR18J) Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5 77 West Jackson Boulevard Chicago, Illinois 60604 Re: Comments on Proposed State Implementation Plan Approval for the Detroit 2010 Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area, D  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Oct. 30, 2024, from Lyndsay Hoy, chief mission officer at the LAM Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio: * * * Docket No. FDA-2024-N-3528 for "Advancing Rare Disease Therapies Through an FDA Rare Disease Innovation Hub; Public Meeting; Request for Comments." * * * On behalf of The LAM Foundation, I would like to express our strong support for the es  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2024: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Chairman of the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, sent a letter to Special Counsel Jack Smith demanding his office preserve all records surrounding the Biden-Harris Administration's politicized prosecutions of President Donald Trump. The Chairmen   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: DENVER The Bureau of Reclamation has selected Carrie Diroll as the agency's Law Administration Division manager for the Mission Assurance and Protection Organization. In this new role, Diroll leads the division in policy and program management for contracts and repayment, planning and economics, acreage limitation, incidental revenues, and has responsibilities of the Quality, Con  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Access Board has released the following public communication dated Nov. 4, 2024, from Francis Energy, Tulsa, Oklahoma: * * * To: Office of General Counsel U.S. Access Board 1331 F Street NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004-1111 Subject: Docket No. ATBCB-2024-0001, RIN 3014-AA48 Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board NPRM of Accessibility of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, 36 CFR Part 1191 * * * Francis Energy is an award-winning lea  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Tennessee man was convicted of assaulting law enforcement and other felony and misdemeanor charges related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His 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. Edward Kelley, 35, of M  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: BALTIMORE Verizon Maryland, LLC, will pay $115,000 and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, a management employee who suffered from hypertension asked his manager for a change to a field position or to an alternate ma  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on Nov. 7, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi. Good afternoon, everyone. Q: Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good to -- welcome back to some of you out there who were on the trail. Good to see you all. Okay. As you just heard from the president -- President Biden, he spoke with President-elect Trump to congratulate him on his victory. He also assured him that he woul  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: The Air Force has announced its newest chief master sergeant selects - and the list includes 10 names from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. This year's promotion cycle, Air Force officials selected 503 senior master sergeants for promotion out of 2,275 eligible for a selection rate of 22.1 percent. Wright-Patt also has the distinction of one of its selectees having line number 1  more