SIMI VALLEY, California, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following remarks on Dec. 7, 2024 by Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III at the Reagan National Defense Forum: * * * Well, good afternoon, everybody. Michael, thanks for those kind words. This makes four years in a row for me at the Reagan National Defense Forum. And it's great to receive this award alongside Leader McConnell, who believes so deeply in President Reagan's legacy--and who has done so much for a free Ukra  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Air Force Security Forces Center recently transitioned its detachments to a squadron structure to return the units to a familiar organizational framework. The process began earlier this year when Air Force Materiel Command published a special order to inactivate AFSFC's Detachment 2 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, and Detachment 3  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: By Debbie Aragon, AFIMSC Public Affairs The Air Force Security Forces Center recently transitioned its detachments to a squadron structure to return the units to a familiar organizational framework. The process began earlier this year when Air Force Materiel Command published a special order to inactivate AFSFC's Detachment 2 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif  more

SIMI VALLEY, California, Dec. 10 -- The White House issued the following remarks on Dec. 8, 2024, by Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Jake Sullivan at the 2024 Reagan National Defense Forum: * * * MS. BREAM: And thank you, Jake. I'm glad you made it here this year. I know you've had to cancel in the past, and it's a very busy time, so we appreciate your time that you were able to make it here today. MR. SULLIVAN: Well, thank you for having me. MS. BREAM: Okay, so le  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 10 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: * * * Bill to raise public awareness, turn the tide of a growing public health crisis * * * California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) today introduced Assembly Bill 56 (AB 56), legislation that would arm people with clear information about the risks of social media for kids and teens. Adolescents who spend more than three  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 10 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the appointment of Senator-elect Adam Schiff to complete the remaining U.S. Senate term of Senator Laphonza Butler following her resignation. Senator Butler announced her resignation effective December 8, 2024, to ensure Californians have their duly elected representative seated as soon as possible. Senator-elect Schiff, who won election t  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 10 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: More walking and biking routes are coming to California. Governor Gavin Newsom announced today the California Transportation Commission awarded $101.2 million to projects across California that increase walking and biking. That brings total funding for walking and biking projects to $2.7 billion during the Newsom Administration. The 13 projects awarded today contribute to hea  more

MONTEREY, California, Dec. 10 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: Washington DC Fire and EMS Capt. Oleg Pelekhaty knew early on while attending the Center for Homeland Defense and Security that he wanted to research ways to improve fireground decision-making and operational performance in high-stress firefighting situations, making that clear during his introduction session. So Pelekhaty (master's cohort 2101/2102) focused his  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following news release: Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action to address unlawful student loan debt collection practices by Performant Recovery, Inc. against defaulted borrowers. The CFPB found that Performant delayed borrowers' loan rehabilitation processes, generating fees for itself and costing individual borrowers thousands of dollars. The CFPB's order requires Performant to pay a $700,000  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NEWARK, N.J. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Newark officers, with assistance from FBI Newark, arrested a total of 12 noncitizens from Chile, Colombia and Peru connected to South American theft groups. These groups are sophisticated crime rings known for using advanced technologies. All were arrested on immigration   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- NASA issued the following news release: With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter's icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous human exploration off the Earth aboard the International Space Station, and unveiling the fi  more

PASADENA, California, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: The observatory will lend insight into what happened after the big bang, measure the glow of galaxies near and far, and search the Milky way for building blocks of life. NASA and SpaceX are targeting late February 2025 for the launch of the agency's next astrophysics observatory, SPHEREx (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/spherex/). Short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, E  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: Not since the early 1990s, when the World Wide Web was introduced, has Sandia National Laboratories seen as many new Cooperative Research and Development Agreements as it did in fiscal year 2024. Sandia entered into 72 new CRADAs, the second-highest number in history, in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. In the early 2000s, Sandia executed about half tha  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- President Biden issued the following proclamation on Dec. 9, 2024, on the establishment of the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: * * * For a century and a half spanning the early 19th and mid- 20th centuries, the Federal Government removed American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children (Native children) from their families, Tribes, and homelands, often by force or coercion, and transported them to institutions across the United Stat  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- President Biden House issued the following remarks on Dec. 8, 2024, at the Kennedy Center honorees reception: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello, hello. (Applause.) Welcome to your house. I know that guy. Please have a seat. Thank you so much. Well, welcome to -- to the White House. Good evening to all of you, and I'm delighted to have you here. And thank you, Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter. Deborah, where are -- where's Deborah? Stand up. Let everybody know   more

MENLO PARK, California, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news feature: * * * Consumers' real-world stop-and-go driving of electric vehicles benefits batteries more than the steady use simulated in almost all laboratory tests of new battery designs, Stanford-SLAC study finds. * * * The batteries of electric vehicles subject to the normal use of real-world drivers - like heavy traffic, long highway trips, short city trips, and mostly being parke  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that YOANNI SUAREZ, also known as "Cuba," 48, last residing in Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised rel  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: * * * Arrests result from Joint Task Force Alpha investigation and joint operation in U.S. and Guatemala * * * An international enforcement operation has resulted in the arrest of five Guatemalan human smugglers linked to the Dec. 9, 2021, mass casualty event in Chiapas, Mexico, where a semi-trailer truck containing at least 160 migrants -- many of whom were Guatem  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Biden-Harris Administration has nearly doubled its original goal to repair or replace 10 of the nation's most economically significant bridges 18 major bridge projects are moving forward, part of the more than 11,400 bridges across the country receiving funding to improve safety, shorten commutes, and ensure more efficient supply chains MONROE, MICHIGAN Today, during a news conference at the River   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on Dec. 9, 2024, at a Tribal Nations summit at the U.S. Department of the Interior: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. (Applause.) Can we please applaud Sophia? (Applause.) (Laughs.) This is why we know the future is bright, right? Please have a seat. Please have a seat. Well, I want to thank everyone for your leadership, for your long-standing friendship, and  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Dec. 9, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions and Historic Progress Supporting Tribal Nations and Native Communities Ahead of Fourth Annual White House Tribal Nations Summit Today President Biden will host the fourth and final White House Tribal Nations Summit of the Biden-Harris Administration, reaffirming the Administration's historic progress on strengthening the Nation-to-Nation rel  more