WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: * * * Acting Chairman Pham: Time For CFTC to Get Back to Basics # Release Number 9036-25 # January 21, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham today made the following statement: "I'm humbled and grateful to be entrusted by President Trump to lead the CFTC as we approach a significant milestone in our history with tremen  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 23 -- The Arizona Department of Financial Institutions issued the following news release: The Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI) and 47 state financial regulatory agencies have taken coordinated action against Block, Inc., for violations of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and anti-money laundering (AML) laws that safeguard the financial system from illicit use. More than 50 million consumers in the United States use Cash App, Block's mobile payment   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 22 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Continues Defense of Commonsense Restrictions on Large-Capacity Magazines and Assault Weapons OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of New Jersey's restrictions on large-capacity magazines (LCMs) and assault weapons in Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clu  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 22 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Files Charges Against a Southern California Real Estate Agent for Price Gouging Eaton Fire Victims In addition, DOJ has sent 500 price gouging warning letters to hotels and landlords LOS ANGELES -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced the filing of charges against a real estate agent for attempting to price gouge a couple who lost their ho  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 22 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Files Lawsuit Against the City of Tulare for Violating CEQA Through Its Zoning Ordinance Update OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a lawsuit against the City of Tulare challenging its Zoning Ordinance Update, which allows cold-storage and other facilities to be permitted by-right in both light and heavy industrial zones, despite   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 22 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta: The President Cannot Bully California into Carrying Out His Mass Deportation Agenda for Him OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the followed statement on a memorandum from a Trump political appointee at the U.S. Department of Justice addressing state and local involvement in federal immigration enforcement: "This is a scare tactic  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following statement on Jan. 21, 2025, by Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham: * * * "I'm humbled and grateful to be entrusted by President Trump to lead the CFTC as we approach a significant milestone in our history with tremendous opportunities ahead," Pham said. "For the past half century, the CFTC has proudly served our mission to promote market integrity and liquidity in the commodity derivatives markets that are criti  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: By Savannah Mitchem A flash of light traps this material in an excited state indefinitely, and new experiments reveal how it happens. A dry material makes a great fire starter, and a soft material lends itself to a sweater. Batteries require materials that can store lots of energy, and microchips need components that can turn the flow of electricity on and off. Each ma  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2025: Today, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced staff appointments to the Office of the Chairman and to the FCC. Chairman Carr issued the following statement regarding these appointments: "I am honored that this talented team has agreed to join me in leading the FCC and ensuring that we deliver great results for the American people. They bring a broad range of legal and policy expertise  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 22 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom deploys specialized debris flow teams to Southern California ahead of wet weather # 5,650 super sacks, hundreds of personnel ready to protect communities LOS ANGELES - With anticipated rain in the forecast, Governor Gavin Newsom is mobilizing the full-force of the state government to protect recent burn scar areas and prepare for mudslides. Through proactive coordin  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 23 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2025: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 17 states filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit defending a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule establishing the first nationwide drinking water standards for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals, also known as "forever chemicals," under the Safe Drinking   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Jan. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release: A Houston, Texas, woman was sentenced in federal court today for fraudulently receiving more than $800,000 in Missouri and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act unemployment benefits using the identity information of numerous other persons. Prayshana Washington, 37, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips to three years   more

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2025: Homelessness in New York state has grown sharply, more than doubling between January 2022 and January 2024, according to a report released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Homelessness grew by 53.1% from January 2023 to January 2024, more than four times the rest of the nation. The large spike was driven by New York City and the influx of  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- President Trump issued the following statement on Jan. 20, 2025, announcing Cabinet and Cabinet-level appointments: * * * To the Senate of the United States, I nominate * Scott Bessent, of South Carolina, to be Secretary of the Treasury. * Pamela Bondi, of Florida, to be Attorney General. * Douglas Burgum, of North Dakota, to be Secretary of the Interior. * Lori Chavez-DeRemer, of Oregon, to be Secretary of Labor. * Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Ve  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- President Trump issued the following statement on Jan. 20, 2025, announcing sub-Cabinet appointments: * * * To the Senate of the United States, I nominate * Keith Bass, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Lester Martinez-Lopez. * Jayanta Bhattacharya, of California, to be Director of the National Institutes of Health, vice Monica M. Bertagnolli, resigned. * James Bishop, of North Carolina, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budge  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:25-cv-00124; S.D. Cal. filed Jan. 21, 2025) involving Gabriel Rebeiz: * * * On January 21, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed settled charges against Gabriel Rebeiz, an electrical engineering professor at a California public university, for insider trading in advance of a February 14, 2022 announcement that a subsidiary of Murata Manufacturing Ltd. would acquire Resonant  more

PASADENA, California, Jan. 22 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Study Finds Earth's Small Asteroid Visitor Likely Chunk of Moon Rock The small near-Earth object 2024 PT5 captured the world's attention last year after a NASA-funded telescope discovered it lingering close to, but never orbiting, our planet for several months. The asteroid, which is about 33 feet (10 meters) wide, does not pose a hazard to Earth, but its orbit around the Sun closely matc  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 12) entitled "Southern Pacific Transportation Co. - Abandonment Exemption - Wendel-Alturas Line in Modoc and Lassen Counties, California": * * * Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP), as part of the company's merger with Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) approved in 1996, filed a petition for exemption under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10505 (now 49 U.S.C. Sec. 1  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update: To: State, Tribal, and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective immediately, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), is expanding the sweet orange scab (SOS) quarantine in the Santa Ana area of Orange County in California. SOS is a disease caused  more