WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Acting Secretary of Defense Robert Salesses Statement on DOD Actions Responding to President Trump's Executive Order on Securing our Border On Monday, to protect the security and safety of United States citizens, President Trump declared that a national emergency exists at the southern border of the United States. The President directed me to take all appropriate action to support the activities of the Secr  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 24 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Issues Statement on President Trump's Executive Order Targeting the LGBTQ+ Community OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the followed statement regarding President Trump's recent executive order that targets the LGBTQ+ community: "All individuals, regardless of who they are or who they love, deserve to be recognized and treated eq  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following working paper (No. rsm2024-11) on Dec. 20, 2024, entitled "Cognitive Pretesting of 2025 American Housing Survey Modules." The paper was written by Jennifer Pace, Crystal Hernandez and Elizabeth Nichols. Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary This report presents findings from cognitive testing of select questions and modules for the 2025 American Housing Survey (AHS), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following working paper (No. POP-WP109) entitled "Race Reporting Among the Hispanic Population: 2020." The paper was written by Jessica E. Pena, Alli Coritz and Merarys Rios-Vargas. Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction Over the past decade and a half, the Census Bureau has undertaken several major research projects on how to collect, code, and tabulate race and ethnicity data, illustrating the agency's commitment to improving the val  more

FLETCHER, North Carolina, Jan. 25 -- President Trump issued the following remarks on Jan. 24, 2025, after the Air Force One arrival at Asheville Regional Airport: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. Everybody thought I was going to California. I said, "No, no. I'm stopping in North Carolina first, because they've been abused by what's happened." I mean, it's terrible. It should have been done. It should have been -- a lot of things should have happened that didn't happen. So, we're  more