JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Jan. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: * * * Air Force sweeps Men's 2025 Armed Forces Cross Country, Navy women take team win SAN ANTONIO, Texas - In perfect 45-degree overcast weather, Air Force elite athletes swept the podium and the team win in the men's division during the 2025 Armed Forces Cross Country Championship at the Windcrest Golf Club on Jan. 25. The top runners earned s  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 27 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Announces Five Arrests During Operation "To Catch a Predator" in Madera County FRESNO - California Attorney General Rob Bonta, together with the Madera County Sheriff's Office and California Highway Patrol, today announced the results of operation "To Catch a Predator" which targeted sexual predators who use the internet to seek out potential underage victim  more

MONTEREY, California, Jan. 28 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: After nearly four decades, the U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service's (DSS) Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) had outgrown its original enacting legislation and needed a comprehensive makeover to continue fulfilling its mission of supporting American private sector security issues abroad. Into the breach stepped Center for Homeland Defens  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 27, 2025 AIR FORCE General Electric Co., GE Edison Works, Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded a ceiling $3,500,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification (P00005) to a previously awarded contract (FA8626-22-D-0010) for technology maturation and risk reduction services for the execution of the prototype phase of the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion program. Work will be pe  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following Beige Book on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * Summary of Economic Activity Economic activity in the Twelfth District expanded slightly during the mid-November through December reporting period. Employment levels were largely unchanged, and employee retention improved further. Wages were up slightly overall, and year-end pay increases were in line with historical averages. Price levels were generally stable in   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 27 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Hear the experts give the real facts on California water LOS ANGELES -- Scientists, water managers, state leaders, and experts throughout the state are calling out the federal administration's ongoing misinformation campaign on water management in California. Here is a snapshot of what water leaders and media are saying in California and nationally: State water officials and water di  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA to Preview Sky-Mapping Space Telescope Ahead of Launch NASA's SPHEREx space observatory was photographed at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in November 2024 after completing environmental testing. The spacecraft's three concentric cones help direct heat and light away from the telescope and other components, keeping them cool. Credit: BAE Systems NASA will host a news conference at 12 p.m. EST Friday, Jan. 31, to   more

PASADENA, California, Jan. 27 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA to Preview Sky-Mapping Space Telescope Ahead of Launch NASA will host a news conference at 12 p.m. EST Friday, Jan. 31, to discuss a new telescope that will improve our understanding of how the universe evolved and search for key ingredients for life in our galaxy. Agency experts will preview NASA's SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- President Trump issued the following executive order: * * * EMERGENCY MEASURES TO PROVIDE WATER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA AND IMPROVE DISASTER RESPONSE IN CERTAIN AREAS By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Policy. For weeks, residents of the Los Angeles area have watched raging fires consume their homes, belongings, beloved pets, and childhood memories. Almost immedia  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 24 -- President Trump issued the following remarks before the Air Force One departure from Los Angeles International Airport: * * * THE PRESIDENT: So, thank you very much. We just heard that we have a great Secretary of Defense. We're very happy about that, and we appreciate everybody's vote. And very importantly, I think we had two fantastic meetings in North Carolina and also in Los Angeles, and we made a lot of progress. It's - they're tragic events, really tr  more

FLETCHER, North Carolina, Jan. 24 -- President Trump issued the following remarks during a briefing on Hurricane Helene at an airport fire and rescue facility: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. It's a little cold outside, but you're getting used to the cold. And one of the things that are very important to me and one of the reasons I'm happy that we won so convincingly is to help North Carolina get fixed up. They supported us in record numbers, and I'm supporting them in record   more

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Jan. 24 -- President Trump issued the following remarks during a tour of Hurricane Helene disaster site: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Franklin. Thank you. A good man. He's done a great job, a fantastic job. And we've come to North Carolina with a simple message for all the people of this region who were hit so hard by Hurricane Helene. And that message is very simple: You are not forgotten any longer. You were treated very badly by the previous administ  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following remarks on Jan. 27, 2025, by Commissioner Hester M. Peirce at the Northwestern Securities Regulation Institute conference: * * * It is a particular honor to give the Alan B. Levenson Keynote Address. Thank you to everyone in the audience for being here this morning in southern California. Our hearts go out to people who have lost loved ones, homes, or livelihoods not too far away in the Los Angeles wildfires. I   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: * * * The Crew Was Armed with Machine Guns and Mass Marketed on 3 Dedicated Websites and Social Media Platforms * * * Abubakr Banire, 27, of Washington D.C, was sentenced today to 111 months in prison for leading the "LA Dank DMV Crew," a sophisticated drug trafficking conspiracy that was responsible for bringing hundreds of pounds of high-grade marijuana from California to   more

EN ROUTE MIAMI, Florida, Jan. 25 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a press gaggle with President Trump while en route to Miami, Florida: * * * Q: Welcome back, Mr. President. THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. How are you? Q: Welcome back. THE PRESIDENT: Welcome back to you. Q: How are you liking Air Force One so far, sir? THE PRESIDENT: I think it's nice. Hasn't changed. Q: Yeah. THE PRESIDENT: Hasn't changed very much. How's everything going? Good? Everybody happy?   more