WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * 6 Things to Know About SPHEREx, NASA's Newest Space Telescope NASA's SPHEREx observatory undergoes testing at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in August 2024. Launching no earlier than Feb. 27, 2025, the mission will make the first all-sky spectroscopic survey in the near-infrared, helping to answer some of the biggest questions in astrophysics. BAE Systems/NASA/JPL-Caltech Shaped like a megaphone, the upcoming mission   more

PASADENA, California, Jan. 31 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * 6 Things to Know About SPHEREx, NASA's Newest Space Telescope Expected to launch no earlier than Thursday, Feb. 27, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, NASA's SPHEREx space observatory will provide astronomers with a big-picture view of the cosmos like none before. Short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, SPHEREx wi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 31 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration From Freezing Essential Federal Funding BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell released the following statement after a federal judge in Rhode Island today granted a motion filed by her office and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general to halt the implementation of a new Trump administration p  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb. 1 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2025: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced an initial victory in her lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's Office of Management & Budget's memo freezing federal grants and loans. Today a federal judge in Rhode Island issued a temporary restraining order in the lawsuit filed by Arizona and a coalition of 22 other states. The temporary restraining order prohibits the  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 31 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta, 22 State Attorneys General Secure Court Order Temporarily Blocking Federal Funding Freeze OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement on the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island's decision granting a temporary restraining order to prevent a pause on critical federal assistance funding from going into   more

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 31 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James and Multistate Coalition Block Trump Administration from Freezing Essential Federal Funding January 31, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after a court granted a motion filed by her office and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general to halt the implementation of a new Trump administration policy th  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 31 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin Issues Joint Statement with Twelve State Attorneys General: President Trump is Misleading the American People on Purpose of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Initiatives For Immediate Release: January 31, 2025 Office of The Attorney General - Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General M  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 31 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL ANNOUNCES INITIAL VICTORY IN LAWSUIT CHALLENGING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ILLEGAL FEDERAL FUNDING FREEZE Federal Judge Today Issued Temporary Restraining Order to Restore Funding, Orders Trump Administration Not to Withhold Federal Funding Allocated by Congress Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced an initial victory in his lawsuit challenging a memo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-25-0104) on Jan. 28, 2025, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - December 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in December in 6 states, lower in 2 states, and stable in 42 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twentyseven states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 6 states ha  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-25-0105) on Jan. 28, 2025, entitled "Union Members - 2024": * * * The union membership rate--the percent of wage and salary workers who were members of unions--was 9.9 percent in 2024, little changed from the prior year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions, at 14.3 million, also showed little mov  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Building an Antenna NASA/JPL-Caltech A crane lowers the 112-foot-wide (34-meter-wide) steel framework for the Deep Space Station 23 (DSS-23) reflector dish into position on Dec. 18, 2024, at the Deep Space Network's (DSN) Goldstone Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California. Once online in 2026, DSS-23 will be the fifth of six new beam waveguide antennas to be added to the network; DSS-23 will boost the DSN's ca  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 30, 2025 AIR FORCE BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Rockville, Maryland, has been awarded an increased ceiling modification (P00790) of $1,192,897,112 to a previously awarded contract (FA8214-13-C-0001) for sustaining engineering services. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $3,134,640,338 from $1,941,743,226. Work will be performed at   more

DOVER, Delaware, Feb. 1 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Attorney General Kathy Jennings today released the following statement after a federal court granted a motion filed by her office and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general to halt the implementation of a new Trump administration policy that would block federal agency grants, loans, and other financial assistance programs: "These are not just federal dollars: they are   more

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 31 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration from Freezing Essential Funding, Following Lawsuit from AG Nessel LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today released the following statement after a federal court granted a motion filed by her office and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general to halt the implementation of a new Trump administration policy that would block federal  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 1 -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Federal Judge Today Issued Temporary Restraining Order to Restore Funding, Orders Trump Administration Not to Withhold Federal Funding Allocated by Congress * * * Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced a federal judge in Rhode Island issued a temporary restraining order in the lawsuit filed by Wisconsin and a coalition of 22 other states challen  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 31 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom announces appointments 1.31.25 SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Kimberly Rutledge, of Sacramento, has been appointed Director of the Department of Rehabilitation, where she has been Deputy Director of Legislation and Communications since 2022. She held several positions at the California Department of Social Services from   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 31 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom issues executive order to help California capture and store more water from upcoming severe storms SACRAMENTO -- In anticipation of a multi-day, significant atmospheric river in Northern California, Governor Gavin Newsom today issued an executive order that would make it easier to divert and store excess water from incoming winter storms. The Governor signed the order a  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 31 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom surges CHP patrols for Pacific Coast Highway reopening, places California National Guard on ready status California extends law enforcement resources, financial support, and mutual aid coordination to support local agencies in fire-impacted area LOS ANGELES -- To support local law enforcement in the re-opening of the Pacific Coast Highway in Los Angeles, Governor Gav  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 1 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2025: Attorney General Anne Lopez announced an initial victory in her lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's Office of Management & Budget's (OMB) memo freezing federal grants and loans. Today, a federal judge in Rhode Island issued a temporary restraining order in the lawsuit filed by Hawaii and a coalition of 22 other states. The temporary restraining order prohibits the Trump  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 1 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following joint statement on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Attorney General Anne Lopez, along with the attorneys general of California, Illinois, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington, today issued a joint statement addressing President Trump's recent executive orders purporting to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and diversity, equi  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Feb. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Victim Falsely Prosecuted, Jailed, and Forcibly Medicated with Psychotropic Drugs * * * An Iowa hospital administrator who lived under a false identity for more than 30 years and caused the false imprisonment, involuntary hospitalization, and forced medication of his victim was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison. Matthew David K  more

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 31 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Joint Statement from 12 Attorneys General: President Trump is Misleading the American People on Purpose of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Initiatives January 31, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and 11 attorneys general today issued a joint statement addressing President Trump's recent executive orders purporting to dismantle diversity, equity  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 31 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * JOINT STATEMENT FROM 13 STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL: PRESIDENT TRUMP IS MISLEADING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ON PURPOSE OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY INITIATIVES Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with the attorneys general of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington,   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 31 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Joint Statement from 13 State Attorneys General: President Trump is Misleading the American People on Purpose of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Initiatives OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, with the attorneys general of Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York,   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 31 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Joint Statement from Twelve State Attorneys General: President Trump is Misleading the American People on Purpose of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Initiatives (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong, with the attorneys general of California, Delaware, Illinois, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, and Washington, to  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 1 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Federal Judge Today Issued Temporary Restraining Order to Restore Funding, Orders Trump Administration Not to Withhold Federal Funding Allocated by Congress * * * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced an initial victory in his lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's Office of Management & Budget's memo freezing federal grants and loans. Today a   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 1 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following joint statement on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, along with the attorneys general of California, Illinois, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, and Washington, today issued a joint statement addressing President Trump's recent executive orders purporting to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and diversity, equi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Meet the Space Ops Team: Lindsai Bland With more than 17 years of experience at NASA, Lindsai Bland has been an integral part of the agency, contributing to multiple Earth observing system missions at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Now, Bland ensures the agency's communications and navigation resources meet overall needs and requirements as the Mission Operations Interface Lead for NASA's SCaN (Sp  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Feb. 1 -- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2025: Attorney General Raul Torrez today announced an initial victory in his lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's Office of Management & Budget's memo freezing federal grants and loans. Today a federal judge in Rhode Island issued a temporary restraining order in the lawsuit filed by New Mexico and a coalition of 22 other states. The temporary restraining order prohibits  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Flight Tests Wildland Fire Tech Ahead of Demo An FVR90 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) lifts off from the Monterey Bay Academy Airport near Watsonville, California, during the Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations (ACERO) Shakedown Test in November 2024. NASA/Don Richey NASA is collaborating with the wildfire community to provide tools for some of the most challenging aspects of firefighting - partic  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Radar Imagery Reveals Details About Los Angeles-Area Landslides NASA's UAVSAR airborne radar instrument captured data in fall 2024 showing the motion of landslides on the Palos Verdes Peninsula following record-breaking rainfall in Southern California in 2023 and another heavy-precipitation winter in 2024. Darker red indicates faster motion. NASA Earth Observatory Analysis of data from NASA radar aboard an airplane   more

PASADENA, California, Jan. 31 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Radar Imagery Reveals Details About Los Angeles-Area Landslides Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California used data from an airborne radar to measure the movement of the slow-moving landslides on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County. The analysis determined that, during a four-week period in the fall of 2024, land in the residential area slid   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 31 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: * * * New Jersey and Multistate Coalition Block Trump Administration from Freezing Essential Federal Funding For Immediate Release: January 31, 2025 Office of The Attorney General - Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General View Order TRENTON - Governor Murphy and Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today released the following statements after a federal judge issued a tempor  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 1 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Attorney General Neronha today released the following statement after a Rhode Island court granted a motion filed by his office and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general to halt the implementation of a new Trump administration policy that would block federal agency grants, loans, and other financial assistance programs: "I am grateful for Judge McConnel  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 1 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following joint statement on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, with the attorneys general of California, Illinois, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, and Washington, today issued a joint statement addressing President Trump's recent executive orders purporting to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and di  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Sols 4439-4440: A Lunar New Year on Mars NASA's Mars rover Curiosity captured this image, which includes the prominent wedge-shaped block in the foreground, the imaging target dubbed "Vasquez Rocks" -- named after a site in Southern California that's been a popular filming location for movies and television, including several episodes of "Star Trek." Curiosity acquired this image using its Left Navigation Camera on sol 4437   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Union membership rates highest in Hawaii and New York, lowest in North Carolina in 2024 January 31, 2025 The union membership rate in the United States (the percentage of wage and salary workers who were members of unions) was 9.9 percent in 2024, little changed from the prior year. The number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions, at 14.  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: * * * United Operational Test Team conducts first dual, external GBU-54 release NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) -- The United Operational Test Team conducted the first ever dual, external release of a GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition from an F-35. The GBU-54 is a precision-guided bomb that uses laser energy to accurately strike static and moving surface targets, making it a valuable addition to the F-35's air  more

NAPLES, Italy, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa - U.S. 6th Fleet issued the following news: * * * USS Mount Whitney Holds Change of Command GAETA, Italy - The Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) held a change of command at its homeport in Gaeta, Italy, January 31. Capt. Colin Price relieved Capt. Matthew Kiser and assumed duties as the ship's commanding officer in a ceremony aboard the ship. Vice Adm. J. T. Anderson, commander, U.S. Sixth Fle  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Feb. 1 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Federal Judge Today Issued Temporary Restraining Order to Restore Funding, Orders Trump Administration Not to Withhold Federal Funding Allocated by Congress * * * Attorney General Charity Clark today announced an initial victory in her lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's Office of Management & Budget's directive freezing federal grants and loans. Today a fe  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Feb. 1 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2025: The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island today granted a request from 22 states, including Washington, for a temporary restraining order halting a White House policy that would block federal agency grants, loans and other financial assistance programs. This temporary restraining order extends beyond the administrative stay granted Tuesday by the U.S. D  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Feb. 1 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following joint statement on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Attorney General Nick Brown, with the attorneys general of California, Illinois, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont today issued a joint statement addressing President Trump's recent executive orders purporting to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and diversity, equi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2025: On January 29, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin was confirmed by a bipartisan vote in the U.S. Senate and subsequently sworn in as the 17th EPA Administrator. Administrator Zeldin is committed to maintaining and expanding the gold standard of environmental stewardship and conservation that President Trump set forth in his first administration while a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Jan. 29, 2025: * * * MS. LEAVITT: Good afternoon, everybody. Q Good afternoon. MS. LEAVITT: How are we? Good to see all of you. It's an honor to be here with all of you. A lot of familiar faces in the room, a lot of new faces. And President Trump is back, and the golden age of America has most definitely begun. The Senate has already confirmed five of President  more