ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 19 -- The city of Alexandria issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2025: * * * AlexRenew and Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission Now Accepting Nominations for the 2025 Ellen Pickering Environmental Excellence Award The City of Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission and AlexRenew, the public wastewater treatment authority serving the City of Alexandria, are accepting nominees for the 2025 Ellen Pickering Environmental Excellence Award. This award r  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Battle of Iwo Jima: 80 Years Later, Lessons Learned The Battle of Iwo Jima took place from Feb. 19, 1945 to March 26, 1945. The island, only 8 square miles in area, was considered crucial to the strategy of the Pacific campaign because capturing it would put heavy bombers within a close 750-mile strike range of mainland Japan using the island's three airfields. The task for doing this fell to the 3rd, 4  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The FBI issued the following news release: * * * Brian Dugan Named Assistant Director of the Training Division The Federal Bureau of Investigation has named Brian Dugan as the assistant director of the Training Division. Most recently, Mr. Dugan served as the special agent in charge of the Norfolk Field Office in Virginia. Mr. Dugan joined the FBI as a special agent in 1998 and was first assigned to the San Diego Field Office, where he largely worked domestic terrorism  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 18, 2025 ARMY Schutt Industries of Clintonville Wi Inc., Clintonville, Wisconsin, was awarded a $230,154,899 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for M870A4 semitrailer, lowbed, construction equipment transporters. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of May  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Washington, D.C., law enforcement partners arrest 3 illegal aliens in Northern Virginia ARLINGTON, Va. -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement assisted by the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, apprehended three illegally present aliens during a routine enforcement operation in Arlington, Feb. 11. "These illegall  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Benjamin Cline, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Musk and DOGE are doing exactly what Trump told voters they would do On Sept. 5, 2024, exactly two months before Election Day, then-candidate Donald Trump announced that if he became president again, he would enlist entrepreneur Elon Musk to lead an effort to cut government waste. "I will create a government efficiency commission tasked with conducting a complete financial and performance audit o  more

PORTLAND, Maine, Feb. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release: * * * United States Attorney's Office Announces Departure of Darcie N. McElwee as U.S Attorney First Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig M. Wolff is now Acting U.S. Attorney PORTLAND, Maine: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Maine announced today the departure of Darcie N. McElwee as U.S. Attorney following termination by the new administration. Under the   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner Joins Rosen, Scott in Introducing Antisemitism Awareness Act WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Tim Scott (R-SC) in introducing the Antisemitism Awareness Act, legislation to address antisemitic sentiment and actions on college campuses. In the year following the October 7 th attack, the Anti-Defamation League reported 1,400 antisemitic incidents  more