ALBANY, New York, Feb. 21 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Issues Joint Statement on Lawsuit to Preserve Funding for Medical and Public Health Research Ahead of Hearing February 21, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general in issuing a joint statement ahead of a court hearing in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. National Institutes of Health. At today's he  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 21 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Stands with Transgender Youth Against Discriminatory Executive Orders February 21, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 17 other attorneys general today took legal action to support transgender youth and their families in their lawsuit against the Trump administration's dangerous new restrictions on gender-affirming medica  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 21 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Stops Elon Musk and DOGE from Accessing Americans' Private Information and Cutting Federal Funds Through the Treasury February 21, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after a federal court granted her motion for a preliminary injunction to stop Elon Musk and employees of his so-called "Department of Go  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 21 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Takes Action to Keep the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Working February 21, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general to keep the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) functional by supporting federal employees who were told by the Trump administration and Elon Musk to stop working on   more

NEW YORK, Feb. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * Canadian Drug Traffickers Sentenced To Prison For Transporting Methamphetamine And Cocaine On Behalf Of The Wolfpack Alliance Matthew Podolsky, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MICHAEL HABIB, an associate of the Canadian criminal organization known as the Wolfpack Alliance, was sentenced to 17 and a hal  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following working paper (No. CES-25-14) entitled "Corporate Share Repurchase Policies and Labor Share." The paper was written by Xudong Fu, Darren Kisgen and Lei Kong. Here are excerpts: * * * Thomas Piketty argues in "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" that wealth has disproportionately accrued to owners of capital, rather than labor, and the solution for this is the progressive taxation of capital./1 In August 2022 the United Stat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CLARKE, HAITI CAUCUS CO-CHAIRS CONDEMN TRUMP FOR ENDING TPS FOR HAITI : February 21, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT: e: jessica.myers@mail.house.gov c: 202.913.0126 Washington, D.C. -- Today, House Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswomen Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20) issued the following statement condemning the Trump Administration's decision   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Dan Goldman Urges NYS Department of Public Service to Reject Con-Ed's Proposed Double-Digit Rate Increases Nearly Half a Million NY Households Already Behind on their Utility Bills Read the Letter Here New York, NY - Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-17), Congressman Jerry Nadler (NY-12), Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (NY-07), Congre  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Langworthy Introduces Bill Requiring American-Made Flags Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, Congressman Nick Langworthy (NY-23) and co-lead Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) introduced the Make American Flags in America Act, which would ensure that any American flag displayed on federal property or purchased by our federal agencies is entirely manufactured in the United States from American-produ  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Tenney Reintroduces Legislation to Commemorate the Erie Canal's Bicentennial Oswego, New York - Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today reintroduced the Erie Canal Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act to design and produce a series of commemorative coins to honor the Erie Canal's bicentennial and its monumental impact on our country. Specifically, this bill instructs the U.S. Tre  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 20, 2025 NAVY Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a Lockheed Martin Co., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded a not-to-exceed $232,452,366 firm-fixed-price modification (P00002) to a previously awarded contract (N0001924C0009). This modification exercises an option to procure additional long-lead time materials to support full rate production, Lot 10, of the CH-53K aircraft for the Marine Corps. Wor  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on Feb. 20, 2025: * * * Name of Product: OdorStop Boot and Shoe Dryers and Deodorizers Hazard: The heat or ozone on-off switch can short circuit, resulting in arcing, posing a fire hazard. Remedy: Repair Recall Date: February 20, 2025 Units: About 13,000 Consumer Contact: OdorStop LLC at 800-414-2191 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email at support@odorstop.com, or online at www  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Eli Crane, R-Arizona, issued the following news on Feb. 21, 2025: * * * Crane Introduces Articles of Impeachment For U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer On February 11, 2025, Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) announced his intention to introduce articles of impeachment for U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York. Today, Rep. Crane fulfilled that promise by officially filing articles of impeachment against Judge Engelmayer for high crimes and   more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 21 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: * * * DEC Announces 'State of the Lake Fisheries' Public Meeting with Lake Champlain Management Cooperative The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will join its partners in the Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative, a working group of fisheries professionals from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, and the United States   more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 21 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: * * * DEC Spring Turkey Season Opens May 1 in Suffolk County The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced that the 2025 spring turkey season in Suffolk County will be held Thursday, May 1, through Saturday, May 31. This season marks the third year DEC is offering the opportunity to go spring turkey hunting on Long Island. Long Islan  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Laura Gillen, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillen Blasts Administration Decision to Rescind TPS Extension for Haitians GARDEN CITY, NY - Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) released the following statement urging the Administration to reverse its decision to rescind the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) extension for nearly 500,000 Haitians currently legally residing in the United States under protected status. "The Administration's abrupt de  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand Urges VA To Reopen Castle Point VA Medical Center Acute Inpatient Unit U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is demanding answers on the closure of the 20-bed acute inpatient unit for veterans with substance use disorders at Castle Point VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Dutchess County. Castle Point VAMC provides lifesaving care to thousands of veterans in the Hudson Valley; the abrupt closure  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 21 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Hochul Announces State Landmarks to be Illuminated Orange in Honor of Children Killed in Hamas Captivity Governor Kathy Hochul today announced New York State landmarks will be lit orange this evening to honor the memories of Ariel and Kfir Bibas, two young boys who were murdered by Hamas during their captivity in Gaza. "Our hearts are broken as we mourn Ariel and Kfir Bibas, who wer  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Meeks, Jacobs Condemn M23's Seizure of Bukavu, Demand Restart to U.S. Assistance for Civilians Washington, DC - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sara Jacobs, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Africa, issued the following statement condemning the M23's seizure of Bukavu in eastern Democr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2025: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Meeks, Roy Introduce 1991, 2002 AUMF Repeal Bill Washington, DC - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Chip Roy issued the following statement today regarding the introduction of their bipartisan bill to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF) r  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, released the following testimony by Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette, director of government affairs at the Project on Government Oversight, from a Feb. 12, 2025, hearing entitled "The War on Waste: Stamping Out the Scourge of Improper Payments and Fraud": * * * Chairwoman Greene, Ranking Member Stansbury, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on im  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Administrator Lee Zeldin Finds Gold Bars from EPA at Stacey Abrams' Connected Group, Biden-Harris Ethical Red Flags WASHINGTON - Less than a month in office, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has made progress in uncovering waste and abuse at the agency. This week, he shined a light on $2 billion of the $20 billion gold bars parked by th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Kean Re-Introduces the 'One-Seat-Ride' Act (February 21, 2025) WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) re-introduced the One Seat Ride Act, a bipartisan bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a cost/benefit analysis of a one-seat-ride trip versus a transfer trip option during "peak hours" on NJ Transit's Raritan Valley Line. "Long, inefficient rush-hour co  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Kean, Watson Coleman Re-Introduce the 'One-Seat-Ride Act' February 21, 2025 Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) re-introduced the One Seat Ride Act, a bipartisan bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a cost/benefit analysis of a one-seat-ride trip versus a transfer trip option during "peak hours" on NJ Transit's Ra  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF MS. VOLETTA WALLACE San Francisco, CA - Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: Ms. Voletta Wallace was an intelligent, strong & dignified Queen Mother who raised a legend in Brooklyn and kept his powerful legacy alive for decades. We mourn her loss, but celebrate her life and take comfor  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF MS. VOLETTA WALLACE San Francisco, CA - Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: Ms. Voletta Wallace was an intelligent, strong & dignified Queen Mother who raised a legend in Brooklyn and kept his powerful legacy alive for decades. We mourn her loss, but celebrate her life and take comfort from the fact that she i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Malliotakis Statement on Reversal of Proposed Cuts to 9/11 Health Programs (NEW YORK, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis issued the following statement regarding the reversal of the proposed cuts to 9/11 health programs. "As a native New Yorker, President Trump understands the importance of supporting first responders, 9/11 survivors and Ground Zero rescue workers. That's why we anticipa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2025: * * * Meeks, Roy Introduce 1991, 2002 AUMF Repeal Bill Washington, DC - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Chip Roy issued the following statement today regarding the introduction of their bipartisan bill to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force   more

BROOKLYN, New York, Feb. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * Miami Resident Charged With Leading Money Laundering Operation for Transnational Criminal Organizations Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, an indictment was unsealed charging Alain Bibliowicz Mitrani, a resident of Miami, Florida and a citizen of France and Colombia, with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to operate   more

NEW YORK, Feb. 21 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * New York City Law Department Announces Lawsuit Against Trump Administration for Unlawful $80 Million "Money-Grab" Involving Migrant Funding February 21, 2025 Suit Outlines How Federal Government Grabbed Back Funding for Migrant Crisis Without Following Agency Procedures and Federal Regulations Lawsuit Would Require Federal Government to Return $80 Million in Migrant Funding and Prevent Them from Cla  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Connolly, Raskin, Lee, McBath Launch Investigation into Trump's Efforts to Clear a Path for Corruption Washington, D.C. (February 21, 2025)--Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judic  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Raskin, Connolly, McBath, Lee Launch Investigation into Trump's Pro-Corruption Agenda Washington, D.C. (February 21, 2025)--Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary; Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Rep. Lucy McBath, Ranking Member of t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * RELEASE: Gottheimer Announces New Actions to Protect Jersey Skies After Massive Layoffs at FAA & Recent Accidents Above: Gottheimer announces new legislation at Newark Liberty International Airport. NEWARK, NJ -- Today, February 21, 2025, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) visited Newark Liberty International Airport to announce new actions to protect the FAA workforce against reckless c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Nadler, Rep. Goldman, and 17 Tri-State Area Representatives Call on HHS Secretary Kennedy to Reverse Reckless Staffing Terminations to the World Trade Center Health Program and Restore All Related Grant Funding Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Dan Goldman (NY-10), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Ritchie Torres (NY-15), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Grace Meng (NY-6), Patrick R  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Young Kim, R-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Young Kim Leads Bipartisan, Bicameral Resolution Reaffirming Support of Taiwan Washington, DC - As first reported in the New York Post, today, U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40) and Ami Bera (CA-06), chairwoman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, and John Moolenaar (MI-02) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), chairman and ranking member of t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Lawler and Cherfilus-Mccormick Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Enhance Sanctions on Iran Washington, D.C. - 2/21/2025... This week, Rep. Mike Lawler (NY-17), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), Ranking Member of the same Subcommittee, introduced the Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act. This bipartisan bill aim  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * Saving Sunbeam -- a deadly human trafficking case over 100 years ago The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian's Office's Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil) It was early on the cold, windy morning of Wednesday, De  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:25-cv-00716; N.D. Ga. filed Feb. 12, 2025) involving Nightingale Properties LLC and Elchonon Schwartz: * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges today against Elchonon "Elie" Schwartz, a resident of New York, New York, and his New York-based, privately held commercial real estate investment firm, Nightingale Properties, LLC, with defrauding at least 700 investors of  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 18-cv-4309; S.D.N.Y. filed May 15, 2018) involving James B. Panther Jr.: * * * On January 24, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the SEC's motion for summary judgment and ordered final judgment against James B. Panther, Jr. for his role in a fraudulent scheme to secretly control and inflate the price of shares of a microcap issuer, and then make mi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Rick Scott Joins Sen. John Cornyn, GOP Colleagues Urging ATF to Rescind Unconstitutional Biden Rules, Align with Trump 2A Agenda WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Rick Scott joined Senator John Cornyn and 28 of their Senate GOP colleagues in a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Deputy Director Marvin Richardson urging him to align the agency with President Trump's Se  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-265) on the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act of 2024 (S. 5093), which aims to sunset the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress. The report was advanced by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, on Dec. 5, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * I. Purpose and Summary S. 5093, the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act of 2024, would sunset the Adv  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-277) on the Allowing Contractors to Choose Employees for Select Skills Act (S. 4631), which aims to amend Title 41 of the U.S. Code to prohibit minimum education requirements for proposed contractor personnel in certain contract solicitations. The report was advanced by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, on Dec. 9, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * I. Purpose and Summary S. 4631, the Al  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-279) on the Border Weather Resiliency Act of 2024 (S. 4672), which aims to require the Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to assess current efforts to respond to hazardous weather and water events at or near U.S. borders and to the extent such efforts may be improved, to develop a hazardous weather and water events preparedness and response strategy. The report was   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-268) on the DHS International Cyber Partner act of 2023 (S. 1862), which aims to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide explicit authority for the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to work with international partners on cybersecurity. The report was advanced by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, on Dec. 9,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-293) on the Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2024 (S. 4898), which aims to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include extreme heat in the definition of a major disaster. The report was advanced by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, on Dec. 16, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * I. Purpose and Summary S. 4898, the Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2024,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-280) on the Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2024 (S. 4697), which aims to enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. The report was advanced by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, on Dec. 9, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * I. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY S. 4697, the Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2024, increases information sharing and improves cybersecurity in the   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-295) on the Plum Island Preservation Act (S. 5099), which aims to prescribe requirements relating to the management of the Federal property commonly known as Plum Island, New York,. The report was advanced by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, on Dec. 16, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * I. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY S. 5099, the Plum Island Preservation Act, would protect in perpetuity the f  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-289) on the Preventing Child Labor Exploitation Act (S. 3139), which aims to ensure that federal contractors comply with child labor laws and for other purposes. The report was advanced by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, on Dec. 12, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * I. Purpose and Summary S. 3139, the Preventing Child Labor Exploitation in Federal Contracting Act, would prohibit exec  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-256) on the Securing the Cities Improvement Act (H.R. 4403), which aims to direct the Under Secretary for Management of the Department of Homeland Security to assess contracts for covered services performed by contractor personnel along the United States land border with Mexico. The report was advanced by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, on Dec. 2, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * I.   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-270) on the Vessel Tracking for Sanctions Enforcement Act (S. 2248), which aims to require a pilot program on the use of big data analytics to identify vessels evading sanctions and export controls and to require a report on the availability in the U.S. of emerging and foundational technologies subject to export controls. The report was advanced by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, on D  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Combating the Opioid Epidemic" at 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 26, 2025, at 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Members * Chairman Rick Scott (Republican-Florida) * Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand (Democrat-New York) * * * Original text here: https://www.aging.senate.gov/hearings/combatting-the-opioid-epidemic  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * Smithsonian Launches Online Lesson That Investigates Long-Omitted Information on California's History The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian's new digital lesson "California Native American Survival and Resilience During the Mission Period: A Source Investigation" provides a more complete understanding of U.S. colonial history by including Native American experiences and agency during  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio issued the following news release: * * * Superseding Indictment Charges Two Brothers and a City Mayor's Assistant with Tax Fraud, Public Corruption, and Money Laundering Schemes spanned multiple states and several countries CLEVELAND - A federal grand jury returned a 32-count superseding indictment charging Zubair Mehmet Abdur Razzaq Al Zubair, 42, recently of Bratenahl, Ohio, his brother Muzzammil   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Van Orden Calls for Impeachment of SDNY Judge Paul Engelmayer WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) announced his impeachment resolution for Judge Paul Engelmayer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The Congressman's call for impeachment comes after Judge Engelmayer unlawfully halted President Trump's Executive Order establishing and impl  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The White House issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2025: * * * When There Are No Illegal Immigrants, There Is No Need for Shelters Two years ago, U.S. Border Patrol agents encountered 1,500 illegal immigrants every day in the El Paso sector alone -- now, they're seeing roughly 80 per day amid President Donald J. Trump's unprecedented effort to secure the homeland. Now, organizations that once facilitated the invasion of illegal immigrants are finding out th  more