WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * 12 men sentenced for conspiring to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, marijuana in Tennessee, California NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Twelve members of a drug trafficking conspiracy were sentenced to more than 70 years combined for their roles in conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances in middle Tennessee and elsew  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * 25 Canadian nationals connected to nationwide multi-million dollar "grandparent scam" charged in Vermont Burlington, Vt. - Canadian law enforcement provisionally arrested 23 Canadian nationals March 4 after they were indicted by federal grand jury in Vermont for participation in a "grandparent scam" uncovered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 5 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Issues Multistate Guidance For Schools On Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, And Accessibility Initiatives BOSTON -- Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell co-led a coalition of 15 attorneys general in issuing guidance to ensure K-12 schools, colleges, and universities across the nation understand the legality, viability, and importance of diversity, equity, inclu  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 5 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Secures Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Against Trump Administration For Defunding Medical And Public Health Innovation Research BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general have secured a nationwide preliminary injunction in Massachusetts v. NIH. The order prevents the Trump Administration, th  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 5 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Secures Preliminary Injunction to Block Trump Administration's Attempt to Unlawfully Cut Critical Research Funding LANSING - Today, a federal court ordered a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump Administration from cutting funds that support cutting-edge medical and public health research at universities and research institutions across the country. The preliminary injun  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Provides Guidance to Schools on Efforts to Support Equal Access to Education Opportunities OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a multistate coalition, issued guidance to educational institutions regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on race-conscious admissions policies at institutions of higher education. The guidance com  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Secures Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Blocking Trump Administration's NIH Funding Cuts OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts issuing a preliminary injunction that continues blocking the Trump Administration's unlawful and drastic National Institutes of  more

ALBANY, New York, March 5 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Issues Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Guidance for Schools March 5, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 14 attorneys general in issuing guidance to K-12 schools, colleges, and universities outlining the benefits, legality, and importance of common diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEI  more

ALBANY, New York, March 5 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Stops Trump Administration from Defunding Vital Medical and Scientific Research March 5, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general today stopped the Trump administration from slashing vital medical and scientific research funding. Attorney General James and the coalition secured a nationwide prelimina  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 5 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Mayes Secures Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Against Trump Administration for Defunding Medical and Public Health Innovation Research PHOENIX - Attorney General Mayes and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general have secured a nationwide preliminary injunction in Massachusetts v. NIH. The order prevents the Trump Administration, the Department of Health and Human Serv  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 5 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Platkin Issues Multistate Guidance for Schools on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Initiatives For Immediate Release: March 5, 2025 Office of the Attorney General - Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General View Guidance TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general in issuing guidance  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 5 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Platkin Secures Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Against Trump Administration for Defunding Medical and Public Health Innovation Research For Immediate Release: March 5, 2025 Office of the Attorney General - Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General Preliminary Injunction TRENTON - Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and a coalition of 21 other attorne  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 5 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL ISSUES MULTISTATE GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLS ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY INITIATIVES Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell and New York Attorney General Letitia James led a coalition of 15 attorneys general in issuing guidance to help K-12 schools, colleges and universities understand the legality,   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 5 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL LEADS COALITION DEFENDING THE INTEGRITY OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief opposing a legal challenge that, if successful, would severely limit the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) ability to carry out its responsibility of protecting American   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 5 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Secures Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Against Trump Administration for Defunding Medical and Public Health Innovation Research (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general have secured a nationwide preliminary injunction in Massachusetts v. NIH. The order prevents the Trump Administration, the Department   more

SEATTLE, Washington, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington issued the following news release: * * * California man sentenced to prison for scheme to smuggle Indian citizens into the U.S. Defendant investigated following uptick in human smuggling incidents at northern border Seattle -A Santa Rosa, California resident, who is a citizen of India, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to six months in prison for Conspiracy to Bring in a  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 4, 2025 NAVY Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded a $99,964,084 modification (P00007) to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N0001923D0015). This modification adds scope and increases the contract ceiling for compatibility assessments and engineering models, cost reduction analysis, softwar  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 5, 2025 NAVY Systems Planning and Analysis Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, is being awarded a $98,585,373 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00002) to a previously awarded and announced contract (N00030247002) for support services for Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missile Weapons Surety, Policy, and Compliance. Tasks to be performed include systems engineering and system integration, test/fl  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 6 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ SECURES NATIONWIDE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AGAINST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR DEFUNDING MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INNOVATION RESEARCH HONOLULU - Attorney General Anne Lopez and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general have secured a nationwide preliminary injunction in Massachusetts v. NIH. The order prevents the Trump Administration, the Department of Health and Hu  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 6 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on March 4, 2025: * * * WALGREENS AGREES TO PAY NEARLY $98 MILLION TO RESOLVE ALLEGATIONS IT BILLED THE GOVERNMENT FOR UNCOLLECTED PRESCRIPTIONS HONOLULU - Attorney General Anne Lopez announced today that the state of Hawaii has joined the 49 other attorneys general in a settlement against Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and Walgreen Co. (together, Walgreens). Under the terms of the agreement,   more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 5, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Administrator Zeldin: "The Golden Age of American Success is Upon Us" WASHINGTON - This week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin shared the great strides the EPA has taken to safeguard clean air, land, and water while Powering the Great American Comeback in his first month on the job. The Administrator has wasted no time identifying and e  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 6 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brown Issues Multistate Guidance for Schools on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Initiatives BALTIMORE, MD (March 5, 2025) - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general in issuing guidance to help K-12 schools, colleges and universities understand the legality, viability and importance of diversity, equity, inclusi  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 6 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brown Joins Coalition Defending Integrity of the National Labor Relations Board BALTIMORE, MD (March 5, 2025) - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief opposing a legal challenge that, if successful, would severely limit the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) ability to carry out its respo  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 6 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brown Secures Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Against Trump Administration for Defunding Medical and Public Health Innovation Research BALTIMORE, MD (March 5, 2025) - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general have secured a nationwide preliminary injunction in Massachusetts v. NIH. The order prevents the Trump administrati  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, March 5 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * Multistate coalition secures nationwide preliminary injunction against Trump's defunding of medical and public health innovation research SEATTLE - Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general have secured a nationwide preliminary injunction in Massachusetts v. NIH. The order prevents the Trump administration, the Department of Hea  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Turns Off 2 Voyager Science Instruments to Extend Mission An artist's concept depicts one of NASA's Voyager probes. The twin spacecraft launched in 1977. NASA/JPL-Caltech The farthest-flung human-made objects will be able to take their science-gathering even farther, thanks to these energy-conserving measures. Mission engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California turned off the cosmic ray su  more

PASADENA, California, March 5 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Turns Off Two Voyager Science Instruments to Extend Mission Mission engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California turned off the cosmic ray subsystem experiment aboard Voyager 1 on Feb. 25 and will shut off Voyager 2's low-energy charged particle instrument on March 24. Three science instruments will continue to operate on each spacecraft. The moves are part of  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 to Explore Deep Space Exercise, Health Pictured from left: Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut mission specialist Takuya Onishi train at SpaceX facilities in Hawthorne, California (Credit: SpaceX). During NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station, which is scheduled to launch i  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 3 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Ford Files Amicus Brief to Keep Labor Board Functioning and Nevada Workers Protected Carson City, NV -- On Friday, February 28, Attorney General Aaron D. Ford joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Wilcox v. Trump in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in support of Gwynne Wilcox, a member of the National Labor Relati  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news: * * * Next-Gen Tactical Decision Aid: A Naval System-of-Systems Approach OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Research Development Center (ERDC) demonstrated the Marine Corps Surf Observation (SUROB) Tool for Littoral Expeditionary Operations during the Office of Naval Research's Technical Concept Experiment 24.2 (TCE 24.2) at Camp Pe  more

FORT SMITH, Arkansas, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas issued the following news release: * * * Pair Sentenced to More Than 27 Years Combined in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking FORT SMITH - A Van Buren, Arkansas woman and a Los Angeles, California man have been sentenced to more than 324 months, combined, in prison for crimes related to drug trafficking. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearings for the U  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, March 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * SOUTHERN EDGE Goes West * By Staff Sgt. Kate Bragg  * 307th Bomb Wing MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. -- In an era where global security hinges on seamless collaboration, Exercise SOUTHERN EDGE headed to the West Coast to improve interoperability and communication integration between bomber forces and special operations forces (SOF) worldwide. SOUTHERN EDGE 25, the third iteration of the Air  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 5, 2025: * * * U.S. Justice Department Launches Investigation of University of California Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Federal Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism announced that the Justice Department has opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into the University of California (UC) under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The investigation will assess whethe  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, March 5 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * Washington state joins lawsuit over illegal federal employee firings SAN FRANCISCO - The Washington State Attorney General's Office today joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and other federal agencies over the administration's damaging and illegal efforts to fire federal employees en masse. President Trump has engaged in all-out assault on public  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 5 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * With rain incoming, California takes action to protect fire-impacted communities in Los Angeles County Los Angeles, California - As another round of winter weather is forecasted to make its way across California starting today, Governor Gavin Newsom has directed the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) to coordinate with key partners to strategically preposition critical r  more