WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 14, 2025: * * * Chinese National Sentenced for Smuggling Turtles from the United States to Hong Kong Defendant Smuggled Thousands of Turtles Worth Millions of Dollars in Illegal Pet Trade Sai Keung Tin, also known as Ricky Tin, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his role in smuggling protected turtles from the United States to Hong Kong. Tin pleaded guilty in December to four counts   more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on March 14, 2025: * * * Four Key Moments: Hearing on Ensuring Access to Quality Post-Acute Care Millions of Americans receive post-acute care after a hospital visit, provided by nursing homes, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals, home health agencies, and hospices. The Ways and Means Health Subcommittee held a hearing examining the   more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 14, 2025: * * * Leaders of Los Zetas, a Violent Mexican Drug Cartel, Arraigned on Drug Trafficking, Firearm, and Money Laundering Charges Mexican nationals and former leaders of the Los Zetas cartel were arraigned today in Washington, D.C., on charges of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise that involved multiple murder conspiracies, conspiring to manufacture and distribute large quantiti  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Raskin's Statement on the Trump Administration's Cruel Deportation of a U.S. Child with Cancer Washington, D.C. (March 14, 2025)--Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement admonishing the Trump Administration's heartless deportation of a 10-year-old U.S. citizen r  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 14, 2025: * * * WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Leaders Applaud EPA's Historic Deregulatory Actions to Power the Great American Comeback WASHINGTON - Yesterday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency will undertake 31 historic actions in the greatest and most consequential day of deregulation in U.S. history, to advance President Trump's Day One execut  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The White House issued the following news: * * * Week Eight Wins: A Testament to American Greatness Under President Trump The past week was marked by another series of triumphs that underscore the commitment of President Donald J. Trump and his administration to making America stronger, safer, and more prosperous than ever before. Here is a non-comprehensive list of wins in week eight: * President Trump's economic agenda came into focus as Americans saw needed econo  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 14, 2025: * * * Whitehouse, Markey Lead EPW Democrats in Demanding Zeldin Halt Political Witch Hunt Against Money-Saving Clean Energy Investments Administrator Zeldin is manipulating facts as a pretext to terminate a congressionally appropriated and legally obligated program that would lower household energy costs, spu  more