WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released the following written testimony by David J. Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, from a March 5, 2025, hearing entitled "A Hearing With Sanctuary City Mayors": * * * Chairman Comer, ranking member Connolly, and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. My name is David Bier. I am the Director of Immigration Studies at the Cato Institute, a nonpar  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA and Texas Partners Celebrate National Ag Day at Collin County Farm DALLAS, TEXAS (March 18, 2025) - In celebration of National Ag Day, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Scott Mason joined officials from the Texas Department of Agriculture and Texas Farm Bureau at J. Foster Farms, one of the last remaining farms in Collin County, Texas. "From wheat farms in   more

DALLAS, Texas, March 19 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and Texas Capital Bank Award $100K Grant to Help Families Preserve Homeownership HOUSTON, TEXAS, March 18, 2025 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), through its member Texas Capital Bank awarded a $100,000 Heirs' Property Program grant to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation Houst  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: * * * Former Principals of Aerospace Start-Up Company Charged with Fraud, Fraud Conspiracy, and Tax Evasion WASHINGTON - An indictment was unsealed today charging five former principals of aerospace start-up company Theia Group, Inc.--Erlend Olson, John Gallagher, Stephen Buscher, Joseph Fargnoli, and Jamil Swati--with a multi-year scheme to defraud investors and lenders out  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on January 23, 2025, entitled "Maintenance of genetic diversity despite population fluctuations in the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus)." Here are excerpts: * * * Assessments of genetic diversity, structure, history, and effective population size (N e) are critical for the conservation of imperiled populations. The lesser prairie-chicken (Tympan  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on February 22, 2025, entitled "Reservoir thermal energy storage pre-assessment for the United States." Here are excerpts: * * * Storing thermal energy underground for later use in electricity production or direct-use heating/cooling is a promising, viable, and economical green energy option. Reservoir thermal energy storage (RTES) is one such option, which stores  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on January 10, 2025, entitled "The ichnology of White Sands (New Mexico): Linear traces and human footprints, evidence of transport technology?" Here are excerpts: * * * A travois is crafted from one or more wooden poles and is one of the simplest pre-historic vehicles. Although these devices likely played vital roles in the lives of ancient peoples, they have low  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on January 10, 2205, entitled "Validation of the U37K' paleotemperature proxy in the South Brazilian Bight from core-top sediments." Here are excerpts: * * * A travois is crafted from one or more wooden poles and is one of the simplest pre-historic vehicles. Although these devices likely played vital roles in the lives of ancient peoples, they have low preservatio  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on January 9, 2025, entitled "Widespread occurrence of former anhydrite phenocrysts in Laramide-age magmas related to porphyry-skarn Cu mineralization at Santa Rita and Hanover-Fierro, New Mexico, USA." Here are excerpts: * * * Reports of magmatic anhydrite are relatively rare, with only ~30 occurrences documented worldwide so far. However, magmatic anhydrite satu  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila National Forest, Silver City, New Mexico, has announced its intention to repatriate human remains and associated funerary objects in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The remains, belonging to at least two individuals of Native American ancestry, were discovered in separate locations within the forest in New Mexico and have been deemed eligible for disposi  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following article on March 17, 2025: * * * Livestock Production Cycles Affect Long-Term Price Outlook for Cattle, Hogs, and Chickens By Brian Williams, Matthew Miller, Erik Dohlman, Grace Grossen and Mildred Haley Highlights * After reaching a low point in the cattle cycle in 2025, U.S. cattle inventories are expected to rise to 91.6 million head in 2034. Low supplies in 2026 are projected to d  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Discusses Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid with Seniors, Hosts Roundtable on Needs of New Mexico Food Banks Santa Fe, N.M. - On Monday, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) visited the Mary Esther Gonzales Senior Center in Santa Fe to meet with seniors and discuss his efforts to protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid for New Mexicans from attacks by Elon Musk and the Trump a  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Senate Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the Senate passage of the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act: "The fentanyl crisis has taken far too many innocent lives and has devastated communities across New Mexico and the Uni  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Cassidy, Trahan Reintroduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Increase Online Transparency, Simplify User Agreements Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and U.S. Representative Lori Trahan (MA-03) announced the reintroduction of the Terms-of-service Labeling, Design and Readability (TLDR) Act to require commercial websites and mo  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich Vote Against Republicans' Effort to Hand Trump and Musk More Tools to Harm New Mexicans WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following joint statement after voting against Republicans' yearlong Continuing Resolution, which removes nearly all guardrails on federal funding and gives the Trump administration and Elon Musk unprecede  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Senate Democrats Demand USDA Reverse $1 Billion in Canceled Local Food Purchases for Schools, Farmers Lujan, Schiff, Klobuchar, and Shaheen spearhead effort to stop "further pain at a time of high food prices and instability within U.S. agricultural markets" Anthony, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, led a group of 31 Senators dema  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 19 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico issued the following news release on March 18, 2025: * * * New Mexico Parole Board Modernization Act (SB 17) Awaits Governor's Signature SANTA FE, NM - Today, the New Mexico Senate concurred on the New Mexico Parole Board Modernization Act (SB 17), which the House of Representatives passed on Monday evening following unanimous approval in the Senate. This important legislation now awaits Governor Lujan-Grish  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has released the following public communication dated Feb. 28, 2025, from Kairos Power LLC, Albuquerque, New Mexico: * * * To: Secretary, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Washington, DC 20555-0001 Subject: Kairos Power LLC Comments on NRC's Rulemaking on the Post-SRM Part 53, Risk-Informed, TechnologyInclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors [RIN-3150-AK31; NRC-2019-0062] Referen  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Hosts Agriculture Advisory Board Roundtable, Announces Key Bills on National Agriculture Day WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, in recognition of National Agriculture Day, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) convened his Agriculture Advisory Group for a roundtable to discuss challenges facing the agriculture community and unveil a bipartisan legislative package aimed at strengthe  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Reverend Warnock, Colleagues Push Back on Proposed Cuts to Disaster Programs Helping Georgians Recover From Helene In a new letter, Senator Reverend Warnock led 42 of his colleagues in an effort to push back against U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner's proposed cuts to disaster recovery programs HUD disaster recovery programs help rebuild hous  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release on March 18, 2025: * * * Treasury Targets Mexico-Based Leader of Transnational Criminal Organization Responsible for Smuggling Thousands of Migrants Across the U.S. Southern Border WASHINGTON -- Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Jumilca Sandivel Hernandez Perez (Hernandez Perez), a key leader of the Lopez Human Smuggling Organization (HSO), a G  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 18, 2025: * * * Two Men Convicted and a Third Extradited from Guatemala to the United States for Involvement in 2022 Mass Casualty Alien Smuggling Event in San Antonio, TX Two men were convicted today by a federal jury for their roles in a 2022 mass casualty alien smuggling event in San Antonio, Texas, that resulted in 53 deaths and 11 aliens injured. A third man allegedly involved in the same fa  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The White House issued the following news: * * * President Trump Is Delivering Needed Economic Relief Americans are continuing to see the benefits as the economic agenda of President Donald J. Trump and his administration comes into focus. After years of soaring prices and economic pain, the Trump Administration's focus on cutting regulations and unleashing American energy is leading to stability for Americans' bottom lines. EGGS: The average wholesale price of eggs   more