FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, April 22 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Army establishes new fitness test of record to strengthen readiness and lethality The U.S. Army announced today the establishment of the Army Fitness Test (AFT) as the official physical fitness test of record for all Soldiers, replacing the Army Combat Fitness Test. The five-event AFT, is designed to enhance Soldier fitness, improve warfighting readiness, and increase the lethality of the   more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Pushes Toward Recession, Heinrich & Lujan Demand Answers on Cuts to New Mexico Manufacturing Center WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are demanding answers on the Administration's decision to cancel funding for ten National Institute of Standards and Technology Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers across the country, including in  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 23 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news: * * * Atlantic Union Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Award More Than $900,000 for Affordable Housing in Culpeper, VA RICHMOND, Va. (April 21, 2025) - Atlantic Union Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) announced today the award of a $926,371 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) General Fund to support the developme  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker, Padilla, Reed Introduce Bills to Permanently Protect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans from Offshore Drilling WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Earth Day, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Jack Reed (D-RI) announced a pair of bills to permanently protect the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean from the dangers of fossil fuel drilling. The package includes Booker and Reed's Clean Ocean an  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Urges HHS Secretary to Bring Back NIOSH Employees to Support Coal Industry CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, penned a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. regarding the re  more

DAYTON, Ohio, April 23 -- The Dayton Foundation issued the following news release on April 22, 2025: * * * Automotive Industry Pioneer Bestows $550,000 Unrestricted to Enhance Grantmaking in the Community April 22, 2025 --- The African-American Community Fund, a component fund of The Dayton Foundation, announced today that it has received a more than $550,000 gift from the estate of Ellenae Fairhurst, an accomplished businesswoman and entrepreneur, making it AACF's largest single unrestricted  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration has released the following public communication dated March 18, 2025, from Affiliated Medical Group PLLC, Jacksonville, North Carolina: * * * To: The Honorable Derek Maltz Acting Administrator United States Drug Enforcement Administration Department of Justice Attention: DEA Federal Register Representative/DPW 8701 Morrisette Drive Springfield, Virginia 22152 RE: RIN 1117-AB40 Docket No. DEA-407 Not  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 22 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * DEQ Secretary Wilson celebrates Earth Day and DEQ's work to protect the state's air, land and water Today, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Secretary Reid Wilson celebrated Earth Day and the work DEQ does every day to protect North Carolina's air, land and water. "I admire the people across North Carolina who are spending Earth Day work  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated April 1, 2025, from Evidera, Wilmington, North Carolina, a Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC business unit: * * * To: United States Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) From: Patient-Centered Research, PPD's Evidera Business Unit Subject: Public Comment to Docket FDA-2007-D-0435: Obesity and O  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer Joins Over 175 Members of Congress to Demand Trump Administration Preserve and Expand Free Tax Filing Program WASHINGTON, DC - In response to recent reporting (link is external) that the Trump administration plans to end the Direct File program, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led over 175 Congressional Democrats in a letter to Treasury Secreta  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division has announced that the Homeland Security Technology Consortium (HSTech Consortium), formerly known as the Border Security Technology Consortium, has filed an official notification of membership changes pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993. The notice, published in the Federal Register on April 23, 2025, continues the legal framework under which consortium members  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 22, 2025: * * * Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in Support of North Carolina Church in Land Use Case The Justice Department filed a statement of interest Friday in support of a Christian Church in North Carolina alleging violations of federal law by the Chatham County Board of Commissioners. The Civil Rights Division filed the statement in the U.S. District Court for the Middle Di  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * On Earth Day, Congresswoman Ross Introduces Bill to Prevent Offshore Drilling Off Coast of NC & Mid-Atlantic States Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross announced introduction of the Defend Our Coast Act, which prohibits the Department of the Interior (DOI) from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or gas in the mid-Atlantic, including off the coast of North Car  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Booker, Reed Introduce Bills to Permanently Protect the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans from Offshore Drilling WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Earth Day, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) announced a pair of bills to permanently protect the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans from the dangers of fossil fuel drilling. The package includes Padilla's West Coast   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 22, 2025: * * * Reps. Huffman, Pallone, and Castor Introduce Bills to Permanently Protect the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans from Offshore Drilling Washington, D.C. - On Earth Day, Representatives Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), and Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), along with Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * USDA Delivers Immediate Relief to Farmers, Ranchers and Rural Communities Impacted by Recent Disasters FARGO, ND - April 22, 2025 -- Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced $340.6 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture disaster assistance to deliver relief to farmers, ranchers and rural communities impacted by natural disasters that have caused devastation across the co  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Over 175 Members of Congress Demand Trump Administration Preserve and Expand Free Tax Filing Program After lobbying campaign by tax prep industry, Trump Administration reportedly plans to end Direct File "Ending this free, easy-to-use, and popular program would be an insult to American taxpayers, eliminating an important alternative to commercial options provided by the tax prep   more