RICHMOND, Virginia, April 24 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia issued the following statement on April 23, 2025: * * * ICE's Rogue Tactics Leave No Safe Place for Immigrants RICHMOND, Va.- In response to a news report about ICE detaining two men after a Charlottesville courthouse raid, ACLU of Virginia Executive Director Mary Bauer issued the following statement: "The ACLU of Virginia strongly condemns yesterday's appalling detainment of two Charlottesville community members   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- 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

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn Blasts Meta for Failing to Remove Black Market Facebook Groups Selling Access to Delivery Driver Accounts NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) sent a letter to Meta's Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg following reports that the company has allowed black market groups on Facebook with over 22,000 members to fraudulently sell access to rideshare   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on April 22, 2025: * * * BORDER BRIEF: Record-Low March Border Encounters Reveal President Trump's Success, Democrat Hypocrisy WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security released its newest "Border Brief" factsheet, highlighting the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data for March, which revealed a 94% drop in Southwest border appre  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Connolly Statement on Trump's Willingness to Recognize Russia's Illegal Annexation of Crimea Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement on President Donald Trump's proposal to recognize Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea as part of a larger agreem  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following news release: * * * Statistical Summary of 24-Month Campaign Activity of the 2023-2024 Election Cycle Presidential candidates raised $2 billion and spent approximately $1.8 billion in the 24 months of the 2023-2024 election cycle, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission that cover activity from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024. Congressional candidates collected appr  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 23, 2025: * * * Former CIA Official Pleads Guilty to Acting as a Foreign Agent and Mishandling Classified Materials Dale Britt Bendler, 68, of Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty today to, while being a public official at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), acting as a foreign agent required to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act and removing classified material, classified up to the  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 23, 2025: * * * High-Ranking Tren de Aragua Member in Custody on Terrorism and International Drug Distribution Charges Case Marks First Instance of TdA Member Charged with Terrorism Related Crimes A five-count superseding indictment has been unsealed today charging a Venezuelan national and alleged high-ranking member of the designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua (TdA). Jose   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on April 23, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Texas Chosen for Groundbreaking Aviation Center After Cruz Push Sec. Duffy announces testing hub for new drones, air taxis, and other advance aircraft will be based in DFW with statewide footprint WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today applauded Secretary of Transpo  more

CORONADO, California, April 24 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news story: * * * MAKO Sentry 2025-2: Generating Warfighting Capability and Lethality in the Pacific Over 300 Navy Reserve Component Sailors on staff at U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), U.S. 7th Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet and U.S. 10th Fleet participated in MAKO Sentry 2025-2 in Coronado, California, and other Department of Defense locations including Norfolk, Virginia, Denver, Colorado, Fort Worth, Texas, and Los Angeles, April 10-1  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Designing long-duration toxin sensors Low-power sensors could last 10 years, providing surveillance, security ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Imagine a smoke detector that instead of warning residents of smoke before a fire engulfs their home, is placed in mass-transit locations to alert travelers and first responders to hazardous chemicals in the air. Researchers at  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Texas Chosen for Groundbreaking Aviation Center After Cruz Push DALLAS, TX - U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today applauded Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy's announcement that the Texas A&M System will lead a new Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies (CAAT) with laboratory and testing locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and across the Lone Star State. Sen.  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Navy has announced an extension to the public comment period for its Draft Amended Analysis to the Final Environmental Impact Statement concerning EA-18G Growler airfield operations at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island Complex in Washington. This follows the Department's initial publication on March 14, 2025, of a notice that also included announcements of two in-person meetings and one virtual session to collect public feedback. These meetings too  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Wittman, Warner, Kaine Call for Stronger Oversight of Nursing Homes Following Troubling Reports in Colonial Heights WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to conduct enhanced oversight of nursing homes and implement stronger safeguards to protect seniors in the   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Wittman, Warner, Kaine Call for Stronger Oversight of Nursing Homes Following Troubling Reports in Henrico WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to conduct enhanced oversight of nursing homes and implement stronger safeguards to protect seniors in the wake of ala  more