WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Interior Cuts in Trump Administration's "Skinny" Budget to Leave Lasting Scars on Public Lands, Tribal Nations, and Human Health Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Interior-Environment Subcommittee on the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the below statement following the release of President Trump's 'skinny' budget for Fiscal Year 2026. "This budget is   more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Bipartisan Colleagues Seek Answers from DoD on Divestment of Legacy Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Capabilities This week, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) colleagues sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth expressing concerns with the Air Force's escalated retirement of airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued a report titled "100 Days Later: The Harm So Far to Latinx Communities" in April 2025, outlining what it describes as the "notable harm" already being experienced by Latinx communities across the United States following the first 100 days of the new presidential administration. The organization asserts that many of the executive orders and directives enacted bear a "striking similarity" to proposals laid out in the Project 2025 Presidential Transi  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 (TNSmeet) -- The U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service (NPS) has announced that the National Historic Landmarks Committee of the National Park System Advisory Board will meet on May 22, 2025. The meeting will be held virtually, and access details will be provided on the NPS website. The purpose of the meeting is to evaluate nominations for properties to be designated as National Historic Landmarks, to make recommendations on existing designations, and to discuss po  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- President Trump sent 17 nominations to the Senate on April 29, 2025: David Beck, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration. Mark Brnovich, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia. Frances Brooke, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Thomas Gaiser, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Attorney General. John Giordano, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia. Jon  more