WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Hurricane Season, Welch Leads 14 Colleagues in Urging Trump Administration to Reinstate Terminated Employees at NWS, NOAA WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led 14 of his colleagues in urging the Trump Administration to swiftly reinstate terminated employees at the National Weather Service (NWS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ahead of the upcoming h  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco published a working paper (No. 2025-10) "Asset Purchases in a Monetary Union With Default and Liquidity Risks" in May 2025. Authored by Huixin Bi, Andrew Foerster and Nora Traum, the paper quantifies the effectiveness of targeted asset purchases and the expectations surrounding such programs in a monetary union grappling with sovereign default and financial liquidity risks. The study uses a two-country framework calibrated  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 29, 2025 NAVY Deloitte & Touche LLP, Arlington, Virginia, is being awarded an $81,055,361 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00189-25-D-0010) in support of Naval Information Forces to provide Navy enterprise management and technical support services. The contract will include a five-year ordering period with an additional six-month ordering period pursuant to Federal Acqui  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to Multimillion-Dollar Medicare Fraud Conspiracy A Missouri man pleaded guilty today to orchestrating a scheme to defraud Medicare by unlawfully billing millions of dollars in claims for cancer genetic testing and cardiovascular genetic testing. According to court documents, Jamie P. McNamara, 49, of Kansas City, operated several laboratories in Louisiana and Texas, which  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Moran Joins Colleagues in Introducing Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Address Maintenance Backlog at Agricultural Research Facilities WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry - joined U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (R-Kan.) and Kim Schrier (D-Wash.) in introducing the Augm  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Moran Joins Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Increase Funding for Down Syndrome Research WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - co-chair of the Congressional Task Force on Down Syndrome - joined Sens. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in introducing the bipartisan, bicameral DeOndra Dixon INCLUDE Project Act to boost funding for Down   more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Applauds EPA for Awarding Nearly $4 Million in Grants to Clean Up Communities Across Kansas Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) released the following statement after U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the selection of nearly $4 million in Brownfields Grants to clean up Kansas communities. "I am grateful to EPA Admini  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The U.S. Postal Service issued the following news release: * * * USPS releases dog bite national rankings Woodridge, VA, Letter Carrier George Hinton encounters a dog on his delivery route. WASHINGTON -- Incidents involving dog attacks on Postal Service employees rose to more than 6,000 cases last year. As part of the 2025 USPS National Dog Bite Awareness Campaign, the organization is offering crucial information on how dog owners can be good stewards for safe mail del  more