WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * Air and Marine Operations Responds to Offshore Plane Crash, Rescues Survivors * VERO BEACH, Fla. -- Marine Interdiction Agents from Air and Marine Operations, an operational component of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, responded swiftly Sunday to a downed aircraft off the coast of Vero Beach, successfully locating and rescuing three survivors during a coor  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Bean Introduces LOOTER Act to Combat Crime During Natural Disasters * WASHINGTON-- With the Atlantic Hurricane Season officially underway, U.S. Congressman Aaron Bean (FL-04) is taking decisive action to combat crime during natural disasters with the introduction of the Law On Offender Transgressions During Emergencies and Recovery (LOOTER) Act. This timely legislation aims to protect communities from   more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Face of Defense: Air Force Engineer Chases Dreams of Olympic Gold * As Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, continues to rebuild and modernize, one of its own is doing the same -- rebuilding strength, endurance and chasing dreams of Olympic gold. For Air Force 2nd Lt. Braeden Holcombe, an engineering project programmer assigned to 325th Civil Engineer Squadron, the Air Force uniform means more than service --  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Fannie Mae issued the following news release: * * * Fannie Mae Announces Winner of Twenty-Sixth Community Impact Pool of Non-Performing Loans * WASHINGTON, DC - Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) today announced the winning bidder for its twenty-sixth Community Impact Pool (CIP) of non-performing loans. The transaction is expected to close on July 29, 2025, and includes 39 loans totaling $6.9 million in unpaid principal balance (UPB). The loans are geographically focused in the Fl  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 3 -- The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued the following news release on June 2, 2025: * * * Commissioner Wilton Simpson Issues Reminder to Hemp Food Establishments on Upcoming Enforcement of Amended Rule New packaging, labeling, and marketing standards for hemp products take effect June 16, 2025 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson today is reminding all hemp food establishments of the upcoming enforce  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- NASA issued the following news: NASA Langley Uses Height, Gravity to Test Long, Flexible Booms By Joe Atkinson, Public Affairs Officer, NASA Langley Research Center Researchers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, have developed a technique to test long, flexible, composite booms for use in space in such a way that gravity helps, rather than hinders, the process. During a recent test campaign inside a 100-foot tower at a NASA Langley lab, researchers s  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- NASA issued the following commentary: * * * NASA Marks Milestones for Artemis III Orion Spacecraft at Kennedy By Allison Tankersley, Public Affairs Specialist NASA continues to make steady progress preparing the spacecraft that will carry astronauts toward the Moon to rendezvous with their lunar lander and bring them back to Earth on Artemis III. Technicians recently powered on the Artemis III Orion crew module for the first time inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations   more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- NASA issued the following news: * * * NASA Tests New Ways to Stick the Landing in Challenging Terrain By Loura Hall Advancing new hazard detection and precision landing technologies to help future space missions successfully achieve safe and soft landings is a critical area of space research and development, particularly for future crewed missions. To support this, NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) is pursuing a regular cadence of flight testing on a va  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- NASA issued the following commentary on June 2, 2025: * * * NASA's IMAP Spacecraft Readied for Launch Preparations Technicians removed NASA's IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) spacecraft from its shipping container on Thursday, May 29, after transferring it from the airlock into the high bay at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The IMAP spacecraft arrived at the facility on May 10, coming by truck   more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- NASA issued the following commentary: * * * NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Using Backup Fuel Line Engineers with NASA's Psyche mission have developed a solution to address the decrease in fuel pressure they detected recently in the spacecraft's propulsion system: They have successfully switched to a backup fuel line, which is operating as expected. Powered by two large solar arrays, Psyche's thrusters ionize and expel xenon gas to gently propel the spacecraft, which gradually  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- NASA issued the following news: * * * Integrated Testing on Horizon for Artemis II Launch Preparations Teams responsible for preparing and launching Artemis II at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are set to begin a series of integrated tests to get ready for the mission. With the upper stage of the agency's SLS (Space Launch System) integrated with other elements of the rocket, engineers are set to start the tests to confirm rocket and ground systems are working an  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Romanian Citizen Pleads Guilty to 'Swatting' Numerous Members of Congress, Churches, and Former U.S. President * Thomasz Szabo, also known as Plank, Jonah, and Cypher, 26, of Romania, pleaded guilty today to being the leader of a years-long conspiracy that targeted victims across the United States with "swatting" and bomb threats. Szabo and his co-conspirators falsely reported ongoing violent emerge  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor Calls on Department of Labor to Keep Doors Open at Pinellas Job Corps Center * ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) urged the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Lori Chavez-Remer to reverse DOL's decision to close the Pinellas County Job Corps Center. The abrupt decision to pause Job Corps operations nationwide is creating deep concerns for the m  more