BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, June 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: * * * Air Force demonstrates low-cost maritime defense capability with QUICKSINK * * Published June 4, 2025 * By Air Force Research Laboratory Public Affairs EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) -- In a demonstration of enhanced maritime lethality, the Air Force tested a new, more versatile variant of the QUICKSINK maritime weapon, increasing aircraft lethality by expanding its target  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Buchanan Introduces Bill to Reduce Diabetes, Obesity Risk Amongst Servicemembers * Establishes DoD Pilot Program to Provide Access to Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman Vern Buchanan, Vice Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and Chair of the Health Subcommittee, introduced legislation to reduce the risk of onset of diabetes and obesity and increase th  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, issued the following news release on June 5, 2025: * * * Chairman Rick Scott Leads Aging Committee Hearing on America's Vanishing Family Farms Yesterday, Senator Rick Scott, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, convened a committee hearing focused on the critical issues facing America's farm workforce entitled, "The Aging Farm Workforce: America's Vanishing Family Farms." Th  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Dunn Announces New Legislation to Prevent FEMA Claw-backs for Disaster Recovery Projects * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Neal Dunn (Florida-02) introduced The Streamlined FEMA Cost Exemption Act, a bill that would prevent the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from attempting to recoup or "claw-back" Public Assistance (PA) grants to communities impacted by natural disasters.   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Maxwell Frost Statement on President Donald Trump's Travel Ban * WASHINGTON, D.C. --Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) slammed Donald Trump and his Administration's latest cruel move to issue a sweeping travel ban targeting 12 countries and restricting travel from seven more. In a statement, Rep. Frost says: "Trump's travel ban is cruel, inhumane, and rooted in bigotr  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Nick Langworthy Introduces Energy Choice Act to End Blue-State Wars on American Energy * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Congressman Nick Langworthy (NY-23) and Senator Jim Justice (R-WV) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral H.R. 3699, the Energy Choice Act (link is external) toprohibit states or local governments from banning an energy service's connection, reconnection, modification,   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Jimmy Patronis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on June 5, 2025: * * * Congressman Patronis Files First Bill in Congress Creating Select Committee to Investigate the Biden BIG LIE Today, Florida Congressman Jimmy Patronis announced the filing of his first bill(H. Res. 477) as a United States Congressman establishing the Select Committee on President Biden's Cognitive Decline. This bill establishes a Select Committee to investigate former President Joe B  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 4, 2025: * * * Durbin Delivers Opening Statement In Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings On Five Judicial Nominations U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nominations of Whitney Hermandorfer to the U.S.   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 4, 2025: * * * Durbin Meets With Three Federal Judges To Discuss Judicial Security WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after discussing judicial security with Judge Beth Bloom of the Southern District of Florida, Judge Mark Norris of the W  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues CEMEX Construction Materials Florida for Religious Discrimination * Federal Agency Charges That Construction Material Manufacturer and Transporter Failed to Accommodate Mixture Truck Driver's Request to Wear Skirt TAMPA, Fla. - CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLC, which manufactures and delivers building construction materials, violated federal law when it failed to ac  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Ground Zero Blues Club for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation * Federal Agency Charges Biloxi Blues Venue Fired Assistant Manager for Opposing Co-Owner's Sexual Harassment MOBILE, Ala. - Ground Zero Biloxi LLC, which operates a blues club located in Biloxi, Mississippi, violated federal law by subjecting an assistant manager to sexual harassment by one of its co-owners and fi  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Facing Extreme Hurricane & Wildfire Seasons, Cantwell Slams Admin's Erosion of Weather Forecasting: "NOAA Has Been Transparent That They Can't Keep Up" * 06.04.25 Meteorologists from WA, OK and FL sound the alarm on laying off 100s of National Weather Service employees, creating unprecedented staffing shortages; Earlier today, Trump's Commerce Secretary misled a Senate subcommittee that NOAA w  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSFR) -- A notice of inventory completion, issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service, announces that Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, has finalized an inventory of human remains under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The university determined a cultural affiliation exists between the remains and Native American tribes, paving the way for their potential repatriation. The inventory identified the physic  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 6 -- The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued the following news release on June 5, 2025: * * * Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Searches for the Next Florida Future Chef Champion Student chefs ages 7-13 can enter by July 11 for a chance to compete in the finale event and win up to $5,000 in college funds Finalists of the 2024 Florida Future Chef competition. * The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Ser  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on June 5, 2025: * * * Foreign Arms Sales Task Force Hosts Roundtable with Defense Industry Leaders to Hear Perspectives on Needed Reforms WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Foreign Arms Sales Task Force held the third in a series of roundtables featuring defense industry perspectives on reforming and improving America's foreign   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * Honoring Our Finest Leaders of 2025 * The Coast Guard proudly honors seven winners of the 2025 Inspirational Leadership Awards. The 2025 winners are: 1. CDR Nicole Tesoniero, CGC HARRIET LANE (WMEC 903): CAPT David H. Jarvis, Navy League's Award for Inspirational Leadership Award 2. YN1 Jessica Kirk, CGC HARRIET LANE (WMEC 903): SM1 Douglas A. Munro, Navy League's Award for Ins  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 (TNSFR) -- The International Trade Commission has issued a notice of a commission determination to impose a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against several companies involved in the importation and sale of certain hydrodermabrasion systems and their components. This action by the Commission effectively terminates an investigation into alleged patent infringement. The limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders target Medical Purchasing Resource, LL  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Strengthen U.S. Competitiveness in Space * The LAUNCH Act would streamline commercial space launches Today, Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), John Cornyn (R-TX), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced the bipartisan Licensing Aerospace Units to New Commercial Heights (LAUNCH) Act, which would streamline the application process for commercial space launche  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * New Behavioral Health Training Program Helps Keep Warfighters on the Battlefield * Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth paused in front of a ballroom of service members and industry leaders at Special Operations Forces Week in Tampa, Florida, and reminded them people matter more than equipment. That stance underpins the Defense Department's sweeping readiness push, and nowhere is that more apparent   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 6 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service issued the following news on June 5, 2025: * * * NOAA Satellites Monitor Canadian Wildfires and Smoke Since mid-May, NOAA satellites have been closely monitoring heat signatures and thick plumes of smoke (some stretching thousands of miles) from wildfires burning across Canada. Driven by heat, drought, and dry conditions, more than 160 fires k  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Ashley Brooke Moody, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * On 100th Anniversary of Landmark Parental Rights in Education Ruling, Senator Ashley Moody Pushes for Action on Steps of the Supreme Court WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Senator Ashley Moody today gave remarks in support of school choice and standing up for parental rights in education in front of the Supreme Court of the United States in celebration of 100 years since the Pierce v. Society of Sisters deci  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Webster Introduces Legislation to Protect American Research from Foreign Influence * Washington, D.C. -- Today, Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, introduced the Research Integrity and Foreign Influence Prevention Act, legislation that amends the CHIPS and Science Act to safeguard America's research institutions from foreign influence and exploitation. "American leadership and i  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Speaking at the American Compass 5th Anniversary Gala at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio asserted that U.S. foreign and economic policies must reorient to prioritize the national interest. Rubio argued that past decisions, driven by global economic efficiency, led to a loss of domestic industrial capacity, creating both economic hardship and national security vulnerabilities. He emphasized that in a world w  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Rick Scott Reintroduces READY Account Act to Provide Tax-Free Savings Amidst Natural Disasters * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Rick Scott reintroduced the Residential Emergency Asset Accumulation Deferred Taxation Yield (READY) Account Act to help Americans better prepare for natural disasters. The READY Account Act allows taxpayers to establish a tax-free savings account specifically for home  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Rick Scott, Marsha Blackburn Call for Investigation into Communist China's Potential Solar Power 'Kill Switch' * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, following reports that rogue communication devices were found in Chinese solar power invertors, Senators Rick Scott and Marsha Blackburn sent a letter to Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Jeffrey Kessler urging him to launch an immediate in  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSjou) -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * Smithsonian Research Reveals that Probiotics Slow Spread of Deadly Disease Decimating Caribbean Reefs Field Tests in Florida Identify Best Available Treatment to Combat Coral Disease Without Need for Antibiotics * Scientists with the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History have discovered that a bacterial probiotic helps slow the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) in a  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Wasserman Schultz Leads Over Fifty House Democrats in Legal Defense of TPS for Venezuelans * Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) led 54 Democratic Members of Congress to support and defend Venezuelans from the Trump Administration's baseless termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) by filing an amicus brief with the United States Court of Ap  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * WSJ Editorial Highlights Tillis Bill to End Predatory Litigation Funding Practices * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal published an editorial supporting the Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act, legislation introduced by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) which would impose a new tax on profits earned by third-party entities that finance civil litigation and curb predatory prac  more