WASHINGTON, June 7 -- A coalition of 18 conservation organizations has called on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to maintain the existing definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act. In a letter to the agencies, the groups argue that removing the definition, which includes habitat modifications that injure or kill wildlife, would weaken protections for imperiled species and contradict the law's intent. "Habitat is essential to all fish, wil  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, June 7 -- Defense Health Agency issued the following news: * * * Innovative Traumatic Brain Injury Care Leads to Service Member Recovery Often called the hidden disease of recent battlefields, any TBI can bring on balance, vision, and hearing injuries, which can be very difficult to detect and diagnose. By Janet A. Aker, Defense Health Agency Communications Innovative Traumatic Brain Injury Care Leads to Service Member Recovery An airman who endured a long battle wi  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin are leading a bipartisan effort, urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to implement crucial reforms to federal disaster response programs. Their appeal, conveyed in a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, calls for greater flexibility and faster support for states grappling with emergencies. We are on the front lines when disaster strikes and embrace the paramount responsibility   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * In Wake of DCA Tragedy, Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Introduce Safe Operation of Shared Airspace Act * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and Innovation, Amy Klobuchar (D-MN),  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Interior Designates Five New National Recreation Trails * In celebration of Great Outdoors Month and National Trails Day on June 7, the Department of the Interior today announced the designation of five new National Recreation Trails in six states, adding 387 miles to the National Trails System. The newly designated trails join a network of more than 1,300 existing National Recreation Trails, w  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Kiggans Continues to Fight for Smart Energy Policy in Reconciliation * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) led a bipartisan letter to Senate leadership encouraging commonsense reforms to key provisions in the energy title of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. In the letter, Kiggans, Fitzpatrick, and 11 of their colleagues, raised concerns  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 6 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Mojave Falcon 25 expands Army Reserve training scope * Army Reserve Soldiers have engaged in large scale ground combat exercises traversing the rugged, Northern California landscape of Fort Hunter Liggett to the arid badlands of the Mojave in the south. Exercise Mojave Falcon began May 28, 2025, with more than 9,000 Army Reserve and active-duty Soldiers from across the force participating i  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 (TNSFRinfo) -- The National Science Foundation National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics has announced its intent to renew a generic clearance for information collection. This initiative, titled "NCSES Generic Clearance for Improvement Projects" (OMB Control Number 3145-0174), is part of a continuing effort to gather public comments in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The NCSES aims to extend this clearance for another three years, allowing i  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Arlington, Virginia, has urged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delay action on a proposed listing of the Monarch Butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The trade association, representing over 800 electric cooperatives across the nation, expressed concern about the potential negative impacts on their operations and the cost of electricity for rural consumers. NRECA's letter to the U.S.   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education Welcomes Trump-Vance Appointees * The U.S. Department of Education today announced additional appointees who will work to carry out President Trump and Secretary McMahon's vision for making American education the best in the world. Lindsey Burke, Ph.D. - Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Programs Lindsey Burke spent the last 17 years at the Heritage Foundation,   more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Vindman Votes to Protect Small Businesses After Meeting with Local Entrepreneurs in Stafford County Washington, D.C. -- Just days after touring local small businesses across Stafford County, Congressman Eugene Vindman (Va.-07) voted against three partisan measures put forward by Republicans that hurt small businesses and entrepreneurs striving to achieve the American Dream. During his tour, Vind  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner & Kaine Slam House GOP's Effort to Help Trump Ignore Court Orders * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a former civil rights attorney and constitutional law professor, (both D-VA) issued the following statement regarding a provision in the tax proposal passed by the Republican-led House of Representatives that would make it harder for federal judges to hold gov  more