JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * Army leaders propose bolstering lethality through transformation * WASHINGTON - During a hearing with Congress members, the Army's top leaders shared details on the Army Transformation Initiative, which calls for cutting spending on stagnant programs, upgrading equipment and restructuring forces. In April, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called on Army lead  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 (TNSrep) -- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Coordinated Approach to Contrails Research Needed to Ensure Competitiveness of U.S. Aviation Industry, Says New Report WASHINGTON -- The federal government should pursue a national research agenda to enhance understanding of contrails and investigate potential strategies for mitigating their contributions to atmospheric warming, says a new report (https://nap.n  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on June 9, 2025: * * * The One, Big, Beautiful Bill: Made in America Becomes the Norm, Not a Novelty Reconciliation bill renews immediate expensing for R&D, 100% immediate expensing for equipment and machinery, and interest deductibility, incentivizes construction of new factories in America, and lowers rates for those who build in the U.S.A. * Washington,   more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Johnson's Statement on the White House Deploying National Guard to Los Angeles * Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement on the White House deploying 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles during protests against Trump's immigration policies: "President Trump's unilateral deployment of the National Guard onto the streets of Los Angeles at a time whe  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on June 9, 2025: * * * Reps. David Scott, Scanlon, Frost, and Adams Introduce Legislation to Expand Student Access to Music and Arts Education WASHINGTON D.C. -- Today, Congressman David Scott (GA-13), alongside Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Congressman Maxwell Frost (FL-10), and Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), announced the introduction of the Reimagining Inclusive Arts Education Act. The bill e  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Leads Letter to Champion STARBASE Education Program for Kansas Students * Salina, KS - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) led a bipartisan letter requesting full funding for the U.S. Department of Defense's STARBASE program for fiscal year 2026. Senator Marshall has long been an advocate for the STARBASE programs, which provide unique, hands-on Science, Technology, Enginee  more