BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * CMS Expands Access to Lifesaving Gene Therapies Through Innovative State Agreements * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that 33 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, will participate in the Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Access Model, a bold new approach to delivering cutting-edge t  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Coast Guard seizes over 240,000 pounds of cocaine, doubling amount interdicted over previous year * WASHINGTON - The U.S. Coast Guard announced that it has seized 242,244 pounds of cocaine since the start of President Trump's administration on January 20th. This is a more than 100% increase over the cocaine seized under the previous administration over the same period in 2024. Since jus  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Consumer Price Index, Anchorage area -- June 2025 * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Urban Alaska advanced 0.1 percent for the two months ending in June 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the index for all items less fo  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Consumer Price Index, Los Angeles area -- June 2025 * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim was unchanged in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the index for all items less food and energy incr  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Consumer Price Index, Phoenix area -- June 2025 * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale advanced 0.2 percent for the two months ending in June 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the index for all item  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Consumer Price Index, San Francisco Area -- June 2025 * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward advanced 0.2 percent for the two months ending in June 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the index   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Consumer Price Index, Seattle area -- June 2025 * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue advanced 1.4 percent for the two months ending in June 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the index for all item  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Consumer Price Index, West Region -- June 2025 * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the West Region advanced 0.1 percent in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.1 percent. The food index increased 0.2 percent, while  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following letter on (July 15, 2025): * * * Mr. Scott Kupor, Director, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415-0001 Re: Review of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Agency Actions June 30, 2025, through July 11, 2025 Dear Director Kupor: The Office of Personnel Management sent a continuing request to the employees of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 16 (TNSjou) -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release: * * * Astronomers Discover Rare Distant Object in Sync with Neptune This object, called 2020 VN40, is the first confirmed body that orbits the sun once for every ten orbits Neptune completes. * Cambridge, MA -- A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has discovered a rare object far beyond Neptune, from a class known as tra  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Highlights DEA Drug Seizures for First Half of 2025, Successful Operations Over the Last Several Weeks * WASHINGTON -- Today, Attorney General Pamela Bondi highlighted the great work of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to get illegal drugs off our streets and protect innocent Americans from addiction, overdose, and drug-related crime and violence. Since January 20, 2025,  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NRL Discovers Inverse Relationship Between Solar Corona Brightness and CME Velocity By Emily Winget, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) detailed an inverse relationship between the brightness of the solar corona and the velocity of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in a scientific paper published in The Astrophysical Journal on July 3. The study, t  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The National Academy of Medicine issued the following news: * * * On the Frontlines: How the Health Sector is Responding to a Changing Climate * By Jamie Durana "I was personally in my backyard, saw the smoke, and the fire moved from four houses down to my backyard in about 22 seconds. When I went in and told my family we had to leave, it wasn't, 'Let's pack and then evacuate.' It was, 'We are leaving this second.'" Ashraf M. Elsayegh described the moments leading   more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * Ovidio Guzman Lopez -- son of El Chapo and head of Sinaloa Cartel -- pleads guilty to federal drug charges in Chicago * TUCSON, Ariz., -- Ovidio Guzman Lopez, who succeeded his father -- Joaquin Guzman Loera, also known as El Chapo -- as one of the heads of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Chicago to federal  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Pakistani Leader of International Alien Smuggling Organization Extradited from Mexico * Note: See indictment here. A Pakistani man made his initial appearance in court in Tucson, Arizona, today after being extradited from Mexico to face charges relating to his role in leading an international alien smuggling organization. In May 2024, a federal grand jury in Tucson returned an indictment agains  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of Secretary Marco Rubio's remarks to the press at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Malaysia: * * * SECRETARY RUBIO: Hello, boys and girls. QUESTION: Good evening, Secretary. SECRETARY RUBIO: Hello. How are you doing? QUESTION: Mr. - are you doing remarks? SECRETARY RUBIO: Should I? (Laughter.) Sure enough. I'm sure we've covered all your questions. Go ahead. QUESTION: We have a long -- QUESTION: What  more