WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2025: * * * Amo, Ross Lead 88 Democrats in Opposing Trump's Cuts to EPA Office Keeping Americans' Air Clean and Water Safe * Today, House Science, Space, and Technology Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI) and Congresswoman Deborah Ross (D-NC) led 88 of their colleagues in demanding answers as to why President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrato  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Boozman Awarded for Championing Policies Supporting Agriculture and Rural Communities * Sen. Boozman, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, accepts the Friend of Farm Credit Award from Newport Farmer and ADFCC member Jeff Rutledge. LITTLE ROCK-- U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) received the 2025 Friend of Farm Credit Award from the   more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Dover Reserve defenders test leadership abilities at combat-readiness course * * Published Aug. 7, 2025 * By Jeremy Larlee * 512th Airlift Wing Public Affairs YOUNGSTOWN AIR RESERVE STATION, Ohio -- The defender's brow is dripping with sweat in the hot-humid weather as he scans the ridgeline for anything amiss. The only sounds in the isolated and dense Northeastern Ohio forest are th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * DPAA Provides Updates to Families of Missing in Action Personnel During Annual Briefing * More than 400 family members of service members who never returned home from the Korean War or who were lost during the Cold War met today with representatives from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in Arlington, Virginia. The annual event provides families of missing personnel with updates on how DPAA is progress  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Celebrates Another 100 Days with 100 More Pro-Environmental Actions Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin shared 100 additional environmental actions EPA has taken in the last 100 days to recognize 200 Days of providing clean air, land, and water for all Americans under President Donald Trump's leadership. This includes funding to address lead in drinking  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Landsman Includes $12M for 14 Local Projects in Government Funding Bills * Cincinnati, OH - Today, Congressman Greg Landsman (D-OH-01) announced he has included more than $12 million for 14 local projects in this year's draft federal government funding bills. Each year, members of Congress can submit projects to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration to receive federal funding - which i  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Dog Fighting and Drug Crimes * An Ohio man pleaded guilty today to federal dog fighting and drug crimes. Joel Brown, 38, admitted to possessing and training dogs for fighting purposes and possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, Brown kept 11 pit bull-type dogs for fighting purposes at his residence in Franklin County. The do  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 8 -- Ohio State Auditor Keith Faber issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2025: * * * Special Audit Details Investigation into Former Executive Director of Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority COLUMBUS -- A finding for recovery of more than $2.8 million was issued Thursday against the former executive director of the Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority, who was convicted and sentenced to prison in the theft of public resources over a 15-year period, Auditor of S  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Six Former Cult Members Sentenced for Years-Long Forced Labor Conspiracy to Compel the Labor of Multiple Minor Victims * A federal judge in the District of Kansas sentenced defendant Kaaba Majeed, 51, to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release for forced labor and forced labor conspiracy. The court sentenced co-defendants Yunus Rassoul, 39, to five years of probation; James Staton,   more