PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 16 -- The Arizona Board of Regents issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2025: * * * ABOR partners with U.S. Department of Education to lead national FAFSA beta testing initiative Arizona Diamondbacks donate 1,600 tickets to student and family participants at Corona del Sol High School. * For the second consecutive year, the Arizona Board of Regents was selected by the U.S. Department of Education to lead beta testing for the Free Application for Federal Stude  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * Coast Guard Diving--over 80 years of history! * World War II During World War II, Coast Guard divers served a number of military missions. Coast Guard hardhat divers were assigned to many of the service's 180-foot buoy tenders serving overseas, in Alaska and in home waters. These divers supported maintenance of floating aids to navigation and salvage work, especially in the Pacific   more

PASADENA, California, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Giant Radar Antenna Reflector on NASA-ISRO Satellite in Full 'Bloom' Seventeen days after NISAR's launch from southeastern India, an essential piece of science hardware has unfurled in orbit. * Spanning 39 feet (12 meters), the drum-shaped antenna reflector on the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite mission from NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) suc  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department and National Economic Council Partner to Identify State Laws with Out-Of-State Economic Impacts * Today, the Justice Department and the National Economic Council announce an effort to identify State laws that significantly and adversely affect the national economy or interstate economic activity and to solicit solutions to address such effects. They invite public comments to supp  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Sues California to End Enforcement of Unlawful Emissions Standards for Trucks * Note: View EDCA complaint here. View EDCA motion to intervene memo here. View NDIL complaint here. View NDIL motion to intervene memo here. The Justice Department this week filed two complaints in federal courts against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) regarding the State's enforcement of  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2025: * * * Justice Department Sues California to End Enforcement of Unlawful Emissions Standards for Trucks The Justice Department this week filed two complaints in federal courts against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) regarding the State's enforcement of preempted emissions standards through its so-called "Clean Truck Partnership" with hea  more

PASADENA, California, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA's PREFIRE CubeSat Mission Extended The twin cube satellites will operate through at least September 2026, expanding focus from the poles to the whole planet to improve modelling and weather forecasts. * NASA's PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission has been extended through September 2026 and is broadening its focus from Earth's poles to the entire gl  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Space Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * Space Systems Command Activates New Systems Delta Summary: Space Systems Command (SSC), the U.S. Space Force field command responsible for developing and delivering resilient space capabilities, activated a new Systems Delta to support the Battle Management, Command, Control, Communication, and Space Intelligence (BMC3I) Program Executive Office portfolio. This activation synchronizes ac  more