WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * 187 Members of Congress File Brief to Support Conversion Therapy Bans at SCOTUS * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Congressional Equality Caucus Vice Chair & House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Ted Lieu (CA-36), and Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) filed an amicus brief to urge the United States Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of Colo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: * * * 302nd AW aerial firefighting aircraft repositioned to Idaho, stats for Colorado, Wyoming * PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) -- A C-130 Hercules from the Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing repositioned to Idaho Aug. 25 to continue support for western wildfires. The wing has been providing aerial firefighting support in Colorado and Wyoming since Aug. 9.  In support of the National Interagency Fire Center,  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Case Seeks Applicants For Nominations For Appointments To Our Nation's Service Academies For The 2026 Incoming Class * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) is seeking qualified applicants for his Congressional nomination to our nation's four service academies: the U.S. Military Academy (West Point/Army); U.S. Naval Academy(Annapolis/Navy); U.S. Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs/Air For  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve System is reviewing an application concerning the ownership of an Illinois-based bank holding company and its subsidiary. The application was filed under the Change in Bank Control Act. The filing indicates that the Lenore M. McCarter Declaration of Trust, Snowmass, Colorado, aims to maintain its voting shares of FNBC of LaGrange Inc., Illinois. This would, in turn, allow the trust to indirectly retain shares in FNBC Bank and Trust, a community  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Government Accountability Office has granted a request from Perimeter Security Partners LLC, of Brentwood, Tennessee, for reimbursement of its protest costs. The request stemmed from a protest Perimeter Security Partners filed against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which had awarded a contract for maintenance services to Low Voltage Wiring Ltd., of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The contract involved services for access control points at 19 Army installations in the No  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas, Colleagues File Brief Calling on SCOTUS to Uphold Constitutional Conversion Therapy Bans * Yesterday Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Co-Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, joined 187 of his colleagues, including Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Congressional Equality Caucus Vice Chair & House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Ted Lieu (CA-36), and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rollins Opens Next Step in the Roadless Rule Rescission * WASHINGTON, August 27, 2025 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has taken the next step in the rulemaking process for rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule by opening a public comment period. "We are one step closer to common sense management of our national   more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * UPDATE: 302d AW Aerial Firefighting Aircraft Repositioned to Idaho, Stats for Colorado, Wyoming * * Published Aug. 26, 2025 * By 302d AW Public Affairs * 302d Airlift Wing PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- One aircraft from the Air Force Reserve's 302d Airlift Wing repositioned to Idaho Aug. 25 to continue support for western wildfires. The wing has been providing aerial firefight  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Vasquez, Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium Call for RECA Expansion, Fraud Prevention * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On August 20, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) met with the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium to discuss the recent expansion of RECA benefits to New Mexico claimants, best practices for preventing bad actors' attempts to defraud RECA claimants, and the Congressman's   more