WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: * * * After Record Trump Aid to L.A., SBA Administrator Loeffler Slams Newsom and Bass for Wildfire Recovery Failures * PACIFIC PALISADES - Yesterday, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler slammed California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for abandoning wildfire victims to bureaucracy, leaving families and small businesses unable to rebuild eight  more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Learn what it takes to make a new element with the Big Ideas Lab podcast Scientists are still adding to the periodic table and expanding what we know about matter. At Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), researchers are creating entirely new elements that exist for only moments. In the latest episode of the Big Ideas Lab, step into the world of su  more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * New book documents optics innovations that were integral to ignition The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a chandelier "holding a system of high-precision optics," according to a newly published book. But unlike a delicate chandelier illuminating a room, NIF's thousands of optical components are a  more

PASADENA, California, Sept. 10 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Study: Celestial 'Accident' Sheds Light on Jupiter, Saturn Riddle An unusual cosmic object is helping scientists better understand the chemistry hidden deep in Jupiter and Saturn's atmospheres -- and potentially those of exoplanets. Why has silicon, one of the most common elements in the universe, gone largely undetected in the atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, and gas planets like t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Reinforcement Learning is Making a Buzz in Space By Emily Winget, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) research team successfully conducted the first reinforcement learning (RL) control of a free-flyer in space on May 27. In just three months, the crew of three young scientists overcame a swarm of challenges to achieve this groundbreaking adva  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Religious Liberty Commission Hosts Second Hearing on Religious Liberty in Public Education * WASHINGTON - Yesterday, the Religious Liberty Commission hosted President Trump, Attorney General Bondi, parents, and students to discuss religious liberty issues in public education. The hearing included several panels of students who shared stories of challenges to their religious liberty, and parents who  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: * * * Remote Maintenance System Kits On Track to Fleet Deployment * 250814-N-HH412-1001 Raquel Parker, a logistics management specialist with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division's logistics outfitting branch, packs Augmented Reality Maintenance System (ARMS) kits for shipment to the U.S. Navy's Aegis Ashore Missile Defense sites in Poland and Romania, Aug. 14. Though not part of her   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news story: * * * US, Japan Conduct Bilateral Operations * Ships from the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) conducted bilateral operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 4-5. PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 5, 2025) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) sailors stand watch in the pilot house of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) while conduct  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Postal Service issued the following news release: * * * William F. Buckley Jr. is honored with a stamp * NEW HAVEN, CT -- Today, the Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp honoring William F. Buckley Jr. during a ceremony at Yale University. "The Postal Service takes great pride in our stamps and the unique opportunity they offer to tell the story of America, and we believe William F. Buckley Jr. is deserving of this honor," said Isaac Cronkhite, the or  more