WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), Alexandria, Virginia, and Advance CTE, Silver Spring, Maryland, two organizations focused on developing career education programs, have submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education regarding the proposed Secretary's Supplemental Priority and Definitions on Meaningful Learning Opportunities. The associations express strong support for the Department's initiative to utilize discretionary gran  more

UPTON, New York, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Destination: Mars. First Stop: Iceland? * UPTON, N.Y. To say that a trip from Earth to Mars is merely a long one would be a massive understatement. On July 30, 2020, when the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sent its Mars rover "Perseverance" atop an Atlas V rocket to the red planet to collect rock samples, it took the rover nearly seven months  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Nov. 17 -- The Defense Health Agency issued the following news: * * * DHA senior enlisted leader emphasizes positive attitude * "Make your career, your career," Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Tanya Johnson, Defense Health Agency's senior enlisted leader, said to a roomful of airmen who were attending the Frontline Supervisors Course at Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics and Surgery Center in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Sept. 30. Johnson participated in a panel of senior en  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Delivers Additional 100 Top Environmental Accomplishments, 300 Environmental Wins Now Highlighted Since President Trump Took Office in January * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin shared 100 additional environmental accomplishments EPA has achieved in the last 100 days, recognizing 300 days of fulfilling the agency's statutory obligation  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * FRCE expands fleet support with first CH-53K engine induction * Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) continues to expand its support of naval aviation's heavy lift mission with the recent induction of a CH-53K King Stallion engine, the first of its kind to undergo depot-level maintenance. Following the first induction of a CH-53K King Stallion helicopter for maintenance at FRCE in  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * House Democrats' Litigation Task Force Submits Bicameral Amicus Brief to Supreme Court, Fights Back Against Trump's Attacks on the Federal Trade Commission House Democrats' Litigation Task Force mobilized 163 House and 44 Senate Democrats in support of a legal challenge to President Trump's unlawful attempt to remove Rebecca Slaughter, a duly a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Mailing Threatening Communications to Jewish Institutions and Civil Rights Violations * The Department of Justice announced that Clift Seferlis, 55, of Garrett Park, Maryland, entered a plea of guilty today before U.S. District Judge Mark A. Kearney on 17 counts of mailing threatening communications and eight counts of obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS), Baltimore, has submitted a public comment letter to the Bureau of Land Management regarding the agency's proposal to rescind the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, designated as Document ID BLM-2025-0001-0001. The organization firmly opposes the proposed rescission, emphasizing its importance for wildlife habitat on public lands. The Public Lands Rule, adopted in 2024, is critical for preserving ecosystems that support vario  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Raskin Demands Ed Martin Preserve and Produce Records Amid Allegations of Illegal Cover-Up of Weaponization Working Group Activities Letter Exposes Alleged Destruction of Federal Records and Secret Communications on Personal Devices to Conceal Politically Motivated Investigations; Warns Martin's Failure to Comply  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Nov. 17 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service posted the following news: * * * Sentinel-6B Launch Contributing to Key NOAA Ocean Applications * The Sentinel-6B (S-6B) satellite was launched on November 16, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. It is the second satellite of the Sentinel-6 series of spacecraft. This series is part of an international partnership with NOAA, E  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * Soto earns lifetime achievement award for fuzing excellence * Gabriel Soto and his friends built model aircraft in the late 1970s. Military ones. F-4 Phantoms, F-14 Tomcats, F-16 Fighting Falcons. You name it. They glued extra weapons on them, more bombs, more rockets, until the aircraft carried impossible loads. In bedroom battles, nothing detonated by accident. Nothing ever ki  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following article: * * * Thirteen Researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Among World's Most Highly Cited * Thirteen Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) staff and two research affiliates appear on Clarivate's 2025 list of the world's most highly cited researchers. Citations by other researchers are one important measure of impact in scientific research. "We are incr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Sanders, Pressley, Over 40 Lawmakers Urge Trump Administration to End Plans to Sell Federal Student Loan Portfolio * Bicameral letter warns that "sale would be a giveaway to wealthy insiders at the expense of working-class borrowers and taxpayers." "Time and again, the Trump Administration has put the interests of well-connected, wealthy insiders ahead of working families." Tex  more