WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Nellie Pou, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Pou Demands Answers on World Cup Security Funding * WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09), the top Democrat on the House panel overseeing the 2026 FIFA World Cup, today demanded answers on directives issued by the Trump Administration which create opaque and possibly illegal processes that invite waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption regarding security funding for next sum  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board issued the following letter on Nov. 17, 2025: * * * The Honorable Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-1000 Dear Secretary Wright: As part of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's (Board) independent nuclear safety oversight mission, the Board maintains a safety allegations program, in which members of the public, including Department of Energ  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

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley, Warren, Sanders, 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." Text of Lett  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2025: * Rep. Chris Smith to co-chair Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing, "China's War on Religion: The Threat to Religious Freedom and Why it Matters to the United States" On Thursday, November 20th, the co-chairs of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) will hold a public hearing on the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) ongoing assault against religious freedom  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * While Americans Were Enjoying Their Weekend, ICE Law Enforcement Arrested Murderers, Pedophiles, and Rapists * 70 percent of all ICE arrests are of illegal aliens charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S. WASHINGTON Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the arrest of more worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens from across the country this weekend includin  more