FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Dec. 3 -- The Defense Health Agency issued the following news: * * * 18 military hospitals receive Leapfrog's highest Hospital Safety Grade * The Defense Health Agency announced 18 military hospitals received an "A" rating in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade assessment for fall 2025. These high grades reflect DHA's commitment to transparency and continuous improvement in providing high-quality care to its patients. "These ratings underscore the strength of our int  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Wrightway Ready-Mix and Wright Concrete & Construction for Disability Discrimination * Federal agency charges concrete companies with refusing applicants receiving medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction Charleston, W.V. - Wrightway Ready-Mix, LLC, and Wright Concrete & Construction, Inc., related concrete-construction companies operating in Delbarton, West Virgin  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: * * * ERDC hosts Sediment Transport Collaborative Laboratory Experiment By Carol C. Coleman, public affairs specialist This summer, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) hosted the U.S. Coastal Research Program's (USCRP) Sediment Transport Collaborative Laboratory Experiment, or SEDCOLAB, to improve understanding of sediment transport processes by   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Attorney Howard B. Adler, former deputy assistant treasury secretary for the Financial Stability Oversight Council, and Alex J. Pollock, senior fellow at the Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama, have submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury concerning the implementation of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). The authors warned that the inclusion of uninsured deposits in domestic and foreign ban  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Dec. 4 -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following news on Dec. 3, 2025: * * * Board of Public Works Approves $3.75 Million for Park Improvement and Land Conservation in Six Maryland Counties Funding approved for DNR's Program Open Space Local, Rural Legacy, and Conservation Reserve Enhancement Permanent Easement programs * The Gunpowder Rural Legacy Area in Baltimore County protects significant river frontage, which also protect the drinking wa  more

PASADENA, California, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Rover Detects Electric Sparks in Mars Dust Devils, Storms Perseverance confirmed a long-suspected phenomenon in which electrical discharges and their associated shock waves can be born within Red Planet mini-twisters. * NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has recorded the sounds of electrical discharges --sparks -- and mini-sonic booms in dust devils on Mars. Long theorized, the phenomen  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 4 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * NOAA and Sofar advance marine weather forecasts to improve safety at sea NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) and Sofar Ocean, a leading ocean intelligence platform, have partnered to build innovative modeling systems that advance the state-of-the-art in marine weather forecasting and boost safety at sea. GFDL and Sofar's three-year Cooperative Research and D  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 3 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service posted the following news: * * * NOAA Satellites Assist Scientists Studying Mass Bleaching Event of Florida Corals * A NOAA-led study recently published in Science confirmed that a record marine heatwave in 2023 triggered the functional extinction of two coral species in Florida waterselkhorn ( Acropora palmata ) and staghorn ( Acropora cervi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Meet Hollywood Oyster Company, Oyster Farmers in Maryland This Tide to Table profile features Tal Petty and his solar-powered oyster farm on the Chesapeake Bay. * Some people like to golf, others like to paint, but Tal Petty began farming oysters as a hobby. What started as a couple of oysters, shared among friends on the Chesapeake Bay, has grown into a 300-acre farm selling millions   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Raskin Launches Investigation of CBS "Ombudsman" After CBS Heavily Edits Trump 60 Minutes Interview Following President's Displeasure with Journalist's Questions CBS "Ombudsman" Appears to Be Acting as a Government Regulator and Censor Enforcing Trump's Demands for More Pro-Trump Content * Today, Rep. Jamie Raski  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Raskin's Statement on Chairman Jordan's Refusal to Let the American People Hear Directly from Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement after Chairman Jim Jordan refused the offer from former Special Counsel Jack Smith  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Republicans are Restoring Secure Borders and Safe Communities * "President Trump and Republicans are ending the chaos, securing the border in record time, and getting America back on track [...] We didn't just secure the border for today. We secured it for the future. In July, Republicans passed and President Trump signed into law the largest border security investment in American history." WASHIN  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Joins Schiff, Vargas in Introducing Bill to Prevent Inexperienced Temporary Immigration Judge Appointments, Close Loopholes Exploited by Trump Administration * Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) in introducing the Temporary Immigration Judge Integrity Act, legislation to prevent inexperienced temporary immigration judge appointments in l  more