DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 3 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * $850K Affordable Housing Program Grant from FHLB Dallas and Comerica Bank Helps Launch New Senior Living Community in Houston, Texas * HOUSTON, TEXAS, December 3, 2025The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), Comerica Bank and New Hope Housing (NHH) joined community leaders Tuesday to celebrate the grand opening of NHH Ennis,   more

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 U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * 19 Arrested in Four Countries Related to Visa Fraud, Racketeering, Money Laundering and Related Charges * 19 individuals were arrested today in the United States, Colombia, Ecuador, and El Salvador in connection with racketeering, money laundering and visa fraud charges. Five of the arrestees are charged in a U.S. indictment for participation in a four-year transnational visa fraud, racketeering, an  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * As Sen. Rick Scott Leads Congressional Investigation into California's Response to Palisades Wildfire and Use of Tax Dollars, Gov. Newsom Visits DC Asking for More * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Rick Scott released the below statement on California Governor Gavin Newsom's upcoming visit to Washington, D.C. Newsom is reportedly visiting D.C. to request additional federal tax dollars, while question  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Buchanan Applauds Trump Administration's Reversal of Biden's Fuel Efficiency Standards * Joined President Trump for Announcement, Showcased Full Expensing in Working Families Tax Cuts WASHINGTON Today, Congressman Vern Buchanan, Vice Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, joined President Donald J. Trump in the Oval Office to announce new fuel efficiency standards that prevent severe pric  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Cammack Applauds Oversight Committee Passage of USA Act * Washington, D.C. Today, U.S. Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03) released the following statement after the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform passed her bill, the Unauthorized Spending Accountability (USA) Act : "I'm grateful to Chairman Comer and my colleagues for advancing this critical bill," said Congresswoman Cammack. "Fo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Florida, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2025: * * * Chairman Bilirakis Delivers Opening Statement at Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Hearing on Protections for Children and Teens Online Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, delivered the following opening statement  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2025: * * * Chairman Mast, HFAC, Advances Bill to Crack Down on Foreign Scam Centers Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced bipartisan legislation led by Rep. Jefferson Shreve (R-IN) to dismantle transnational criminal syndicates committing mass online scam operations against Americans, as part of a full committee markup. Since 2023, ha  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Diaz-Balart's and Moskowitz's Bipartisan Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2025 Approved by House Foreign Affairs Committee * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26), Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Department of State, and Related Programs of the House Committee on Appropriations, and Congressman Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23), member of  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. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Georgia Businessman Sentenced In International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme * A Georgia businessman was sentenced yesterday to eight years in prison for his role in a nearly five-year long scheme to bribe Honduran government officials and to launder money to secure business for a Georgia-based manufacturer of law enforcement uniforms and accessories. He was also ordered to forfeit over $2 mil  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * IN CASE YOU MISSED IT... Sen. Rick Scott on Fox Business: Obamacare isn't Making Health Care More Affordable - My Plan Fixes it * WASHINGTON, D.C. - In case you missed it, Senator Rick Scott appeared on Fox Businesses' Kudlow yesterday to discuss his newly introduced legislation, the More Affordable Care Act, to fix the failures and rising costs of Obamacare that American families continue to face. Sen  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Moulton Joins as an Original Cosponsor of the Veteran Education Empowerment Act * WASHINGTON, DC Today, Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) joined as an original cosponsor of the bipartisan Veteran Education Empowerment Act, legislation that would authorize federal funding to support Student Veteran Success Centers at colleges and universities across the country. "As a former Marine and someone   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: * * * Deceased Mako Shark Washes Ashore in Florida A high school football team visiting from Ohio helped NOAA Fisheries biologists with the deceased shark, emphasizing the impact the public has in conservation and data collection efforts. * Authorities and NOAA Fisheries marine science experts responded to Panama City Beach, Florida on November 21, 2025 following the stranding of a large, de  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Young Kim, R-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Young Kim Demands Answers From Gov. Newsom on Illegal Commercial Driver's Licenses That Fuel Fraud and Endanger Public Safety * Washington, DC Today, U.S. Representative Young Kim sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom demanding answers on how his administration allowed tens of thousands of commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) and commercial learner's permits (CLPs) to be improperly issued to for  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of Secretary Marco Rubio's interview on Dec. 2, 2025, with Sean Hannity of Fox News' Hannity: * * * QUESTION: I want to start this out with a fun question. SECRETARY RUBIO: Yeah. Yeah. QUESTION: Because there are really serious issues involving national security, peace around the globe. SECRETARY RUBIO: Yeah. QUESTION: I mean, you're at the highest level of discussions, and we're going to get into a lot of the  more

HALLANDALE, Florida, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks by Secretary Marco Rubio and Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Rustem Umerov ahead of their meeting: * * * SECRETARY RUBIO: Well, first of all, (inaudible) all of you that are here. It's great to be back with you again. I think we're going - we are - we continue this very important work building off what's been achieved not just in Geneva, the progress we've made there, but th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Rick Scott, Chair John Moolenaar to SEC Chair: Crack down on CCP-Linked Firms to Protect Americans and U.S. Markets * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Senator Rick Scott and Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on the CCP sent a letter to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins urging decisive action to aggressively enforce existing laws, request information on any leg  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 119-53) on the Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety (BADGES) for Native Communities Act (S. 390), which aims to require federal law enforcement agencies to report on cases of missing or murdered Indians. The report was advanced by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, on July 31, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE The purpose of S. 390 is to improve public safety and justice in Indian country by improving  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Ashley Brooke Moody, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2025: * * * Senator Ashley Moody & Senator Eric Schmitt Working to Double Federal Penalty for Attacking Federal Agents Today, as ICE agents are facing a 1153% increase in assaults over the same time period last year,Senator Ashley Moody announced that she is cosponsoring the Protect and Respect ICE Act (PRICE Act) to double the federal penalty for attacking these federal agents. Senator A  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Florida, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2025: * * * Subcommittee on CMT Holds Legislative Hearing on Protections for Children and Teens Online Today, Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, led a legislative hearing titled Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online. "F  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Texas Man Charged with Conspiracy to Obtain Controlled Substances by Fraud * A federal grand jury in the Middle District of Louisiana returned an indictment today charging a Texas man with a scheme to obtain controlled substances from multiple pharmacies using fraudulent prescriptions and then sell those drugs on the street. According to court documents, Darrion Denard Brooks, 28, of Houston, and   more

TAMPA, Florida, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Launches One-Way-Attack Drone Force in the Middle East * December 3, 2025 Release Number 20251203-01 TAMPA, Fla. - On Dec. 3, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced a new task force for the U.S. military's first one-way-attack drone squadron based in the Middle East. CENTCOM launched Task Force Scorpion Strike (TFSS) four months after Secretary of War Pete Hegseth directed acceleration   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Participates in White House Roundtable on Left-Wing Ideological Capture of Universities * Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon participated in a roundtable discussion with university leaders, think tank professionals, and education advocates about the need for reforms to address the far-left ideological capture of American universities. The rou  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * University of Central Florida's Tinley Park MHC secures top spot at the 2025 DOE CyberForce Competition The competition challenges students to solve real-world cybersecurity problems, focusing on protecting the nation's energy systems * The University of Central Florida's Tinley Park MHC proved victorious in DOE's CyberForce Competition, valiantly defending a sim  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48737) on Nov. 26, 2025, entitled "U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety Technical Assistance Programs for Specialty Crop Producers" by agricultural policy analyst Laura Pineda-Bermudez. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Foodborne illness occurs when a person gets sick after consuming a food contaminated with pathogens, or harmful microbes. Produce and other specialty crops may be especia  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (Rep.) -- House Republican Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Emmer touts key stakeholder support for the SCORE Act * WASHINGTON - House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) today announced key stakeholder support for the Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements (SCORE) Act, which creates a national Name,, and Likeness (NIL) framework that supports student-athletes and recenters the educational mission of col  more