WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman McClain Delaney Introduces Bipartisan Rural Recovery Act of 2025 to Support Rural Communities When Disaster Strikes * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (D-MD) and Congressman Gabe Evans (R-CO) introduced the Rural Recovery Act, a bipartisan measure to ensure that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is equipped to respond timely and effectively w  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Sarah Elfreth, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Elfreth Statement on Inspector General Report on Signalgate * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in response to the Pentagon inspector general's Report (link is external) on Signalgate. "Today's report independently confirms what many of us suspected: Secretary Hegseth's reckless actions put  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Government Accountability Office General Counsel has denied a protest filed by AtechGov LLC, Bethesda, Maryland, challenging actions taken by the U.S. Department of Agriculture regarding a request for quotations for information technology support services for the USDA's Rural Development division. AtechGov raised two main issues: first, that the USDA improperly limited competition by issuing the RFQ only to a select group of vendors, and second, that the agency unreaso  more

TOWSON, Maryland, Dec. 4 [Category: Education] -- The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities posted the following news: * * * How colleges can overcome their crisis of confidence * CUMU was recently highlighted in the news. This article was originally published in The Baltimore Sun on November 17, 2025. Recent news reports that the University System of Maryland recorded its highest enrollment in history this fall caught my attention. I noticed this partly because the announcement  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer Statement on Adrienne Jones Stepping Down as Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement after Speaker Adrienne Jones announced she will step down from her position as Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates: "My dear friend Adrienne Jones has been a historic Speaker of the Maryland House of Del  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 4 -- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * The Role of E-marketing in the Philippines' Rising 'Vapedemic' Analyzing the digital marketing tactics of e-cigarette and heated tobacco product brands to inform policy interventions. By Jared Earley Research from the Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC) indicates that restrictions on tobacco and nicotine product sales and marketing may not be enough to s  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 4 -- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Saving Lives on Accra's Beaches: New National Push Against Drowning For many in Accra, a day at the beach means fun in the sun. But it can turn tragic without warning. With an estimated 1,400 drowning deaths occurring in Ghana each year, mostly from casual swims, a new national effort is underway to make the country's waters safer. With support from Bloomberg Ph  more

PASADENA, California, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Completes Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Construction Set to launch by May 2027, the spacecraft will study mysteries of the cosmos while also testing the Coronagraph Instrument, a new technology designed and built by JPL. NASA's next big eye on the cosmos is now fully assembled. On Nov. 25, technicians joined the inner and outer portions of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 4 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * National Nurses United denounces VA's collection of data targeting immigrants * National Nurses United (NNU), the country's largest union of registered nurses, is outraged that the VA is working to implement this administration's cruel xenophobic anti-immigrant agenda that will lead to the persecution, intimidation, and discrimination of employees, volunteers, and trainees who  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Johnny Olszewski, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Olszewski Issues Statement on Maryland House Speaker's Resignation From Leadership Position * (Towson, MD) - Maryland Congressman Johnny Olszewski issued the following statement today following Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones's announced resignation from her leadership role: "Adrienne Jones never sought headlines or the spotlight. Instead, she has led with a steady, unassuming hand an ap  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Dec. 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Wildlife Society, a wildlife conservation organization, posted the following news: * * * Politics shift the semantics of climate change * In the midst of reports reiterating the dire state of climate change, the Trump administration appears to be taking the United States in the opposing directiona stance that presents risks for wildlife and wildlife professionals alike. On October 29 th, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Rese  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Merkley, Kaine: No Funds for War Against Venezuela * Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in introducing the Prohibiting Unauthorized Military Action in Venezuela Act of 2025 to prohibit the use of federal funds for any use of military force in or against Venezuela without explicit Congressional authorization. "The  more