WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Barrio Azteca Gang Leader Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy and Murder Charges Related to 2010 U.S. Consulate Murders in Juarez A former FBI "Ten Most Wanted Fugitive" and leader of the El Paso/Juarez-based Bario Azteca gang pleaded guilty today in federal court in El Paso, Texas, for his role in the March 2010 U.S. Consulate murders in Juarez, Mexico, in which three people a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news release: * * * GSA Sells Excess Federal Property in New Mexico * The sale of the vacant former Phillips Memorial U.S. Army Reserve Center in Silver City helps rightsize the federal real estate footprint while benefiting the local community SILVER CITY, N.M. - Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced the completion of a $340,000 negotiated sale of the vacant former Phillips Memorial U  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Leads Legislation to Transfer Federal Land to Pueblos for the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center * WASHINGTON Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025, legislation to place three tracts of land from the former Albuquerque Indian School campus and surrounding land into trust for the benefit of the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico. Heinrich'  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Applaud Senate Passage of Legislation to Amend Water Rights Settlements and Return Earned Interest to Tribes * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, applauded the Senate passage of the Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Trump Administration Announces Another Historic Milestone Toward Implementing 100% Solution to the Tijuana River Sewage Crisis * WASHINGTON - On Monday, December 15, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the signing a historic new agreement between the United States and Mexico, called Minute 333, marking additional significant progress to permanently and urgently end   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Convenes Experts to Create Roadmap for Native Maternal Health Solutions * Most American Indian/Alaska Native Pregnancy-Related Deaths Were Deemed Preventable Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, convened more than 55 American Indian, Alaska Native (AI/AN), and Native Hawaiian (NH) maternal health experts and organizatio  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Joins Leader Schumer and Senate Democrats to Unveil New Initiative to Lower Costs as Trump and Republicans Continue to Burden Americans with Tariffs, Unstable Economy, and Skyrocketing Prices * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Democrats to unveil a new forward-looking Democratic initiative to lower  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Questioning Exposes that FCC is no Longer an Independent Agency * FCC Chairman Carr in Response to Senator Lujan's Questioning: "The FCC is not an Independent Agency" FCC Edits Website Minutes After Questioning to Strip Word "Independent" Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, pressed F  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Passage of the National Defense Authorization Act * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which now heads to the President's desk: "Today, I voted to pass the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act, which makes critical investments to ensure our Armed Forces re  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich Applaud Senate Passage of Legislation to Amend Water Rights Settlements and Return Earned Interest to Tribes * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) applauded Senate passage of the Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo I  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Merkley: No Business as Usual Until Justice Delivered for Jeffrey Epstein's Victims * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Oreg.)the lead Senate sponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act announced they would block any pending civilian nominations before the Senate from being carried over to the new session of Congress in response to the T  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * NASA's VIPER mission gets vital help from Sandia * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. NASA's VIPER rover, designed to map water on the moon, has reached another major milestone with help from Sandia National Laboratories and its one-of-a-kind testing capabilities. "We've built a rover that is designed to go and prospect for water on the moon, but the vehicle must be certif  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * New Study Finds Hickenlooper Methane Rules Cut Colorado Oil and Gas Emissions by 70% * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper cheered new findings from the Environmental Defense Fund showing that methane rules Hickenlooper pioneered as governor reduced methane emissions fromColorado's oil and gas sector by a whopping 70% between 2010 and 2017. Under Hickenlooper's leadership, the  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Statement on Venezuela Blockade * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On December 17, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) released the following statement in response to the administration's blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela. "This Administration is actively eroding the most basic Constitutional checks and balances for the use of military force  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Rep. Leger Fernandez's Small Cemetery Conveyance Act Clears Committee, Key Step Toward Passage * Watch the clip HERE and the full hearing HERE Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez's (NM-03) bill, H.R. 4284, the Small Cemetery Conveyance Act, was marked up today by the House Natural Resources Committee, advancing legislation that would remove long-stand  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * What They're Saying: Hickenlooper is Right to Oppose Trump's Latest BLM Nominee * Hickenlooper: "His nomination is proof that the Trump administration still views our public lands as assets for sale." WASHINGTON - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper announced at the beginning of the month that he would oppose President Trump's nomination of former U.S. Representative Steve   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Answers from ICE on Racial Profiling of Tribal Members, Refusal to Accept Tribal IDs * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues to demand answers regarding the outrageous mistreatment of Tribal citizens by ICE in a number of recent incidents. In their letter, the lawmakers called out reports of ICE improperly stoppi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Answers from ICE on Racial Profiling of Tribal Members, Refusal to Accept Tribal IDs * Letter cites reported abuses of Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation member Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues to demand answers regarding the outrageous mistreatment of Tribal citizens by ICE in a number of r  more