BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland posted the following news release on Dec. 18, 2025: * * * Baltimore Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison Kennard Joyner, 51, of Baltimore, Maryland, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute in federal court. Joyner led a fentanyl trafficking operation that distributed large quantities of fentanyl throughout the Baltimore area. U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson then sentenced   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Maryland Releases 2025 Year-in-Review Highlighting Strides in Advocacy, Youth Leadership, and Civil Rights Impact * The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today released its 2025 Year-in-Review publication, documenting a year of expanded civil rights advocacy, community engagement, and youth leadership amid extraordinary chal  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo Backs Bill to Bolster Aviation Safety * Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator for Idaho Mike Crapo joined Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kansas), Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland), John Boozman (R-Arkansas) and Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) in support of the Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety (SAFEGUARDS) Act. The bill Senator Crapo co-sponsored would mak  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 20 -- Demand Progress issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2025: * * * Justice Department's Epstein Files Delay is Unacceptable On Deadline Day, Todd Blanche Says Epstein Files to be Released 'Over the Next Couple of Weeks' * Washington, D.C. -- On Friday, the day that all the Epstein files are legally required to be released, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said he expects that "we're going to release more documents over the next couple of weeks.  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has issued a proposed rule to amend the controlled airspace over Patuxent River Naval Air Station Trapnell Field, Maryland. The action seeks to update Class D, Class E2, Class E4, and Class E5 airspace designations to ensure the safety of aircraft utilizing instrument flight rules. According to the notice of proposed rulemaking, current airspace boundaries do not adequately contain instrument f  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Dec. 18 -- The Defense Health Agency issued the following news: * * * GEIS Branch Summit 'Signal to Action' explores harnessing microbial genomics for operational action * The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division's Global Emerging Infections Surveillance Branch (part of Defense Health Agency Public Health) hosted its 3rd Annual Science Summit in Silver Spring, Maryland, Sept. 10-12. This meeting highlighted cutting-edge, next-generation sequencing, or NGS, method  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer: The Free World Will Bear the Cost if We Let Putin Prevail * WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined the Congressional Ukraine Caucus to deliver remarks on the House Floor to urge his Republican colleagues to sign the discharge petition to bring the Ukraine Support Act to the House Floor. Below is a full video and transcript of his remarks:"I thank the gentlelady who head  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Hughes Network Systems LLC, Germantown, Maryland, an EchoStar company announced that its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) terminals are now available in a family of ruggedized transportable cases. These terminals, certified for Comms-on-the-Pause service, are designed to provide immediate broadband connectivity through Eutelsat's OneWeb LEO network, enabling mobile teams to operate in demanding environments. According to the company, the electronically steerable antenna terminals fe  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * Improving ACCESS to Technology-Supported Care with Outcome-Aligned Payments * By: Abe Sutton, Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and Jacob Shiff, Chief AI & Technology Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Technology has transformed daily life, but health care for many people with Medicare  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2025: * * * Joint Statement by Ranking Members Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia on Trump Administration's Decision to Defy Epstein Files Transparency Act and Continue Epstein Cover-Up Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Dec. 19 [Category: Environment] -- The Wildlife Society, a wildlife conservation organization, posted the following news: * * * LISTEN: Cliff Bampton recounts a lifetime of wildlife management * Cliff Bampton's career in wildlife management traces the origin of the profession. From graduate school dropout to chief of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission's Division of Game, Bampton helped define modern wildlife management. In this episode of "Our Wild Lives,"  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Maryland House Democrats Decry Transportation & Infrastructure Committee's Advancement of Prospectus for Ronald Reagan Building * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and U.S. Representatives Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Glenn Ivey (MD-04), Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), April McClain Delaney (MD-06), and Johnny Olszewski (MD-02) released the following statement after  more

LAUREL, Maryland, Dec. 19 [Category: Science] -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory posted the following news release: * * * NASA and Johns Hopkins APL Demonstrate First-of-Its-Kind Space Communications * NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, have successfully tested wideband technology that allows spacecraft to communicate with both government and commercial networks for the first   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 19 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service posted the following news: * * * NOAA Satellites Watch the Winter Solstice Approach * The official start of astronomical winter, marked by the winter solstice, will occur this Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, at 10:03 a.m. EST. This moment marks the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, where the Earth reaches its maxi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (TNSFR) -- Constellation Energy Generation LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, received a renewed operating license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to continue power production at a facility in Illinois. The decision ensures the site remains operational, providing carbon-free electricity to the regional grid beyond its original term. Clinton Power Station Unit 1, located in DeWitt County, Illinois, is now authorized to operate at reactor core power levels up to 3,473 megawatts  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 19 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * Nurses condemn escalating attacks on transgender patients and their health care providers * National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, today condemns recent moves by Washington policymakers to attack patients receiving gender-affirming care and the health care workers who provide it. Nurses across the country reject new Trump   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Sarah Elfreth, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * President Signs Five Elfreth Bills and Two Co-Led Bills Into Law * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, five of Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth's (MD-03) bills, as well as two bills co-led by the Congresswoman, were signed into law by President Donald J. Trump as part of the larger H.R. 3838, the Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2025: * * * Ranking Members Raskin, Waters Demand Answers from AG Bondi on Trump Administration's Latest Attempt to Sabotage Consumer Protection and Let Financial Fraudsters Walk Free Top Democrats Warn DOJ Case Transfers May Be a Backdoor Effort to Defy Federal Court Orders, Dismantle the CFPB, and Kill Ongoing Enforcement Cases * Today, Rep.   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 18 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * Registered nurses at Sutter CPMC Davies vote overwhelmingly to join California Nurses Association * Registered nurses at Sutter Health California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) Davies in San Francisco, Calif., voted overwhelmingly to join California Nurses Association (CNA), an affiliate of National Nurses United (NNU), the nation's largest and fastest-growing union and profes  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Dec. 19 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for December 16, 2025 * This Week in the ASAM Weekly The ASAM Weekly comes from a legacy of newsletters that has been connecting members and the broader addiction community since 1965. First, there was The Physician's Alcohol Newsletter (1965-1977), then the American Medical Society on Alcoholism & Other Drug Dependencies (AMSAODD) News  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * Transparency in Coverage Proposed Rule (CMS 9882-P) * Consistent with the President's Executive Order 14221, "Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients with Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information," on Dec. 19, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in partnership with the Department  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Proposes Significant Updates to Disclosure Requirements to Make Health Care Prices Clear, Accurate, and Actionable for Americans * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in partnership with the Department of Labor and the Department of the Treasury (collectively, the Departments), today jointly   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Joins Schiff, Colleagues in Urging Trump Administration to End Staffing Crisis at Fish and Wildlife Service, Warning of Devastating Impacts to Ecosystems and Public Lands * Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, and their colleagues in u  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Markey, Whitehouse, Dingell Statement on D.C. Circuit's Decision to Rehear Case on Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Grants * U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) welcomed the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to reinstate a prior administrative stay b  more