CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, April 24 -- The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * 36th Wing CAT supports FEMA-led Typhoon Sinlaku response as part of Joint Task Force-Micronesia * ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -As Super Typhoon Sinlaku approached the Marianas, the 36th Wing Crisis Action Team (CAT) was already activated, having stood up days earlier during a scheduled typhoon response exercise with Joint Region Marianas. What began as a training scenario quickly transitioned in  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, April 24 -- The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * 3rd MLR Joins Most Expansive Exercise Balikatan To Date * SUBIC BAY, Philippines -3rd Marine Littoral Regiment is contributing more than 1,300 Hawaii-based Marines and Sailors for the 41st iteration of Exercise Balikatan, an expansive multilateral exercise conducted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military across the Philippine archipelago from April 20 to May 8. Marking the 7  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 24 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Sues Trump Administration Over Failure to Implement Lifesaving Soot Standard * BOSTON -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today joined a coalition of 11 states, the District of Columbia and two local governments in filing a lawsuit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its failure to implement a lifesaving 20  more

SALEM, Oregon, April 24 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * AG Rayfield Sues EPA Over Failure to Implement Life-Saving Clean Air Standard * Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 13 other states and local governments sued the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its failure to implement a life-saving 2024 Clean Air Act rule strengthening national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 24 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Sues Trump Administration Over Failure to Implement Life-Saving Soot Standard * OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta, alongside the California Air Resources Board, today led a multistate coalition in suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its failure to implement a lifesaving 2024 Clean Air Act rule strengthening National Ambi  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, April 24 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Sues Trump Administration Over Failure to Implement Life-Saving Soot Standard Attorney General Charity Clark today joined a coalition of 14 states and local governments in suing the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its failure to implement a lifesaving 2024 Clean Air Act rule strengthening national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS)  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 24 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Sues Trump Administration Over Failure to Implement Life-Saving Soot Standard Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general and local governments in suing the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its failure to implement a lifesaving 2024 Clean Air Act rule strengthening national ambient air quality standards  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, April 23 -- The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * Balikatan 2026: DESRON-7, Task Force Ashland Commence Multinational Maritime Event * WESTERN PHILIPPINE SEA -Members of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7 and Task Force (TF) Ashland, composed of Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) and embarked Marines from I Marine Expeditionary Force, began participation in Exercise Balikatan 2026, April 20. Exercise Balikatan 2026  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Case Votes Against Measure That Cuts Funding For Election Security Grants, Attacks Clean Energy Programs And Fails To Include Cost Of Living Increase For Federal Employees * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) reported that his Appropriations Committee approved its second Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 funding measure : the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations bill, w  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release on April 24, 2026: * * * FEMA Approves $5.2 Million to Support Mitigation Projects in Hawaii, Nevada and Guam OAKLAND, Calif. -- Today, FEMA announced over $5.2 million in funding to the states of Hawaii and Nevada and to the Territory of Guam for long-term projects that will make local communities more resilient to disasters. This funding is part of the more   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono Urges Appropriators to Fund Critical Forest Research Program * WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) led 8 of her Democratic colleagues in urging Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies leadership to include funding for the U.S. Forest Service and Rangeland Research and Development Programs (Forest Service R&D) in the upcoming fisca  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO REAUTHORIZE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH STAMP * Measure Reauthorizes Effort to Boost NIH & Defense Dept. Breast Cancer Research WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is among the lead cosponsors of a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Breast Cancer Research Stamp, a semi-postal stamp sold by the U.S. Postal Service with proceeds allocated toward br  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IN12682) on April 23, 2026, by Congress specialist Jacob R. Straus. Here are excerpts: * * * Kings and Queens Addressing Joint Meetings of Congress On April 1, 2026, Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries jointly invited King Charles III of the Uni  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Warren, Van Hollen, Colleagues Open New Investigation into Hegseth's Role in Dismantling Military's Civilian Harm Prevention Guard Rails * Hegseth has made deep cuts in funding, personnel for civilian harm mitigation programs More than 1,700 civilian deaths, strikes on more than 30 schools, health care facilities since the start of President Trump's illegal war in Iran Washington, D.  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 25 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on April 24, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Sues Trump Administration Over Failure to Implement Life-Saving Limits on Fine Particulate Matter Pollution Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 14 states and local governments in suing the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The lawsuit challenges the EPA's failure to implement a lifesaving 2024 Clean  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 23 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: * * * PRESS RELEASE: USAF and Federated States of Micronesia Partner for PACIFIC ANGEL 26-3 Humanitarian Exercise * U.S. Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Department of Health and Social Affairs (DHSA) will conduct the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) exercise, PACIFIC ANGEL 26-3, from April 27 to May 1, 2026. The multinational exercise is designed to   more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 24, 2026: * * * McIver Introduces Bill to Stop Surprise AI Data Center Development Yesterday, Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) introduced the AI Data Center Site Selection Transparency Act of 2026, a bill that would ensure communities are informed, before deals are finalized, of plans to build AI data centers in their neighborhoods, providing the opportunity for grassroots input. AI dat  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for a nominations hearing at 10:15 a.m. on April 30, 2026, at 216 Hart Senate Office Building: Nominees * Sheria Akins Clarke, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina * Kathleen S. Lane, to be United States District Judge for the District of Montana * Evan Rikhye, to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands * Kara Marie Westercamp, to be a Judge of the United St  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on April 23, 2026: * * * Senators Blunt Rochester, Coons join colleagues in introducing bill to kill Trump's Executive Order restricting vote-by-mail Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) joined 38 of their colleagues in introducing the Absentee and Mail Voter Protection Act (Absentee MVP Act) to block President Trump's illegal and unconstitutional executive order (EO) attack  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, Blunt Rochester join colleagues in introducing bill to kill Trump's Executive Order restricting vote-by-mail, presses USPS on unconstitutional EO Senators Chris Coons and Lisa Blunt Rochester (both D-Del.) joined 38 of their colleagues in introducing the Absentee and Mail Voter Protection Act (Absentee MVP Act) to block President Trump's illegal and unconstitutional executive o  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Markey, Collins Resolution Designating April as "Community College Month" Unanimously Passes Senate * Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, and Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) passed their bipartisan resolution unanimously designating April as "Community College  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, April 24 -- The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * Submarine Squadron 15 Supports Inalahan Recovery Following Super Typhoon Sinlaku * INALAHAN, Guam -In the wake of Super Typhoon Sinlaku, Sailors assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron 15 (CSS-15), its forward-deployed submarines, and Performance Monitoring Team Detachment Guam partnered with the village of Inalahan to support recovery efforts, April 23, 2026. Together with the Mayor's Office of  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * UPDATE 5: U.S. Coast Guard, partners search for crew of capsized vessel offshore Saipan * HONOLULU -The U.S. Coast Guard and partners continue to search Thursday for missing crew members of the cargo vessel Mariana. Coast Guard aircrews and the crew of fast response cutter USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) are searching east of the Northern Mariana Islands. A Japan Coast Guard G  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * USDA Issues Second Supplemental Disaster Payment to Farmers, Extends Program Application Deadline to August 12 * (Higginsville, MO, April 24, 2026) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today in Missouri announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is maximizing disaster assistance support for producers by issuing a second Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) payment   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, April 24 -- The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * USS Blue Ridge conducts consecutive combined maritime operations with allies in Western Pacific Ocean * WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN -U.S. 7th Fleet flagship Blue Ridge-class amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) conducted a series of bilateral and multilateral maritime exercises with allies across the Western Pacific Ocean, April 13-17. Ships from the Royal Australian Navy, Philippine Coast Gu  more