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North Carolina senator: China a ‘serious adversary threatening our nation’s military, allies, partners’

China has leveled accusations of provocation against the United States for the second time within a week, in two distinct incidents involving aircraft and warships.


Treasury Department official cites need to target Mexican cartels 'engaged in production, distribution of synthetic opioids’

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has named two members of a Mexican cartel as responsible for trafficking high-caliber firearms from the U.S. into Mexico.


'Lying' former Minnnesota Vikings owner heads to prison for role in cryptocurrency scam

A former minority owner of the Minnesota Vikings will spend more than six years behind bars for his part in a cryptocurrency scam that federal prosecutors said defrauded the now-bankrupt Alliance of American Football league.


U.S., Japan, South Korea defense chiefs meet 'to strengthen regional peace, stability'

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III, Japanese Minister of Defense Hamada Yasukazu and Republic of Korea (ROK) Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-Sup met in Singapore on June 3 to discuss the growing nuclear and missile threats emanating from North Korea (DPRK).


Wulff: 'OSHA safety and health experts on the ground in Guam will provide outreach and technical assistance'

Experts from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration are headed to Guam to help keep recovery workers safe following the devastation that resulted from Typhoon Mawar which struck landfall last month.


Muresianu: 'The current tax treatment of R&D expenses is irrational, complicated and counterproductive'

Alex Muresianu, a policy analyst at the Tax Foundation, said the recent debt ceiling deal did not address significant fixes to the tax code, leaving outstanding issues such as research and development amortization unresolved.


Becerra: ‘We will do all we can to assist Guam with responding to the health impacts of Typhoon Mawar’

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra recently issued a public health emergency to deal with the effects of Typhoon Mawar on Guam's health.


Buck: Manufacturers can ‘provide the accelerated infrastructure enterprises’ through Grace Hopper Superchips

A new accelerated central processing unit for complex artificial intelligence and high-performance computing presented by NVIDIA, a company that invented the graphics processing unit, may be available later this year.


Peters: 'research addresses the current and potential capacity of New England to source its own food'

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service collaborated on a study to determine how New England states could increase their regional self-reliance in food production to 30% by 2030.


U.S. Rep. Thompson: 'Regulation by enforcement is not an appropriate way to govern a market'

The chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture earlier this week said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) recent lawsuits against crypto exchanges are "regulation by enforcement" and "not an appropriate away to govern a market."


Roland: 'I didn’t know what to do' after sexual assault

A Navy veteran is speaking out about how he has overcome sexual assault and addiction after 51 years of being in the dark.


Nelson: ‘Sanctions imposed today shine a light on Russia’s ongoing covert efforts to destabilize democratic nations’

Seven individuals in a malign influence group tied to Russian intelligence have been sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).


Sen. Hagerty: SEC is ‘weaponizing their role to kill’ the crypto industry

U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), led by chairman Gary Gensler, is “weaponizing their role to kill [the crypto] industry.” The junior Senator from Tennessee tweeted the comment following the SEC’s announcement of back-to-back lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase, the largest crypto exchanges globally and in the U.S., respectively.


GOP House chairmen seek 'clear rules of the road for the digital asset ecosystem'

U.S. Reps. Patrick McHenry and Glenn Thompson, chairmen of the House Financial Services Committee and the House Committee on Agriculture, respectively, recently released a draft bill aiming to improve regulation of the digital asset industry.


Davuluri: 'AI will be the single largest driver of innovation for Windows customers'

Generative AI is introducing a new era of computing for productivity, content creation, gaming and more.


Klein: 'The completion of our environmental review is an important step forward' for Gulf of Mexico project

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced the completion of the environmental review for offshore wind leasing in the Gulf of Mexico.


Becerra: Pride Month honors LGBTQI+ community for contributions ‘to the health and wellbeing of our great nation’

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra was one of many executives to reflect on the importance of Pride Month following the raising of the Progress Pride Flag outside the department’s headquarters.


Krishnamoorthi on report of China’s recent intelligence collecting: 'We need to take the threats posed by the CCP seriously'

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) took to Twitter to share his concerns about a report released by Recorded Future, a threat intelligence company, that analyzed recent Chinese open-source intelligence (OSINT) collecting.


Johnson: 'Through hurricanes, floods, and other natural disasters, health centers keep their doors open'

Communities in hurricane-prone areas are receiving approximately $65 million in federal assistance from the Biden administration to keep primary-care services operational in future emergencies.


Granholm: 'Accelerating the deployment of hydrogen is key' for a clean energy future

The Biden-Harris administration recently unveiled the U.S. National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap, a comprehensive plan aimed at accelerating the production, processing, delivery, storage and utilization of clean hydrogen.