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News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Olayinka Babatunde (a.k.a. “Tom"), 23, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions III to 36 months of imprisonment to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release after previously pleading guilty to fentanyl distribution.

News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the appointment of 28 members, 14 new and 14 returning, to the Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC). The Agency also announced the next meeting of the committee, to be held on December 1-2, 2022. Members of ...

Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2022 This month, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDAs Food and Nutrition Service is proposing changes to the foods prescribed to participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC. These science-based revisions incorporate recommendations from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025.

An Illinois-based excavation contractor, which has repeatedly violated safety standards in the past, has once again been found to be placing workers at risk to deadly trench cave-in hazards.

News Release: Guest post from Brannan Villee, strategic program manager for the Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) Critical Infrastructure Security & Resilience Research (CISRR) Program

U.S. AMBASSADORS FUND FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION GRANTS PROGRAM FY2023 grant opened on Nov. 29.

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for his role in a string of armed robberies of businesses in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in May and June of 2019, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Owen Roth and Aaron P. Arnzen.

News Release: Employer: Martinez Lawn & Irrigation Services Corp.

Chairman Krishnamoorthi Presses FTX Leadership for Answers on Company’s Collapse and Full Scope of Financial Harm to Customers

Media Wrap up: Leader Rodgers’ Energy and Environment Priorities

Rodgers, Latta Statement on New FCC Broadband Maps

News Release: AUBURN, ALABAMA, Nov. 28, 2022 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Auburn University's College of Agriculture, and the Auburn Research Technology Foundation hosted a groundbreaking ceremony today for its new research facility housing the National Soil Dynamics Laboratory.

News Release: Sacramento, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is asking its contractors receiving Central Valley Project water for municipal and industrial use to begin planning for potentially extremely limited water supply conditions in 2023. Despite the early storms that California experienced this month, drought...

Release: NEW YORK A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) explosives detection canine from LaGuardia Airport and one from John F. Kennedy International Airport are two of 13 dogs featured in the free downloadable that honors its explosives detection canines from across the country.

U.S. Embassy Dhaka PDS Annual Program Statement grant opened on Nov. 29.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced a historic agreement funded by the Inflation Reduction Act that will mitigate impacts from the worsening drought crisis impacting the Salton Sea in Southern California.

Federal authorities today held a news conference to inform the public of their ongoing efforts to stem the widespread damage caused by fentanyl, the extremely dangerous synthetic opioid that has contaminated nearly every corner of the illicit drug market and is killing Americans at an unprecedented level.

An Alabama man was found guilty today in the District of Columbia of felony charges for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.

Four Shootings Over Two Days, With At Least 40 Shots Fired, Wounded Three Victims in Retaliation for the Theft of a Pendant Necklace

A former police officer with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old crime victim in violation of her constitutional rights.

U.S. Reps. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) announced earlier this month that they will lead a bipartisan investigation into the collapse of a multi-billion-dollar cryptocurrency firm.

A Syrian woman has been detained as a suspect in the Turkey explosion that left six dead and dozens wounded.

Airports nationwide received more than $76.2 million from U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration to deal with upcoming winter weather.

Dollar General was recently cited by U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for four repeated safety violations at its store in Columbus.