WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Hours before dawn, under the veil of a new moon, two figures in military fatigues grapple like Greco-Roman wrestlers within the razor wire perimeter of the Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, Kentucky. Their movements are rigid but discreet, each maneuvering for leverage beneath the orange glow of the floodlights lining the depot's security fence. In the distance, a patrolling sentry squints, straining to make se  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Hours before dawn, under the veil of a new moon, two figures in military fatigues grapple like Greco-Roman wrestlers within the razor-wire perimeter of the Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, Kentucky. Their movements are rigid but discreet, each maneuvering for leverage beneath the orange glow of the floodlights lining the depot's security fence. I  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $32,183,290 to the R.J. Corman Railroad Group and $6,492,000 to the Louisville and Indiana Railroad Company (LIRC) through the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program. R.J. Corman will use today's award to rehabilitate tracks acro  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, along with Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Rick Scott (R-FL), and Roger Marshall (R-KS), sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting information concerning the recen  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The data collection will be conducted through the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI), a partnership between the USGS and state geological surveys that is revolutionizing our understanding of the nation's geology and domestic mineral resources, both in the ground and in mine waste. Since 2021, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) has advanced scientific inn  more