WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Defense Inspector General issued the following report of investigation on Oct. 15, 2024, entitled "Navy Cyberwarfare Development Group U.S. Navy Fort Meade, Maryland." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary/1 The DoD Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) conducted this investigation in response to a reprisal complaint alleging that (the Subject), U.S. Navy, Fort Meade, Maryland, took an action affecting the eligibility for access to classified information again  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Oct. 31 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: * * * Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will facilitate fish conservation efforts. * * * Today, NOAA Fisheries is announcing two funding opportunities totaling $95 million through President Biden's Investing in America agenda to support new fish passage projects, with one focused on tribes. Projects will help protect and restore migrating fish and their habi  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 31 -- President Biden issued the following remarks in a press gaggle on Oct. 29, 2024, at Bmore Licks: * * * Q: Mr. President, will you be watching the vice president's speech tonight? THE PRESIDENT: I will. Q: Why are you not attending? It's right there on the Ellipse? THE PRESIDENT: Because it's for her. This is her night. Q: What do you expect to hear out of her tonight? What's the closing message from the vice president? THE PRESIDENT: I'll let you hear it fi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Andra Parker, 65, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud for embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from a D.C. Department of Corrections Labor Union. The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge David Geist of the Washington Field Office Criminal and Cyber Division, and Special Agent in Charge   more

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland, Oct. 31 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on Oct. 30, 2024, before the Air Force Two departure: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Well, last night was a good night. We had the chance, in front of 100,000 people, to talk about what's at stake in this election and to point out that the American people have a real choice and -- and a very important decision to make in six days. And it is about who will no  more

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland, Oct. 28 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks before the Air Force Two departure: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Well, briefly, I think, last night, Donald Trump's event in Madison Square Garden really highlighted a point that I've been making throughout this campaign: He is focused and actually fixated on his grievances, on himself, and on dividing our country. And it is not in any way something that w  more

ELKINS, West Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Michael Anthony Matthews, age 35, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced today to 100 months in federal prison and three supervised release for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, Matthews was a source of fentanyl in the Moorefield/Petersburg area of West Virginia. Matthews would supply large qua  more