FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command conducted a Training and Mission Support Summit at Scott Air Force Base from Oct. 28 to Nov. 1, 2024. The summit brought together planners from the command's headquarters and active-duty transportation brigades, along with planners from SDDC's Reserve force, the Deployment Support Command, with the go  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT KNOX, Ky. Since childhood Maj. Bryan Suazo, a native of West Richland, wanted to follow his grandfathers' examples of service to the nation. Today he serves as part of the Reserve Personnel Management Directorate's Active Guard Reserve, or AGR, Accessions Team at the U.S. Army Human Resources Command. "Being a Soldier, being AGR, and I get an award every two weeks in the form o  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: More than $2.1 billion approved for Florida following 2024 hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton The Biden-Harris Administration has maintained unwavering support to Florida after three catastrophic hurricanes, Debby, Helene and Milton, made landfall in a two-month period. In the month since Milton made landfall, a total of $2.1 billion in FEMA assistance has bee  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has joined a letter to the Department of Justice and Department of State requesting a series of actions, including: Immediately freeze the assets of Hamas officials living in Qatar. Extradite several senior Hamas officials currently residing in Qatar and elsewhere, including Khaled Meshal whom the Department of Justice has already indicted, and Khalil Al-Hayya. Ask Qatar to end i  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released the following public communication dated Oct. 28, 2024, from Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund and 70 collaborators: * * * To: The Honorable Rohit Chopra, Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street NW Washington, DC 20552 Re: Support for petition to address hidden and unnecessary fees in International Remittance Transactions, Docket No. CFPB-2024-0040-0001 * * * Dear Director Chopra:   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: RALEIGH, N.C. A Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) will open Saturday, Nov. 9, in Asheville (Buncombe County) to assist North Carolina survivors who experienced loss from Tropical Storm Helene. The DRC located in Cane Creek Pool will close Nov. 8 as FEMA staff will transition to the new DRC in Asheville. The Buncombe County DRC is located at: Asheville Mall (For  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) is standing up against any potential last-minute efforts by the Biden-Harris administration to overregulate contracts and activities done by third-party providers, many of which support online education. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Foxx cal  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: RALEIGH, N.C. If you are a disaster survivor in North Carolina who received a federal disaster assistance grant from FEMA after Tropical Storm Helene, it is important to use the money only for disaster related expenses. To help you make sure you're using the money you received appropriately, FEMA sends a letter to grant recipients explaining how you can use the  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division has released the following public communication dated Oct. 30, 2024, from Exhaustless Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan: * * * Re: Opposition to Order 2024-10-11 to Show Cause: Dockets DOT-OST-2001-9849, DOT-OST2024-0065, and ATR-2024-0001 * * * Exhaustless opposes the Tentative Order because it is a fraud on the United States. A. Summary. 1. Exhaustless documents the multiple frauds on the United States and the continuation   more

NEW BERN, North Carolina, Nov. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: Jakil Deandre Bond, 28, of Williamston, was sentenced to 141 months in prison for engaging in illegal firearm trafficking and drug distribution. Bond, a validated gang member, organized the purchase of firearms through co-defendants and straw purchasers Malik Jaree Bazemore and Ti'quiran Rodgers, who is also a validated gang member. "We are targeting  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: By William H. Thiesen, Ph.D. U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area Historian The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian's Office's Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil) (https://www.history.uscg.mil/Research/THE-LONG-BLUE-LINE/)   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released the following public communication dated Oct. 28, 2024, from the Beyond Our Shores Foundation, Newport, Rhode Island: * * * As the Director of the Beyond Our Shores Foundation (BOSF), a 501(c)(3) formed to expand the Dolphinfish Research Program (DRP), an international angler-driven scientific capture-mark-recapture program for dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) and wahoo (Acanthoc  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Emergency funds come on top of $144 million sent to North Carolina, Tennessee, and South Carolina, to quickly repair and reopen hurricane-damaged infrastructure As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's ongoing and long-term support for communities affected by Hurricane Helene, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's ongoing and long-term support for communities affected by Hurricane Helene, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $43.1 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds provided through the "quick release" process for use by the U.S. Forest Service and  more