WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: * * * 161st ARW hosts German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge assessment PHOENIX, Ariz. (AFNS) -- The Arizona Air National Guard hosted German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge testing March 24-28 in Phoenix, with 32 Airmen and Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps Airmen attempting to earn the coveted gold, silver or bronze proficiency badge.  The GAFPB is a decoration of the Bundeswehr, the Armed Forces of the Federal Re  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * Arizona Man Convicted of Crimes Arising Out of Plot Targeting Christian Churches After an 11-day trial, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict yesterday against Zimnako Salah, 45, of Phoenix, Arizona, convicting him of strapping a backpack around the toilet of a Christian church in Roseville, California, with the intent to convey a hoax bomb threat and to obstruct the free exercis  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn, Cornyn, Baldwin, Kelly Introduce Bill to Address School Bus Driver Shortage WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) today introduced the Driving Forward Act, which would continue to exempt new school bus drivers from the "Under-the-Hood" Commercial Driver's License (CDL) testing requirement t  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Recap - Week of March 31, 2025 Here's a recap of key moments from House Republican committees during the week: Appropriations On Tuesday, April 1, the Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Agencies held a Member Day hearing. Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Progra  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 4, 2025 AIR FORCE Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, California, was awarded a $5,923,580,297 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirements contract for the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 launch service procurement. This contract provides launch services, mission unique services, mission acceleration, quick reaction/anomaly resolution, special studies,  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Davids Works to Protect Tribal Schools, Students from Trump's Harmful Voucher Plan Tribal Leaders Warn 'Destabilizing Closing Schools Would be Traumatic' This week, Representative Sharice Davids urged (link is external) the U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to listen to widespread Tribal opposition to their proposed school voucher program and   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Boston arrests Dominican alien charged with assault to rape, strangulation of a Massachusetts resident LAWRENCE, Mass. -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended an illegally present Dominican national charged with charged with assault to rape, assault and battery with dangerous weapon, assault on a family or household member, and stra  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Bipartisan Colleagues Introduce Bill to Address School Bus Driver Shortage Legislation would eliminate a specific commercial driver's license testing requirement for school bus drivers Today, Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), John Cornyn (R-TX), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced the Driving Forward Act, which would continue to exempt new school bus drivers from the "Under-  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Senate Democrats Demand Trump Rescind Illegal Executive Order Threatening Federal Employee Collective Bargaining Agreements This week, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in urging President Donald Trump to rescind his executive order ending collective bargaining agreements between public employee unions and dozens of federal agencies and bureaus. In their let  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Welcomes Gateway Lunar Space Station's HALO Module to US From Italy to Arizona: Gateway's first habitation module takes a major step on its path to launch. A core component of Gateway, humanity's first space station around the Moon, is now on American soil and one step closer to launch. In lunar orbit, Gateway will support NASA's Artemis campaign to return humans to the Moon and chart a path of scientific discovery tow  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Washington, ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * Ranking Members Larsen and Stanton Statement on Trump Administration's Short-Sighted Elimination of Successful Resilience Initiative Washington, D.C.-- Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Develop  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on April 3, 2025: * * * FACT SHEET: Trump Imperils Program to Help Working Americans Heat and Cool Their Homes Trump and RFK Jr. fired entire staff running LIHEAP--putting program that helps 6 million American households heat and cool their homes in grave jeopardy $378 million due to go out to help Americans avoid sweltering heat this summer now at risk  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released the following public communication dated March 18, 2025, from the Dryland Genetics Inc., Ames, Iowa: * * * To: Bill Hohenstein Office of Energy and Environmental Policy 1400 Independence Ave SW Washington, DC 20250 RE: Docket No. USDA-2024-0003, Technical Guidelines for Climate-Smart Agriculture Crops Used as Biofuel Feedstocks * * * Dear Bill, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Technical Guidelines for   more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: In Senate Shadow Hearing, Kelly Hears Stories from Veterans Fired by Musk "These individuals, obviously doing their job, fired without cause with an email from an unelected billionaire. It's ruining these people's lives." Today, Arizona Senator and Navy combat veteran Mark Kelly heard from fellow veterans who have been fired from the federal workforce by Elon Musk and President Trump. In a sha  more