WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 16, 2025 NAVY Heil Trailer International LLC, Gatesville, Texas, is awarded a $49,118,320 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for M870A2-Off-Road suspension upgrade engineering change proposal (ECP) to support the Marine Corps (USMC) medium and heavy tactical vehicles (MHTV). The contract provides for MHTV's requirement to procure, produce and integrate   more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 16 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom files lawsuit to end President Trump's tariffs SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging President Trump's use of emergency powers to enact broad-sweeping tariffs that hurt states, consumers, and businesses. The lawsuit argues that President Trump lacks the authority to unilaterally i  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- NASA issued the following news release on April 16, 2025: * * * Testing in the Clouds: NASA Flies to Improve Satellite Data In February, NASA's ER-2 science aircraft flew instruments designed to improve satellite data products and Earth science observations. From data collection to processing, satellite systems continue to advance, and NASA is exploring how instruments analyzing clouds can improve data measurement methods. Researchers participating in the Goddard Spac  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Trained Team Releases Gray Whale Entangled in Gillnet off California's Palos Verdes Peninsula A trained and authorized team led by NOAA Fisheries released an adult gray whale off Southern California's Palos Verdes Peninsula on April 9. The whale was entangled in a gillnet. The net caught on a rock crab trap on the bottom, tying the whale in place. "The whale was anchored in place bec  more