USDA Designates 22 Michigan Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties/Border State Also Available WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 22 Michigan counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due…

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has implemented a new paid parental leave program for its employees, providing six workweeks of paid leave per year for the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a new child. The program will be…

Grand Teton, Wyo. – Today, First Lady of the United States Melania Trump and U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt joined second and fourth graders in Grand Teton National Park for a field trip highlighting the importance of the…

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar – U.S. Senators Martha McSally (R-AZ) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) returned from a trip to the Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and multiple U.S. military bases throughout the Gulf States.…

Bath and beauty retailer to pay $1.76 million to settle Commission allegations Miami Beach-based retailer Truly Organic Inc. (Truly Organic) and its founder and CEO, Maxx Harley Appelman, will pay $1.76 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission complaint alleging…

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - On Sept. 20, the Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District will auction (through an oral competitive bid) cattle only grazing units, ranging in use from 9 to 36 months, on the McGregor Range on the…

RIVERTON, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management and the Wyoming Honor Farm will partner September 13–14 in Riverton for an adoption of gentled wild horses and burros. For more than 30 years, the Honor Farm has shared the BLM’s…

PHOENIX – As a result of a bipartisan, public/private coalition of 51 attorneys general and 12 phone companies, the phone companies have agreed to adopt eight principles to fight illegal robocalls. This agreement will help protect phone users from illegal…

WASHINGTON – The Department of Defense now has a new investigative tool to help identify perpetrators of sexual assault. The new Catch a Serial Offender–or "CATCH"–Program, fully operational as of Aug. 5, is run by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service…

NEEDLES, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management is offering up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the deaths of more than 40 wild burros from the Clark Mountain Herd Area, managed…

by Capt. George McArthur 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit USS WASP, At Sea -- Marine fighter pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, launched from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp to rehearse Combat Air Patrol missions…

BOSTON – The former President of the State Police Association of Massachusetts and the union’s former Massachusetts lobbyist were arrested today on charges of fraud and obstruction of justice. Dana A. Pullman, 57, of Worcester, and Anne M. Lynch, 68,…