WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release: * * * Original text here: Biden-Harris Administration Delivers $12 Billion in Long-Term Assistance to Communities Impacted by Disasters Funds will support recovery from Lahaina Wildfire, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton, and other 2023 & 2024 disasters WASHINGTON \- Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the allocation of nearly $12 billion in C  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The Department of Defense announced today a $14.3 million award to Anduril Industries, Inc. (Anduril) in Costa Mesa, California, via Title III of the Defense Production Act (DPA). This funding builds on Anduril's substantial $75 million private capital investment and supports the 2024 National Defense Industrial Strategy's objective to bolster supply chain resiliency and increase domestic production in strategic pri  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Jan. 8 -- The Mississippi Public Service Commission issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2025: Despite a recent victory in the Mississippi Supreme Court, the Mississippi Public Service Commissioners express their profound disappointment in today's Hinds County Circuit Court decision granting a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to the City of Holly Springs, resulting in the delay of a crucial Show-Cause hearing originally set for this morning in the Commission's hea  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- The White House issued the following news release: Today, President Biden named nineteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors. President Biden believes great leaders keep the faith, give everyo  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 8 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Jan. 7, 2025: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson signed onto a letter raising concerns that proposed changes to the American Bar Association's (ABA) admission standards for law schools violate a Supreme Court ruling and unlawfully use racial preferences when deciding which students to accept. "Merit should be the criteria for law school admission, not racial preference," said A  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The White House issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2025: Today, President Biden took action to protect the entire U.S. East coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, and additional portions of the Northern Bering Sea in Alaska from future oil and natural gas leasing. In protecting more than 625 million acres of the U.S. ocean from offshore drilling, President Biden has determined that the environmental an  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Jan. 7, 2025: * * * President Biden Establishes Chuckwalla and Sattitla Highlands National Monuments in California President Biden has now conserved more lands and waters than any President in history and has created the largest corridor of protected lands in the lower 48 states, the Moab to Mojave Conservation Corridor Surrounded by canyon walls in the Eastern Coachella Valley, today President Biden will sign  more