WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 3, 2025 NAVY Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Syracuse, New York, is awarded a $551,012,019 cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price incentive (firm-target), and firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for engineering and technical support and production of the submarine AN/BLQ-10 electronic warfare systems on new-construction and in-service submarines.   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Jan. 24, 2025, from the Water Environment Federation, Alexandria, Virginia: * * * To: Mr. Adrian Hanley Office of Water Office of Science and Technology Analytical Methods Division Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20460 Re: Water Environment Federation Comments related to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0328; Proposed Method Update Ru  more

TAMPA, Florida, Feb. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Jermaine Jerome Campbell (35, Lakeland) to 12 years in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine. Campbell pleaded guilty on June 25, 2024. According to court documents, on September 15, 2023, Campbell distributed fentanyl pills to another individual from h  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2025: In honor of Black History Month, Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, House Education and Workforce Committee, released remarks on the powerful connection between labor unions and civil rights movements. Watch Ranking Member Scott's floor remarks on YouTube (https://youtu.be/3dHByMBVeq0?feature=shared). "Hi, I am Congress  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Washington, D.C. arrests illegal Salvadoran national who sexually assaulted Virginia resident FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. -- U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended an illegally present Salvadoran national convicted of sexually assaulting a Virginia resident when officers with ICE Washington, D.C. arrested Nicolas Alberto Hernandez-Lopez, 46, J  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine & Heinrich Unveil Legislation to Terminate President Trump's Sham Energy Emergency WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM), the Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, unveiled legislation to terminate the national energy emergency President Donald Trump declared to benefit Big Oil. The legislation is privileged, meaning that  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Leads Letter to HHS Officials Demanding Answers and Action on Disruption to Head Start Programs WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a group of his colleagues in issuing a letter to Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services Dorothy A. Fink, M.D. and Acting Director of the Office of Head Start Captai  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * McClellan Statement on Elon Musk and Trump-Vance Administration Monitoring Treasury Payment System Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) received access to the Treasury Department's federal payment system, one of the most sensitive U.S. government databases: "The Trum  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * McClellan Statement on Trump-Vance Administration's Hostile Takeover and Dismantlement of USAID Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after Elon Musk and the Trump-Vance Administration shuttered the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): "Elon Musk and the Trump-Vance Administration's hostile takeover and attempt to shut   more

NEW YORK, Feb. 3 -- Common Cause - New York issued the following news release: * * * National Advocates Ask Trump: Who's in Charge, You or Elon? WASHINGTON--This afternoon, Common Cause, End Citizens United, and a coalition of 10 diverse advocacy groups, sent a letter to President Trump demanding he fire Elon Musk and shut down the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Their call comes after Trump named Elon Musk a "special government employee," raising a major conflict of interest give  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Oversight Committee Democrats Demand That Trump and Musk's Illegal Scam to Purge the Federal Workforce Be Revoked Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led all Committee Democrats in sending a letter to President Donald Trump, requesting documents and information regarding his "deferred resignation" offer sent en mass to the federal wor  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2025: * * * Committee Democrats Call on President Trump to Rescind His "Deferred Resignation" Offer * * * Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led all Committee Democrats in sending a letter (https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democ  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Oversight Committee Democrats Expand Investigation into President Trump's Sweeping Efforts to Purge and Politicize the Federal Government Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led all Committee Democrats in sending a letter to President Donald Trump, demanding the President cease his purge of nonpartisan civil servants, including career  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2025: Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led all Committee Democrats in sending a letter (https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2025-02-03.%20GEC%20et%20al.%20to%20Trump%20re.%20Pur  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The White House issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2025: Last week, President Donald J. Trump took executive action to protect American children from irreversible chemical and surgical mutilation. It's already having its intended effect -- preventing children from being maimed and sterilized by adults perpetuating a radical, false claim that they can somehow change a child's sex. Hospitals around the country are taking action to downsize or eliminate their so-ca  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2025: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter (https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2025-02-03.GEC%20to%20Comer%20re%20Witness%20Invite%20for%20FC%20hearing%20on%202-5-25.pdf) to  more

ABINGDON, Virginia, Feb. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Troy Stamper Possessed Methamphetamine, Illegally Possessed a Firearm * * * A previously convicted felon who illegally possessed a firearm and possessed distribution quantities of methamphetamine was sentenced last week to 72 months in federal prison. Troy Alexander Stamper III, 34, of Ivanhoe, Virginia, pled guilty in October 2024 to one count of posse  more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Feb. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2025: Hezekiah Carney, 26, of Norfolk, and Jayquan Jones, 22, of Richmond, were each sentenced today to 38 years in prison for federal charges relating to the kidnapping and murder of a fellow Almighty Black P. Stone gang member. A total of four defendants have now been sentenced as part of the case. "This act of wanton violence exemplifies the sen  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 3 -- The Virginia Education Association issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2025: * * * VEA Applauds House and Senate Budgets for Strengthening Investment in Virginia's Public Schools Richmond, VA - Earlier today, the Virginia House and Senate released their respective two-year state budget proposals as alternatives to what Governor Youngkin proposed in December 2024. After carefully reviewing both plans, it is clear that these proposals represent a significa  more