DEA Holds Inaugural Family Summit on the Overdose Epidemic
DEA Administrator Anne Milgram hosted the first-ever DEA Family Summit on the Overdose Epidemic for families from across the country who have experienced the profound loss of a child due to a drug overdose or poisoning.
$580 Million to State and National Service Programs
AmeriCorps focuses on evidence-based programs and initiatives in the agency's priority areas: disaster response; economic opportunity; education; environmental stewardship; healthy futures; and veterans and military families.
What is The Honor Project?
To honor their sacrifice, the organizations have expanded The Honor Project initiative, activating volunteers to stand in for military families of the fallen unable to pay their respects to their loved ones in person for Memorial Day.
AmeriCorps Names Director of Public Health
Pearlman will lead Public Health AmeriCorps’ grantmaking and programs across the nation through 2025.
First Bus of Illegal Migrants Arrives in Washington, D.C. From Texas
About 30 people from Colombia, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua traveled to the U.S. capital as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s new plan in response to the end of Title 42.
Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
Texas’ U.S. senators have acknowledged the historical nature of Jackson’s nomination but said ahead of their votes that they believe her ideology on being lenient to child sex offenders could be harmful for the court and the country.
AmeriCorps Announced Confirmation of its Third Board Member
Alvin Warren was confirmed by the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent on March 23.
Global Entry Partnership with Brazil
CBP announced the launch of a full Global Entry arrangement with the Government of Brazil.
USDA Invests $9M to Expand Reach
This investment is part of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative.
Chicago Rapper Vic Mensah Arrested at Dulles Airport
Chicago Rapper Vic Mensah arrested at Washington Dulles International Airport on Saturday after officers discovered illicit narcotics in his baggage.
At Least 63 Texans are Accused of Taking Part in the Capitol Protest
Texas has among the highest number of residents charged in the protest on Jan. 6, 2021.
How a Former U.S. military translator started over in Texas after Afghanistan
Lucky took his family back to Afghanistan when his mother was hospitalized with kidney problems. Then the Taliban took over the country, and the family joined thousands of Afghans desperately trying to escape.
NORAD Tracks Santa
Tracking Santa has been a tradition since 1955 when a local newspaper advertisement informed children they could call Santa directly – only the contact number was misprinted.
Senate Confirms Michael Smith as New AmeriCorps CEO
Prior to joining the White House team, Smith was director of AmeriCorps’ Social Innovation Fund, senior vice president of Social Innovation at the Case Foundation, and helped build national initiatives aimed at bridging the “digital divide.”
NIFA Invests Nearly $463K to Support Education Outreach
The Cooperative Extension System has repeatedly served as the trusted community organization that has helped to enable communities to successfully prepare for disaster.
Director Named Next Avenue Influencer in Aging
Started in 2015, Influencers in Aging annually recognizes remarkable people bringing solutions, innovation, inspiration and big thinking to the aging space.
Multi-State Effort to Stop Amendments that Benefit Sex Traffickers
Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multi-state letter with other attorneys general objecting to the American Law Institute.
FSIS Seeking Proposals for Pilot Projects to Control Salmonella
FSIS is inviting poultry slaughter and processing establishments to submit proposals for pilot projects that will test different control strategies for Salmonella contamination in poultry products.
BUBS Naturals is Recalling Two Lots of Fountain of Youth Collagen Powder
BUBS Naturals of Encinitas, CA is voluntarily recalling certain lots of its Fountain of Youth Formula Collagen Protein.
Judge blocks Biden Mandate for Health Care Workers
Texas AG Ken Paxton had called the mandate “an unprecedented federal vaccine decree” on health care workers.