Washington, DC - In May 2016, a group of national health experts issued an urgent plea in a private letter to high-level officials in the Obama administration. Thousands of people were dying from overdoses of fentanyl — the deadliest drug to ever hit U.S. streets — and the administration needed to take immediate action. The epidemic had been escalating for three years.

San Diego, California - Facing adversity in life is inevitable, but as the famous “Rocky” saying goes, “it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” For the Commander, Naval Surface Forces Pacific (SURFPAC) 2018 Sailor of the Year (SOY), Interior Communications Specialist 1st Class Nick Natelli, his career has been a true example of what a Sailor can achieve by putting forth the effort to Rise Above.

Washington, DC - Monday, the United States sanctioned Evrofinance Mosnarbank, a Moscow-based bank jointly owned by Russia and Venezuela. With this action, we are targeting a financial institution involved in facilitating illegitimate transactions that prolong Maduro’s usurpation of democracy.

Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected nine projects totaling $6.2 million that will reduce environmental compliance costs and environmental impacts of land-based and offshore wind energy.

Washington, DC - The FTC will be mailing refund checks totaling more than $644,000 to people who lost money to a get-rich-quick scheme that falsely claimed they could earn significant money working online by using products marketed as “secret codes.”

Boston, Massachusetts - Dozens of individuals involved in a nationwide conspiracy that facilitated cheating on college entrance exams and the admission of students to elite universities as purported athletic recruits were arrested by federal agents in multiple states this morning and charged in federal court in Boston. Athletic coaches from Yale, Stanford, USC, Wake Forest and Georgetown, among others, are implicated, as well as parents and exam administrators.