WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. a 4401 Rockside Rd., Suite 110 Tel: 216.520.1000 academyofmed@amcno.org Independence, OH 44131 Fax: 216.520.0999 www.amcno.org hi the July 27, 2026 The Honorable Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services 7500 Security Boulevard   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. Rod J. Alba Senior Vice President Real Estate Finance, Mortgage ralba@aba.com 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 1-800-BANKERS aba.com August 6, 2026 Comment Intake-Mortgage Disclosures and Rescission RFI c/o Legal Division Docket Manager Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 445 12th St. SW   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo Bill to Help Expedite Recovery of Missing Servicemembers Moves Forward * The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously advanced bipartisan legislation U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) introduced to cut bureaucratic red tape to help locate missing American servicemembers and civilian personnel. S. 3226, the Bring Our Heroes Home A  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Continues to Expedite New Hampshire's Clean Air Act Requests with Two Proposed Actions * WASHINGTON -Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed two actions to grant New Hampshire's petition to withdraw from the Ozone Transport Region (OTR), and to conditionally approve the state's request to remove its Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) program from the State Implement  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. OFFICES AT 32 BLOSSOM LANE, MARQUARDT BUILDING, AUGUSTA, MAINE http://www.Maine.gov/dmr PHONE: (207) 624-6550 FAX: (207) 624-6024 August 4, 2026 Audrey Taylor Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Office of Strategic Policy and International Affairs 1849 C Street NW, Mailstop: MS-5238 Washington, DC 20240. De  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 7 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2026: * * * Former State Trooper Pleads Guilty to False Reports to Law Enforcement Attorney General John M. Formella announces that former New Hampshire State Police Trooper James Lamoureux (age 43) of Keene, New Hampshire, has pled guilty in Keene District Court to one count of False Reports to Law Enforcement, contrary to RSA 641:4. As part of a negotiated resolution,  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Joins Warren and Colleagues in Pressing Thune, Johnson on Republican Plans to Cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid * #Johnson recently indicated Republicans have a "plan" to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid if they retain power "Americans deserve to have full transparency into Republican plans to attack earned benefits like Social Security." Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sens. James Risch, R-Idaho, and Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, chairman and ranking member, of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 5, 2026: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen Meet with UK Foreign Secretary Miliband Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ranking Member released the statement below following their meeting with the Foreig  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Opening Remarks for Nominations Hearing for Key Ambassadorial Positions Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks during a committee hearing on the nominations of Daniel Travis to be Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Nat  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, and Jim Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member and chairman, of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 5, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen, Chairman Risch Meet with UK Foreign Secretary Miliband Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the statement below following their meeting with the Foreign S  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Presses Administration to Review Impact of Canada Tariffs, Meets with Canadian Ambassador * U.S. Senator Susan Collins wrote to Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer requesting that they provide Maine businesses with greater clarity and notice regarding tariffs on Canadian goods scheduled to take effect on August 19 and consider  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Applauds Advancement of Her Bipartisan Bill to Bring Missing Service Members Home * Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, and Mike Crapo (R-ID) applauded the advancement of their bipartisan bill to strengthen efforts to bring home missing service members by a unanim  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen, Cassidy Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Establish Support for Disabled Entrepreneurs * U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) are introducing bipartisan legislation that would help reduce barriers and increase support for disabled entrepreneurs starting and expanding their small businesses. The bipartisan Supporting Disabled Entrepreneurs Act would direct the  more

PANAMA CITY, Panama, Aug. 7 (TNSjou)-- The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute issued the following news: * * * Ancient epidemics Archaeologists analyze how diseases impacted Indigenous populations in the Americas during colonial times - A new study examines the history of smallpox epidemics brought to America by European colonists, the absence of archaeological evidence associated with those epidemics, and whether ancient DNA might offer new insights. When Europeans first arrived in t  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School issued the following news: * * * UMass Chan leading patient-centered research for people living with dementia 'This is about what matters to dementia patients and their caregivers' By Pat Sargent Sonal Singh, MD, MPH, associate professor of family medicine & community health and medicine in the Division of Health Systems Science, is leading a two-year engagement project on patient-centered comparative ef  more