CHILLICOTHE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 9, 2026--
U.S. Medical Glove Company (USMGC) has secured expert military and medical counsel in support of its mission to produce domestically sourced nitrile gloves. Retired Major General Mike Talley is now advising the team that is manufacturing USMGC gloves in Ohio. Prior to his retirement in November of 2024, Talley served as chief of staff and deputy commanding general for the U.S. Army Medical Command while also serving as chief of the Medical Service Corps.
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USMGC was formed to help establish a scalable U.S.-based production capability to support domestic demand and public-sector readiness. In October 2025, U.S. Paper Mill, a startup company, acquired the former Pixelle Specialty Solutions plant in Chillicothe and now employs almost 150 full-time workers there. USMGC has reached a supply and licensing agreement with U.S. Paper Mill, which has retrofitted a portion of the plant with American-made machinery to stand up 15 nitrile-glove production lines with four more in fabrication. Another 10 production lines capable of producing both surgical and medical grade gloves are being planned. USMGC’s gloves have been approved for use by Transportation Security Administration officers, and they will be procured as a supplier for the Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Talley volunteered for military service as a combat medic in 1983, serving with the 1st Infantry Division, 197 th Separate Infantry Brigade, and William Beaumont Army Medical Center prior to his discharge in 1989. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Texas at El Paso and commissioned as a Distinguished Military Graduate in 1991. He holds two Master of Military Arts & Sciences degrees, a Master of Strategic Studies, and a Master of Health Services Management.
“Gloves that protect Americans should be made by Americans,” Talley said. “I’m proud to bring my experience and perspective to this manufacturing facility in Ohio. I view the cause of protecting American health and American jobs as an extension of my career in service to my country.”
Retired Major General Mike Talley (center) met last month in Chillicothe with U.S. Paper Mill executives, including Michelle Tolliver (left) and Bob Stanley (right).
Rep. Kevin Kiley has advanced to the November ballot in California after Democrats split his previous congressional district as part of a wider redistricting move to counter gerrymandering in Texas.
Kiley dropped his Republican Party affiliation and ran as independent in the new 6th Congressional District outside Sacramento, which unlike his previous seat leans Democratic.
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Sacramento City Councilwoman Mai Vang on Tuesday advanced to November’s general election for a California congressional seat, setting up a Democrat-on-Democrat clash against longtime incumbent Rep. Doris Matsui.
The 81-year-old congresswoman has held the Sacramento-based seat since the death of her husband, former Rep. Bob Matsui, in 2005. Bob Matsui represented the district since the 1970s.
Vang, 41, is one of a slew of Democrats across the nation mounting an explicitly generational challenge in the wake of Joe Biden’s presidency.
“People are tired of leaders who answer to their biggest donors instead of the families they represent,” Vang said in a statement after the race was called. “The squeeze on working families doesn’t check your party registration — and neither will I.”
Matsui's campaign pointed to a statement she released last week thanking voters. The congresswoman released her first ad of the general election Tuesday night, focusing on a local mother whose son had muscular dystrophy and who praised Matsui for legislation funding therapies for the disease.
California's 52 different House races provided a miniature of national trends. That included the fallout from redistricting ahead of this year's midterm elections, this time with Democrats redrawing the map, the generational battle between Democrats and questions of whether moderates or liberals are better positioned to win in swing districts.
Two other veteran House Democrats in California also made it past younger challengers to the November ballot. Rep. Brad Sherman, 72, a 15-term congressman representing part of Los Angeles, will face a Republican in the fall. Mike Thompson, 75, is seeking his 13th term in a Northern California district.
In San Francisco, a wealthy progressive challenger was unable to crack the top two slots to fill retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s seat. Instead state Sen. Scott Wiener and city Supervisor Connie Chan will face off to replace the former House speaker.
The 7th District seat held by Matsui is considered a safe one for Democrats, but was redrawn as part of the party’s bid to add five more U.S. House seats elsewhere. Voters signed off on the changes with a constitutional amendment last year.
Democrats initially were concerned about getting locked out of the general election in a San Diego-area seat under the state’s primary system, which sends the top two vote-getters to the November ballot regardless of party. But San Diego City Councilwoman Marni von Wilpert managed to emerge from a large field of other Democrats and will face Republican Jim Desmond, a San Diego County supervisor.
The party got a scare in a redrawn district near Sacramento when an independent and a longshot Republican candidate shared the top two slots after the initial ballot count. Later results showed one of the Democratic candidates, former state lawmaker Dr. Richard Pan, leaping into the top two.
In Southern California, Democrats drew two prominent Republican members of the House into the same district, triggering a monthslong primary battle between Rep. Ken Calvert and Rep. Young Kim over who has been more loyal to Trump. Calvert, who represented a larger share of the district before the remap, won one of the two top slots.
And in the Central Valley, Republican Rep. David Valadao, widely considered one of the most vulnerable House Republicans, is waiting to see if he will face centrist Democrat and Assemblywoman Jasmeet Bains or progressive political science professor and school board member Randy Villegas in November.
Sacramento council member Mai Vang, who is running for Congress, speaks at her election night party in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday,, June 2, 2026.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., speaks during an election night event Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Sacramento council member Mai Vang, who is running for Congress, holds a child during an election night party in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday,, June 2, 2026.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
