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Muldrow: Defendants harmed program in Puerto Rico 'designed to help underprivileged homeowners'

Three American Management and Administration Corp. executives pleaded guilty on April 13 to stealing $3.7 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) federal assistance programs.


Lazzeri: Contractors 'are responsible for their compliance with federal contract labor protections'

The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking nearly 2,900 workers employed by subcontractors during the 2015 avian flu outbreak.


California county planning director: local governments must insist on coordination with federal government land use plans

Sean Curtis, interim planning director of Modoc County, California, said the coordination process between local and federal government agencies in the planning phase is essential for the benefit of local citizens.


Featherston: 'Our office is committed to ensuring that importers are transparent'

A New York-based pharmaceutical distributor is resolving allegations of False Claims Act violations.


Wisconsin lawmaker pushes bill to expand cybersecurity cooperation with Taiwan

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) has announced a bipartisan bill that would require the U.S. Department of Defense to expand cybersecurity cooperation with Taiwan with a goal to enhance cybersecurity resilience against China’s “cyber aggression.”


Largest crypto exchanges support lawmakers’ call for ‘clearer regulations’

During a House Financial Services Committee hearing last week, lawmakers raised concerns about the regulatory approach to digital assets in the U.S. and highlighted the lack of a clear regulatory regime for trading platforms.


China expert on arrest of editor: CCP government trying to 'close down all criticisms, whether they influence public opinion in China or not'

Ian Johnson, the Stephen A. Schwarzman Senior Fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, commented on the detainment of Fucha, the chief editor of a major Taiwan publishing company.


Aleksanian: 'Sun West Services willfully denied' overtime hours for workers

The U.S. Department of Labor discovered a San Bernardino home contractor failed to pay proper overtime wages.


Owner of California construction company receives 78 months in prison for charges of defrauding U.S. government and bribery

The owner of a construction company has been sentenced to 78 months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $1 million in restitution for defrauding the U.S. government.


Secretary of Transportation: 'With our Safe Streets and Roads for All program, we are helping communities across the country save lives by making their roads safer'

The Biden-Harris Administration has announced the launch of a program to provide more than $1 billion in grant funding for local communities to improve roadway safety.


Secretary of Transportation: 'We continue to face a national crisis of traffic deaths on our roadways'

According to estimates for traffic fatalities in 2022 by The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), traffic fatalities remained flat last year after two years of significant increases.


Grossman: 'Mexican drug cartels cannot succeed without money launderers'

Twelve people have been charged after a two-year federal investigation of a global criminal organization that is accused of laundering at least $16.5 million for the Sinaloa drug cartel.


Peace: U.S. will prosecute individuals who 'offer a lifeline to designated foreign terrorist organizations'

Multiple federal departments have partnered with U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) to bring federal charges against a previously sanctioned foreign national linked to a terrorist organization.


Gonzalez: 'South Coast Paper’s failure to follow established safety procedures' led to fatality

South Coast Paper LLC, a paper mill located in Maplesville, Ala., has been cited for a willful violation of safety standards by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a fatal incident in September 2022.


Secretary Reimondo: 'The Biden-Harris Administration and Department of Commerce are committed to bold conservation goals through the America the Beautiful initiative'

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on April 17 that it is planning to designate a national marine sanctuary in the Pacific Remote Islands area.


Violent faction of Crips street gang charged with 59 counts; DA Donnelly: 'This Crips faction has wreaked havoc in the Hempstead area for nearly a decade'

The Justice Department announced that eight members and associates of a violent branch of the Crips called the Insane Crip Gang (ICG) have been charged with a variety of crimes in a 59 count indictment that was unsealed in federal court in Central Islip.


34 Chinese MPS officers charged with transnational repression tactics; Assistant AG Olsen: 'These actions violate our laws'

The Department of Justice announced that 34 officers in the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)are being charged with “transnational repression schemes” revolving around Chinese national who live in the U.S. including the New York metropolitan area.


Driscoll: "The defendants allegedly utilized a complex set of schemes at the expense of Polar Air"

Ten defendants charged with decade-long, multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud International Cargo Airline



Rep. Krishnamoorthi: 'We will not allow the Chinese Communist Party or any foreign power to conduct illegal surveillance'

Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation have arrested two people who are accused of assisting in the operation of an illegal police station for the Chinese government in New York City.