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Ihlenfeld: 'Department of Justice will continue to pursue white-collar wrongdoers'

Two employees of a Morgantown, W.V., medical facility, including its former chief operating officer, have been charged with stealing more than $650,000 in assets and funds.


Raimondo: ‘Americans deserve to be able to work and thrive in their home communities'

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced a new data proposal intended at improving America’s comprehension of local regional economies and their capacity to compete.


Mayorkas: 'In disasters like this, there are no strangers'

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Deanne Criswell, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, visited Mississippi in the wake of devastating tornadoes that struck the region March 24, to assess the damage and meet with officials.


Raimondo: 'Local economic development practitioners are critical'

Eight economic development Communities of Practice will be backed by $27.9 million in cooperative agreements by the Department’s Economic Development Administration.


Park-Chung: DOL case 'reflects an alarming trend' of cross-border workers being denied labor protections

A U.S.-based manufacturer with a facility in Tijuana, Mexico, has been made to pay more than $465,000 for multiple violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.


Lyons: ERO Boston removed 'a dangerous, foreign fugitive from the community'

Federal authorities returned a 50-year-old Mexican national and foreign fugitive wanted for kidnapping to his homeland.


Brown: 'HSI will not stop investigating human smuggling cases'

Homeland Security Investigations and other U.S. and Mexican law enforcement agencies worked together to assist Interpol and the Fuerza Estatal de Seguridad Ciudadana in the arrest of a human smuggler and their alleged accomplice who have allegedly been operating on the U.S.-Mexico border for several years.


Johnson: 'Combating human smuggling is one of our top law enforcement priorities'

A human smuggler and a suspected accomplice were apprehended by Interpol Mexico and the Fuerza Estatal de Seguridad Ciudadana.


Smith's amendment requiring independent investigation into environmental review process passes

On March 30, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment proposed by Rep. Chris Smith requiring an independent investigation into the environmental approval process for 3,400 offshore wind turbines along New Jersey's coastline. The amendment was passed during consideration of the Lower Energy Costs Act (HR 1) and is a response to concerns about the impact of the wind farms on the environment, marine life, fishing, tourism, navigational safety and other areas.


Regan: 'EPA is committing to permanently addressing contamination' at Superfund sites

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding one site and proposing to add four additional sites to the Superfund National Priorities List.


Haaland: 'Avi Kwa Ame holds deep spiritual, sacred and historic significance'

U.S.Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is praising President Joe Biden's designation of Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in Nevada.


Newly unsealed superseding indictment alleges Bankman-Fried 'directed a bribe of at least $40 million to one or more Chinese government officials'

A newly unsealed superseding indictment signed by U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York and Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite alleges that Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of the now bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, bribed at least one Chinese government official with tens of millions of dollars in an attempt to persuade the Chinese government to unfreeze accounts associated with Alameda Research, FTX's hedge fund sister company. This new charge brings the total number of Bankman-Fried's criminal charges up to 13.


Vilsack: 'USDA is ready to provide assistance to those impacted by these storms'

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is stepping in to assist farmers, ranchers and communities in Mississippi that were affected by a March 25 tornado.


Burrola: Buying medication from unauthorized sellers 'poses a great danger'

Homeland Security Investigations special agents in El Paso reportedly seized more than 10,000 dosages of fake pharmaceuticals and prescription medications from local businesses March 17.


Bulgarian woman charged for role in 'wide-ranging' multi-billion-dollar cryptocurrency pyramid scheme

A Bulgarian woman has been charged for her role in a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme and has been extradited to the United States.


'Tackling the climate crisis demands a sense of urgency': Biden-Harris administration awards $3 million grant to Michigan to reduce pollution, build clean energy economies

The Biden-Harris administration has granted Michigan a $3 million planning grant to develop innovative strategies aimed at tackling pollution and building clean energy economies across the state.


FirstNet: 'First responders throughout the country use FirstNet to help them save lives'

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued a Federal Register Notice seeking expressions of interest from those interested in serving on the First Responder Network Authority Board.


Pintar: Simulated AI storms 'can be used to create the data' to update design guidelines

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology developed a new method of simulating hurricanes.


Regan: 'All communities deserve to breathe fresh, clean air'

A request for immediate relief has been filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against a Louisiana-based neoprene manufacturer for posing an alleged "imminent and substantial endangerment" to surrounding communities.


G7 ministers: 'North Korea cannot and will never have the status of a nuclear-weapon state'

Following various missile launches from North Korea, G7 foreign ministers gave a statement to reassure the public North Korea will never attain the status of a nuclear-weapon state.