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Starting in mid-November, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will change how we calculate processing times for orphan and Hague cases. These changes provide stakeholders better information about the total time it may take to receive a decision on their application or petition and are consistent with an agency-wide shift in how processing times for other cases are calculated. Most importantly, USCIS remains committed to processing intercountry adoption cases as quickly and efficiently as possible.

The refuge’s Confluence Gallery, located in the Bloomington Education and Visitor Center, is a venue for emerging and established Minnesota-based artists who reflect the community and excel at creating artwork with a focus on nature and natural elements, ecology, conservation, and/or the beauty of the Minnesota River Valley.

Today, in a beautiful courtyard at King Gillette Ranch, 57 immigrants became United States citizens during a ceremony hosted by Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, a unit of the National Park Service (NPS), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

Shenandoah National Park’s webcams have long been one of its most popular web features. Whether providing the opportunity to check the status of fall color or watch the snow fall from the safety of home, webcams have been an important tool for connecting with the public.

Jennifer “Jen” Gibson has been selected as the post-wildfire coordinator for the National Park Service (NPS), replacing Rich Schwab who is now the national program lead for Wildfire Science and Ecology. T

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and the Town of Manteo, invites the community to view the 2022 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree when it makes a stop at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, from 3-5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13.

The National Park Service announces the addition of four new sites to Reconstruction Era National Historic Network. This national network connects sites across the country who provide education, interpretation and research related to the period of Reconstruction.

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that defendant DEAMONTE BROWN, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on Oct. 27, 2022 by U.S. District Court Judge Barry Ashe to 60 months imprisonment, 3 years supervised release, and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee on Count One of a one-count indictment.

News Release: SPARKS, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation and Truckee-Carson Irrigation District today broke ground on a $35 million construction project funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to restore safe, long-term operation of the Truckee Canal. The event marked the beginning of Phase 1 of a...

A Massachusetts man was recently sentenced for the unlawful possession of firearms, resulting from his illegal dealing of rifles and handguns.

Administration and staff with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 6 promoted lead poisoning prevention Oct. 27 at the Wesley-Rankin Community Center in Dallas, Texas.

A Staten Island healthcare provider’s attempt to stop the U.S. Department of Labor from seeking damages for a COVID-19 whistleblower was rejected by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Vermont school students will soon have better access to more nutritious, locally grown food thanks to a partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Biden-Harris administration is working to lower costs at the grocery story by both expanding and increasing competition in the meat and poultry processing industry through a historic investment.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Advisory Council made history in appointing a Tribal representative as its council chair.

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced on Oct. 25, 2022, that defendant CHRISTOPHER SMITH, age 31, resident of New Orleans, LA, pled guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Jay C. Zainey to a federal weapons violation of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm welcomed the news that Poland’s Council of Ministers had chosen U.S.-based Westinghouse as the technology provider in the first phase of their estimated $40 billion inaugural civil nuclear project. This represents one of the largest civil nuclear projects ever awarded to U.S. industry and the first since 2007.

News Release: CONCORD - Juan Veras-Marcano, 29, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute more than 170 grams of fentanyl, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, released a staff analysis entitled “Power and Profiteering: How Certain Industries Hiked Prices and Drove Inflation," which details how certain corporations have engaged in excessive price hikes, raking in record profits while U.S. consumers have faced high inflation.

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: BISMARCK -United States Attorney Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl announced that on Nov. 3, 2022, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor sentenced Richard Hall, Age 51 of New Town, ND, to 15 years in federal prison for the charges of Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child and Abusive Sexual Contact of an Unconscious...

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...

News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Manchester, New Hampshire man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy, robbery and firearm charges stemming from a violent home invasion in York, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Robert A. DiNoto, age 48, of Huntington, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in connection with a fraudulent billing scheme involving a manufacturing company with facilities in Harford County, Maryland.