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News Release: Houston, TX- House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement on today’s U.S. sanctions against individuals and entities in Moldova engaged in corruption and Kremlin malign influence operations. In July, Rep. McCaul led a letter urging the Biden administration to make a determination on whether Vladimir Plahotniuc and Ilan Shor should be sanctioned for their involvement in significant acts of corruption in Moldova.

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Justice Department announced today the results of its efforts over the past year to protect older adults from fraud and exploitation. During the past year, the Department and its law enforcement partners tackled matters that ranged from mass-marketing scams that impacted thousands...

Release: By Monique Feeny, Supervisory Management Services Specialist, USDA Food and Nutrition Service.

News Release: BOSTON (Oct. 26, 2022) — Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding $2,765,000 from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to two school districts ...

News Release: Defendant Accused of Attempting to Take Officer’s Baton, and Pushing Metal Bike Rack Into Line of Officers.

News Release: NEW YORK - Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding nearly $2,500,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to two school districts in New Jersey. ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently announced plans for the United States to impose a new round of sanctions on Nicaraguan government officials and on the country's gold industry.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management donated 253,500 pounds of food for people in need in the Feds Feed Families summer campaign.

U.S. Department of Agriculture announced almost $800 million to distressed farm loan borrowers to keep farmers and ranchers producing.

Although peace talks over the Tigray conflict are close to happening, the situation is still dire enough the Department of Homeland Security granted temporary protected status to Ethiopia for 18 months.

Zoë Baird has been appointed senior counselor to the secretary for technology and economic growth.

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration announced $50 million in quick release Emergency Relief funds has been made available to the Florida Department of Transportation as a down payment to offset the costs of construction to repair the damage caused by Hurricane Ian earlier this month.

A New York man has been indicted for fentanyl pill conspiracy.

The McInnis Canyons and Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Areas in Utah will have a new manager.

News Release: Criminal Division Announces First Arrest and Charges by the New England Prescription Opioid Strike Force.

A national paid media campaign launched by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to bring awareness to the “dangers of illegally passing stopped school buses” will end Oct. 31.

State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said the U.S. firmly rejects the “transparently false allegation” by Russia that Ukraine has plans to detonate a “dirty bomb” on its own territory.

The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: The hole in the ozone layer - the portion of the stratosphere that protects our planet from the sun’s ultraviolet rays - is continuing to decrease. The hole over Antarctica had an average area of 8.91 million square miles (23.2 million square kilometers). That measurement is slightly smaller than the extent of 8.99 million square miles (23.3 million square kilometers) reached last year, and well below the average seen in 2006 when the hole size peaked.

2023 U.S. Exchange Programs Logistics Management grant opened on Oct. 27.

News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS (October 26th, 2022) —The Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding $4,560,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to New Mexico school districts. ...

3D Elevation Program (3DEP) grant opened on Oct. 27.

U.S. Mission New Zealand PDS Annual Program Statement grant opened on Oct. 27.

News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - FEMA has approved a six month extension of its Direct Housing program for eligible Hurricane Ida survivors, following an extension request from the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP).

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that, on Oct. 25, 2022, DEVIN CHANEY (“CHANEY"), age 32, agreed to plead guilty to one count of Armed Bank Robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2113(a) and (d) (Count 9); and one count of Hobbs...