News from April 2018
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe is a multiparty constitutional democracy. In August 2016 voters elected President Evaristo do Espirito Santo Carvalho as head of state. The Independent Democratic Action (ADI) party of Prime Minister Patrice Emery Trovoada won 33 of 55 National Assembly...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced that it is seeking public nominations for positions on 30 citizen-based sounding boards for BLM initiatives, proposals, and policy changes.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), yesterday held a roundtable discussion, hearing personal stories from the opioid crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Branded Their Victims and Forced Them to Participate in Sex Acts.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Russian Federation has a highly centralized, authoritarian political system dominated by President Vladimir Putin. The bicameral Federal Assembly consists of a directly elected lower house (State Duma) and an appointed upper house (Federation Council), both of which lacked independence from the executive.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeking Information From a Bank Robbery in Coconut Creek.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Nicaragua is a multiparty constitutional republic, but actions by the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) party resulted in the de facto concentration of power in a single party, with an authoritarian executive branch exercising significant control over the legislative, judicial, and electoral...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that an Oakdale inmate was sentenced Tuesday to four years and three months in prison for assaulting another inmate.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Djibouti is a republic with a strong elected president and a weak legislature. In April 2016 President Ismail Omar Guelleh was re-elected for a fourth term. International observers from the African Union, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and Arab League characterized the election as...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Redwood National Park Superintendent Steve Mietz is proud to announce the listing of Lyons Ranches Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: San Francisco- Alexander Mendoza was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his part in a conspiracy to possess and distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Susan Illston, U.S. District Judge, following a guilty plea entered in August of last year.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Czech Republic is a multiparty parliamentary democracy. Legislative authority is vested in a bicameral parliament, consisting of a Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecka snemovna) and the senate (Senat). The president is head of state and appoints a prime minister from the majority party or coalition. On October ...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: India is a multiparty, federal, parliamentary democracy with a bicameral legislature. The president, elected by an electoral college composed of the state assemblies and parliament, is the head of state, and the prime minister is the head of the government. Under the constitution the 29 states and seven...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS), and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Benjamin Carson.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Vanuatu is a multiparty parliamentary democracy with a freely elected government. The president is head of state. Parliament elected Tallis Obed Moses president in July after the former president died in June. Following a snap election in 2016, which observers considered generally free and fair, parliament elected Charlot Salwai as prime minister.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today posted a request for information regarding the use of legacy technologies in health care. These technologies, which are in use across the sector, have also been a root cause of many health care cybersecurity challenges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Shreveport felon was sentenced Thursday to 24 months in prison for possessing a pistol he displayed on a social media video even though he was a convicted felon.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Mongolia is a multiparty parliamentary democracy governed by a democratically elected government. The presidential elections held on June 26 and July 7 and parliamentary election in June 2016 were considered free and fair, although some observers expressed concern during the presidential elections about allegations of vote-buying and candidates’ involvement in corruption.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Nauru is a constitutional republic. International observers deemed the July 2016 parliamentary election to be free and fair. Parliament re-elected President Baron Waqa who was also a member of parliament.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Jerry Lee Beohm, Jr., of Philippi, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearm charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
