News from April 2018
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Samoa is a constitutional parliamentary democracy that incorporates traditional practices into its governmental system. In 2016 voters elected a new parliament, confirming Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi in office. Although the unicameral parliament is elected by universal suffrage, members...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Togo is a republic governed by President Faure Gnassingbe, whom voters re-elected in 2015 in a process international observers characterized as generally free and fair. In 2013 the ruling Union for the Republic party (UNIR) won 62 of 91 seats in the National Assembly. International and national observers declared it generally free, fair, transparent, and peaceful, although there were logistical shortcomings.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker announced the conviction of ROGER ERIK SPLETTSTOESZER, 53, for distributing, receiving and possessing video and image files containing child pornography. SPLETTSTOESZER was charged in a six-count indictment on June 22, 2017, and, on April 19, 2018, was found guilty on all counts by a federal jury in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Kyrgyz Republic has a parliamentary form of government designed to limit presidential power and enhance the role of parliament and the prime minister. During presidential elections on Oct. 15, the nation elected former prime minister and member of the ruling party, Sooronbai Jeenbekov, to succeed...
By DOE 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 State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Afghanistan is an Islamic republic with a directly elected president, a bicameral legislative branch, and a judicial branch. Based on the electoral calendar specified in the constitution, parliamentary elections were to have taken place in 2015; however, these elections were not held by year’s end.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Defendant admits driving stolen car and running from police while carrying drugs.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a multiparty, parliamentary democracy. Government control lies with the prime minister and his cabinet. In 2015 Vincentians returned Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves to office for a fourth term. International observers assessed the election as generally free and fair.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: * Due to heavy snow and unsafe conditions, the following area trails and overlooks are closed until conditions improve.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Palau is a constitutional republic. Voters elect the president, vice president, and members of the legislature (House of Delegates) for four-year terms. In November 2016 voters re-elected Tommy E. Remengesau, Jr. president for a four-year term in a generally free and fair election.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the release of the State Department’s annual human rights report...
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: The United States recognizes the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and Tibetan autonomous prefectures (TAPs) and counties in Sichuan, Qinghai, Yunnan, and Gansu Provinces to be a part of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Central Committee oversees Tibet policies. As...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - With the upcoming summer travel season expected to be the busiest on record, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is strongly encouraging local residents to apply to the popular TSA Pre✓® Trusted Traveler screening program. Applications will be accepted at Sioux Falls Regional Airport from April 30 to May 4, 2018.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has a constitutional monarchy and a democratic parliamentary form of government with a popularly elected unicameral Chamber of Deputies (parliament). The prime minister is the leader of the dominant party or party coalition in parliament. In 2013 the country held parliamentary elections that were considered free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Tuvalu is a constitutional parliamentary democracy. The parliamentary election held in 2015 was generally free and fair, with three new members elected into the 15-member parliament. There were no formal political parties. Parliament selected Enele Sopoaga for a second term as prime minister.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Germany is a constitutional democracy. Citizens choose their representatives periodically in free and fair multiparty elections. The lower chamber of the federal parliament (Bundestag) elects the head of the federal government, the chancellor. The second legislative chamber, the Federal Council (Bundesrat),...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is ruled by its only constitutionally legitimate party, the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP). The most recent National Assembly election held in March 2016 was not free and fair. The LPRP selected all candidates, and voting is mandatory for all citizens. Following the election the National Assembly approved Thongloun Sisoulith to be the new prime minister.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Guinea is a constitutional democratic republic in the early stages of a transition from decades of authoritarian rule. In 2015 the country held its second democratic presidential election, and incumbent President Alpha Conde won with 58 percent of the vote. The political campaign was more peaceful than the 2010 presidential and 2013 legislative elections, but a few deaths occurred during skirmishes between demonstrators and security forces.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D-MN) sent a letter to President Trump today expressing concern that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt is inappropriately issuing waivers to fuel refiners in order to undermine the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.
