News from August 2021
By State Newswire | Aug 14, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 14, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) applauded the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) decision to resume posting its votes on the EEOC website. The move comes after Foxx wrote EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows urging her to reinstate the EEOC’s practice of making members’ voting records public.
By State Newswire | Aug 14, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti Saturday morning...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – On Aug. 13, 2021 the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, issued a new National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin regarding the heightened threat environment across the United States. The threat environment to the Homeland is diverse and challenging, especially leading up to and following the 20th Anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks as well as religious holidays that could serve as catalyst for targeted violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it reached a settlement with JP Senior Healthcare LLC and JP Senior Management LLC, resolving the department’s claims that these companies violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against a Latino employee based on assumptions that the worker was not a U.S. citizen.
By State Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I send best wishes and congratulations to the people of the Republic of Korea as you celebrate your National Day on August 15. The U.S.-Republic of Korea Alliance has stood as the linchpin of peace, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific and beyond for nearly seven decades, and we are proud to stand with you as we work together to tackle the most pressing global challenges of the 21st century.
By State Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: The United States is imposing sanctions on members of an international oil smuggling network, the leaders of which have provided support for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF). This action targets an oil broker from Oman who, in partnership with senior IRGC-QF officials, has ...
By State Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Kazakhstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mukhtar Tileuberdi on August 13 to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. Secretary Blinken updated the Foreign Minister on U.S. plans to ...
By State Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: In recent weeks, the United States imposed sanctions on Cuban military and security leaders and units in response to the Cuban regime’s violent suppression of peaceful protesters on and after July 11. Today, we are enacting additional sanctions in connection with this repression. We take this action pursuant to Executive Order 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.
By State Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I offer best wishes to the people of Pakistan as they celebrate their Independence Day.
By State Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman spoke with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis today. Deputy Secretary Sherman and Foreign Minister Landsbergis emphasized the strength and breadth of the U.S.-Lithuanian bilateral relationship, ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: NEW HAVEN, CT – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration , Dimeo Construction Co., the Connecticut Department of Labor’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and the New Haven Building Trades signed a partnership agreement to promote worker safety and health on the 101 College St. and 100 College St. Pedestrian Bridge construction projects in New Haven.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: NEW HAVEN, CT – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration , Dimeo Construction Co., the Connecticut Department of Labor’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and the New Haven Building Trades signed a partnership agreement to promote worker safety and health on the 101 College St. and 100 College St. Pedestrian Bridge construction projects in New Haven.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2021-20. Aug. 13, 2021To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective July 14, 2021, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) expanded the Mexican fruit fly (Mexfly) quarantines in the cities ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2021-22. Aug. 13, 2021To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory OfficialsOn July 13, 2021, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) released two pale cyst nematode (PCN) associated fields, which have a combined area of approximately 271 acres, from regulation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Amber Ramos, of Hepzibah, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 37 months of incarceration for a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago financial adviser has been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison for swindling more than $3 million from clients, including a man who received compensation from the State of Illinois in a wrongful conviction settlement.
By State Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement ahead of the August 14 anniversary of American citizen Austin Tice’s kidnapping in Syria:
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced today the sentences of defendants who were indicted in multiple cases and convicted for their participation in an opioid, methamphetamine, and cocaine distribution ring previously active...
By State Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Republican Leader of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Republican Leader of the House Committee on Homeland Security Rep. John Katko (R-NY), and Republican Leader of the House Committee on Armed Services Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) issued the following statement on the threat that the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan will have on U.S. homeland security.
