News from August 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Legislation that was recently reintroduced by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, to promote stronger cybersecurity coordination between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and state...
By State Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
Release: The United States is revitalizing our multilateral partnerships to advance our shared prosperity, security, and values in the Indo-Pacific.
By State Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
Release: The United States is launching a new visa restriction authority as part of our effort to help the people of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador improve their political, economic, and security conditions. Too often, such improvements run up against the obstacles of corruption and impunity. Poor governance...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - A Columbus resident with several prior felony convictions pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm resulting from a Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A local youth wrestling coach was arrested today on a charge of receipt and distribution of child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Michael Edward Burr, Jr. (29, Homosassa) has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of possessing images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children. Burr faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, and up to, 20 years in federal prison, as well as a potential lifetime term of supervised release. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) founders and co-chairs of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, today issued the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Ed Markey (D-MA) have introduced the Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2021 in their respective...
By State Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
Release: The United States is launching a new visa restriction authority as part of our effort to help the people of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador improve their political, economic, and security conditions. Too often, such improvements run up against the obstacles of corruption and impunity. Poor governance...
By State Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
Release: The United States is ASEAN’s strategic partner and remains steadfast in its support for ASEAN-centered regional architecture at the heart of the Indo-Pacific. We applaud ASEAN’s Outlook on the Indo-Pacific and welcome the strong principles upon which it is based - inclusivity, openness, and a region...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Ed Markey (D-MA) have introduced the Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2021 in their respective...
By State Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. Good to see you. I’m very, very pleased to have President Whipps from Palau here today in the State Department. Palau is a strong partner for the United States, a leader on climate, a model on COVID response, and, of course, a strong voice for a free and open...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
Release: CHICAGO - Transportation Security Administration officers at O’Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport discovered 11 firearms at security checkpoints in July 2021.
By State Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: Salem, Ore. - FEMA has approved $34,488,250 for the State of Oregon to defray the costs of debris removal throughout Douglas, Jackson, Lane, Lincoln and Marion counties from 2020’s devastating wildfires under FEMA’s Public Assistance Program (PA).
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Bedford, Kentucky, man who admitted to sending multiple explicit videos and images of minors to at least two different recipients via Facebook Messenger will serve 180 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Holts Summit, Missouri, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for the armed robbery of a Dollar General store in Jefferson City, Mo.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - On or around August 9, the Bureau of Land Management Carson City District, Sierra Front Field Office will begin an emergency wild horse gather on the Flanigan Herd Management Area (HMA) located about five miles west of Pyramid Lake in Washoe County, Nevada. The BLM will conduct gather operations utilizing temporary water traps consisting of a series of corral panels stocked with water; no helicopters will be used.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: Man Sentenced for Receiving, Soliciting and Promoting Child Pornography.
