News from August 2021

By Commerce News Now | Aug 21, 2021
There were 57 notices published by the Commerce Department in week ending July 25, according to the Federal Register.

By USDA Wire | Aug 21, 2021
There were 23 notices published by the Agriculture Department in week ending July 25, according to the Federal Register.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – On Aug. 20, 2021, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas participated in three separate calls with Portuguese Minister of Internal Administration Eduardo Cabrita, Spanish Minister of Interior Fernando Grande-Marlaska, and Swedish Minister for Home Affairs Mikael Damberg to ...
By State Newswire | Aug 21, 2021
News Release: Today marks the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism. As we approach the 20th anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, we pay solemn tribute to those who lost their lives that terrible day and honor all victims of the global scourge of terrorism, at home and ...
By State Newswire | Aug 21, 2021
News Release: Eight years ago, on the early morning of Aug. 21, 2013, the Assad regime released the nerve agent sarin on its own people in the Ghouta district of Damascus, killing more than 1,400 Syrians, many of them children. The United States estimates that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons against ...
By State Newswire | Aug 21, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis today. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Landsbergis reaffirmed the strength and breadth of the U.S.-Lithuanian bilateral relationship. Secretary ...

By State Newswire | Aug 21, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2021
News Release: Los Alamos, NM - Bandelier will be hosting Wilderness Cleanup Weekend, September 25th and 26th to celebrate National Public Lands Day (NPLD) and to recognize September as National Wilderness Month. Park staff and volunteers will be leading several cleanup tasks in the park’s backcountry. Acting Superintendent and event organizer Dennis Milligan says, "These projects are aimed to help preserve the wilderness character and keep Bandelier's wilderness wild.".

By Homeland Newswire | Aug 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Today, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell appeared on Good Morning America, CNN and MSNBC to encourage people to prepare for Hurricane Henri and discuss FEMA’s readiness to assist northeastern states that may be impacted by the storm.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA is urging preparation ahead of Hurricane Henri, expected to make landfall tomorrow in Long Island, New York, or the southern New England coast.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2021
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - On Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, Mr. Lawrence Stanback, 60, of San Francisco, California, died while hiking near Red Cathedral along the Golden Canyon Trail in Death Valley National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2021
News Release: Hurricane Henri is projected to make landfall on Fire Island and Long Island Sunday afternoon, August 22nd.
By State Newswire | Aug 21, 2021
Release: Eight years ago, on the early morning of Aug. 21, 2013, the Assad regime released the nerve agent sarin on its own people in the Ghouta district of Damascus, killing more than 1,400 Syrians, many of them children. The United States estimates that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons against the Syrian people at least 50 times since the conflict began. On this somber anniversary, we remember and honor all the victims of the Assad regime’s chemical weapons attacks. .

By State Newswire | Aug 21, 2021
Release: Eight years ago, on the early morning of Aug. 21, 2013, the Assad regime released the nerve agent sarin on its own people in the Ghouta district of Damascus, killing more than 1,400 Syrians, many of them children. The United States estimates that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons against the Syrian people at least 50 times since the conflict began. On this somber anniversary, we remember and honor all the victims of the Assad regime’s chemical weapons attacks. .
By State Newswire | Aug 21, 2021
Release: Eight years ago, on the early morning of Aug. 21, 2013, the Assad regime released the nerve agent sarin on its own people in the Ghouta district of Damascus, killing more than 1,400 Syrians, many of them children. The United States estimates that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons against the Syrian people at least 50 times since the conflict began. On this somber anniversary, we remember and honor all the victims of the Assad regime’s chemical weapons attacks. .
By State Newswire | Aug 21, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) in a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to take the necessary steps to ensure all American citizens, ...

By Ariana Chiarenza | Aug 21, 2021
The Bureau of Land Management is urging capable animal owners to adopt burros and wild horses amid severe droughts in California over the past month.

By State Newswire | Aug 21, 2021
Release: Today marks the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism. As we approach the 20th anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, we pay solemn tribute to those who lost their lives that terrible day and honor all victims of the global scourge of terrorism, at home and abroad.

By Karen Kidd | Aug 21, 2021
An anti-casino group plans to sue over Florida's gaming compact with an indigenous group announced last spring.

By Karen Kidd | Aug 21, 2021
Wyoming is suing the U.S.