News from December 2021
By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and House Committee on Homeland Security Lead Republican John Katko (R-NY) issued the following statement on the court-ordered reimplementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), or “Remain in Mexico" policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Cameron man was sentenced to 15 months in prison for Bribery of a Public Official. On July 8, 2021, Casey Covington pled guilty to the charge.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5314, Protecting Our Democracy Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and possessing firearms.
By Press Release | Dec 9, 2021
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA will make up to $800 million available to support biofuel producers and infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: Over $300,000 awarded for projects in the District of Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - James Woods, Jr., 48, of Craigsville, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud.
By Press Release | Dec 9, 2021
Today the Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced new restrictions to address human rights abuses and corruption by Cambodian government actors, including the military, as well as the growing influence of the People’s Republic of China’s military in Cambodia.
By Press Release | Dec 9, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced today registration is open for SelectUSA’s Annual Investment Summit, which will take place June 26-29, 2022, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.
By David Beasley | Dec 9, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has recently begun implementing a policy prioritizing the deportation of noncitizens who are a threat to national security and providing enforcement discretion based on a noncitizen’s contribution to the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today that it has awarded more than $17.5 million in grants to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program. Funding will support efforts across the country to address violent crime, including the gun violence that is often at its core. The Black Family Development, Inc. was awarded $349,184 to administer PSN grant funds in the Eastern District of Michigan.
By Press release submission | Dec 9, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced today registration is open for SelectUSA’s Annual Investment Summit, which will take place June 26-29, 2022, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.
By Press Release | Dec 9, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold key staff positions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: $142,193 Awarded for Projects in the Eastern District of Arkansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 35-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been ordered to federal prison for using social media to entice a young girl to engage in sexual activity, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a Republican forum titled"How Joe Biden Stole Christmas: Addressing America's Ongoing Supply Chain Crisis.".
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Franklin County corrections officer was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 97 months in prison for receiving child pornography. As part of his sentence, he was also ordered to pay more than $50,000 in restitution to the victims depicted in the images.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- The Department of Justice announced today that it has awarded more than $17.5 million in grants to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program. Funding will support efforts across the country to address violent crime, including the gun violence that is often at its core. The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) was awarded $199,137 in PSN grant funds to administer in the District of Oregon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Former Miami lawyer Aaron Patrick Honaker, 42, of Miami, was sentenced to 40 months of imprisonment for committing a string of five bank robberies and attempted bank robberies in South Florida in September and October of 2020.
By Press Release | Dec 9, 2021
Today the U.S. Census Bureau released a list of 331 jurisdictions (counties and minor civil divisions) across the nation and three states that are required under the Voting Rights Act to provide language assistance during elections for citizens who are unable to speak or understand English adequately enough to participate in the electoral process.
