News from December 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced the Disclosing All Spending That Ensures Relief Act (DISASTER Act), bipartisan legislation that...

By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
There were eight press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs in November 2021.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Today United States District Court Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. sentenced David Curtis President to 18 years in prison for the crimes of carjacking and firearms offenses for separate carjackings committed on June 28, 2019 and July 29, 2019. President pleaded guilty to the charges on Aug. 24, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - An Ash Grove, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing 10 firearms, three of which were stolen during his burglary of a neighbor’s house.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is offering a $1,000 hiring bonus to individuals who become TSA officers at Buffalo-Niagara International Airport. New officers will receive $500 upon starting and another $500 at their anniversary date.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - A McDowell County woman plead guilty today to a child pornography offense.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Davante Harrison, a/k/a “YGG Tay," age 27, of Baltimore, yesterday to 15 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine...

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
There were 39 press releases published by the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in November 2021.

By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
Release: On Thursday, U.S.-EU discussions will focus on key areas for our cooperation, including on economic and technology issues, human rights, multilateralism, disinformation, security, and how we pursue results-oriented cooperation with the PRC where our interests align. A joint statement will be released ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law hearing on "The Administrative Procedure Act at 75: Ensuring the Rulemaking Process is Transparent, Accountable, and Effective...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of carjacking was sentenced on Nov. 30, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Meghan E. Heesch (619) 546-9442.
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
Release: QUESTION: Mr. Blinken, thank you so much for your time. Very happy to see you.

By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: NEWS RELEASE. Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Launches Night Sky Program. Date: Dec. 1, 2021. National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. TULE SPRINGS FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT News Release. Dec. 1, 2021. Release No.: 2021-06. Contact: TUSK_information@nps.gov. Tule...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that David Mondore, 30, of New York, New York, who was convicted of accessing a protected computer without authorization and, by means of such conduct, furthering the intended fraud and obtaining anything of value, was sentenced to serve six months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus woman was sentenced in federal court here today and ordered to pay a fine of $250,000, the maximum amount allowed by law, for committing COVID relief fraud. In addition to her fine, she was ordered to pay more than $128,000 in restitution.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: BOISE - A Nampa man was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.

By DOE Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced its intent to fund projects through its University Training and Research Program, which is composed of the University Coal Research (UCR) program and the Historically Black Colleges...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal jury today returned guilty verdicts against Defendant Tandre Buchanan, Jr., 24, of Cleveland, following a three-day trial before Judge Donald C. Nugent in Cleveland. Buchanan was found guilty of interference with commerce by means of robbery and tampering with evidence.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A 47-year-old medical sales representative has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle allegations that he assisted in causing the submission of false claims, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.