News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced today that it is seeking additional public comments until Feb. 15, 2022, on whether and how the division should revise the 1995 Bank Merger Competitive Review Guidelines (Banking Guidelines). The division will use additional comments to ensure ...

By Press release submission | Dec 17, 2021
Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Rena Bitter will travel December 7-17 to Qatar, India, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

By Press release submission | Dec 17, 2021
As members of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance, we note with grave concern the increased repression of Jehovah’s Witnesses in a number of countries.

By Press release submission | Dec 17, 2021
On December 15, U.S. and Israeli officials met virtually to participate in the 36th meeting of the U.S.–Israel Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG), the premier bilateral economic policy dialogue between the two nations, first held in 1985.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that an Oacoma, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Dec. 13, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo regarding her reported family ties to the Chinese Communist Party and potential conflicts of interest from those connections.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Shane Harrigan (619) 546-6981 and Fred Sheppard (619) 546-8237.

By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: HONOLULU - Visits to the USS Arizona Memorial are set to resume Sunday Dec. 19, thanks to the hard work of Navy Facilities (NAVFAC) and National Park Service Facilities Rangers.

By Press release submission | Dec 17, 2021
Brian McFeeters from the U.S. Embassy. I’d like to introduce Secretary of State Antony Blinken to talk about Malaysia’s energy transition.

By Press release submission | Dec 17, 2021
On December 9, the United States and Canada concluded the eleventh round of negotiations to modernize the Columbia River Treaty regime.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - An Atlanta-area gynecologist, two pharmacists, and ten other individual accomplices or pill “sponsors" have been indicted, charged with the alleged illegal sale and distribution of controlled substances to addicts and drug dealers.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: ELY, Nev. - State and county agencies and a non-profit organization are establishing “seed islands" around wildlife guzzlers to restore desert tortoise habitat on southeastern Nevada’s fire-scarred public lands.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: POCATELLO - An Albuquerque, New Mexico man was sentenced to 71 months in federal prison for possession of ammunition by a prohibited person.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of Transportation of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - As U.S. overdose deaths reach a devastating new height, claiming a new victim every five minutes, the Drug Enforcement Administration has revealed a direct link between fentanyl-related overdose deaths and criminal drug networks in Mexico. These groups are harnessing social media platforms...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: Trainer Jorge Navarro Ordered to Pay Over $26 Million in Restitution.
By State Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
The Congressional Record published “RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF PAM MARPHIS” in the Extensions of Remarks section on Dec. 9.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
The US Labor Department published a five page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.