News from February 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 6, 2021
News Release: TAMPA – David Pekoske, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, this week met with local law enforcement officials and the National Football League (NFL) to review Department of Homeland Security (DHS) operations to help ensure the safety and security of employees, ...
By State Newswire | Feb 6, 2021
News Release: Today, the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD) worked with the Government of Iraq to return the remains of 104 Yezidis to Kocho, Sinjar to be laid to rest by their loved ones. The United States stands with the Yezidis in mourning for their community ...
By State Newswire | Feb 6, 2021
News Release: The United States in recent years has joined the international community on February 6 in observing the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). The United States remains committed to ending this egregious human rights abuse and supporting survivors of FGM/C, both at home and around the world.
By State Newswire | Feb 6, 2021
News Release: The United States thanks Stephanie Turco Williams for her service in advancing peace as she departs her position as Acting UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). In these roles, she displayed extraordinary diplomatic skills, demonstrating ...
By State Newswire | Feb 6, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke yesterday with the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. Secretary Blinken and the Foreign Minister discussed regional security, counterterrorism, and cooperation to deter ...
By State Newswire | Feb 6, 2021
News Release: The United States has suspended and initiated the process to terminate the Asylum Cooperative Agreements with the Governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras as the first concrete steps on the path to greater partnership and collaboration in the region laid out by President Biden. The termination of these Agreements is effective after the notice period stipulated in each of the Agreements, but their suspension is immediate.
By State Newswire | Feb 6, 2021
Release: Today, the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD) worked with the Government of Iraq to return the remains of 104 Yezidis to Kocho, Sinjar to be laid to rest by their loved ones. The United States stands with the Yezidis in mourning for their community...
By State Newswire | Feb 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC-Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s plan to reverse the Houthi Foreign Terrorist Organization designation...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2021
News Release: US Park Rangers assigned to the Special Investigation Unit at Golden Gate National Recreation Area are seeking tips from the public to aid an investigation for a visitor fatality. On Jan. 21, 2021, a visitor fell from a cliff near Battery Rathbone, an area adjacent to the one-way section of Conzelman Road in the park.
By State Newswire | Feb 6, 2021
Release: Today, the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD) worked with the Government of Iraq to return the remains of 104 Yezidis to Kocho, Sinjar to be laid to rest by their loved ones. The United States stands with the Yezidis in mourning for their community...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2021
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- The National Park Service (NPS) is conducting a missing person search at Grand Canyon National Park.
By State Newswire | Feb 6, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Maine man appeared yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine on charges stemming from his assault on local law enforcement officers, as well as other crimes, during the riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 that disrupted a Joint Session of the U.S. Congress in the process of affirming Presidential election results.
By State Newswire | Feb 6, 2021
Release: The United States has suspended and initiated the process to terminate the Asylum Cooperative Agreements with the Governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras as the first concrete steps on the path to greater partnership and collaboration in the region laid out by President Biden. The termination of these Agreements is effective after the notice period stipulated in each of the Agreements, but their suspension is immediate.
By State Newswire | Feb 6, 2021
Release: The United States in recent years has joined the international community on February 6 in observing the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). The United States remains committed to ending this egregious human rights abuse and supporting survivors of FGM/C, both at home and around the world.
By State Newswire | Feb 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC-Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, issued the following statement...
By State Newswire | Feb 6, 2021
Release: Today, the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD) worked with the Government of Iraq to return the remains of 104 Yezidis to Kocho, Sinjar to be laid to rest by their loved ones. The United States stands with the Yezidis in mourning for their community...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: Secretary Mayorkas spoke by phone yesterday with Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi. This was the Secretary’s first call to a U.S. Governor since being sworn-in on February 2. During the conversation, Secretary Mayorkas underscored the Department’s commitment to ensuring the safety and security of ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: Biden Administration Considers Changes to Bolster Effectiveness of Program and Recommits to Making CRP a Cornerstone of Conservation Programming WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) General Signup period, which had previously ...
By State Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the United States Government and the American people, I send my best wishes to the people of New Zealand as you commemorate Waitangi Day on February 6.
