News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: In Del Rio today, a federal grand jury indicted 34-year-old Mexican national Sergio Trevino for allegedly shooting at two U.S. Border Patrol agents near Brackettville, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer; Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden, San Antonio Division; and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to President Biden’s Executive Orders prioritizing the climate crisis at the national level, spurring the creation of new good-paying jobs, securing environmental justice, and rebalancing the energy sector in favor of clean energy...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C- Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following statement regarding President Biden’s moratorium on new energy leasing and permitting on federal lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: A Dallas man has been charged with trafficking a 14-year-old child who was recovered at a local hotel, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and a resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. This Indictment is related to four...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Caught in Wyoming transporting 10 pounds of meth to Iowa.
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
Release: MR PRICE: Good afternoon. Welcome back to the briefing room, to your briefing room. We’ll be spending quite a bit of time together starting very shortly, and I very much look forward to that. But today, first, I have the privilege of introducing for the first time to this room the 71st Secretary of State, Mr. Tony Blinken. So with no further ado, I turn it over to him.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C- Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following statement regarding President Biden’s moratorium on new energy leasing and permitting on federal lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield woman was sentenced in federal court today for leading a conspiracy that distributed more than 15 kilograms of methamphetamine in a three-county area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza today sentenced Antonio Walthour (28, Clarksville, TN) to three years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Walthour had pleaded guilty on Jan. 16, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 45-year-old Rio Bravo resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for conspiring to transport aliens within the country for a profit, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By State Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on Antony J. Blinken’s confirmation as secretary of State:
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: DALLAS - United States Drug Enforcement Administration agents in Dallas, Texas, have launched an investigation following the seizure of approximately 1,950 pounds of methamphetamine that was secreted in the bed of a refrigerated tractor-trailer. The discovery came following a traffic stop in Denton County, ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The scarcity of medical resources in the fight against COVID-19 is a global issue. The United States is competing for the same resources as many other countries. To maximize the availability of critical protective and lifesaving resources to front line health care workers, FEMA and the Department...
By State Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it reached a settlement with Quantum Integrators Group (Quantum), an IT consulting and staffing company based in New Jersey. The settlement resolves claims that Quantum (1) discriminated against a lawful permanent resident by requiring her, based on her ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: A Wisconsin pharmacist has agreed to plead guilty to charges filed today in federal court that he attempted to render hundreds of doses of COVID-19 vaccine ineffective.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: A Texas man pleaded guilty today to violent gang-related activities in the Eastern District of Texas.
By State Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union.
By State Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: MR PRICE: Good afternoon, everyone. Thanks so much for joining us today for this briefing to discuss the current state of travel during COVID-19, in particular the implementation of the CDC’s rule regarding predeparture testing for travelers to the United States.
