News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - John Jacob Gullatt III, 47, of Fresno, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to three and a half years in prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the U.S. government has committed more than $1 billion worldwide in emergency health, humanitarian, economic, and development assistance aimed at helping governments, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) fight the pandemic, including nearly...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Werneburg had a 2007 conviction for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom on May 28, 2020.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: En español Today, DHS is announcing the suspension of new enrollments in the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program. Effective tomorrow, Jan. 21, the Department will cease adding individuals into the program. However, current COVID-19 non-essential travel restrictions, both at the border and in the region, remain in place at this time. All current MPP participants should remain where they are, pending further official information from U.S. government officials.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Today, Acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Pekoske signed a memorandum directing DHS components, including Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, to review and reset enforcement policies and set interim policies for civil enforcement while the Department develops its final priorities.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: USDA Extends Evictions and Foreclosure Moratorium to March 31, 2021 and Provides Additional Guidance for Servicing Loans Impacted by COVID-19 WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2021 — In one of his first acts in office, President Joe Biden requested federal agencies to extend eviction and foreclosure moratoriums for ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: A Connecticut man was charged yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with assaulting an officer during the breach of the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. He will be presented in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York today, before appearing in Washington ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) announced a settlement with Dow Chemical Company and two subsidiaries, Performance Materials NA Inc. and Union Carbide Corporation, that will eliminate thousands of tons of air pollution from four of Dow’s petrochemical manufacturing facilities in Texas and Louisiana.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: The U.S. government supports the efforts of businesses to respect human rights and strives to protect against human rights abuses, including those committed by business enterprises. The U.S. government continued to take steps towards this objective in 2020. This fact sheet provides an illustrative snapshot of the U.S. government’s work undertaken in this regard over the past year.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor champions American values, including the rule of law and individual rights, that promote strong, stable, prosperous, and sovereign states. We advance American security in the struggle against authoritarianism and terrorism when we stand for the freedoms of religion, speech, and the press, and the rights of people to assemble peaceably and to petition their government for a redress of grievances.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Cheyenne, WY - United States Attorney Mark A. Klaassen, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, has announced his resignation from office effective midnight Jan. 31, 2021. Upon his resignation, Klaassen will be taking a post with the State of Wyoming.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Beatrice, Nebraska - Homestead National Historical Park has prepared a Fire Management Plan and associated Environmental Assessment that will guide wildfire response and prescribed fire use at the park for the next decade.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom on May 28, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Seattle - A Florida-based corporation that manufactures, imports, and distributes products used in residential and commercial construction has agreed to pay the United States $160,933 to resolve allegations that it imported roofing underlayment product manufactured in China without country of origin...
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom on May 28, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Defendant attempted to murder rival gang member using poisoned narcotics.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: More information about India is available on the India Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: For over 60 years the United States-Japan Alliance has served as the cornerstone of peace, stability, and freedom in the Indo-Pacific region. The U.S. commitment to Japan’s defense under the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty of 1960 is unwavering. We continue to work with Japan to address shared regional and...
