News from January 2021
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: The United States is a steadfast partner for the countries and institutions of Latin America and the Caribbean in their efforts to combat corruption and realize the promise of the Lima Commitment from the Eighth Summit of the Americas hosted by Peru in 2018.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Scott Busby serves as Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC, where in addition to the Bureau’s budget and human resources, he oversees the Bureau’s work on East Asia and the Pacific, the Western Hemisphere, business and human rights, and human rights-based sanctions.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: India plays a vital role in achieving our shared vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific. Working alongside interagency partners, the Political-Military Affairs (PM) Bureau advances the defense trade relationship and broader security partnership between the United States and India.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today blasted President Biden for announcing the United States will rejoin the World Health Organization.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: EL CENTRO, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) El Centro Field Office is seeking public input on a draft environmental assessment analyzing the impacts of a proposed replacement of the Cahuilla Ranger Station located in Imperial County. The new facility would better serve the needs of the public as well as BLM medical staff, law enforcement and park rangers.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: Security sector assistance is an integral component of U.S. national security strategy and a crucial foreign policy tool enabling foreign partners to advance U.S. national security goals; promote human rights and long-term relationship building; enhance regional security and interoperability with U.S.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - Congress has redesignated New River Gorge National River as New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. This new name highlights the park’s spectacular features and other national park qualities as well as its traditional recreational opportunities. The new law also allows for the expansion of this natural and recreational treasure.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, man has been charged in connection with a $700,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) fraud scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that Casey C. Kohler, 36, and Anna E. Mason, 28, both of Aiken County, were each sentenced to over eight years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: Forged during the Korean War and codified with the 1953 Mutual Defense Treaty, the United States-Republic of Korea (ROK) Alliance evolved into a comprehensive strategic partnership serving as a linchpin for security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. Over 28,500 U.S. military personnel are stationed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: HARRISONBURG, Va.- A Front Royal, Virginia man, who in the fall of 2017 distributed two fatal, fentanyl-laced doses of heroin, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg to a drug charge that carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison, and the possibility of a life sentence, ...
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: More information about Afghanistan is available on the Afghanistan 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: On Oct. 31, 2019, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a $25 million loan guarantee to promote energy investment across the Caribbean. Through this program, the U.S. government will assume responsibility for the loans, giving both lenders and borrowers the confidence needed to make important energy investments.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has announced up to $15 million in federally funded financial assistance for cost-shared research and development projects under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002402, Carbon Capture R&D: Bench-Scale Testing of Direct Air Capture Components (TRL 3) and Initial Engineering Design for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Systems from Air (TRL 6).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On Jan. 20, 2021, United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced Martin James Tirrell, age 60, formerly of West Des Moines, to 41 months in prison for Mail Fraud announced Acting United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal. Following his prison term, Tirrell was ordered...
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: Molly Montgomery serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. She is responsible for relations with Western Europe and the European Union.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Defendant has a history of illegal firearm and drug possession.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $50 million in funding for 15 projects focused on field validation and demonstration, as well as next-generation extraction, separation, and processing technologies, for critical materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Virginia man was sentenced in federal court in Columbus today to 360 months in prison for participating in a racketeering conspiracy in Columbus on behalf of the transnational gang MS-13.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Kwame’ Leon Weaver (31, Clearwater) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing a mixture of fentanyl, acetylfentanyl, and heroin with the intent to distribute it.
