News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Statement from Acting United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Jonathan F. Lenzner.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: MILWAUKEE - The Bureau of Land Management is holding a wild horse and burro placement event August 20-21, offering approximately 60 excess animals gathered from western rangelands at the Shale Knoll Arena, 126 Sherks Church Road, Annville, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Najee Neal, 30, of St. Louis, Missouri, appeared before United States District Court Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on today’s date and pleaded guilty to carjacking, brandishing a firearm in furtherance of that carjacking, and felon in possession of a firearm. Neal also pleaded guilty to a separate offense of being a felon in possession of a firearm in connection with an unrelated incident.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: MILWAUKEE - Despite two 2020 inspections that identified dangerous machine and noise hazards, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found a Milwaukee metal fabricating facility continues to put its workers’ safety and health at risk.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that following his efforts to ensure fairness for smaller metropolitan areas, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has canceled a proposed change...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Prairie Village, Kansas, man was sentenced in federal court today for engaging in two separate fraud schemes related to millions of dollars in false payday loan debt and for tax evasion totaling more than $8 million.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: Farm Service Agency Will Begin Taking Applications for indemnity program July 20th WASHINGTON, July 13, 2021 — Livestock and poultry producers who suffered losses during the pandemic due to insufficient access to processing can apply for assistance for those losses and the cost of depopulation and disposal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: A New York federal court unsealed an indictment today charging four Iranian nationals with conspiracies related to kidnapping, sanctions violations, bank and wire fraud, and money laundering. A co-conspirator and California resident, also of Iran, faces additional structuring charges.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its interest rate meetings from May 17 through June 16, 2021.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: The federal bank regulatory agencies today requested public comment on proposed guidance designed to help banking organizations manage risks associated with third-party relationships, including relationships with financial technology-focused entities. The proposed guidance is intended to assist banking ...
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: The International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ) today released an IIJ Criminal Justice Practitioner’s Guide for Addressing Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism (REMVE) developed under the IIJ REMVE initiative, supported by the United States and the United Kingdom. This ...
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you all very, very much. It is actually wonderful to be in a room with real people – (laughter) – with friends, with colleagues and without masks too. So in and of itself, that’s a very positive thing.
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: This Administration is deeply dedicated to addressing racial injustice and inequities at home and abroad. On the global stage, the United States is leading by example.
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Montenegro as you celebrate your Statehood Day.
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: Today the U.S. Department of State, alongside the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the U.S. Department of Labor issued an updated Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory to highlight ...
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of State, alongside the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the U.S. Department of Labor, issued an updated Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory in response ...
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: Today, the United States of America and Republic of Ghana signed a Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Strategic Civil Nuclear Cooperation (NCMOU), which improves our cooperation on nuclear energy and strengthens our diplomatic and economic relationship.
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Almagro to discuss the situation in Haiti following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. The Secretary expressed ...
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the ASEAN Secretary General during the Special ASEAN-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Meeting. The Secretary reaffirmed the United ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: MANCHESTER, NH – The operator of two specialty grocery stores in New Hampshire and Maine, has paid $27,274 in civil money penalties to the U.S. Department of Labor after an investigation found that the employer employed minors to clean power-driven meat mixers and grinders. Federal child labor laws prohibit employees under 18 from cleaning or operating these machines.
