News from July 2021
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, 139 lawmakers wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging him to promptly reinstate the Clean Air Act waiver for California's Advanced Clean Cars program. The waiver would restore the authority of California and other states to impose emission ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHRISTIAN NIEVES, a/k/a “Eric Rosario," a/k/a “White Boy," was sentenced today to three years in prison in connection with his retaliation against a witness who had testified at a previous federal murder...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: St. Thomas-USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that a St. Thomas man was arrested on Friday July 23, 2021 at the Cyril E. King Airport on criminal charges related to his alleged possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced it will continue field evaluation of the oral rabies vaccine (ORV) bait ONRAB in seven states. This year’s field evaluation is part of an ongoing project addressing operational questions ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Beginning today, certain family units who are not able to be expelled under Title 42 will be placed in expedited removal proceedings. Expedited removal provides a lawful, more accelerated procedure to remove those family units who do not have a basis under U.S. law to be in the United States.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 26, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced approximately $16.6 million in available funding to community-based and nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and Tribal entities that help socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: A federal jury in Greenbelt, Maryland, convicted a Washington, D.C., man Friday of conspiring to commit theft of public money, theft of public money and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today released the following statement on Aon plc’s and Willis Towers Watson’s announcement that the firms agreed to terminate their planned $30 billion merger. The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit on June 16, 2021, to stop the merger, alleging ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Today, as we commemorate the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are jointly publishing guidance on how “long COVID” can be a disability under the ADA, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Kristen Clarke issued the following statements to mark the 31st Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the nation’s preeminent civil rights law that provides equal opportunity for people with disabilities.
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: The inclusion of persons with disabilities in all aspects of society is a U.S. foreign policy priority. Disability rights are human rights. And today, July 26, the United States celebrates the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the world’s first comprehensive civil rights law for persons with disabilities.
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman traveled to the People’s Republic of China for meetings with State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and other PRC officials from July 25-26. The Deputy Secretary expressed the United States’ sincere condolences ...
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Beginning on July 11, tens of thousands of Cubans across the island took to the streets to peacefully demand their fundamental freedoms and a better future. The Cuban government responded with violence.
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: On January 4, 2021, former Secretary of State Pompeo convened an independent Accountability Review Board (ARB) to review the facts and circumstance surrounding the murder of Mr. Edgar Flores Santos, a U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS) Locally Employed ...
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister Marta Lucia Ramirez. The Secretary reaffirmed the enduring partnership between our two countries. He emphasized the importance of defending and advancing ...
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: The United States is closely monitoring developments in Tunisia. We have been in contact with Tunisian government officials to stress that solutions to Tunisia’s political and economic troubles should be based on the Tunisian constitution and the principles of democracy, human rights, and freedom. We ...
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Aleisha Woodward will travel to Rome, Italy, from July 28-30, 2021, to lead the U.S. delegation to the G20 Culture Ministerial.
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq.
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary Antony J. Blinken spoke with Tunisian President Kais Saied today. The Secretary underscored the United States’ strong partnership and continued support for the Tunisian people as they face the dual challenges of an economic crisis and the ...
