News from June 2021
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 11, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin work on three proposed rules to support enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act, the 100-year old law that was originally designed to protect poultry and hog farmers and cattle ranchers from unfair, deceptive, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a superseding indictment Thursday charging a U.S. entertainer and businessman and a Malaysian national with orchestrating an unregistered, back-channel campaign beginning in or about 2017 to influence the then-administration of the President of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard A. Powers of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division issued the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement concerning their proposed rules to support enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act: “The Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Honolulu, Hawaii, returned an indictment today charging a Hawaii husband and wife with conspiring to defraud the United States and filing a false tax return. The wife was also charged with four counts of money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: The daughter of the leader of the Mexican drug trafficking organization known as the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), a dual U.S.-Mexican citizen, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for willfully engaging in financial dealings with Mexican companies that had been identified as specially ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment yesterday adding the charges of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and kidnapping to the previous charges of conspiracy to commit forced labor, forced labor, conspiracy to harbor aliens and harboring aliens.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: A North Carolina man was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison for production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: A New York man and an Oklahoma woman were arrested Wednesday in Buffalo, New York and Altus, Oklahoma, respectively, on a criminal complaint filed in the Western District of New York charging them for their roles in fraudulently obtaining and laundering nearly $1 million in funds from the COVID-19 relief Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I extend my warmest congratulations to the people of the Republic of the Philippines as you celebrate your independence day on June 12.
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke by phone with Chinese Communist Party Politburo Member and Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission Yang Jiechi today. Secretary Blinken and Director Yang discussed the United States’ comprehensive ...
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev. Secretary Blinken and President Radev emphasized the importance of the transatlantic Alliance, the U.S.-Bulgaria strategic partnership, and cooperation under Bulgaria’s ...
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Japan.
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya to reaffirm the strong U.S.-Spain alliance, friendship, and Transatlantic relationship. Secretary Blinken emphasized the U.S. commitment to migration ...
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: On the occasion of World Ocean Week, the United States is pleased to announce it will partner with Palau on the next Our Ocean Conference, planned for early 2022 in Koror, Palau.
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: The United States congratulates the people and government of Mongolia for their successful presidential election on June 9, the eighth such election since Mongolia’s peaceful democratic revolution in 1990. We commend Mongolia for its commitment to democracy, and we are proud to be Mongolia’s “third neighbor” ...
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: On June 21, many Ethiopians will be able to cast ballots in elections, an important exercise of their civil and political rights.
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Solá to discuss the importance of bilateral, regional, and international efforts to promote democracy and human rights in Nicaragua. He highlighted our concerns ...
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: Child labor harms the physical and mental development of children, depriving them of their childhood, their potential, and their dignity. For their future and for the world’s future, we must do more to combat child labor and protect children from this scourge. June 12 is the World Day Against Child Labor, ...
By Commerce News Now | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: This year’s Investment Summit was the largest in its history with representatives from every U.S. state and territory participating for the first time ever On the final day of the 2021 SelectUSA Investment Summit, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo released the following statement: “The United ...
By Commerce News Now | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce announced today key appointments to lead the Department and its bureaus to create good-paying jobs, strengthen American businesses, and build back better and more equitably.
