News from June 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: As part of our continued effort to restore safe, orderly, and humane processing at the Southwest Border, DHS will expand the pool of MPP-enrolled individuals who are eligible for processing into the United States. Beginning June 23, 2021, DHS will include MPP enrollees who had their cases terminated ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Provides Updates on Efforts to Improve Access to Nutritious Foods WASHINGTON, June 23, 2021 – Nearly nine out of 10 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants face barriers in providing their household with a healthy diet throughout the month, based on a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) study released today.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Funding will Help Provide Rural Health Care, Emergency Response Services and Long-Term Disaster Recovery WASHINGTON, June 23, 2021 – United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson today announced that USDA is investing $185 million to equip, rebuild, and modernize essential services in rural areas of 32 states. The investments will benefit 3 million rural residents.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 23, 2021 – “Dr. Homer Wilkes has dedicated his career to public service; he has put his time and talents to work with USDA for more than 41 years. His nomination reflects USDA’s commitment to putting agriculture, forestry and working lands at the center of solutions to increase climate ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Texas attorney and former member of the Idaho legislature, John O. Green, and his client, Texas inventor Thomas Selgas, were sentenced yesterday for conspiracy to defraud the United States and tax evasion. Selgas was sentenced to 18 months in prison and Green to six months.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Mariam Taha Thompson, 62, formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, was sentenced today to 23 years in prison for delivering classified national defense information to aid a foreign government. As part of her March 26 guilty plea, Thompson admitted that she believed that the classified national defense information that she was passing to a Lebanese national would be provided to Lebanese Hezbollah, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: A Tennessee physician pleaded guilty today in the Western District of Tennessee to causing the death of one of his patients through his illegal prescribing of hydrocodone.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced that it would continue its Fed Listens initiative in 2021 to learn from a broad range of individuals, households, and communities about the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri and the people of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as you celebrate your National Day and the Grand Duke’s Official Birthday. Our enduring and close friendship is based on shared history and ...
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: “We applaud the Libyan people for their determination to restore unity to their country.” – Joint statement of the United States, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom, Mar. 11, 2021 Secretary Antony J. Blinken will participate in the Second Berlin Conference on Libya on June 23 in Berlin, ...
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It’s very, very good to be here in Berlin, especially good to be here because we have an important conference bringing together international and Libyan partners in, I think, a moment of opportunity to reinforce the support of the international community for Libya as it moves forward toward elections, sustaining the ceasefire, getting foreign forces out of the country, and continuing the support of the international community.
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: On Thursday, June 24, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Brian McKeon will travel to Atlanta and Clarkston, Georgia, known as “the most diverse square mile in America” to meet with U.S. refugee resettlement agency staff, partners, and community volunteers, as well as resettled refugees, ...
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. Secretary Blinken and Chancellor Merkel emphasized the importance of a coordinated Transatlantic approach to addressing global challenges, including those ...
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: CHANCELLOR MERKEL: (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to be able to welcome the foreign secretary, the Secretary of State of the United States Antony Blinken, and that I have the opportunity to get to know him a little bit better in his new position.
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: FOREIGN MINISTER MAAS: (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the federal foreign office. A very warm welcome to Berlin, dear Tony, or rather, welcome back. After all, weren’t you in Europe only last week? And during that visit, President Biden and your delegation underlined impressively that America is back, back on the international and multilateral scene, and we’re extremely pleased about this.
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: The United States is gravely concerned by reports that dozens of civilians were killed or injured during a bombing of a village market in northern Tigray on June 22. We strongly condemn this reprehensible act. There are also credible reports that security forces denied medical personnel access to the ...
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: MODERATOR: We wanted to do this just on background attributable to senior State Department officials to give you a sense of some of the discussions today, and we thought we would start with the Libya discussion. And [Senior State Department Official One] can offer a sense of how things went, the progress that was made, and what remains. So again, we’ll just do this on background.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: MATHISTON, MS – Home healthcare providers expect their workers to meet their clients’ many daily needs. In turn, these workers count on their employers to pay them fairly and legally so they may care for themselves and their families. A recent federal investigation found a Mathiston provider failed to pay its employees overtime and minimum wages as the law requires.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the award of five grants totaling $11.6 million to improve the delivery of training and employment services, and measure their effectiveness in Arkansas, Indiana, Maryland, Mississippi and New Mexico.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the reopening of the comment period on proposed amendments to six class exemptions from prohibited transaction rules set forth in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code.
