News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Assailant Attacked Law Enforcement with Plank and Fire Extinguisher in Effort To Halt Certification of Presidential Election.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today released a report summarizing the public comments received during the scoping period for an Environmental Assessment (EA) of the SpaceX facility in Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX plans to launch its Starship/Super Heavy vehicle from that site. The agency received 321 public comments during the scoping period, which ended on Jan. 22, 2021.
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States Government, I congratulate the people of Aruba on your National Day celebrating the 35th anniversary of Aruba’s Status Aparte.
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
Release: PRESIDENT MOON: (Via interpreter) (In progress) The Republic of Korea was chosen in the Biden-Harris administration’s first cabinet-level overseas trip, and the fact that you two are visiting Korea demonstrates that the Biden-Harris administration (inaudible).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Christopher A. Hayes made an initial appearance on federal charges of making a false claim to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). Hayes was charged via an information filed on March 18, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Larry Cuffman, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, has admitted to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
Release: Mekong-U.S. Partnership. The Indo-Pacific, and particularly Southeast Asia, is dynamic, and enhancing the United States’ economic ties with this region is a Biden administration priority. Over 3.5 million Americans are immigrants or descendants of immigrants from Mekong-region countries, and over 1,000...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at a hearing to examine last year’s SolarWinds hack and subsequent breaches that compromised the information technology systems of critical...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Ranking Member Daniel Webster (R-FL) from today’s hearing entitled, “Building Smarter: The Benefits of Investing in Resilience and Mitigation":
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to Secretary Blinken’s latest comments on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ADRIAN FLEMMING, also known as “Gordo," 25, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), and Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) today wrote the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to learn more about its policies and procedures used to distribute and oversee $825 million in grant funding during 2020.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today pressed senior cybersecurity officials on vulnerabilities in federal information technology systems and supply chains, including last year’s SolarWinds hack resulting in breaches of multiple government agencies and departments, many of which are responsible for homeland security and protecting Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties hearing on "Discrimination and Violence Against Asian Americans"...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: CINCINNATI - The United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling today affirming the convictions of Cincinnati businessman Doug Evans and his landscaping company.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Philadelphia, PA - During a four-week operation conducted February 15 - March 15, the U.S. Marshals Service Offices in Philadelphia, in conjunction with Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services and Bucks County Children Youth Services, participated in operation “Safeguard," a multi-agency enforcement operation focused on human trafficking and the location and recovery of critically missing and exploited children.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Peter N. Allen, age 33, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, pled guilty today to attempting to entice a minor to engage in a sexual encounter with him. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that they have reached a proposed settlement with John Raftopoulos, Diamond Peak Cattle Company LLC and Rancho Greco Limited LLC (collectively, the defendants) to resolve...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Southern Tech, Ardmore, Oklahoma, to help build their Aerospace Airframe and Powerplant Certification Training facility. This EDA grant, to be matched with $1 million in local investment, is expected to create or retain 340 jobs.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: A new report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau shows the average one-way commute in the United States increased to a new high of 27.6 minutes in 2019. The Travel Time to Work in the United States: 2019 report summarizes trends in travel time among U.S. workers between 2006 and 2019 using single-year...
