News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney W. Anders Folk today announced a federal criminal complaint charging THOMAS WILDER MOSELEY, 29, with illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. MOSELEY will make his initial appearance on March 31, 2021, before Magistrate Judge Becky Thorson in U.S. District Court.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: The Kingdom of the Netherlands, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, consists of four equal autonomous countries: the Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao, and Sint Maarten. The kingdom retains responsibility for foreign policy, defense, and other “kingdom issues." The Netherlands includes the Caribbean islands...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: The constitution provides for a republic with a presidential form of government. Legislative authority is vested in the Milli Mejlis (National Assembly). The presidency is the predominant branch of government, exceeding the judiciary and legislature. On February 9, the government conducted National Assembly...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: Lebanon is a parliamentary republic based on the 1943 National Pact, which apportions governmental authority among a Maronite Christian president, a Shia speaker of the Chamber of Deputies (parliament), and a Sunni prime minister. The law officially recognizes 18 religious sects or confessions. In 2016...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of committing theft as a postal employee, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: According to its constitution, Egypt is a republic governed by an elected president and bicameral legislature, with the upper house or Senate newly established during the year. Presidential elections were held in 2018. Challengers to incumbent President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi withdrew ahead of the election,...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
Release: The Republic of the Congo is a presidential republic in which the constitution vests most decision-making authority and political power in the president and prime minister. In 2015 the country adopted a new constitution that extends the maximum number of presidential terms and years to three terms of...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
Release: The Republic of Burundi is a constitutional, multiparty republic with an elected government. The 2018 constitution, promulgated in June 2019, provides for an executive branch that reports to the president, a bicameral parliament, and an independent judiciary. In May voters elected President Evariste...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
Release: Belize is a constitutional parliamentary democracy. In the most recent national election, held on Nov. 11, the People’s United Party won 26 of 31 seats in the National Assembly. Party leader John Briceno was sworn in as prime minister on November 12.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 100,800 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
Release: Kenya is a republic with three branches of government: an executive branch, led by a directly elected president; a bicameral parliament consisting of the Senate and National Assembly; and a judiciary. In the 2017 general elections, the second under the 2010 constitution, citizens cast ballots for president...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: Sierra Leone is a constitutional republic with a directly elected president and a unicameral legislature. In March 2018 the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party candidate, Julius Maada Bio, won the presidential elections. In January 2018 parliamentary elections, the All People’s Congress won a plurality...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
Release: Eritrea is a highly centralized, authoritarian regime under the control of President Isaias Afwerki. A constitution, although drafted in 1997, was never implemented. The People’s Front for Democracy and Justice, headed by the president, is the sole political party. There have been no national-level elections since an independence referendum in 1993.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Andre Jason Burgos, of Wilmington, Delaware, has admitted to his role in a drug distribution enterprise, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM ’s Savannah River Site (SRS) sold 52 no-longer-needed special purpose railroad cars to an environmental cleanup company, a transaction that benefitted the U.S Treasury and enabled the site to avoid years of maintenance costs.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: Turkey is a constitutional republic with an executive presidential system and a unicameral 600-seat parliament (the Grand National Assembly). In presidential and parliamentary elections in 2018, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe observers expressed concern regarding restrictions on...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: The Kingdom of Tonga is a constitutional monarchy. The Legislative Assembly, a parliamentary body consisting of 17 popularly elected members and nine nobles selected by their peers, elects the prime minister. Following the 2017 election, which international observers characterized as generally free and...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
Release: Tuvalu is a constitutional parliamentary democracy. Observers judged that parliamentary elections held in September 2019 were free and fair, with seven new members elected to the 16-member parliament. There are no formal political parties. Following the elections, parliament selected Kausea Natano as prime minister.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
Release: Good afternoon, on behalf of Secretary of State Blinken, I want to thank President Rahmon and President Ghani, Foreign Minister Muhriddin and Foreign Minister Atmar, and all Heart of Asia Participating Countries, Supporting Countries, and Supporting Organizations for your engagement today.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
Release: Armenia’s constitution provides for a parliamentary republic with a unicameral legislature, the National Assembly (parliament). The prime minister, elected by parliament, heads the government; the president, also elected by parliament, largely performs a ceremonial role. During 2018 parliamentary elections ...
