News from March 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Chair of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on Remediation and Impact of PFAS.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Darrell Ernest Reese, of Robson, West Virginia, has admitted to heroin distribution, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Haitian national previously residing in Boston was arrested and charged in federal court in Boston with illegal reentry.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) announced today that $71,978,877 in federal funding has been made available to IEMA for costs related to the state’s response to COVID-19 under the federal disaster declaration of March 26, 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the nomination of David M. Turk to be deputy secretary of energy.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico- The José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum and Bahía Urbana, two of the most important venues dedicated to promoting the arts and entertainment sector in Puerto Rico, can return to their previous state before Hurricane María thanks to an obligation of nearly $6.5 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Texas Man Pleads Guilty to $24 Million COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, and Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) reintroduced legislation to put a stop to unfair and outdated federal alcohol taxes on kombucha companies in Oregon and across the country. Specifically, the KOMBUCHA Act would ensure that kombucha beverages are exempt from excise taxes and regulations intended specifically for beer and other alcoholic beverages.
By State Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
Release: The United States strongly condemns the horrific terrorist attacks in Niger, the most recent of which tragically killed 137 civilians on March 21 in the Tahoua region. We are deeply concerned by the increasing violence against civilians and call for those responsible to be held accountable to the full extent of the law.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A former officer with the Houston Police Department (HPD) has been ordered to prison after admitting her guilt in a Houston-area cocaine conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Defendant Also Ordered To Forfeit Palm Springs House Purchased With Proceeds Of The Scheme.
By State Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
Release: The United States strongly condemns the horrific terrorist attacks in Niger, the most recent of which tragically killed 137 civilians on March 21 in the Tahoua region. We are deeply concerned by the increasing violence against civilians and call for those responsible to be held accountable to the full extent of the law.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Gee-Kung Chang has been arraigned on federal charges of conspiracy to commit visa fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and wire fraud. Chang and Jianjun Yu were indicted on March 18, 2021.
By State Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Gregory Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Dick Durbin, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statements after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released an update of its January 2016 report...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: FARGO, ND - A North Dakota seed production company has committed to changing its safety procedures and training following a worker’s severe and life-altering injury in 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement in support of the lawsuit the state of Wyoming filed challenging the de-facto moratorium on oil and gas leasing on federal land issued ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities today arrested a San Bernardino County woman on an indictment charging her with recruiting drug couriers to smuggle pound quantities of fentanyl and heroin through Southern California airports for transport to other parts of the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Horseshoe Bend National Military Park will commemorate the 207th Anniversary of the Battle of the Horseshoe on Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 10:00 AM. This year’s event will be virtual and can be viewed on our Facebook page (Horseshoe Bend National Military Park) or on our website,.
By State Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of State led a virtual meeting of the Binational Bridges and Border Crossings Group (BBBXG) regional west with Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs on March 24 to recommit to cooperation on binational cross-border infrastructure projects on the California-Arizona section of the southern...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Donte Ramon Nelson, 41, of Compton, California, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 120 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and 400...
