News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man today admitted attempting to interfere with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder when he attempted to set fire to a police vehicle during a riot in the City of Trenton, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Today, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Rep. Richard E. Neal, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight...
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Fiscal Year 2022 DOE Budget:"
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: A man who portrayed himself as a Native American spiritual counselor was convicted Tuesday by a federal jury of sexually abusing a Native American minor and illegally possessing feathers, talons and heads from seven bald eagles and seven golden eagles, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - FEMA has approved a grant of $2,334,765 for the State of Florida to help Indian River County defray the cost of repairing beach and dune erosion associated with Hurricane Dorian in 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 2694, the Criminal Judicial Administration Act of 2021...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford man was indicted last week by a federal grand jury on charges of illegally possessing a firearm and selling cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Michelle L. Wasserman (619) 546-8431.
By State Newswire | May 18, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service, through its Rewards for Justice (RFJ) office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are advertising a reward of up to $5 million for information concerning the kidnapping of Cydney Mizell, a humanitarian aid worker who went missing in Afghanistan in 2008.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay May 2 - May 8, 2021. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By DOL Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, held the first HELP Committee hearing solely on paid leave since 2007, and pushed for the United States to finally join nearly every other developed country in the world...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Damon M. Joseph, aka Abdullah Ali Yusuf, 23, of Holland, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, aka ISIS, and attempting to commit a hate crime, for planning an attack on a synagogue in the Toledo, Ohio area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Honolulu, Hawaii, returned an indictment on May 13 charging a Hawaii husband and wife with conspiring to defraud the United States and filing a false tax return. The husband was also charged with five counts of money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today announced that the Justice Department will immediately begin work to reinvigorate its Office for Access to Justice and to restore the Justice Department’s role in leading efforts across government to seek and secure meaningful access to justice.
By State Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani. The Secretary and Foreign Minister discussed their outreach to halt the conflict in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza. The Secretary also highlighted the value of Bahrain’s diplomacy across regional divides and the strong strategic partnership between the United States and Bahrain.
By State Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: At the launch of the 2021 Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis, the United States announced nearly $155 million in new assistance to sustain critical efforts to support Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh and internally displaced Rohingya and other affected people ...
By State Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Joey Hood and Special Envoy for Libya Richard Norland visited Libya May 18 and underscored U.S. support for Libya’s December 2021 elections. This is the highest level diplomatic visit to Tripoli since 2014. Acting Assistant Secretary Hood and Ambassador ...
By State Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. The Secretary and the Foreign Minister discussed their shared concern about the violence in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza, which has claimed the lives ...
By State Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Icelandic President Gudni Johannesson today in Reykjavik, Iceland. Secretary Blinken and President Johannesson discussed human rights, efforts to combat the climate crisis, and the need to strengthen multilateral institutions. The Secretary and President also reviewed the vibrant cultural and educational exchanges and historical relations between the United States and Iceland.
By State Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Icelandic Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir in Reykjavik. Secretary Blinken and Prime Minister Jakobsdottir discussed the global community’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and the need for greater climate action, promoting women’s rights and equality, and Arctic security.
