News from November 2021
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: The United States participated in the annual Kimberley Process Plenary hosted in a hybrid virtual and in-person format in Moscow, November 8-12.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PATTEN, Maine -- National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Gay Vietzke has named Sheldon “Mark" Wimmer as the new superintendent of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. He begins his new assignment on January 2.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Obama-Biden Economic Czar: “Enough Already" About White House Claim that Inflation is ‘Transitory’.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing methamphetamine and a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Joseph Elijah Cuaron, 21, of Sacramento, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to five years in prison for a fentanyl distribution conspiracy, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On Nov. 15, 2021, Marlin Santana Thomas, age 46, of Des Moines was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to life in prison for sex trafficking six victims by force, fraud, and coercion announced United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal. Thomas was ordered to pay $600 to the Crime Victims’ Fund and a restitution hearing was set for February 7, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 5720, the Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act of 2021...
By Press Release | Nov 17, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration on Oct. 25 announced Field Assistance Bulletin 2021-02, “Temporary Enforcement Policy on Prohibited Transaction Rules Applicable to Investment Advice Fiduciaries.”
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Jacob Chansley Occupied Vice President’s Seat in Senate Chamber, Used Bullhorn to Lead Rioters in Incantation.
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY TOBIKO: (In progress) but the government has a plan to rename it in honor of the late Wangari Maathai, Professor Wangari Maathai. She’s the one who fought and went through difficult times - brutal times - to ensure that these asset is protected and conserved, so we owe it to her.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Thanksgiving travel at Richmond International Airport typically results in a notable bump in travelers coming through Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoints and this year is expected to see a continuation of that trend at the airport.
By Press Release | Nov 17, 2021
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued the following press release:
By Press Release | Nov 17, 2021
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor on Nov. 10 presented the 2021 Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans Medallion Award to 849 employers from across the nation at a virtual ceremony.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Jonathan L. Wells, 48 years old, of Hicksville, Ohio, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine and possessing a firearm as a felon, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY TOBIKO: (In progress) but the government has a plan to rename it in honor of the late Wangari Maathai, Professor Wangari Maathai. She’s the one who fought and went through difficult times - brutal times - to ensure that these asset is protected and conserved, so we owe it to her.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Today’s hearing is the next step in this Committee’s ongoing work on the U.S. - Africa trade and investment relationship. We met with the President of Kenya as well as Kenya’s Ambassador to the United States to discuss trade matters. And, recently, we led congressional engagement with African trade ministers during this year’s AGOA forum.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Two residents of Las Vegas, NV and one resident of Reseda, CA, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, PA on a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Ali Saleh, a U.S. citizen from Queens, New York, was sentenced by United States District Judge William F. Kuntz, II, to 30 years’ imprisonment for attempting to provide material support and resources to the designated foreign terrorist organization the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). Saleh pleaded guilty to the charge in July 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Md., - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Ian Carlton Alexander a/k/a “Shawn Alexander", age 50, of Towson, to 61 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
