News from November 2021
By State Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: The issue of Anomalous Health Incidents (AHI) – including the interagency effort to protect and care for our personnel and uncover the cause of these incidents – is an absolute priority for the Department, including its most senior leaders. It was a top concern for Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken ...
By State Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. Every day, thousands of American diplomats and development experts dedicate themselves to advancing the interests and representing the values of the American people. Their service often comes with risk – both for our Foreign and Civil Service officers, and also ...
By State Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: In Montevideo from November 7-9, Deputy Secretary Sherman will meet with senior government officials to discuss continued efforts to advance democratic governance and human rights in the region; reinforce U.S.-Uruguay economic, security, and counternarcotics cooperation; discuss climate and environmental ...
By State Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs Elizabeth Allen will travel to Brussels, Belgium November 8-10 to attend and speak at the annual NATO Information and Communicators’ Conference. She will meet with counterparts from NATO headquarters and Allied countries to discuss shared communications priorities ...
By State Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: The world has endured the COVID-19 pandemic for nearly two years. We have seen more than 5 million deaths worldwide, devastated economies, and destroyed livelihoods. New variants continue to emerge, increasing the uncertainty about the end of the pandemic. Despite progress in worldwide vaccination, we ...
By State Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of State is announcing reward offers of up to $5 million each for information leading to the arrest or conviction of four Mexican drug traffickers operating in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sinaloa. Aureliano Guzman-Loera, the brother of former Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin ...
By State Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta today to discuss regional security issues of mutual interest, including the situation in Ethiopia. The Secretary thanked the President for his continued leadership to promote peace and prosperity in the region.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: On Nov 3, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division convened a meeting on efforts to combat human smuggling and trafficking networks as part of the department’s work on Joint Task Force Alpha (JTF Alpha). Participants included Attorney General Merrick ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: In a consent decree entered on Nov. 2 by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Daniel Gingerich, an Iowa dog breeder, has agreed to revocation of his Animal Welfare Act (AWA) dealer license, a permanent prohibition on engaging in any activity that requires an AWA license, and the surrender of more than 500 dogs and puppies to the Animal Rescue League of Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: A Louisiana man who owns construction and building inspection businesses, along with his brother and sister who were employed by the construction businesses, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: A Virginia man was arraigned today on an indictment charging tax fraud that was returned by a federal grand jury in Roanoke, Virginia, on Aug. 20, 2020. He was arrested upon entry into the United States after residing overseas for more than a year.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: A federal court in the Eastern District of Michigan has permanently enjoined a Detroit-area tax return preparer from preparing federal income tax returns for others and from owning or operating any tax return business in the future.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Hawaii returned an indictment against Anthony Shane Gilstrap, 54, for violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by transporting hazardous waste without a required manifest, falsifying a hazardous waste manifest, and storing hazardous waste without a permit. He is also charged with obstructing an agency proceeding.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: A federal jury today convicted Yanjun Xu, a Chinese national and Deputy Division Director of the Sixth Bureau of the Jiangsu Province Ministry of State Security, of conspiring to and attempting to commit economic espionage and theft of trade secrets. The defendant is the first Chinese intelligence officer to be extradited to the United States to stand trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging a Hawaii man with violating the Atomic Energy Act (AEA), making false statements to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), obstruction of NRC proceedings and bank fraud.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
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By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary Gina Raimondo met with French Minister of Economy, Finance and Recovery Bruno Le Maire to discuss the strong, longstanding U.S.-France commercial partnership and to follow up on goals and outcomes from the 1st U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) ministerial, held ...
By John Kelly | Nov 5, 2021
The EPA responded to the New Mexico governor and acted to address PFAS under a new hazardous waste law.
By George Willis | Nov 5, 2021
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) prides itself on being at the forefront of national initiatives to address climate change. That topic is the impetus for its first Strategic Framework for Addressing Climate Change announced recently.
By Karen Kidd | Nov 5, 2021
Carrie Eckert, a new synthetic biologist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, said in a recent social media post that she feels welcome in her new workplace.
