News from January 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: Senior Belarusian Officials Conspired to Use a False Bomb Threat to Unlawfully Divert a Passenger Flight Carrying American Citizens in Order to Arrest Belarusian Dissident.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the chair of the Senate health committee, held a virtual roundtable to hear directly from patients and providers in Spokane on the importance of Roe v. Wade, and the urgent need to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) in order to...
By Bob Martin | Jan 20, 2022
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released data from Phase 7 of the Small Business Pulse Survey that measures how businesses are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and other events, like hurricanes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Baldwin Hills man pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for conning victims nationwide into giving him their high-end and exotic vehicles with bogus promises he would find other people to take over their car leases.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Four defendants who were Sureno gang members and associates have been indicted today by a federal grand jury in Fresno, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: Jewel Cave National Monument will resume cave tours on Thursday, February 3rd.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Third Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed by nonprecedential opinion the convictions and sentence of a former Newark police offer who paid kickbacks to the executive director of the Newark Watershed Conservation Development Corporation (NWCDC), U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties hearing on "Voter Suppression and Continuing Threats to Democracy...
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
Release: Over many years, Russia has fabricated a set of false narratives that its disinformation and propaganda ecosystem persistently injects into the global information environment. These narratives act like a template, which enables the Kremlin to adjust these narratives, with one consistency - a complete disregard for truth as it shapes the information environment to support its policy goals.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
Release: Washington - Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack issued the following statement highlighting key steps the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has taken to advance equity under the Biden-Harris Administration. Under Secretary Vilsack’s leadership, USDA has taken bold, historic action toward rooting out generations of systemic racism, deeply integrating equity in decision-making and policymaking inclusive of all USDA employees and customers.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Chairman David Scott of Georgia delivered the following statement at today's hearing “To Review the State of the Rural Economy with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack".
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Elizabeth Marie Acuna, 34, of Sparks, Nevada, charging her with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Red Lake man has pleaded guilty to two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Joshua David Harrington, 35, of Modesto, charging him with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and two counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that low-income Colorado residents in parts of Boulder County affected by the wildfires that started on December 30 could be eligible for a helping hand from the USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: “Today’s dismissal of the criminal charges against Gang Chen is a result of our continued investigation into this matter. Through that effort, we recently obtained additional information pertaining to the materiality of Professor Chen’s alleged omissions in the context of the grant review process at...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - An Ahoskie, North Carolina, man was sentenced yesterday to 18 years in prison for possessing a firearm while distributing narcotics throughout Hampton Roads.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
Release: FOREIGN MINISTER BAERBOCK: (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, dear Tony, very warm welcome once again. And in an official manner, I warmly welcome you to Berlin.
By Press release submission | Jan 20, 2022
Thank you, Madam President. Special Representative Ruiz Massieu, thank you for your briefing, and for the ongoing efforts of the Verification Mission in supporting peace in Colombia.
